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Bridges in Life Sciences 8th Annual Scientific
Conference
“Laugh and Be the Best in Research and Patient
Care” TM
Hotel ILF Prague
April 5–7, 2013
RECOOP HST Association
Association for Regional Cooperation in the Fields of Health,
Science and Technology
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Sponsored by
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
University of Debrecen, Hungary
The International Visegrad Fund Strategic Grant (31110035) “Future of Visegrad Four Families
Depends on Healthy Women and Children”.
University of Pecs, Hungary
The International Visegrad Fund Standard Grant “Prevention of preterm birth in the Visegrad
Group and Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries” ID 21250023.
Center for Experimental Medicine – IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
In 2012 the RECOOP HST Association is integrated the multidisciplinary, multicenter research
studies of the RECOOP Research Networks in the RECOOP Life Science Research Platform and
formed 17 CSMC RECOOP Research Centers (CRRC) from 7 countries (Croatia, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, and Ukraine) working on translational
and clinical research in the field of Genomics – Proteomics, Epigenetics, Metagenomics,
Molecular Biology, Metabolomics and Nano-biotechnology.
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The CSMC - RECOOP Research Centers (CRRC):
Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s Health: Genomic Cardiology
Jan Pitha M.D., Ph.D., Head of Laboratory for Atherosclerosis Research Department of
Cardiology, IKEM - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech
Republic
Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s Health: Myocardial contractile dysfunction
Attila Borbely, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiologist, Institute of Cardiology, Medical and Health
Science Center, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s Health: The role of myofilamentary protein changes
in diastolic dysfunction of newborns, Zoltan Papp, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., Institute of
Cardiology, Clinical Physiology Department, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s Health: Impact of Obesity and Stress on
Cardiovascular Function, Professor Marija Heffer MD, PhD, Department of Biology and
Neuroscience, School of Medicine University Josip Juraj Strossmayer Osijek;
Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s Health: Vascular responses to various physiological
conditions. Professor Ines Drenjancevic MD, PhD, Department of Physiology and
Immunology, School of Medicine University Josip Juraj Strossmayer Osijek
Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s Health: Role of semicarbazide sensitive amine
oxidase (SSAO) in Cardiovascular Diseases (endothelial cells and/or adipocytes)
Professor Éva Szökő, Ph.D., D. Sc., Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of
Pharmacy, Semmelweis University
Mother and Child Health: Human Microbiome Study in Preterm Birth, Dr. Marian
Kacerovsky, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital in
Hradec Kralove; Czech Republic
Mother and Child Health: Viral infection in mother, neonate, infants and follow up in child
development, Professor Shubhada Bopegamage, Head, Entervirus Laboratory, Virology
Department, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Mother and Child Health: Animal models to study preterm birth, Professor Gyorgy Falkay,
PhD, DSc, Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy,
University of Szeged, Hungary
Mother and Child Health: Iron intake and preterm birth, Chander P. Arora, PhD, Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center International Research and Innovation Management Program,
RECOOP HST Association Scientific Manager and Iuliana Ceausu, M.D., Ph.D, the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, “Carol Davila”
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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RECOOP LSRP: The role of Vitamin D in ischemic heart disease and preterm birth
Professor Martin Gajdoš, M.D, Ph.D. and Dr. Zora Krivosikova, PhD Medical Faculty,
Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacotherapy, Slovak Medical University,
Bratislava, Slovakia
RECOOP LSRP: Vitamin D deficiency and effect on neurotransmitters in diabetes,
ischemic heart disease and preterm birth. Tatiana Borisova, Department of
Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry NAS of Ukraine
NanoBioTech and Cancer: The role of transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in cervical
carcinogenesis, Professor József Kónya, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Microbiology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary
NanioBioTech and Cancer: Nanoparticles for monitoring different diseases, (regenerative
medicine, cardiovascular and cancer), Professor Daniel Horák, Ph.D. Head of the
Department of Polymer Particles, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of
Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
NanioBioTech and Cancer: Translational NanoBioTech Studies, Professor Rostyslav
Stoika, PhD, D.Sc., Department of Regulation of Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis, Institute
of Cell Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
NanioBioTech and Cancer: Targeted Drug Delivery for Cancer Treatment
Professor Roman Bogdanovych Lesyk, Ph.D., D. Sc, Department of Pharmaceutical,
Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University,
Lviv Ukraine
NanioBioTech and Cancer: Inorganic Markers for Bio-imaging, Artur Podhorodecki,
Ph. D. Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
The participating CRRCs from the member universities and research organizations implemented
research programs for Medical and Ph.D Students.
