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Lecture: prof. Yonathan Anson (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel)

Lecture: prof. Yonathan Anson (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel)

Department of Demography and Geodemography and rganisation of Young Demographers Invite you to a lecture "The same but different: Social context of Australian mortality an analysis with reference to different forms of capital and social organisation. Lecture room “Levá rýsovna” (Albertov 6, Prague 2, 3rd floor) on Monday 20th February 2017 from 9:45 am.

Published Feb 02, 2017

!!CALL FOR PAPERS!!!  NEW WAVE 9th International Student and Early Career Conference

!!CALL FOR PAPERS!!! NEW WAVE 9th International Student and Early Career Conference

Dear Colleagues, it is our pleasure to invite you to the 9th International Student and Early Career Conference NEW WAVE in Prague, Czechia on 25th – 26th May, 2017. We encourage you to submit complete session proposals, individual papers or posters. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th March, 2017.

Published Jan 17, 2017

Popular Science: A green parasite of two faces

Popular Science: A green parasite of two faces

The parasitic green alga Phyllosiphon infecting leaves of Araceae was described already in the 19th century and now, more than hundred years later, we seem finally begin to uncover the real diversity and a hint of life strategies of this genus. This is thanks to the work of Kateřina Procházková and her colleagues from the Department of Botany of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Charles University.

Published Jan 17, 2017

Popular Science: Evolution of endosymbiosis in action

Popular Science: Evolution of endosymbiosis in action

Endosymbiosis is a relationship between two organisms, one of whom lives in a body of the other. Commonly known examples are protozoans and bacteria in the stomach of ruminants, helping them digest cellulose, or bacteria in roots of Fabaceae (such as beans or peas), helping them fix nitrogen. Endosymbiosis is also common between unicellular organisms: in such case, one cell lives in another cell of different species. One of the most important endosymbioses took place in ancient past and as a result, almost all eukaryote cells have mitochondria (“energetic factories of the cell”) and further more green organisms have chloroplasts, intercepting energy of the light and transforming it to the type of energy suitable an organism. A completely new example of endosymbiosis was found by a team of researchers from Universities of Ostrava, České Budějovice, California and Charles University. Faculty of Science of Charles University was represented by doc. RNDr. Jan Votýpka, Ph.D.

Published Jan 17, 2017

Popular Science: Ageing is more pronounced in male face than in women

Popular Science: Ageing is more pronounced in male face than in women

Ageing or senescence is a natural part of our lives, even though we often try to hide it. First senescence changes start to manifest on the human face as early as at the age of twenty. Knowledge of the facial ageing process can be crucial for face appearance predictions for long-term missing persons.

Published Jan 09, 2017

Popular Science: Does our immune system have the ability to fight off obesity?

Popular Science: Does our immune system have the ability to fight off obesity?

Human adenoviruses are common pathogens that cause mild gastrointestinal, ocular or respiratory symptoms. Infections are commonly observed in young children. One virus from this group, Adenovirus 36, is associated with obesity and antibodies against it are more prevalent in overweight and obese individuals than in normal-weight individuals.

Published Jan 09, 2017

Popular Science: Do you want to be more attractive to delicate female noses? Take a dose of garlic!

Popular Science: Do you want to be more attractive to delicate female noses? Take a dose of garlic!

Garlic is one of the favourite ingredients in within Euro-Asian cuisines, giving food a special pungent, spicy flavor and a bit of sweetness. It is a product also well-recognized for its medical purposes, and already Ancient Egyptians used garlic and onion regularly to promote good health. However, all the goodness brought to a human comes to the death point we try a kiss after a meal full of this ingredient. The garlic breath coming out of the mouth can be unbearable. But what about the regular body odour, mostly of the axillary origin? Every single one of us has some, and it can be perceived by the others either pleasantly or unpleasantly, depending also on person’s diet.

Published Jan 05, 2017

Popular Science: Even partial river restoration can help

Popular Science: Even partial river restoration can help

Now and in the past, humans mainly try to control river bodies by straightening and fortifying river channels. River network modifications can result in negative impacts, such as extreme floods or droughts, because the water is quickly drained from the basin and not retained in the landscape. There is a degradation of water quality and physical river habitat quality. Milada Matoušková and Kateřina Kujanová from the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology are concerned about the state of the rivers.

Published Jan 05, 2017

Popular Science: Armed plant pathogens

Popular Science: Armed plant pathogens

Since plants are sessile organisms, it may seem that they are very vulnerable to pathogens and diseases. This could not be further from the truth! All plant populations are constantly threatened by enormous number of different pathogens, but only few plants will show any symptoms or eventually die, because plants have evolved very complex defence. How does it look and how do parasites bypass it? Our biochemists had a look on an example of that.

Published Jan 05, 2017

Popular Science: How old is too old? Ideal age of parents according to children

Popular Science: How old is too old? Ideal age of parents according to children

What should be the ideal age of parents at childbirth? Many people deal with the question by starting a family, a team of scientists affiliated to the Department of Demography and Geodemography of Charles University in Prague-Jiřina Kocourková, Boris Burcin and Tomáš Kučera and Hana Konečná from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of the University of South Bohemia decided to focus on this topic professionally. A unique feature of this research was the fact that its respondents were children. The team has published the results of their work in Reproductive Biomedicine Online.

