A new scientific group is being established at IOCB headed by Dr. David Sabatini

The research group of David M. Sabatini will focus on molecular analysis of growth regulation in animals. This topic complements the chemical and biochemical programs of the Institute.

“IOCB Prague has had a unique combination of diverse disciplines since its beginnings, and the contribution of a top biologist, such as David Sabatini, fits perfectly into this framework.”

— PROF. JAN KONVALINKA, DIRECTOR OF IOCB PRAGUE

"The Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry has had a unique combination of diverse disciplines since its beginnings, and the contribution of a top biologist, such as David Sabatini, fits perfectly into this framework," notes the Director of the Institute, Prof. Jan Konvalinka.

David Sabatini is an expert in cell signaling, cancer metabolism, and growth regulation, and he trained dozens of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who now run their own labs in academia. Previously, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

IOCB Prague has a rich community of alumni from MIT, Harvard, and other Boston-area universities and they inspired his invitation because they knew Dr. Sabatini personally. One of them is Dr. Zuzana Kečkéšová, a Group Leader at IOCB Prague, who states: “I have known Dr. Sabatini personally for quite some time because I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute at MIT from 2008 to 2017 in Professor Robert Weinberg's laboratory. I am positive that he will become a great asset to our scientific team and welcome him to our midst.“