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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• research
• Nobel Prize
• economics
• honoris causa
• Nobel laureate

• Michal Novotný

Economist Paul Robert Milgrom's work has significantly influenced many areas of modern economics. He transformed the world of auctions for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He has now received the honorary title of doctor honoris causa at CU.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• law
• international relations
• Ukraine
• international cooperation

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Hynek Glos

It is among 20 research projects newly supported by Charles University. A unique University Centre for Conflict and Post-Conflict Studies in Central Europe has been established at the Faculty of Law under the leadership of Professor Veronika Bílková.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• medicine
• women of CU
• Zuzana Moťovská
• cardiology

• Marcela Uhlíková
• Michal Novotný

She is an internationally recognised Czech scientist and recently became the first woman to receive the Czech Head Award. Professor Zuzana Moťovská received the government’s top scientific prize for 2023 for her outstanding contribution to the field of cardiology.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• conference
• Carolinum
• science communication
• European funds

• M. Hundák, H. Glos, V. Šigut

Charles University recently outlined the scope of a major research project. Beyond security: The role of conflict in building resilience will bring together studies by numerous participants, across disciplines, to examine the impact of crises.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Zuzana Musilová
• Science
• research
• ERC

• Petr Jan Juračka, Luboš Wišniewski

"Our goal is to understand the limits of what the vertebrate eye is capable of! By studying the eye of deep-sea fish, we can also learn many useful insights about the human eye" says CU's Zuzana Musilová  - awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator grant.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• research
• Matyáš Fendrych
• auxin
• ERC

• Petr Jan Juračka

"We previously described rapid auxin speciation in the root of a model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Now we want to focus on this in other parts of plants, bringing us closer to practical applications," says Matyáš Fendrych from the Faculty of Science.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Oxford
• Velvet Revolution
• science communication
• Irene Tracey

• Michal Novotný, Vladimír Šigut

"Excellence and success breeds more success. The key to success is to attract truly high quality students and staff. It's great to have great facilities, but in the end it's all about people," says Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• Science
• research
• biology
• Petr Pyšek
• invasive species

• Marcela Uhlíková
• Vladimír Šigut

Biologist Petr Pyšek is the proud holder of the prestigious Czech Head award recognising his life’s work. He received the award in 2022 for the study of invasive organisms. “Invasive ecology is a field that examines how humans spread plants and animals around the world and guages their impact on nature,” he explains.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Erasmus
• research
• sustainability
• science communication
• Dublin

• Pavly Hubálková archive and UCD

Having a publication in Nature or talking about your research on TV is not enough! What matters is the real societal impact, they emphasise at University College Dublin. Pavla Hubálková found out how research and science communication is approached there.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• 4EU+ Alliance
• conference
• networking
• science communication

• Michal Novotný

This Tuesday, Charles University hosted a much-awaited conference organised by Science|Business and the Science|Business Widening initiative. The event was part of a series of debates on how to transform the Widening Programme.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• research
• books
• ERC
• Anežka Kuzmičová
• children's reading

• Vladimír Šigut, Neuron Fund

"One of the panel members made everybody chuckle during the interview when he said that I had cleverly designed a project on the joys of what most of us do most of the day," says Anežka Kuzmičová. She has won a prestigious ERC Starting Grant.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Erasmus
• Videos
• science communication
• Czexpats in Science
• Utrecht University

• Bas van Breukelen (Utrecht University)

“Be a sponge – keep absorbing information from a broad perspective,” says Professor Albert Heck from Utrecht University. Heck is internationally recognised as one of the top pioneers in the use of mass spectrometry for large-scale protein research.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Primus
• Jan Dobeš
• Czexpats in Science
• Jakub Abramson

• Petr Jan Juračka, Hynek Glos, archiv

"We discovered a completely new type of immune cell that plays key roles in the immune system's response to microorganisms," says Jan Dobeš, who was invited with Jakub Abramson and colleagues to write a review article in Nature Review Immunology.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Primus
• czexpats
• Matyáš Fendrych
• auxin
• ERC

• Petr Jan Juračka, archiv Matyáš Fendrych

A scientific team led by Matyáš Fendrych from the Faculty of Science of Charles University has succeeded in discovering a new signalling mechanism in the so-called fast auxin pathway. And explained results in a publication just a few days ago.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• CERGEEI
• Zdeněk Strakoš
• ERC CZ
• grants
• acknowledgement

• V. Šigut, H. Glos, P.J. Juračka, CU archive

The ERC grant competition is one of the most prestigious: top scientists regularly compete for funding. Those working at Czech institutions who receive top marks but fail to get backing, can receive "ERC CZ" funding from the Ministry of Education.