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Standardized metadata for biological samples could unlock the potential of collections

Vojtěch Brlík from the Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University and the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences calls on scientists to share basic information about biological samples (metadata) to ensure their effective repurposing across biological disciplines. The call to the scientific community, published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, is based on the experience gained from coordinating the AviSample Network metadata repository, which currently holds the metadata of more than 35,000 samples of almost 500 bird species.

Conference: Through Academic Culture to Scientific Excellence

We cordially invite you to the conference on Through Academic Culture to Scientific Excellence, which will take place in person and online on Wednesday 12 June 2024 at the CIIRC CTU. The main guests will be ERC President Maria Leptin, Robert Schlögl, President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and art historian Matthew Rampley from the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University. The panel discussion will be attended by Pavel Tomančák, Director of the CEITEC Consortium, sociologist Petra Guasti, and physicist Barbora Špačková.

Tim Mitchison and Carsten Janke in Biocev

Cytoskeletal Brew presents a DOUBLE seminar - on May 13, Tim Mitchison and Carsten Janke will visit Prague to present their groundbreaking research. The Brew will be held in BIOCEV and starts at 4:00 p.m. There will be beer and food at the seminar.

Exploring the Evolution of Cicadas Preserved in Amber

Hui Jiang, a young palaeontologist from China, studies insect fossils preserved in amber. During her stay at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, she wrote a fascinating paper on the evolution of cicadas, which was recently published in Nature Communications. What can a few fossils preserved in amber tell us about an insect that lives under the ground for most of its life cycle? And how can the evolution of cicadas help us understand changes in the Early Cretaceous flora?

The team of prof. Brábek and Associate Professor Rösel published a study in Trends in Molecular Medicine

The prestigious journal Trends in Molecular Medicine has just published a review article by Aneta Škarková from the laboratory of Assoc. Prof. Daniel Rösel and Prof. Jan Brábek and colleagues, describing new approaches to cancer treatment. Congratulations!

The Unstoppable Bianka Mičke

Bianca studies the gut microbiome at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, and works as a lab technician. This March she won two silver medals at the World Championships in wing, which is a wind sport, where the racers sail with the help of an inflatable sail.

English courses of academic writing and presentation skills for PhD students at the Faculty of Science

Interested Ph.D. students are cordially invited to attend the Scientific Writing and Presentations Workshops with Jason Hwang.

Workshop: Advanced EM - 3D imaging

Biology Centre CAS and University of South Bohemia invite those interested in learning about the principles of TEM and SEM and selected advanced EM techniques to the Advanced EM-3D imaging course, which will take place from 11 to 13 June 2024 in České Budějovice. Registration until May 2024.

Czech scientific hopes scored in Luxembourg

The European Olympiad of Experimental Sciences (EOES), in which the best teams of young high school students from the European Union and Ukraine compete, took place this year in Luxembourg. With the participation of mentors from the Czech national rounds of the Olympiads (most of them from the Faculty of Science of Charles University), the Czech high school students brought home gold and silver medals. The golden Czechs even became the absolute winners of the whole competition! Congratulations!

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.