RECOOP Life Science Research Platform already realized short term (1–2 years) pilot research
studies. The Networks continue the translational and clinical research studies in midterm
(5 years), and the RECOOP HST Life Science Research Platform shall plan to continue the
clinical research studies for minimum 20–30 years and follow up the women, men and newborns
registered in the Electronic Data Entry Forms (EDEF) started in 2011.
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The Association for Regional Cooperation in the Fields of Health, Science and
Technology – RECOOP HST Association
Introduction
In 2006 Cedars–Sinai Medical Center (CSMC) with eleven CEE universities and academic
organizations from six countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and
Ukraine) formed the Regional Cooperation for Health, Science and Technology (RECOOP HST)
Consortium.
In 2012 CSMC converted the Consortium into the Association for Regional Cooperation in the
Fields of Health, Science and Technology is registered by the Court of Debrecen in Hungary
under the registry number 4160 on May 10, 2012, TAX ID: 18299140-1-09.
Members of the Association from 9 countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary,
Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine and USA) and 16 higher education or research
organizations.
Members of the RECOOP HST Association:
1. Cedars – Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
2. School of Medicine University J. J. Strossmayer Osijek, Croatia
3. IKEM - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
4. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
5. Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defense, Hradec Kralove, Czech
Republic
6. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
7. University of Debrecen, Hungary
8. University of Pecs, Hungary
9. University of Szeged, Hungary
10. Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
11. Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
12. Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Academy of Medical Sciences of
Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
13. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Science of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine
14. Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv,
Ukraine
15. Institute of Cell Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
16. Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
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International Partnerships of CSMC RECOOP HST Consortium
World Health Organization (WHO)
RECOOP HST Mother and Child Health Network one of the partners of the International
PREterm BIrth Collaborative (PREBIC www.prebic.net) of the World Health Organization,
Department of Reproductive Health and Research (http://www.who.int/reproductive-
health/index.htm ).
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Beside research opportunities the RECOOP Consortium inspires young scientists and clinical
researchers for creative thinking, and helps to learn how to make decision on “publish and
disclose” or “publish and protect”. The Consortium is working with the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO http://www.wipo.int) to train faculty members, managers, young
scientists, clinicians and for Ph.D. students for innovation management and technology transfer
from the RECOOP HST Consortium. The members of the participating organizations are taking
the WIPO World Wide Academy (WWA) Distance Learning (DL) courses and until 2011 more
than 500 faculty members were trained from the Consortium.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The first “Bridges in Life Sciences” regional networking meeting was organized in October 2003
by Cedars–Sinai Medical Center (CSMC) with four Hungarian Universities along with the
Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Budapest,
Hungary.
On June 4, 2008 the representative of the RECOOP Consortium meet with the representatives of
the Division of International Relations, John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study
in Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, USA and agreed to continue the “Bridges in Life Sciences”
regional networking meeting organized in October 2003.
The 4th Annual Scientific Meeting took place in Debrecen, Hungary on April 4–5, 2009 with the
Visegrad Group’s (V4) academic organizations and NIH funded PIs from the USA with robust
collaborative works in the CEE Countries. The host organization University of Debrecen on the
behalf of the Consortium applied for a Standard Grant and CSMC provided the matching fund.