Published Jan 05, 2017

Popular Science: Impressions from an Expedition to Azerbajjan

Popular Science: Impressions from an Expedition to Azerbajjan

I have had the opportunity to join an expedition of researchers from departments of zoology and parasitology of our faculty to Azerbaijan at the end of the June. It was an expedition indeed – for two weeks we explored local nature, places rarely or sometimes never before visited by teams of researchers. The expedition was led by RNDr. Miroslav Švátora, CSc. and from zoology department represented by doc. RNDr. Daniel Frynta, PhD., Milan Kaftan, Mgr. Barbora Kaftanová, Mgr. Zdeněk Lerch and Iveta Štolhoferová, from parasitology department by doc. RNDr. Jan Votýpka, PhD. and Barbora Kykalová.

Published Jan 04, 2017

PhD position in "Evolution of sex chromosomes in squamate reptiles"

PhD position in "Evolution of sex chromosomes in squamate reptiles"

The aim of the project is to examine the evolution of sex chromosomes and their homology based on gene content in selected lineages of squamate reptiles (eg. lizards and snakes). Squamate reptiles possess lineages with either XX/XY, ZZ/ZW or temperature-dependent sex determination. Suitable candidates will be interviewed until March 31th.

Published Jan 03, 2017

3rd student science conference

3rd student science conference

We cordially invite you to the 3rd Student science conference, to be held on 17th of December, 2016. The Goal of the conference is to create an opportunity for an in-depth exchange of experience between students and other scientists. The conference takes place on December, 17th, (08.00-18.00), Lecture room B8, Department of Genetics and microbiology, Vinicna 5, Prague 2.

Published Dec 14, 2016

New Book: Alchemy and Rudolf II, Ivo Purš, Vladimír Karpenko (eds.)

New Book: Alchemy and Rudolf II, Ivo Purš, Vladimír Karpenko (eds.)

The book Alchemy and Rudolf II provide a superb conspectus of the state of scholarship in its given field. It is the fruit of an international collaboration and at least half of the text has been written by the two editors, Ivo Purš and Vladimír Karpenko. The book is now available in English version.

Published Dec 07, 2016

LECTURE: Prof. Russell E. Morris - Nanoporous materials – from fundamental synthesis to applications in medicine

LECTURE: Prof. Russell E. Morris - Nanoporous materials – from fundamental synthesis to applications in medicine

Professor Russell E. Morris will deliver the lecture in the QuoVadis Chemie serie. The lecture will take place at Ch-2 lecture room on Monday 5th of December at 3 p.m.

Published Nov 28, 2016

 Conifers are more at home here than previously thought

Conifers are more at home here than previously thought

What did Czech forests originally look like before the intervention of human hands? The answer to that question is important not only for today’s conservationists, but for practically everyone whose work involves forests. As part of the LONGWOOD Project, Petr Kuneš and his team from our Department of Botany are helping to find the answer.

Published Nov 21, 2016

LECTURE: Yasuhiro UOZUMI - Novel Pincer Palladium Complexes: Their Preparation and Properties

LECTURE: Yasuhiro UOZUMI - Novel Pincer Palladium Complexes: Their Preparation and Properties

Professor Yasuhiro UOZUMI will deliver the lecture in the QuoVadis Chemie serie. The lecture will take place at Ch-2 lecture room on Monday 28th at 3 p.m.

Published Nov 21, 2016

Popular Science: Leishmanias under microscope

Popular Science: Leishmanias under microscope

Leishmania are single-celled protozoa not very well known in our country. In southern latitudes, however, it is a feared parasite that annually takes the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. This alarming fact has prompted European scientists to join together to control this epidemic. Research within the EuroLeish network happens to be taking place at the Faculty of Science - Charles University.

Published Nov 15, 2016

LECTURE: Experiences and trajectories of young people in a rural region of Canada

LECTURE: Experiences and trajectories of young people in a rural region of Canada

We cordially invite you to Lecture and Discussion given by Assoc. Prof. Marco Alberio, Ph.D. Department of societies, territories and development Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. The lecture takes place on 25th October 2016, 9:00 am – 10:30 am in room Z1 (3rd floor) (building: Albertov 6).

Published Oct 24, 2016

LECTURE: Pärt Peterson: Age-associated epigenetic changes in human immune cells

LECTURE: Pärt Peterson: Age-associated epigenetic changes in human immune cells

Seminar will be held on Tuesday 18. 10. 2016 at 15:00 in room B3-Fotochemie, Viničná 7. Pärt Peterson is professor of Molecular immunology and the head of the Molecular pathology research group at the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine of University of Tartu. His research is focused on transcriptional and epigenetic regulation network in cells involved in immune tolerance and antigen recognition.

Published Oct 18, 2016