Laureate
doc. PharmDr. Jitka Palich Fučíková, Ph.D.
Laureate of the 2021 Neuron Prize for promising young scientists in the field of medicine
For research into the field of tumour immunology and immunotherapy of cancer
She specializes in the tumour immunology and immunotherapy of cancer. She is an author of two international patents and dozens of scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals. During her career, she worked at scientific institutes in Paris and Melbourne. Jitka Palich Fučíková works at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and in biotechnology company SOTIO, where she also participates in the development and testing of an immunotherapeutic vaccine against prostate, ovarian and lung cancer.