The Bridges in Life Sciences US–CEE Regional Networking Meeting provided opportunity for
60 CEE RECOOP young scientists selected from more than 100 abstracts by the Scientific
Advisory Board of the RECOOP Consortium and additional 20 young Ukrainian scientists was
selected for the Young Scientists Forum with the support of California Association to Aid
Ukraine (CAAU).
The U.S. Government Global Health Initiative
Ms. Lois Quam, Executive Director of U.S. Government Global Health Initiative, U.S.
Department of State in her letter sent to the Bridges of Life Sciences 7th Annual Conference
recognized the RECOOP HST Consortium Networks’ research activities as valuable assets of
Global Health Initiative.
Visegrád Group (V4)
From 2008 the members of the RECOOP HST Consortium with the financial support of Cedars–
Sinai Medical Center applied for 20 Standard Grants and won 14, also one Strategic Grants.
During the last four years the RECOOP HST Consortium won 14 Standard Grants (20810243,
20820016, 20820040, 20820041, 20910138, 20920001, 20920002, 20920023, 20920024,
20910138, 21010083, 21010070, 21020052, and 21110096) to support the formation and
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management of research networks and multinational – multidisciplinary research projects. Also
the IVF Standard Grants helped to build support networks for Biosafety and Biosecurity, Animal
use in Research, Clinical Research Management, Research and Innovation Management
Training.
The buildup of the RECOOP Life Science Research Platform sponsored by the International
Visegrad Fund Strategic Grant (31110035) “Future of Visegrad Four Families Depends on
Healthy Women and Children”.
The last five years IVF and CSMC-RECOOP extended activities toward the EU Eastern
Partnership, the Visegrad+ Western Balkans and the RECOOP HST Association is building
bridges to United States Global Health Initiative.
The IVF grants won by CSMC – RECOOP also helped the International Visegrad Fund to move
toward to the 21st Century and broaden the scope of funded activities in the Visegrad Group to
involve more young scientists into the new biotechnology developments, could create innovative
ideas, new medical treatment modalities and jobs in the region.
Research Capacity Building
The RECOOP HST Association’s main goal is to enhance research collaboration and provide
platforms for scientific networking in life sciences within the Visegrad Four Countries, Central -
Eastern Europe, and Western Balkan. The research priority of the Consortium is women's and
child’s health in the Visegrad Four European Macro-Region (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
and Slovakia) and the neighboring countries (Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Moldova, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine). The Association paves the
way toward GLOBAL Research Programs of the National Institutes of Health, the World Health
Organization and private funds (Gates, Clinton).
In the last six years the RECOOP HST Consortium/Association implemented translational and
retro- prospective clinical research in the Mother and Child Health (M&CH), the Women’s
Health and Cardiovascular Diseases (WH&CVD) and in the NanoBioTechnology (NBT)
Research Networks.
The Mother and Child Health and the Women’s Health and Cardiovascular Diseases retro and
prospective clinical research studies are using web based electronic data entry forms (EDEF
http://www.flexiform.hu/).
Beside the management of research networks for multinational – multidisciplinary research
projects, the RECOOP HST Consortium also built support networks for Biosafety and
Biosecurity, Animal use in Research, Clinical Research Management, Research and Innovation
Management Training.
In the RECOOP Research Networks 147 scientists are working in 18 research projects in
clinical, basic and translational research studies to investigate biological pathways leading to
gender differences in cardiovascular diseases, preterm birth, breast, cervical and brain tumors.
The Association inspires young scientists and clinical researchers for creative thinking, and helps
to learn how to make decision on “publish and disclose” or “publish and protect”. RECOOP
provides training for young scientists to learn proper and scientifically sound communication of
their research results in their manuscripts and presentation. The Consortium provides practical
training on the presentation of data in the manuscript from the “Introduction, Methods, Results
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and Discussion” to the “Conclusion” sections of the manuscript and guides the young scientists
how to organize data in tables and graphs, presenting results of statistical analysis.
