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Lewis acid zeolites – (green) catalysts for tomorrowJan Přech, Ewelina Szaniawská and Jiří Čejka (group of Synthesis, Catalysis and Advanced Materials from the Dept. of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry) with Steven L. Suib (University of Connecticut, USA) published a paper in the most cited chemistry journal: Chemical Reviews (IF=72,1). The article critically reviews recent advances in tetra- and pentavalent metal-substituted molecular sieve catalysis. Published Jan 20, 2023 |
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Professor Petr Nachtigall diedProf. RNDr. Petr Nachtigall, Ph.D. passed away on 28 December 2022. He was an internationally recognized expert in computational material science; he worked at our faculty at the Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry. We honor his memory. Published Jan 04, 2023 |
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Heme, heme, is oxygen here?You have probably heard that aristocrats have blue blood, right? Of course, it is not true. We all have blood of a beautiful red color, thanks to a protein called hemoglobin – the blood pigment. This protein has a non-protein part called heme, which carries oxygen in our blood from lungs to a whole body. Besides being an oxygen carrier, heme has a much wider set of tasks in various proteins of many organisms. For example, bacteria use heme in oxygen sensor proteins to orient themselves in the environment. The team of Assoc. Prof. Markéta Martínková from the Faculty of Science, Charles University has recently published a new mini-review focused on the mechanisms of action of those proteins. Published Dec 18, 2022 |
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SGA Student Chapter Prague – The 20th AnniversarySince 2022 is the year of celebrations for the SGA Student Chapter Prague, we have decided to organize the annual SGA Prague Christmas meeting and the 20th Anniversary celebration on 7th December. The event took place at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. On the same day we organized an excursion to the gold mine near Jílové u Prahy took place for those interested. Published Dec 15, 2022 |
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The great importance of small dimensionsDr. Michal Mazur and his colleagues from the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague study catalysts that are based on metal nanoparticles stabilized at zeolites. Recently, they have prepared a new type of zeolitic catalyst. Their results have been published in the prestigious journal Angewandte Chemie. Published Dec 13, 2022 |
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New Bachelor's Degree Programme in Science will link the natural science disciplinesApplications for the programme can be submitted until the end of February 2023. The new programme at Charles University combines physics, chemistry and biology. Published Dec 08, 2022 |
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Dr. Ruth Tachezy receives the CELSA 2022 AwardThe CELSA Award is presented annually and aims to recognize university public figures who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve society and humanity in general. This year, the CELSA Board awarded two prizes, one of which was presented to Ruth Tachezy, Ph.D., of the Department of Genetics and Microbiology. She was recognized for her involvement in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, both during the initial testing period and later in communicating with relevant institutions, the media and the general public. Published Nov 21, 2022 |
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Small mountain lake opens a window to the pastThe team centered around Associate Professor Petr Kuneš from the Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague has been researching the prehistory of Bohemian Forest (Šumava) lakes for seven years. The sediments collected have been unravelling new stories and now part of the results have been published in a prestigious journal Science of the Total Environment. The unusual quality of the record from a small mountain lake (Prášilské jezero) has made it possible to reconstruct changes in the lake ecosystem in great detail, revealing processes associated with the brownification of the water that go beyond the scope of a local study. Published Nov 15, 2022 |
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Snow Leopards in Nepal by professor Pavel KindlmannSnow leopards in Nepal, is the title of a new book produced by Springer, edited by Prof. Pavel Kindlmann from the Institute for Environment of the Charles University. The publication is the only one so far to provide comprehensive information on population dynamics and presents not only a comprehensive overview but also new, previously unpublished data from 15 years of intensive photo-trapping combined with sampling and analysis. These data could be useful for other researchers working on the snow leopard. In addition to the editor, the co-authors are former or current PhD students of the Institute of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Charles University. Published Nov 15, 2022 |
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New book "Atlas of the Gravity and Magnetic Fields of the Moon"Günther Kletetschka, Associate Professor at the Department of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics, has become one of the co-authors of a major new monographic publication from Springer. The book contains information on the geology of the Moon together with basic information on magnetic fields, mapping and topographic models. Published Nov 12, 2022 |
