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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• Science
• gender
• women of CU
• Women in Science
• Libuše Heczková

• Pavla Hubálková
• Michal Novotný

"Academics of the 20th century were personalities. We should be inspired by them and support originality and the search for one's own path, because it leads to knowledge and great ideas," says Libuše Heczková from the Faculty of Arts.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• CLIP
• medicine
• oncology
• EuroFlow
• Tomáš Kalina

• Tereza Kůstková
• L. Galdová, M. Hladík, M. Vokatý

Connecting experts in flow cytometry, development and licensing of diagnostic methods, including in the field of leukaemia, are among the main tasks of the internationally successful EuroFlow consortium.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Video
• Israel
• Filip Čapek
• Science at CU

• Daniel Hotový, David Rafael Moulis, Eyal Marco z Israel Antiquities Authority

"I think archaeology is an integral part of working with ancient texts," says Filip Čapek of the Protestant Theological Faculty. In our one-minute video, he reveals what the discovery of the temple at Tel Moca means.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Video
• Primus
• Science at CU
• Kateřina Chládková

• Pavla Hubálková
• Daniel Hotový

"We study how the smallest babies, who don't speak at all, learn language, what they understand and what they know about their language," says Kateřina Chládková from the Faculty of Arts in our video series. The findings are then used, for example, to help adults learn foreign languages better.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• ERC CZ Consolidator Grant
• Ondřej Pejcha
• cosmology
• astrophysics
• stars

• Martin Rychlík
• Hynek Glos, Michal Novotný, NASA

“I'm interested, among other things, in how materials mix inside stars that are physically close to one another,” says CU Associate Professor Ondřej Pejcha. He will launch a prestigious ERC Consolidator project worth 2.3 million euros.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• ERC CZ Consolidator Grant
• research
• ERC CZ
• physics
• Martin Setvín

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Vladimír Šigut

Martin Setvín has truly had a great run lately. In 2023 he received an ERC CZ grant for his research on polarons in solids. Last autumn, Science Advances published the latest discoveries by his team. And he capped 2024 with an ERC Consolidator Grant!

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• Jaroslav Švelch
• gaming
• ERC Consolidator grant
• media studies

• Vladimír Šigut

Candidates from Charles University recently clinched a total of five ERC Consolidator Grants, gamechangers when it comes to supporting cutting edge research. One of the recipients is Associate Professor Jaroslav Švelch, who received funds for GAMEINDEX.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• comparative studies
• law
• constitutionalism
• tolerance

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Tomáš Dumbrovský, DI, Shutterstock

Tomáš Dumbrovský traveled to the Persian Gulf because he needed to step out of the Western cultural framework. As the very first researcher associated with the Faculty of Law at CU, he received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant.

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Written by: Helena Zdráhalová

Category: Science

• research
• Primus programme
• equal opportunities
• ERC Consolidator grant
• Synthetic biology

• Petr Jan Juračka

In her research, she delves into the origins of life on Earth. What keeps her awake at night are the 20 amino acids that have formed the building blocks of proteins in all organisms since the very beginning. What would life look if the identity of these amino acids changed?

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• ERC CZ
• ERC
• success
• ERC Consolidator grant

• Helena Zdráhalová and Forum magazine
• Forum,Tomáš Dumbrovský, Petr Jan Juračka

Charles University researchers have written a new chapter in success, with five of being awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator grants. This is an unprecedented achievement. Five more scientists from other institutions also received backing.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• CERN
• research
• particle physics
• physics
• quantum mechanics

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Martin Rybář, Vladimír Šigut

As part of the recent 70th-anniversary of CERN and close collaboration with the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics at Charles University, we spoke to Czech experimental particle physicist Martin Rybář, a top science communicator.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• Science
• Videos
• ERC
• Anežka Kuzmičová
• Science at CU

• Pavla Hubálková
• Daniel Hotový

“I study children's reading from the perspective of the children themselves,” says Anežka Kuzmičová from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University. She introduces more in a one-minute video.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• mathematics
• programming
• ERC CZ
• algorithms

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Hynek Glos

“Realistic expectations are necessary when applying for an ERC grant but there's no point in being overly modest,” says Pavel Veselý from the Institute of Informatics, CU. The researcher was awarded a prestigious ERC CZ grant in June.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Science
• research
• Videos
• HR Award
• Science at CU

• Daniel Hotový

"Our long-term research is devoted to the development of new technologies for the screening of pregnancy complications during the first trimester," says Ilona Hromadníková, a physician/scientist from the Third Faculty of Medicine.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Science
• Videos
• HR Award
• Michal Bauer
• Julie Chytilová
• Science at CU

• Daniel Hotový

"The psychology of poverty is still a relatively new research direction at the interface of economics and psychology," explains the scientific and partnership couple Julie Chytilová and Michal Bauer from Charles University.They present more in one minute.

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