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Written by: Martin Rychlík

Category: Science

• Japan
• esport
• Nihon University
• neuroscience
• CU SPORT

• Hynek Glos, Zuzana Mazurová
• Zpráva dne: Ano1

At CU SPORT, Japanese neuroscientist Ryo Koshizawa, from Nihon University, has been exploring what happens in the brain during sporting contests and matches.

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Written by: Martin Rychlík

Category: Science

• linguistics
• Brown University
• CU ARTS
• Slavic studies

• Michal Novotný
• Zpráva dne: Ne

“I like resilience and sharp humour in Czechs,” says linguist Masako Ueda Fidler of Brown University, who has collaborated with CU for over fifteen years and recently received a Gold Medal of CU ARTS.

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Written by: Helena Zdráhalová

Category: Science

• CU ARTS
• social work

• Vladimír Šigut
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Last year, forty homeless people received CZK 100,000 in cash. What did they do with the money and how did it change the course of their lives? A team of researchers and social workers, led by Melanie Zajacová of CU ARTS, tracked these developments throughout last year.

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Written by: Helena Zdráhalová

Category: Science

• CU SCI
• geology
• Ethiopia

• Hynek Glos, Kryštof Verner
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Kryštof Verner and his team have been conducting field research in Ethiopia for more than ten years. Although his domain is geological and hydrogeological mapping, he knows that the problems of Ethiopia must be viewed comprehensively.

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• Zdeněk Strakoš
• ERC CZ
• ERC
• grants

• Tereza Kůstková, Veronika Syrovátková
• Michal Novotný
• Zpráva dne: Ne

On Wednesday, November 19, the National Information Day on ERC Grants took place at the Carolinum. Its aim was to present the mission of the European Research Council (ERC), which organizes the most prestigious European individual grant competitions to support top-level research.

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Written by: Helena Zdráhalová

Category: Science

• startup
• journalism
• artificial intelligence
• MathPhys
• informatics

• Hynek Glos
• Zpráva dne: Ne

MathPhys alumnus and lecturer Jiří Hana co-founded the company Geneea. It makes language processing technologies accessible to companies that work with large volumes of text or recordings, including media outlets.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• interviews
• data science
• MathPhys
• data analysis

• Hynek Glos
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Data science is sometimes called the most interesting profession of the 21^st century. Its bright future is confirmed by Irena Holubová of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at CU and Profinit’s Dominik Matula.

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Written by: Martin Rychlík

Category: Science

• Biocev
• medicine
• biology
• ERC
• IKEM
• ERC Starting grant
• CU 1st Med
• biophysics

• Hynek Glos
• Zpráva dne: Ne

CU’s First Faculty of Medicine is receiving its first prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant. It was awarded to Slovak biophysicist Andrea Gálisová who researches extracellular vesicles. These can deliver therapy directly to cells.

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Written by: Helena Zdráhalová

Category: Science

• PF
• ERC
• ERC Starting grant
• criminology
• criminal sentencing
• criminal law
• penology

• Martin Pinkas
• Zpráva dne: Ne

For the second time in the past year, a project developed by researchers at CU’s Faculty of Law has received grant support from the European Research Council. The ERC Starting Grant, worth €1.5 million, goes to Jakub Drápal.

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Written by: Tereza Kůstková

Category: Science

• Nobel Prize
• biology
• genetics
• Victor Ambros
• microRNA
• C elegans

• Hynek Glos, Vladimír Šigut
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Victor Ambros, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024, is renowned for his pioneering discovery of microRNAs. He has long collaborated with his wife, Candy Lee Ambros, his co-researcher for decades. Forum magazine had the opportunity to ask both a few questions.

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Written by: Jan Borek

Category: Science

• history
• conference
• museum
• Memory Studies
• Memory Studies Association
• University of Warsaw

• Veronika Vachule Nehasilová
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Memory studies explores how societies relate to the past and how the meanings of that past evolve in the present. It takes a deeply interdisciplinary approach, and reveals unexpected implications for our present as well as future.

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Written by: Martin Rychlík

Category: Science

• Science
• climate change
• archaeology
• Egyptology
• ecology
• Yale University
• Mesopotamia

• Hynek Glos, CIE CU Arts archive
• Zpráva dne: Ne

Professor Harvey Weiss of Yale University co-organized an international Egyptology conference in Prague. He is known for his pioneering work in environmental archaeology and for advancing the theory that mega-droughts played a central role in the collapse of ancient civilizations.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• ERC grant
• research
• history
• oral history
• Kateřina Čapková

• Martin Rychlík
• Hynek Glos

Kateřina Čapková from Charles University’s Faculty of Arts will explore the inclusive history of Central and Eastern Europe—examining the past through the perspectives of Roma, Jews, and people with disabilities—thanks to an Advanced ERC grant.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• Videos
• Primus programme
• popularisation
• Primus Day
• Science at CU

• Vladimír Šigut

More than 160 researchers have received support through the ground-breaking Primus programme ( launched in 2017) enabling them to establish independent labs focused on innovative frontier research. 

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• immunology
• cancer research
• immunotherapy
• Kari Jussi Hemminki

• Vladimír Šigut

Kari Jussi Hemminki is a renowned researcher who has overseen ground-breaking work at the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen. In less than five years in this role, Professor Hemminki and his team published over 100 impactful publications.