Lead the future of demography in Prague 🌍 The Faculty of Science seeks an ERA Chair in Advanced Population Projections & Modelling. Build a top research group and shape European policy on aging & migration. 📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026 Contact: [email protected]

Methane escaping beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet highlights its sensitivity to climate change 🧊🌍 Research led by Marek Stibal, published in Nature Geoscience, shows it originates from 4,500-year-old Holocene organic matter 🌱 Even modest warming may accelerate ice loss and methane release.

🇨🇿🤝🇰🇷 A South Korean delegation visited the Faculty of Science, Charles University, to discuss fertility research and family policy with Czech demographers. The meeting highlighted shared challenges, including rising living costs and declining birth rates. 📊🌍

Rector of Charles University honored top students in 2026 🎓🏅 Faculty of Science students received Prof. Heyrovský and Příhoda awards for excellence in science and teaching, plus a rector’s award for outreach 🌍. Congratulations to Š. Zeman, S. Kolesár, K. Sixtová, K. Bezányiová, A. Damaška 👏

🌍Capturing #CO₂ where pressure is high matters most. A nickel-intercalated #MXene–clay heterostructure boosts high-pressure CO₂ uptake and retains measurable adsorption after pressure release, pointing to a promising route for pre-combustion capture and syngas purification. 🔗 buff.ly/4EXj7zb (MK)

🔬🌍 Join invited lectures at ICYG 2026 (15–16 May) in Kostelec nad Černými lesy, near Prague. Keynotes: Prof. Simon M. Jowitt (mining & climate) and Prof. Martin Košťák (fossils & sediments, CU). More: icyg.eu/keynotespeaker

🌍 SGA Council Meeting in Prague (Apr 15–17) brought together experts from around the world. Discussions focused on future activities, the Biennial Meeting 📅, student support and Mineralium Deposita . Program included a visit to the Josef Underground Lab 🏗️⛏️

Ten faculties joined the celebrations, and across three ceremonial events, around 550 graduates from the class of 1976 commemorated this remarkable academic milestone. At the @sciencecharles.bsky.social, Diamond Graduations were also celebrated for the very first time.

🌿 60 years of the Biology Olympiad! The national final at the Faculty of Science, @unikarlova.cuni.cz in Prague brought together 36 top students from across Czechia. 🥇 Beránek 🥈 Staněk 🥉 Meszaros Congrats to all finalists for outstanding performances!

From science shows to smart bins! 🌍 Litoměřice hosted the largest Earth Day in the region, co-organized by our faculty. We highlighted our strategic SYNERGYS project in Litoměřice, merging science, eco-education, and tech. Huge thanks to Czech Geological Survey for the fossil & drilling demos! 🔬💎

First Antarctic samples from the new Long-Term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) program have arrived in Prague 🇦🇶 We’re proud to be part of the Czech Antarctic Research Programme together with Masaryk University and to lead LTEM, delivering key long-term data on ecosystem change. 🌍🔬

The 2025 Živa Awards highlight a success for our faulty! Our researchers and students excelled across the following categories:🔹 Vojen Ložek Award 🔹 Jan Suda Award 🔹 Special Award of Živa Magazine 🔹 Purkyně Award 🔹 Antonín Frič Award Proud of our faculty's impact on science popularization! 🌿🧬

The first FameLab Academy has a winner! 🏆 Marie Lexová won, supported by UK Rector Jiří Zima, Dean Vladimír Krylov, and UK Ambassador Matt Field. 🇬🇧🧪 A huge congrats to the new generation of science communicators! 👏🔬

Our study was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Paper Award by the @bigearthdata1.bsky.social at @tandfresearch.bsky.social ! I am grateful for this recognition to the editorial board, reviewers and my co-athors! Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/2096... @sciencecharles.bsky.social

The Bedřich Hrozný Award 🏆 for creative achievement has this year been awarded to Professor Ivan Čepička and PhD candidate Marek Valt for an outstanding discovery 🔬 that significantly advances our current understanding of the evolution 🌱🧬 of eukaryotic organisms. Congratulations!

