Bio/Health/Food

This working group integrates institutions and research infrastructures from the fields of life sciences, medicine, food and nutrition. Its objective is to establish a framework and set parameters for the implementation of EOSC in the Czech Republic.

It covers a wide range of scientific disciplines, from basic research with a systems biology approach, through translational and clinical research, new biotechnology specialisations, to food and nutrition in terms of safety and quality. It also purposefully maps the capacity of existing data resources in these fields, their metadata standards and procedures set up for managing, curating, sharing and accessing these resources.

The working group intersects with certain parts of environmental science, social science and humanities, addressing the health impact of other factors, such as the environment and its degradation or changes in socio-economic conditions. Another important collaboration is the connection with the Sensitive Data working group, which develops complex solutions to the ethical, legal and privacy requirements of data sharing in the aforementioned scientific fields.

Group Leader:

• Jiří Vondrášek, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, ELIXIR-CZ

Deputy Group Leader:

• Radka Svobodová, Masaryk University