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Popular Science: The phenomenon of farmers’ shops in CzechiaWhat are the reasons of the recent expansion of farmers’ shops in the Czech Republic? Are all the goods sold there from Czechia? What are the problems faced by the owners of the shops? We can read about these and other topics in the article written by Marie Syrovátková from the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development from the Faculty of Science of the Charles University. Published May 02, 2017 |
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Quo Vadis Chemie - Dr. Radim Hrdina: C-H Functionalization Adamantane DerivativesTwo main approaches to 1,2-disubstituted adamantane derivatives from readily available starting materials (alcohols, carboxylic acids, amines) will be presented: A rhodium acetate catalyzed intramolecular nitrene insertion reaction of sulfonamides and carbamates; and palladium acetate catalyzed arylation/ acetoxylation of C−H bonds. Mechanistic studies of these transformations, postfunctionalizations and application of obtained derivatives will be discussed in detail. The lecture takes place at Ch-2 Lecture Hall on Monday 3rd, 3 pm. Published Mar 22, 2017 |
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BIOCEV: The Power of Cross-linking/Mass Spectrometry for Protein Structure AnalysisOn behalf of Petr Novák, Ph.D. I would like to invite you to a lecture of Professor Andrea Sinz (Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Bioanalytics, Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany) that will be held on Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 at 10 am. at the Conference hall (U2.012) in BIOCEV. Published Mar 21, 2017 |
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BIOCEV: FLIM-PRAGUE 20172nd Workshop on Advanced Time-Resolved Imaging Techniques in Vestec near Prague, May 16-17, 2017. Published Mar 16, 2017 |
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SUPER-RESOLUTION AND LIVE CELL IMAGING SYMPOSIUM 2017Symposium on super-resolution microscopy and live cell imaging: technology, methods, data evaluation, BIOCEV, Průmyslová 595, Vestec, Czech Republic, April 5 - 7, 2017. Please register until March 27, 2017. Published Mar 16, 2017 |
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Gigantic trilobite larvaePalaeontologists from the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology have discovered gigantic trilobite larvae in Bohemia that were probably nourished by large yolks. Over 500 million years ago these larvae inhabited seas in high latitudes in the southern hemisphere and their distribution was comparable with that of lecithotrophic larvae of today’s invertebrates. Published Mar 16, 2017 |
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Jan Suda passed awayJan Suda, a world botanist, outstanding teacher, our colleague and friend, passed away at Thursday March 9. Published Mar 13, 2017 |
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Lecture: prof. Aharon Oren, Hebrew University, Jerusalem - world´s leading expert in geobiology and the microbiology of extremophile organismsOne of the world’s greatest experts in geobiology and the microbiology of extremophile organisms, Prof. Aharon Oren, Ph.D., from Hebrew University in Jerusalem (and holder of an honorary doctorate from Charles University), will be giving two lectures at our faculty. The first, entitled Life at high salt concentrations: phylogenetic and physiological diversity, will take place on March 16 at 4 p.m. in lecture hall B8 in Viničná 5, while the second, Salt production and microbes: the microbiology of saltern evaporation ponds and microorganisms in ancient halite, will be held on March 21 at 3 p.m. in the Mineralogical Lecture Hall in Albertov 6. We cordially invite all who are interested to attend. Published Mar 07, 2017 |
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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 |
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!!CALL FOR PAPERS!!! NEW WAVE 9th International Student and Early Career ConferenceDear 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 |
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Popular Science: A green parasite of two facesThe 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 |
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Popular Science: Evolution of endosymbiosis in actionEndosymbiosis 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 |
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Popular Science: Ageing is more pronounced in male face than in womenAgeing 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Popular Science: Even partial river restoration can helpNow 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 |
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Popular Science: Armed plant pathogensSince 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 |
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Popular Science: How old is too old? Ideal age of parents according to childrenWhat 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 |
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Popular Science: Impressions from an Expedition to AzerbajjanI 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 |
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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 |