Group leader of the Laboratory of Tumor Biology and Immunotherapy, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Consortium for iNKT Research and Therapy

Monika's main research interest is the study of interactions between immune and cancer cells. She is responsible for translating research and developing new immunotherapeutic approaches for haematological disorders and immune dysregulation. She is an expert in cell production, flow cytometry, and cell sorting, including single-cell isolation and rare event analysis.

Group leader of the Clinical Data Science of European Centre of Excellence NTIS, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Consortium for iNKT Research and Therapy

Lucie's main research interest lies in the development of IT tools for personalised and precise medicine applications, with a particular focus on haematology and oncology. She has experience in data analysis and the design of information systems, computer modelling for decision support in medicine and technical practice. She is currently vice-chair of the ELIXIR CZ Board (the Czech node of the European Life-Science Infrastructure for Biological Information).

Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Robin is a leading scientist specializing in the molecular genetics of hematological malignancies and immune cells. He is an expert in several NGS technologies and has extensive experience with single-cell platforms. His work focuses on mutation analysis, immune cell characterization, cell-free RNA analysis, and alternative splicing and isoform evaluation.

PhD student, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia

Kateřina focuses on data analysis and framework design, especially related to the processing of sequencing and clinical data. Her main interest is finding ways for computer scientists to streamline processes for biologists and clinicians, bringing them faster and simpler data analysis solutions.

Rector of Charles University

Prof. Králíčková is a rector of Charles University. She was a key scientific leader during the development of a Biomedical center of Faculty of Medicine, was deeply involved in the establishment of 4EU+ alliance and strongly supports the activities within Elixir CZ. Her huge encouragement was the basis for the beginning of the collaboration between organizers and supervisors leading to the organization of this unique summer school.

Senior Lecturer of Biomedical Science, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University

Dr. Caputo is focused on the study of epigenetic mechanisms in human disease and the development of epigenetic therapeutic approaches. Her particular interest is in investigating the molecular mechanisms by which nuclear architecture, transcriptional regulation and epigenetics can be causative of a disease phenotype and how this can be targeted for therapy of human disorders.

Junior Group Leader at Medical University of Vienna & Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London

Dr. Barozzi is a computational biologist interested in regulatory genomics. He combines integrative analytical approaches with machine learning to investigate the role of the non-coding genome in embryonic development and in the onset and progression of hormone-dependent tumours. He is currently using single-cell transcriptomics and epigenetic profiling to study the role of transcriptional heterogeneity in drug-resistant luminal breast cancers. He si also ELIXIR-UK member.

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw

Dr. Jankowski is focused on bioinformatics, regulatory genomics and machine learning. He uses and develops computational methods to interpret the three-dimensional organization of the genome, dissect its regulatory impact on gene expression, and integrate next-generation sequencing data from single-cell and population-level experiments. He is also involved in teaching programming and data science skills to non-computational researchers.

Assistant Professor, Head of Laboratory of Sequencing, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Dr. Wojtaś is focused on transcriptomics, epigenomics and computational biology. He uses and builds analytical pipelines for next-generation sequencing data, including single-cell transcriptomic data. His main scientific interests are related with molecular oncology, especially with epigenomic bases of gene expression regulation in glioblastoma.

Single Cell Specialist, Singleron

Ritika Kulshreshtha is a Single Cell Specialist at Singleron, supporting researchers with end-to-end solutions for single-cell multiomics and bulk sequencing. With hands-on experience in technologies such as targeted libraries, ATAC-seq, custom targeted library design, transcriptional dynamics, full-length sequencing and TCR/BCR full-length analysis, Ritika helps teams choose the right strategy to get the most meaningful biological insights from their samples. She is passionate about collaborating with scientists and is always happy to connect — feel free to reach out to discuss your single-cell or bulk RNA sequencing projects, or to explore Singleron’s multiomics platforms.

Field Application Specialist, BD Biosciences

Dr. Eva Sánchez did her PhD researching the liver at single-cell resolution, and that curiosity for how tissues work on a cellular level never left. Now in her fourth year as a Field Application Specialist at BD Biosciences, she loves helping researchers navigate their single-cell experiments—from planning to troubleshooting. She is genuinely passionate about supporting customers and making their scientific single-cell journeys.

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, Consortium for iNKT Research and Therapy

Prof. Rotolo is a physician-scientist whose work concentrates on invariant Natural Killer T Cells (iNKTs) and their potential for adoptive cell therapy. Her work combines single-cell transcriptomics with both in vitro and in vivo models to dissect iNKT biology and mechanisms of function and develop novel iNKT-based immunotherapies. The goal of Dr. Rotolo’s research is to provide the foundation for clinical development of allogeneic iNKT therapies for cancer and transplant patients.

Senior researcher in Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Dr. Ostašov main interest is analysis of single cells in cancer and their heterogeneity and liquid biopsies. He is experienced in library preparation, next generation sequencing and data analysis. He is also member of ELIXIR CZ.

PhD student, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University

Eliška's research focuses on understanding resistance to immunotherapy through antigen escape in hematological malignancies. She is highly experienced in cell culture, cloning and cell engineering, as well as NGS.

Assistant Professor in Biomedical Center and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University and Faculty of Health Care Studies, University of West Bohemia

Dr. Čedíková works mostly with pre-graduate students and is a specialist in preparation of the teaching materials. In research, she is interested in immune cells and their role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. She works with advanced microscopy including life cell imaging.