The RECOOP HST Association organizes annually the Bridges in Life Sciences Conferences to
review the scientific progress in the Consortium. During the Bridges in Life Sciences Annual
Meeting the Scientific Advisory Board selects the top ten young scientists.
The RECOOP scientific works were published in the Annual Scientific Review Journal the
Biopolymers and Cell (www.biopolymers.org.ua) 2010. Vol. 26. N 2 & N 2 supplementary;
2011. Vol. 27. N 2 & N 2 Supplementary; 2012. Vol. 28. N 2 supplementary.
The winner gets the Cedars–Sinai RECOOP Scholar Grant to visit Los Angeles for two weeks
with her/his supervisor. They are visiting research groups and laboratories and presenting their
scientific work during research seminars.
The top ten young scientists selected during the Bridges in Life Sciences Annual Conferences
have the opportunity to apply for International Visegrad Fund (IVF) Scholarship and receive the
RECOOP Young Scientists Matching Fund. The Visegrad Scholarship is the Visegrad Four
European Macro-Region’s Fulbright Program. Therefore it could be important to link the
Visegrad Scholarship and the Fulbright Foreign Student Program.
CSMC–RECOOP Research Centers (CRRC) the Center of Excellences of the RECOOP HST
Association. They host young scientists, Ph.D. students with CSMC – RECOOP (IVF–CSMC–
RECOOP) Scholarship. The RECOOP HST Association Scientific Advisory Board selects the
young scientists could compete for IVF–CSMC–RECOOP Scholarship.
The selected young scientists (preferably Ph.D. students) will spend maximum four semesters
receive: € 2,300 / semester and the corresponding host universities/institutes receive
€ 1,500/semester/scholar. The host CRRC will get € 1,000 for laboratory expense and
consumables from CSMC–RECOOP HST Association.
RECOOP activities compliment the U.S. Government’s commitment to the Global Health
Initiative “the way U.S. Government agencies conduct global health activities, building on
successful bipartisan leadership in global health and expanding their impact for sustainable
results around the world.”
“The RECOOP HST Association explores and enhances LOCAL scientific outputs of
the partner organizations, creates critical mass of scientifically sound innovative research
at REGIONAL level and exploits the research outcomes at GLOBAL level to improve
the prevention and treatment of major public health problems.” TM
The RECOOP Research Networks could be a model for geographical regions have lingual,
cultural, historical, economic and political common ground worldwide in regions in Africa, Asia,
North and South America to improve women’s and children’s health.
DR. Sandor G. Vari, MD
Director, International Research and Innovation Management Program Cedars-Sinai Medical Center &
President of the RECOOP HST Association
6420 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 300, Los Angeles,
CA 90048-5502, USA
Office 1: 1 323-866-8122; 1 323-866 -6824; Office 2: 1 818 904 1954
Mob: 1 818 398-2642
E-mail: vari@cshs.org
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Bridges in Life Sciences 8th Annual Conference &
RECOOP HST Association 3rd General Assembly
Organizing Committee
USA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Edward Prunchunas
Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
& Chairman of the Governing Council of the RECOOP HST Consortium
Sandor G. Vari
Director, International Research and Innovation Management Program
& General Manager of the RECOOP HST Consortium
Chander P. Arora
Research Project Adviser, International Research and Innovation Management Program,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and RECOOP HST Association Research Project
Management
Czech Republic
Jan Pitha
Laboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Center for Experimental Medicine
Jitka Řehounková
Laboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Center for Experimental Medicine
Hungary
Laszlo Matyus,
Professor, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen
Tibor Ertl
Professor of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vice Dean, Medical School,
University of Pécs
Tamás Bene
Legal advisor, Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office, University of Debrecen
Klára Bartha
Innovation Manager, Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office, University of
Debrecen
Ukraine
Iryna Tykhonkova
Head of editorial staff “Biopolymers and cell” Journal; Senior Researcher,
Department of Cell Signaling, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the NASU
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