The Faculty of Science invites you to an online information session on European Research Council (ERC) grants. 📅 21 April 2026 | 13:00–14:00 CET 💻 Online (link will be shared with registered participants) 🗣️ Held in English More info here: 1url.cz/FeNmQ

We invite you to a special lecture by visiting Professor Marek Mlodzik, Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, on new insights into Wnt signaling, its mechanisms, and its role in development and disease pathogenesis.

🎓 Norbert Baris (Petr Beier Group) has successfully defended his PhD thesis "Generation and Reactivity of Fluoroalkylated Nitrenes" at the @sciencecharles.bsky.social. Congratulations! 🎉 #IOCB #IOCBPrague #PhDjourney #PhDatIOCB

🔬 Team of Prof. Tomáš Obšil (Charles University) and Dr. Veronika Obšilová (Czech Academy of Sciences) revealed how cyclin Y and 14-3-3 activate kinase CDK16 🧬 Published in Nature Communications 📰

Dean Vladimír Krylov met with student Julie Zelingerová, who represented our faculty and the Czech Republic in curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan & Cortina. We’re proud of her dedication, balancing elite sport with studies, and outstanding representation! 🥌

We have 4 new fully funded PhD programs available in our group in Prague @sciencecharles.bsky.social! Join us for cutting-edge research into nanomaterials using state-of-the-art Machine Learning approaches, with international collaborations. Details on the projects below! 👇

🏆 Great success for young scientists from the Faculty of Science, @unikarlova.cuni.cz ! At the Werner von Siemens Awards, our researchers won 4 awards, including Best Master’s and Best Doctoral Thesis, plus two more top-10 placements. Congratulations to all awardees! 👏🔬🎓

🎓 Jiří Zima, former Dean of Faculty of Science, was inaugurated as the new Rector of @unikarlova.cuni.cz. He got the rector’s insignia in the Great Hall of Karolinum. We wish him lots of success! 👏

PhD students and postdocs in life sciences are invited to a career workshop with Adrian Liston (University of Cambridge). 📅 17 March | ⏰ 10:30–12:00 📍 Room CH2, Hlavova 8 Practical advice on building a research career, paths in academia & industry, and using your strengths for professional growth.

🏆 Studentský velemlok 2024/2025 Awards winners announced! At the Faculty of Science ball, students honored their favorite teachers: 🧬 Dana Holá | ⚗️ Anna Kubíčková | 🌍 Lenka Krajňáková | ⛰️ Martin Lanzendörfer | 🎖️ SKAS Award: Radim Kuba (First Aid courses). Huge congrats! ✨

New interactive maps from the SYRI project reveal regional differences in premature mortality across Czechia 📊 Where are these deaths most common, how many years of life are lost? The public map portal was developed with the participation of researchers from our faculty. syri.natur.cuni.cz

Listen to the secret of the ears! 🤫 Long-term data from fish otoliths reveal how climate-driven aridity is reshaping reservoir food webs - signalling major shifts in aquatic ecosystems. Read more about this new study examining tiny fish ear bones! 🦴🐟 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (TŽ)

🔬🧬 Join us for another exciting seminar hosted by the Department of Cell Biology!

From #detection to #destruction in one device 💊⚡ A free-standing boron-doped #diamond electrode enables sensitive sensing of #venlafaxine and desvenlafaxine—even in river water—then achieves ~97% degradation in 20 min, showcasing a #3D-printed detect-and-degrade platform. 🔗 buff.ly/7AIlfRB (MK)

Prof. Milan Matolín received the Gold Medal of @unikarlova.cuni.cz on 26 Feb from Rector Jiří Zima for his key role in founding nuclear geophysics in Czechoslovakia and educating generations of experts. 👏🎓🔬✨

Are you interested in mountain hydrology and looking for a PhD position? If so, let's join our SnowHydro team at @sciencecharles.bsky.social in Prague and be focused on tracking snowmelt water through mountain catchments. For information on how to apply, look at: natur.cuni.cz/en/geography...

Join us for a seminar by Assoc. Prof. Václav Veverka (IOCB Prague) on How Structural Biology Transformed Modern Molecular Biology 📍 Viničná 7, Lecture Hall Photochemistry 🗓 3.3.2026 ⏰ 14:50–16:30. Open to all – see you there!

