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Charles University has moved up in the prestigious international rankings, earth sciences in particular are now top scorers

According to the newly published international QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, Charles University has improved in three fields. In particular, Charles University improved in the fields of history, linguistics and philosophy compared to 2023. It is now among the best schools in the global comparison in the fields of archaeology, geology, geophysics and earth sciences.

An innovative approach to planar chiral substances

Dr. Vojtěch Dočekal and Prof. Jan Veselý from the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University described a new highly efficient method for the preparation of planar chiral compounds. The method based on organocatalytic desymmetrization was published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications. Congratulations!

The prestigious John Maynard Smith Prize was awarded to Magdalena Bohutínská

Each year, the European Society for Evolutionary Biology awards the John Maynard Smith Prize to an outstanding young evolutionary biologist. This year the winner of this prestigious prize is Magdalena Bohutínská, Ph.D. from the Department of Botany, who is currently a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Fellow at the University of Bern. Congratulations!

Volcanic craters are not as “sleepy” as scientists thought

There is a hypothesis that says that after a major volcanic eruption, it takes a long time for a new one to form. It doesn’t always have to be the case though. A new study published in a prestigious scientific journal Nature Geoscience shows that volcanic craters are able to produce a large amount of material even relatively shortly after a major eruption. Günther Kletetschka from the Faculty of Science, Charles University was part of an international team conducting this research.

4EU+ alliance, the Cotutelle program: Call for projects 2024

Within the 4EU+ alliance, the Cotutelle program is offered - joint supervision of doctoral theses, in which the student has one supervisor from the home university and one supervisor from a foreign university, and it is their obligation to spend part of their studies at both institutions.

The 1st WIMANET Summer Training School

The 1st WIMANET Summer Training School will take place from 1st – 7th September 2024 in Field station Mohelno, Mohelno, Czechia. The training school will consist of five days of lectures and practical activities designed to introduce students to a broad range of research activities and skills related to working with Wildlife Malaria Parasites. Students can send applications until the end of March 2024.

20th Blue Danube Sympozium on Heterocycles in Chemistry

Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocycles in Chemistry will take place in Prague in August 2024. We are proud to organize this event for the first time in this beautiful city. Save Your Time!

Mariya Shamzhy contributes to groundbreaking international research

Mariya Shamzhy from Charles University Center of Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science, has contributed to a groundbreaking international research on zeolite catalysis published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications. Congratulations!

Allowance for a student's trip abroad for an internship

The endowment fund of the Faculty of Science of the UK, whose statute includes the support of pedagogical, scientific and research activities carried out at the faculty, is again this year announcing a call for applications for a grant for a student's trip abroad for an internship. Only students of PřF UK master's or doctoral studies can submit an application, until April 7, 2024. The main grant provider is the IOCB Tech Foundation within its project "The IOCB Tech Foundation Scholarship".

Apply for the Rudolf Lukeš Prize 2024

Applications for the Rudolf Lukeš Prize, awarded by the Czech Chemical Society, in cooperation with the Experientia Foundation, can be submitted by scientists of any age currently working at one of the Czech scientific institutions. Applicants must submit a collection of work completed over the past five years in the field of organic, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2024. Successful applicant receives personal award in the amount of 100,000 CZK (approximately 4000 USD).