🌌 Explore the Drake Equation and the search for intelligent life! 📅 Sept 25, 2025 | 10:30–18:00 📍 Viničná 7, Prague With top astrophysicists from France & Denmark. Details 👉 1url.cz/fJdG1

Final preparations are made for our upcoming #MATBIO Xchange workshop Nižbor, Czech Republic within the @4euplusalliance.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social, Universities of Warsaw, and Milano. #MATBIOX #MathematicalBiology 🧪

🧬 Scientists led by Prof. Petr Volf at the Department of Parasitology discovered key proteins behind Leishmania transmission, a step toward reducing this disease affecting hundreds of thousands globally 🌍💡 More here: 1url.cz/3Jjac

🌿 The Botanical Garden of Charles University’s Faculty of Science turns 250! Founded in 1775, it is one of Central Europe’s oldest university gardens. Join us for a special anniversary program 15–21 Sept 2025. 🎉 @unikarlova.cuni.cz @botanickazahradauk.bsky.social

Dean Vladimír Krylov reports from the first 3 days of the Czech R&D Mission to Canada: 🎓 McMaster University, 🏥 UHN Toronto, 💡 MaRS & Donnelly Centre, 🌱 University of Waterloo & innovation hubs. New collaborations and Horizon Europe opportunities emerging.

🔬🦠 Cercarial dermatitis is on the rise in Europe. Within the 4EU+ Alliance, our parasitologists test modern eDNA methods to detect avian schistosomes directly from water—together with colleagues in Poland & Denmark. 👉 1url.cz/sJsS7

🌍 Dean Vladimír Krylov of the Faculty of Science, Charles University, will join the Czech R&D Mission to Canada (Sept 6–13), presenting research priorities in Horizon Europe 2026/27. More info 👉 1url.cz/zJsNG

🌍🔬 FameLab 2025 National Final is here! 🔬🌍 On Sept 29, 18:00, Prague’s Municipal Library hosts the 15th Czech & 20th global edition. Cheer for chemists Adéla Olšovská & Lukáš Lener! 💡👏 More info: 1url.cz/MJkqW

🌍 From Guatemala to Tibet 🏔️: Czech scientists Michael Mikát & Jan Kropáček will embark on Neuron Foundation expeditions—one to study cooperation in nature, the other to retrace historic footsteps in Tibet. Two projects, one mission. 🔬✈️

Nobel laureate 🏅 Prof. Victor Ambros visited Charles University’s Faculty of Science, giving a packed lecture on “Development timers in a tiny worm!” 🪱 followed by lively discussion 💬. A big day for science 🔬✨ 👉 1url.cz/TJV4P

#research #fluorinechemistry Synthesis of 1-Fluoroalkyl-5-Substituted-1,2,3-Triazoles from Carbonyl-Stabilized Phosphonium Ylides (Tichý et al.) – J. Org. Chem.: doi.org/10.1021/acs.... @iocbprague.bsky.social #JHINST @czechacademy.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @vschtpraha.bsky.social

A huge thanks to everyone who joined the Acteria–EFIS Award Session at #IUIS2025! We were inspired by the brilliant talks from our Early Career Research Prize awardees: 🔹 Jan Dobeš 🔹 Paul Engeroff ✨ Congratulations! @honzadobes87.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social

Come join us at the Summer School of Migration Studies in Prague! 🇨🇿 From August 31 to September 6, 2025, students and young professionals will dive deep into #migration research and policy. 📚 Learn from experts and connect with peers from around the world. More info here: migrationschoolprague.com

A new #bioleaching study, conducted in collaboration with Charles University and the University of Wroclaw, shows #microorganisms can effectively unlock #metals from copper-bearing #shales! Read more about "mining" with #microbes ⬇️🦠 🪨 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687525003838 (TŽ)

🐭 #Mouse “identical twins” aren’t always alike. Their #immune systems are strongly shaped by #gut #microbiota. A new study from the Faculty of Science, Charles University, in Gut Microbes also reveals an entirely new immune structure – #immunovillus. Read more 🔽 🔗 buff.ly/hwkTj8p (MK)

🇨🇿 Success for Czech students at EGEO & iGEO! Ondřej Martinák won 🥈, Jan Kulha 🥉 in Vilnius, Richard Smáha 🥉 in Bangkok. Thanks to all who represented 🇨🇿 and to Charles University’s Geography Section for organizing!

