PROJECT AND MISSION OF C. R. HANÁ

CENTRE OF THE REGION HANÁ FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Ivo Frébort08.09. 2011

Project information

OP Research and Development for Innovation: CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0007

Project budget : 832 938 232 CZK (about 33.3 mil. €)

Implementation period: 03/2010 – 12/2013

Grant recipient: Palacký University in Olomouc

Partners: Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Science (IEB)

Crop Research Institute (CRI)

Investment: 80% of the budget, 4 new buildings for R&D in Olomouc-Holice, equipment and research instruments

Start-up grant: 20% of the budget, implementation costs, wages, services

Human resources: 170 employees in 2013, 80 new positions for researchers

Expected results and outcomes

Binding indicators of the projectEnd

date of project

31.12.20155 years

after end of project

Scientific publications (impacted journals) 125 326 -Protected R&D results (patents, etc.) 1 9 -Applied research results 2 12 -Volume of contract research (thousand CZK) 17 000 72 000 -MSc graduates 95 190 -PhD graduates 32 67 -Collaborative projects with industry - 20 -

Students involved in project - 220 -Gross new jobs – total 164 170 164Gross new jobs – researchers 116 119 116Gross new jobs – researchers under 35 years 60 65 -Reconstructed premises (square meters) 0 0 -Constructed premises (square meters) 7 220 7 220 -

Centre of plant structural and functional genomics

Technology centre

Centre of applied research of vegetables and special crops

Building permission issued in 11/2009

Centre of molecular biology and genetics

New R&D infrastructureto be completed in 12/2012

Area for field trials

Now we are here

Structure of C.R. Haná

• Council and Board of the Centre

• Executive Director – Ivo Frébort

• Technical and Economical Department

• Department of Education and HR

• Department of Technology Transfer

• Scientific Director - Jaroslav Doležel

• Scientific Board

• Research Units

Management Units

Research units

• Technology Centre (Palacký University)• Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics• Department of Biophysics• Laboratories for Contract Research

• Centre of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Palacký University)• Department of Growth Regulators• Department of Molecular Biology• Department of Cell Biology

• Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics (IEB)• Laboratory of Genome Structure of Cereals and Forage Crops• Laboratory of Biology of Agronomically Important Traits• Laboratory of Cell Structure Proteomics• Laboratory of Bioinformatics

• Centre of Applied Research of Vegetables and Special Crops (CRI)• Department of Genetic Resources of Vegetables, Medical Plants and Special Crops• Department of Growing and Quality of Vegetables, Medical Plants and Special Crops

Centre of applied research of vegetables and special crops (CRI)

Centre of plant structural and functional genomics (IEB)

Technology centre (PU) Centre of molecular biology and genetics (PU)

New premises of C. R. Haná

Building H: room 137 Building E: room 312

Building F2: room 125

Laboratories and offices in the new buildings

Building D: office 205

Miroslav StrnadPalacký University

Growth Regulators

Jaroslav Doležel – Scientific DirectorInstitute of Experimental Botany

Genomics and Cytogenetics

Marek ŠebelaPalacký University

Biochemistry and Proteomics

Karel Dušek Crop Research Institute

Gene Bank of Vegetables and Special Crops

Ivo Frébort - Executive DirectorPalacký University

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Key scientists of the centre

Jozef ŠamajPalacký University

Cell Biology

New equipment of the centre

Total expected costs – 230 mil. CZK

Key instruments

• Laser scanning confocal microscope (07/2010)

• High-speed flow cytometer and sorter (09/2010)

• Confocal microscope system for live cell imagining (2011)

• Mass spectrometer MALDI-TOF/TOF (2012)

• NMR spectrometer 500 MHz (2012)

• HPLC/MS (2012)

• Phytotrons and automated high resolution plant phenotyping line (2012)

Research programs

1. Protein biotechnologyMS database of plant pathogens, recombinant proteins, plant proteomics

2. Chemical biology and geneticsNew synthetic growth regulators, selected molecular targets, state-of-the-art chemical analytics of natural compounds

3. New materials and methods for plant breedingWheat genome sequencing, positional cloning of pathogen resistance genes, chromosome sorting, hybridization chips, markers for breeding of cereals and grasses

4. Plant biotechnologyGM barley with improved architecture, ergot production on rhye, cytoskeleton and MAP kinase signalling, other GM crops

5. Phytofarm and genetic resources of vegetables, medicinal, aromatic and culinary plants (from 1.1. 2013)Search for and application of new natural compounds in the plant collection of CRI

The mission

1. Worldwide- conduct high quality basic research directed to plant biotechnology

- expand international collaboration and staff mobility

- establish Czech Regional Branch Point of the European Federation of Biotechnology

2. National level- keep sustainable success in grant applications

- establish close ties with industrial partners for effective technology transfer

- motivate students to study biotechnology-related disciplines

- attract researchers for prospective career

3. Region of Olomouc- promote Olomouc as the city of plant biotechnology

- improve public awareness and education in the field

- establish contacts and collaboration with local farmers and agritech companies

Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural

Research

Šlechtitelů 813/21783 71, Olomouc – Holice

Czech Republic

Phone: +420 585 634 970, +420 585 634 971, +420 585 634 979

E-mail: projekty_eu@upol.czWeb pages: www.cr-hana.eu

C. R. HanáImplementation Team

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See you next time !

Olomouc Biotech 2013

June 17 - 21, 2013, Olomouc, Czech Republic

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