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GA CR awarded prestigious grants, one of them goes to our facultyThe Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA CR) will fund 10 new EXPRO projects and 23 JUNIOR STAR projects from next year. Both prestigious competitions aim to promote scientific excellence through superior conditions - EXPRO is designed for experienced scientists who have a breakthrough idea, while JUNIOR STAR will allow outstanding budding scientists to pursue their own research topics. One of the JUNIOR STAR grants goes to our faculty - it was awarded to Dr. Filip Kolář from the Department of Botany. Congratulations! Published Nov 05, 2022 |
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What are reduced mitochondria for?A few years ago, scientists discovered a curious case of protozoa (oxymonads) that do not have mitochondria. Since then, the research group of Associate Professor Hampl from the Faculty of Science of Charles University and the BIOCEV research centre has been asking how the unique loss of mitochondria occurred. In a paper, which has just been published in the prestigious journal Current Biology, Associate Professor Hampl's team with Justyna Zítek as the first author used the closest known relative of the oxymonads, a free living flagellate Paratrimastix pyriformis, as a model species. Published Nov 04, 2022 |
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What's keeping global biodiversity at bay?An article in the prestigious journal Science Advances, published by scientists from Prague´s Charles University (Center for Theoretical Study and Faculty of Science), shows that the Earth's biodiversity is regulated on the scale of tens of millions of years by a feedback loop between diversity on the one hand and the origination and extinction of species on the other, so that it cannot grow indefinitely. This sheds new light on the current biodiversity crisis. Published Nov 01, 2022 |
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Sports events offer for our international studentsWe are very pleased, that you have joined our university. We would like to offer you the possibility to meet with other international students during sport events prepared by the students from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport. You can join regular sports activities happening every week. This is a great opportunity to socialize with others and be active concerning your healthy life style. More details you can find below. Published Oct 25, 2022 |
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Conference: Microbial communities: function, structure and complexityWe cordially invite all interested parties to attend the conference MIcrobial Communitied: Function, Structure, and Complexity, which will be organized by BIOCEV on 2-4 November 2022. The conference will be divided into several sessions and will feature a number of outstanding experts from several countries. Admission to the conference is free. Registration is required. Published Oct 18, 2022 |
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Neuron Award 2022 for Mariya ShamzhyMariya Shamzhy from the Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry (CUCAM Research Centre) is tackling one of the long-standing key challenges for materials scientists - understanding how heterogeneous catalysts facilitate chemical reactions, at the atomic level. In particular, it is focused on the synthesis of new types of zeolites, their characterization and the explanation of their catalytic properties. The results so far promise new concepts for inorganic chemistry or chemical engineering. Mariya Shamzhy graduated from Lomonosov University and received her PhD degree from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Published Oct 16, 2022 |
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The Science is Beautiful photography and art competition is now openThe popular Science is Beautiful photography and art competition begins on Monday, October 10, 2022. Starting at 12 p.m., you can register your photos or illustrations on the competition website until midnight on October 31, 2022. Traditionally, there are three academic categories for faculty and a Discovery category for the general public. Winners of all categories will be announced on Dec. 7 in the Carolina Grand Auditorium. We look forward to seeing all who attend Published Oct 14, 2022 |
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4EU+ Flagships and our participationThe 4EU+ European University Alliance brings together seven comprehensive, research-intensive, public universities from four regions of Europe to strengthen the European vision of deepened cooperation and mutual enrichment. What are the flagships and how do our university and faculty participate in them? Published Oct 08, 2022 |
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Multidimensional solid-state NMR spectroscopy for the study of protein structureJan Blahut and Zdeněk Tošner (NMR Laboratory, Department of Chemistry), together with colleagues from the Technical University of Munich, have published a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, which focuses on increasing the sensitivity of multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra used to study the structure of insoluble proteins. Published Sep 21, 2022 |
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From the atom to NK cell: the story of an unexpected protein structureThe discovery of a peculiar protein structure and the quest to confirm it led to the description of interacting receptor clusters on NK cells. The study by the research teams of Dr. Ondřej Vaněk from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, and Dr. Jan Dohnálek from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in the center BIOCEV was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications. Published Sep 19, 2022 |