🔬 On August 26, Charles University will host #Nobel laureate Victor Ambros 🧬 He’ll give a public lecture at our Faculty at @charlesuni.cuni.cz – free admission! Don’t miss this chance to hear from a pioneer in #gene regulation 🗣️

The 36th IBO just wrapped up in Quezon City, Philippines 🇵🇭🌿 Over 70 countries competed! The Czech team was proudly led by Jan Černý, Lenka Libusová & Kateřina Bezányová from our faculty 🇨🇿 More info 👉 1url.cz/MJlqM

♻️ Turning #CO₂ into value: Researchers show that trivalent #metal Lewis acids (MX₃) can #activate CO₂ and drive transfer #hydrogenation using bio-derived γ-terpinene. The result? Efficient formate production & valuable N-formamides/heterocycles—at low pressure. 🔗 buff.ly/E57tLR1 (MK)

🌳 Despite rising #drought stress, #trees in #Central #Europe have been quietly bulking up. A new study shows average stem diameter has grown 8% since 1990—confirming #biosphere model predictions and highlighting nearly 50 years of #forest thickening. Read more 🔽 🔗 buff.ly/BCM5ugw (MK)

🧪 Researchers created a unique #electrostatic #hydrogel using anionic #boron #clusters—a rare ingredient in soft matter. These self-healing, shear-thinning #nanogels change structure with concentration and show tunable mechanics via block length. Read more 🔽 🔗 buff.ly/MP2EWaW (MK)

Czech scientists used #drones to map magnetic anomalies at the #Tunguska impact site for the first time 🛰️🌍 Findings suggest the 1908 airburst may have altered local rock #magnetism. Full study here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 💥🧲

🗺️ Early bird registration for the 19th ICA Conference Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage has been extended until 31 July 2025! Join us in Prague, 17–19 Sept, at Charles University 📍 Details: 1url.cz/6JpCX

Researchers from the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Faculty of Science, joined a workshop at Oxford on “Creative Cities” 🧠🏛️ Presenting work, exploring archives, and strengthening academic ties 🤝 More here: 1url.cz/jJpD7

🎓 Join the Junior Faculty Conference 2025! Flash talks, panel debates, Czexpats in Science & more. Open to all faculty members 🤝 Sept 26 | Viničná 7. Free registration 👉 1url.cz/uJBkn

New publication out on the evolution of protein-RNA interactions. Put together with Klára Hlouchová (@sciencecharles.bsky.social) during a lovely Czech spring. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌿 New #Science paper with Czech ecologists shows that species richness in terrestrial #vertebrates aligns more clearly with energy (temperature, productivity) when studied in #climate space rather than geographic space 🌎🦎🌡️ 👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📜 The Map Collection of Charles University’s Faculty of Science has received its second UNESCO Memory of the World certificate! 🗺️ Šafařík’s cartographic documents now join Camocio’s Siege of Malta maps (2017) in this prestigious register. Ceremony held at Nostitz Palace. 👏

#research #molecularmachines Surface inclusion and dynamics of cucurbit[7]uril-based supramolecular complexes (Santos Hurtado, Bastien, Lončarić, Dračínský, Císařová, Masson, Kaleta) – Chem. Sci.: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... @iocbprague.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @sciencecharles.bsky.social

Parasite of the Month: #Pthirus #pubis, #pubic #louse, a #blood-feeding #ectoparasite transmitted through close physical/sexual contact, authored by J. Votýpka, J. Bulantová & J. Lukeš @sciencecharles.bsky.social‬ ‪@charlesuni.cuni.cz‬ ‪@czechacademy.bsky.social‬ authors.elsevier.com/a/1lIjN5Eb1x...

✅ Charles University has as the first Czech university successfully defended the HR Excellence in Research Award!  👉 We received the certificate in 2019 and now, we’ve defended it proudly. The journey continues!

How do you tell a bee from a #bee? 🐝 Future pollinator monitoring experts were trained at the Department of #Zoology as part of the EPIC project, led by Jakub Straka. They learned to ID bee genera and species to help track #pollinator diversity and abundance. 🌼 1url.cz/fJHkq

Geophysicist Günther Kletetschka proposes that electric #charge arises from a topological twist in 3D #time ⏳📐⚡ This geometric view may offer new insights into #quantum theory and #cosmology 🌌🔬 Details: 1url.cz/8JHpe

💪 We did it! Together with our partners from the European university alliance 4EU+, we have received support from the Erasmus+ programme for a project focused on the development of micro-certificates in the context of digital and green transformation. 📌 More here: link.cuni.cz/MICI4EUplus

President Petr Pavel awarded appointment decrees to 20 new professors from ‪Charles University‬, including three from the Faculty of Science: S. Janoušková (Science #Education), J. Kocourková ( #Demography), and K. Verner ( #Geology). Congrats! 🎓👏

🎓 Mini Conference @ Charles Uni's Dept of Organic Chem (June 5) 🧠 Keynote by Dr. Martina Benešová Schaefer 📊 Poster session + BBQ = great science & talks 🏆 Top posters awarded (thanks IOCB Tech!) Big thanks to all for the inspiring vibe!

