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Mariya Shamzhy contributes to groundbreaking international research

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!

Published Mar 22, 2024

 Allowance for a student's trip abroad for an internship

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".

Published Mar 21, 2024

Apply for the Rudolf Lukeš Prize 2024

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).

Published Mar 13, 2024

The first humans came to Europe 1.4 million years ago

The first humans came to Europe 1.4 million years ago

The oldest currently known human occupation of Europe lies near the town of Korolevo in western Ukraine. New findings by an international team led by Roman Garba from the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Prague, have confirmed that the lowermost layer with the stone tools at Korolevo dates to 1.4 million years ago. Until now, the earliest inhabited location was thought to be Atapuerca in Spain, some 200,000 to 300,000 years later. The results, published in Nature, also show that early hominins took advantage of warm interglacial periods to colonise Europe from the east or southeast. A recent advance in mathematical modelling combined with applied nuclear physics has enabled the precise dating of the Korolevo’s earliest occupation. PhD student Lotta Ylä-Mella from Dpt. of Physical Geography and Geoecology was involved in determining the age of the sediments containing the stone tools.

Published Mar 12, 2024

URGENT- safety information

URGENT- safety information

Today at 9:00 a.m. a mass e-mail came with a ransom request. A total of 6 universities received the e-mail. We are actively solving the matter with the Police, we are proceeding according to their instructions. There is no imminent danger, evacuation according to the Police is not recommended. We remain in normal mode including teaching. We will provide more information as soon as we have the next update.

Published Mar 11, 2024

Our faculty succeeded in the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

Our faculty succeeded in the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

The LeishBlock project will be led by Dr. Andreia Albuquerque-Wendt, who will spend 2 years at the Swiss Tropical And Public Health Institute and then 1 year at our faculty, where her postdoc supervisor will be Professor Petr Volf from the Department of Parasitology. In the MSCA PF 2023 call, a total of 8039 applicants from all over the world applied for the fellowship, in the Czech Republic 12 applicants were successful.

Published Feb 29, 2024

An innovative method for detecting geology hidden beneath the surface

An innovative method for detecting geology hidden beneath the surface

Kurosh Karimi and Günther Kletetschka from the Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, have described a new method for locating bodies hidden beneath the surface. The new method allows estimating the position, especially the depth of the underground structure and was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Published Feb 20, 2024

The "Let's transfer science" conference was held for the first time this year at Albertov

The "Let's transfer science" conference was held for the first time this year at Albertov

On the sixth of February, the Faculty of Science of Charles University brought together the leaders of a number of disciplines for the Let's transfer science conference, organized by Associate Professor Vladimír Krylov, Vice Dean for Science, Research, Scientific Information and Academic Qualifications, Knowledge and Technology Transfer.

Published Feb 08, 2024

Secretion-regulating proteins in plants influence resistance to pathogens

Secretion-regulating proteins in plants influence resistance to pathogens

The first joint author of a recently published study in the prestigious journal Plant Cell is PhD student from the Faculty of Science, George Caldarescu.

Published Jan 19, 2024

Unveiling Nature's Patterns

Unveiling Nature's Patterns

A new review on repeated adaptation has just been published in the prestigious journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution. The paper is a result of a collaborative effort between the Faculty of Science, Charles University and the University of Bern and the main author is Magdalena Bohutínská.

Published Jan 18, 2024

The faculty is involved in Research and Enterprise Network for Infrastructures

The faculty is involved in Research and Enterprise Network for Infrastructures

The Faculty of Science, Charles University will be involved in a cooperation project under the Czech-Saxon Interreg programme starting this year. The principal investigator for the Faculty of Science, Charles University is doc. RNDr. Jiří Mls, CSc. from the Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics.

Published Jan 16, 2024

Coordinative Chain Transfer and Chain Shuttling Polymerization

Coordinative Chain Transfer and Chain Shuttling Polymerization

Robert Mundil (Soft Matter research group from the Dept. of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry) with Catarina Bravo, Nicolas Merle and Philippe Zinck (University of Lille, France) published a paper in Chemical Reviews, which is the most cited chemical journal with impact factor 62.1. The published review provides the state of the art in the field with a focus on the last 10 years. Congratulations!

Published Jan 12, 2024

Single-atom engineering revolutionizes medicine, chemistry and energy

Single-atom engineering revolutionizes medicine, chemistry and energy

New materials for energy acquisition and storage, nano-robots detecting or eliminating germs in the human body or substances accelerating and streamlining a number of chemical reactions in industrial production will be developed by a revolutionary method of single-atom engineering as part of the Technology Beyond Nanoscale (TECHSCALE) project. Palacký University (UP) has succeeded in the prestigious Excellent Research call in the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme, with partners from Charles University and CEITEC-VUT. The five-year research received funding of almost half a billion Czech koruna.

Published Jan 08, 2024

PhD STARS program 2024 is open for applications

PhD STARS program 2024 is open for applications

Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague has launched its program supporting talented PhD research students from all over the world. During the STARS 2024 call, prospective students can apply to 63 PhD research topics announced on the web page on January 8th, 2024. Deadline for application is March 13th, 2024.

Published Jan 05, 2024

Possibility to process your samples in the new histoprocessor

Possibility to process your samples in the new histoprocessor

Vinicna Microscopy Core Facility offers the possibility to process samples in the Leica ASP200 tissue processor. A reservation form must be filled out in advance.

Published Jan 03, 2024

Communication to students of the Faculty of Science

Communication to students of the Faculty of Science

The management of the Faculty of Science monitors the current situation at the Faculty of Arts and at Charles University as a whole. There are quite a few students who, in addition to teaching at the Faculty, also have classes at the Faculty of Arts, which is currently subject to a special regime. Click on this news item to find the guidelines for the organisation of examinations and studies that currently apply to the Faculty of Arts.

Published Jan 02, 2024

Information on the operation of the faculty from 2. 1. 2024

Information on the operation of the faculty from 2. 1. 2024

Starting from Tuesday, 2 January 2024, the Faculty of Science resumes the operation of its buildings in normal mode according to the planned activities. This information applies to both students and staff.

Published Jan 01, 2024

The Faculty of Science expresses its sympathy to the victims of the attack and to all the survivors

The Faculty of Science expresses its sympathy to the victims of the attack and to all the survivors

The Faculty of Science shares the pain that the Faculty of Arts has been subjected. We express our sincere sympathy not only to our colleagues, but especially to all the loved ones of the victims of the tragedy.

Published Dec 21, 2023

Ancient roots of phytohormone signalling

Ancient roots of phytohormone signalling

A new study on the plant signaling molecule, auxin, has been published in the prestigious journal Cell. The study was co-authored by Matyáš Fendrych and Shiv Mani Dubey from the Faculty of Science, Charles University.

Published Dec 21, 2023

New Insights into Climate Response of Forest Ecosystems

New Insights into Climate Response of Forest Ecosystems

New research has made significant strides in understanding how coniferous forest ecosystems may respond to climatic changes. The study investigates the relationship between tree-ring indices (TRI) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in the context of climate, topography, and soil conditions. Corresponding author of the study is Dr. Mašek from the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University.

Published Dec 14, 2023