๐ Studentskรฝ velemlok 2024/2025 Awards winners announced!
At the Faculty of Science ball, students honored their favorite teachers:
๐งฌ Dana Holรก | โ๏ธ Anna Kubรญฤkovรก | ๐ Lenka Krajลรกkovรก | โฐ๏ธ Martin Lanzendรถrfer | ๐๏ธ SKAS Award: Radim Kuba (First Aid courses).
Huge congrats! โจ
New interactive maps from the SYRI project reveal regional differences in premature mortality across Czechia ๐
Where are these deaths most common, how many years of life are lost?
The public map portal was developed with the participation of researchers from our faculty.
syri.natur.cuni.cz
Listen to the secret of the ears! ๐คซ
Long-term data from fish otoliths reveal how climate-driven aridity is reshaping reservoir food webs - signalling major shifts in aquatic ecosystems. Read more about this new study examining tiny fish ear bones! ๐ฆด๐
๐ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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๐ฌ๐งฌ Join us for another exciting seminar hosted by the Department of Cell Biology!
Graphical abstact of the original paper. source: original paper
From #detection to #destruction in one device ๐โก A free-standing boron-doped #diamond electrode enables sensitive sensing of #venlafaxine and desvenlafaxineโeven in river waterโthen achieves ~97% degradation in 20 min, showcasing a #3D-printed detect-and-degrade platform.
๐ buff.ly/7AIlfRB
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Prof. Milan Matolรญn received the Gold Medal of @unikarlova.cuni.cz on 26 Feb from Rector Jiลรญ Zima for his key role in founding nuclear geophysics in Czechoslovakia and educating generations of experts. ๐๐๐ฌโจ
Are you interested in mountain hydrology and looking for a PhD position? If so, let's join our SnowHydro team at @sciencecharles.bsky.social in Prague and be focused on tracking snowmelt water through mountain catchments.
For information on how to apply, look at: natur.cuni.cz/en/geography...
Join us for a seminar by Assoc. Prof. Vรกclav Veverka (IOCB Prague) on How Structural Biology Transformed Modern Molecular Biology ๐ Viniฤnรก 7, Lecture Hall Photochemistry ๐ 3.3.2026 โฐ 14:50โ16:30. Open to all โ see you there!
๐๐ Doctoral student Bianka Miฤke from our faculty at @unikarlova.cuni.cz achieved outstanding results at the World Ice and Snow Sailing Championship (WISSA 2026), earning 4 podiums in wing sailing: ๐ฅCourse Race & GPS Speed, ๐ฅSlalom & Marathon, representing the Czech Republic with excellence. ๐
President Petr Pavel took part in a friendly debate at Faculty of Science at @unikarlova.cuni.cz about the war in Ukraine and Czechiaโs role. Held on the invasionโs anniversary, students and academics joined in for an open discussion in a positive, welcoming atmosphere ๐๐
Study in English at the Faculty of Science, @charlesuni.cuni.cz โ submit your application by the end of February!
Bachelorโs degree programme "Science": 1url.cz/verD4
Follow-up Masterโs degree programmes: 1url.cz/3erDd
#research #chemistry
C7-Sulfonamide functionalization of 7-deazaadenosines: sangivamycin analogues with Haspin inhibitory activity
(ล tefek, Dejmek, ล รกla) โ @chemcomm.rsc.org: doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...
@iocbprague.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @czechacademy.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social
At an event on responsible leadership in higher education organized by NKC โ gender & science at the British Embassy Prague ๐, Anna Bull (The 1752 Group) spoke on accountability and safety.
Faculty of Science was represented by Vice-Dean Jitka ลฝurmanovรก and Ombudsperson Nikola Burkovskรก ๐ค
Grassland, illustrative picture. Source: freepik.com
How will drought reshape #grassland life under climate change? ๐พ๐ New work shows #drought strongly shifts plant #microbiomes, especially #bacteria. Elevated COโ can partly buffer losses, revealing species-specific strategies that shape resilience from roots to leaves.