Did you know plants can change sex expression within a single generation, and reversibly at that?🌱 What else but #epigenetics might play a role in this? 🧬 Read more in the new study published at @camphilsoc.bsky.social's Biological Reviews ⬇️ 🔗 buff.ly/oL0JETy (TŽ)

Genome doubling reshapes where plants thrive—but not in predictable ways. A new study led by Filip Kolář shows #polyploidy often shifts ecological niches, yet with no consistent pattern. Fascinating insight into #plant #evolution. 🌿 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🧪 How is the #sodium-regulating #enzyme Nedd4-2 kept in check? New cryo-EM data reveal a multi-layered autoinhibition #mechanism involving domain blocking & protein #interactions. Insights could help treat #hypertension & kidney disease. Read more in Nature Communications 🔽 🔗 buff.ly/Mgkhzic

Great news! 🎉 Dr. Kateřina Schwarzerová 🌿 and Assoc. Prof. Michal Vinkler 🧬 succeeded in the highly competitive EU #COST program 🇪🇺 (8.3% success rate). Their projects connect experts on #plant cell walls and #animal #immunity. Congratulations! 🎉 More info: 1url.cz/KJNTR

🧬 New study reveals how aging-related #proteins #FOXO4 & p53 interact in flexible, dynamic ways—key to triggering #cellular #senescence. These insights open doors to designing better senolytics to target age-related #diseases. Read more in Nature Communications 🔽 🔗 buff.ly/nSoF7xt

🌲 #Tree #growth at the edges of cold #forests is mostly driven by #temperature—but #moisture matters too, depending on species, region & age. Young Scots pine in Fennoscandia struggle in wet years, while young Swiss pine in the #Alps suffer drought stress. Read more 🔽 🔗 buff.ly/TGQ4LOL (MK)

Klára Grantz Šašková of Adalid Sciences is among Forbes CZ’s Most Influential Women 2025 🧬🚀 Leading gene therapy research from BIOCEV & @charlesuni.cuni.cz, with major backing from BTL 💰 Congratulations, Klára!

🪲 Yesterday evening we opened the 5th Invertebrate Exhibition at Botanical Garden! 🌿 The exhibition is once again curated by Dr. Petr Šípek from the Department of Zoology — the driving force behind the whole project 🐜🦗 Come visit the exhibition — it runs until Sunday, June 15. Don’t miss it! ✨

Science Fair (Veleth vědy) just kicked off in Letňany! 🧪🌍 Stop by the ‪@unikarlova.cuni.cz‬ booth — all sections are here: biology 🧬, chemistry ⚗️, geography 🗺️, and geology 🪨. Come see what research looks like up close. We're here through Sunday!

🎉 Jan Dobeš (@honzadobes87.bsky.social) from @unikarlova.cuni.cz has won the 2025 ACTERIA Early Career Prize in Immunology for his groundbreaking research on AIRE-expressing cells and mucosal immunity! 🏆 A fantastic achievement!👏 More information available here: www.acteriaprizes.net

#newpaper | Functional mitochondrial respiration is essential for glioblastoma tumour growth @ibtcas.bsky.social BIOCEV @sciencecharles.bsky.social @iemcas.bsky.social Study ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #HorizontalMitochondrialTransfer #Cancer Press release ➡️ www.avcr.cz/en/media/pre...

🌍 Join us for a presentation by Dr. Francesco Sarti from ESA/ESRIN on "Our planet from space: ESA’s satellite missions & education" 📅 Wednesday, 28 May 2025 14:00–15:30 📍 Kampus Hybernská, A.3 Velká zasedací místnost, Hybernská 998/4, Prague, Register: evening-closet-d98.notion.site/1ff8779ec7b7...

🌋⛰️ Mount Říp, one of the most iconic hills of the Czech landscape, reveals its long-forgotten #volcanic past. New research by Czech #geologists shows it's the remnant of a lava lake formed over 26 million years ago during an explosive maar-type #eruption. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧪🪨

Dr. Vojtěch Dočekal and Prof. Jan Veselý developed an efficient method to synthesize inherently chiral calix[4]arenes using #organocatalysis ⚗️—no need for racemate separation. Potential applications include #catalysis and molecular recognition 🔬 📄 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...