Scientists from the IEM CAS presented at the European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Meeting 2024

Last week, our scientists from the Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer and the Department of Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology returned from the European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Meeting 2024 (open in a new window).

As always, the conference also included the International Comet Assay Workshop organised by the International Comet Assay Working Group. This year’s 52nd EEMGS conference was held in the beautiful seaside town of Rovinj on the Croatian peninsula of Istria 🇭🇷 and provided many interesting lectures, discussions and the latest findings in the field of genetics.

IEM CAS was represented by:

Natálie Danešová – Changes in mitochondrial DNA in colorectal cancer patients (oral presentation)

Soňa Vodenková –Changes in telomere length and mitochondrial DNA copy number in the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence (poster)

Pavel Rössner – An innovative approach to ambient air pollution exposure assessment (poster)

Andrea Rössnerová – Findings from long-term biomonitoring research in humans with risk of chronic and/or acute inhalation exposure to nanoparticles (poster)

Antonín Ambrož – The impact of environmental pollution on oxidative stress in mothers/newborns – the update results HAIE (poster)

Michal Šíma – The impact of real-world ambient air pollution exposure on human airway tissue model (poster)

Zuzana Šímová – Transcriptome changes in humans exposed to nanoparticles (poster)

In addition, Soňa Vodenková had the honour to chair the expert sessions, and together with Pavel Rössner to represent the Czech-Slovak Society for Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis at the Czech-Slovak Biological Society, which is part of the aforementioned EEMGS.

A great success was achieved by our PhD student Natálie Danešová, who succeeded in a busy international competition to receive a Travel Grant, and moreover, her lecture was awarded with a special Elsevier Talk Award.

We would like to congratulate Natália and thank our scientists for their excellent presentation of the IEM CAS.