๐ buff.ly/1TxurUJ
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ParentHub Albertov officially opened on 16 Feb 2026 ๐
The ribbon was jointly cut by deans Vladimรญr Krylov and Martin Vokurka, launching a shared coworking space for parents, students, and staff at Faculty of Science and First Faculty of Medicine ( @1.lf.unikarlova.cuni.cz).๐ค
Honored visit at the Faculty of Science! ๐๐๏ธโจ
Minister for Regional Development, Mgr. Zuzana Mrรกzovรก, alumna of our faculty, attended the 18th Venkov seminar on Peripheries. Welcomed by Dean Vladimรญr Krylov, Pavel Chromรฝ & Radim Perlรญn. ๐ฉโ๐๐ค๐
Join the 5th European Amphibian Conference in Prague (3โ5 July 2026)! ๐ธ Connect with researchers using amphibians as model organisms in basic & applied science. Early-bird till 30 Apr 2026. Register: lnkd.in/d3C5nxdU
Major success for our chemists! ๐งช Jan Pลech and the KFMCh team published in ACS Catalysis the first study linking the distribution of active sites in zirconosilicate zeolites to reaction selectivity. Read more: 1url.cz/QezHt ๐
Bratislava, illustrative picture. Source: pixabay, author: phtorxp
๐๏ธ Why do some cities turn culture into growth while others lag? ๐ญ An analysis of 196 European #cities shows persistent EastโWest gapsโbut also signs of path creation in places like Brno and Bratislava, highlighting how governance and legacy shape creative city performance.
๐ buff.ly/1fih3dm
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๐ Karolรญna ล taflovรก (from the Iva Pichovรก group) has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled Host-pathogen interactions during in vitro hepatitis B virus infection at @sciencecharles.bsky.social.
Congratulations! ๐
#PhD #PhDatIOCB
๐๐ฌ Study Science at Charles University! Interdisciplinary bachelor linking biology ๐งฌ, chemistry โ๏ธ & physics โก. Check out the @olinium42.bsky.social podcast ๐๏ธ for more ๐ 1url.cz/JeMgX
๐ฅ๐จ๐ฟ Today at 19:05, Czech mixed doubles curlers Julie Zelingrovรก & Vรญt Chabiฤovskรฝ face Canada.
Weโre cheering especially for Julie, a 1st-year Environmental Protection student at the Faculty of Science at @unikarlova.cuni.cz. Good luck! ๐๐คโค๏ธ
๐๐ Planning a research stay abroad in 2026?
The Endowment Fund of the Faculty of Science offers 12 travel grants of CZK 40,000 for MSc & PhD students to gain international experience.
Apply by 13 March 2026 ๐ 1url.cz/oetSJ
Salvia rosmarinifolia
Excellent results from our students in the Karyology and Palynology practicum (with Tomรกลก Urfus) @sciencecharles.bsky.social
Hands-on methods: flow cytometry, acetolysisโฆ
How strong is the relationship between pollen size and genome size? Flowering samples from @botanickazahradauk.bsky.social
We were honored by a visit from Assoc. Prof. Vรกclav ฤuba, Dean of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering (CTU). Founded in 1955 at Charles University, the faculty shares strong historical ties with CU and our Faculty of Science. โ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐
Hide or disguise?
The peptidome mimicry hypothesis shows how parasites could evolve their narrow host specificity. The new article also discusses this evolution in SARS-CoV-2. ๐ฆ Read more in @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social or through the link below!
๐ www.cell.com/trends/paras...
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Cell by cell, step by step ๐ฑ Researchers led by Eunice Romero published in Frontiers in Plant Science practical, well-documented maceration protocols for studying vascular tissuesโuseful for research and teaching worldwide.
More info: 1url.cz/XeLGG
Potatoes, illustrative picture. Source: Wikimedia, author: Scott Bauer, USDA ARS
Tuning a #tuberization gene yields surprises ๐ฅ๐ฑ Knocking down #StBEL11 boosts in-vitro tuber inductionโbut in whole plants it delays tuberization, shifts assimilates to roots, and cuts yield, revealing species-specific control of #potato tuberization.
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A new Blue Intensity approach reveals hidden #wood density patterns in treeline #spruce seedlings. Lead author Eunice Romero from the Dpt. of Physical Geography highlights its potential for better understanding seedling growth and #resilience in mountain environments. ๐ฒ๐ฌ
More info: 1url.cz/6J7rc