🌍🏆 Doctoral student Bianka Mičke from our faculty at @unikarlova.cuni.cz achieved outstanding results at the World Ice and Snow Sailing Championship (WISSA 2026), earning 4 podiums in wing sailing: 🥇Course Race & GPS Speed, 🥈Slalom & Marathon, representing the Czech Republic with excellence. 👏

President Petr Pavel took part in a friendly debate at Faculty of Science at @unikarlova.cuni.cz about the war in Ukraine and Czechia’s role. Held on the invasion’s anniversary, students and academics joined in for an open discussion in a positive, welcoming atmosphere 🌍🎓

Study in English at the Faculty of Science, @charlesuni.cuni.cz – submit your application by the end of February! Bachelor’s degree programme "Science": 1url.cz/verD4 Follow-up Master’s degree programmes: 1url.cz/3erDd

#research #chemistry C7-Sulfonamide functionalization of 7-deazaadenosines: sangivamycin analogues with Haspin inhibitory activity (Štefek, Dejmek, Šála) – @chemcomm.rsc.org: doi.org/10.1039/D5CC... @iocbprague.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @czechacademy.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social

At an event on responsible leadership in higher education organized by NKC – gender & science at the British Embassy Prague 🎓, Anna Bull (The 1752 Group) spoke on accountability and safety. Faculty of Science was represented by Vice-Dean Jitka Žurmanová and Ombudsperson Nikola Burkovská 🤝

How will drought reshape #grassland life under climate change? 🌾🌍 New work shows #drought strongly shifts plant #microbiomes, especially #bacteria. Elevated CO₂ can partly buffer losses, revealing species-specific strategies that shape resilience from roots to leaves. 🔗 buff.ly/1TxurUJ (MK)

ParentHub Albertov officially opened on 16 Feb 2026 🎉 The ribbon was jointly cut by deans Vladimír Krylov and Martin Vokurka, launching a shared coworking space for parents, students, and staff at Faculty of Science and First Faculty of Medicine ( @1.lf.unikarlova.cuni.cz).🤝

Honored visit at the Faculty of Science! 🎓🏛️✨ Minister for Regional Development, Mgr. Zuzana Mrázová, alumna of our faculty, attended the 18th Venkov seminar on Peripheries. Welcomed by Dean Vladimír Krylov, Pavel Chromý & Radim Perlín. 👩‍🎓🤝📚

Join the 5th European Amphibian Conference in Prague (3–5 July 2026)! 🐸 Connect with researchers using amphibians as model organisms in basic & applied science. Early-bird till 30 Apr 2026. Register: lnkd.in/d3C5nxdU

Major success for our chemists! 🧪 Jan Přech and the KFMCh team published in ACS Catalysis the first study linking the distribution of active sites in zirconosilicate zeolites to reaction selectivity. Read more: 1url.cz/QezHt 🎉

🏙️ Why do some cities turn culture into growth while others lag? 🎭 An analysis of 196 European #cities shows persistent East–West gaps—but also signs of path creation in places like Brno and Bratislava, highlighting how governance and legacy shape creative city performance. 🔗 buff.ly/1fih3dm (MK)

🎓 Karolína Štaflová (from the Iva Pichová group) has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled Host-pathogen interactions during in vitro hepatitis B virus infection at @sciencecharles.bsky.social. Congratulations! 🎉 #PhD #PhDatIOCB

🎓🔬 Study Science at Charles University! Interdisciplinary bachelor linking biology 🧬, chemistry ⚗️ & physics ⚡. Check out the @olinium42.bsky.social podcast 🎙️ for more 👉 1url.cz/JeMgX

🥌🇨🇿 Today at 19:05, Czech mixed doubles curlers Julie Zelingrová & Vít Chabičovský face Canada. We’re cheering especially for Julie, a 1st-year Environmental Protection student at the Faculty of Science at @unikarlova.cuni.cz. Good luck! 💙🤍❤️

🎓🌍 Planning a research stay abroad in 2026? The Endowment Fund of the Faculty of Science offers 12 travel grants of CZK 40,000 for MSc & PhD students to gain international experience. Apply by 13 March 2026 👉 1url.cz/oetSJ