Landslides no longer stand a chance! Thanks to the new advanced viscohypoplastic constitutive model, which can predict the development of #creeping #slopes. This framework also considers the mechanical behaviour of soil and changes in groundwater levels. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... (TŽ)

🌍 On 4 Nov 2025, the Faculty of Science, @unikarlova.cuni.cz hosted a lecture on Europe’s Environment 2025 by EEA Executive Director Leena Ylä-Mononen. Opened by Dean Assoc. Prof. Vladimír Krylov & moderated by Miroslav Havránek, the talk was followed by a lively discussion. #EuropesEnvironment2025

🚀 New insights into ultrafast #spin #dynamics: laser polarization steers femtosecond spin dynamics in ferro-, antiferro-, and altermagnets. #Altermagnets show striking sublattice-asymmetric responses, revealing how anisotropic Fermi surfaces govern ultrafast spin transfer. 🔗 buff.ly/6FIzjyi (MK)

🌍 Join us today for a lecture on Europe’s Environment 2025 — the key EEA report on Europe’s nature, climate & sustainability. Featuring Leena Ylä-Mononen, Executive Director of the EEA. 📅 Nov 4, 2025 | 🕓 4 PM | 📍 Albertov, Prague

🏆 One of 18 prestigious GA ČR JUNIOR STAR grants goes to Charles University’s Faculty of Science! Charles University secured 3 grants in total, including support for Dr. Sumit Das. Congratulations! 🎉 More info: 1url.cz/HJgpd

🧬 #Thymus has more “teachers” than expected! T cells learn self-tolerance with help from diverse dendritic #cells & macrophages. Research by Matouš Vobořil (@unikarlova.cuni.cz opens new paths for autoimmune prevention & #immunotherapy. 🔬💡 🔗 1url.cz/WJgHx

🦠 How do unwanted visitors trick our immune system? Tumors and patogens mask themselves using "sugar ID" recognized by Siglec receptors of our immune system as our own. This discovery opens new ways for cancer immunotherapy. Read more about new research by Dr. Ondřej Vaněk! 🔗 buff.ly/fUXfzYZ (MK)

Professor Jiří Zima, emeritus #Dean of the Faculty of Science, has been elected as the candidate for #Rector of Charles University, @unikarlova.cuni.cz His term starts Feb 2026. Congratulations! 🎓 For more info check the faculty website: 1url.cz/tJI97

🎉 25th #Geocaching Anniversary at our faculty! Over 600 visitors joined the event organized by GeoArts and our Dept. of Applied #Geoinformatics & #Cartography. Lectures, museum tours 🏛️, and map collections 🗺️ made it a true celebration of #geography and geoinformatics! 🌍

📢 New reaction alert! Scientists report the first double #Schmidt reaction that converts indeno[2,1-c]fluorene diols into m,n-diazahelicenes in high yields — a powerful route for late-stage heteroarene construction. Regioselectivity can even be tuned by reaction conditions! 🔗 buff.ly/9KCVbmV (MK)

🎓 We welcomed Prof. Thomas Strassner from #Dresden TU! He received the Faculty Silver Medal 🏅 from Dean Assoc. Prof. Vladimír Krylov and gave a lecture on Late Transition Metal NHC Complexes 🧪. Long-standing collaboration with our Inorganic #Chemistry dept (prof. Petr Štěpnička) continues 🤝

New study combines high-throughput #phenotyping with genomic modelling and, in Scots pine seedlings 🌲, reveals the genetic basis of drought tolerance – paving the way for GWAS, #genomic prediction 🧬📈 and climate-resilient #forestry 🧑‍🌾🌳🌍. Read more! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (TŽ)

🎓 Gaudeamus Brno 2025 has just started! Our team from the Faculty of Science at @unikarlova.cuni.cz is ready to meet future students and talk about all study programmes offered at our faculty. Join us until October 24!

🧫💡 New #photoactive #nanofiber #membranes can kill bacteria with light — yet remain friendly to stem cells. Researchers created materials that self-sterilize under green/blue light and support cell growth. A bright step for tissue engineering! 🌱✨ 🔗 buff.ly/z99upcz (MK)

🦟 New study published in prestigious @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social reveals discovery of #Leishmania flagellar #proteins (KIAP1–3) essential for attachment to the stomodeal valve in #Phlebotomus and #Lutzomyia vectors. Read more via the link! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (TŽ)

The 14th Junior Science Conference at Faculty of Science took place last Friday & Saturday! 🚀 Dean Vladimír Krylov opened the event, and Petr Jan Juračka inspired young scientists with his talk 🌍📸 Thanks to Neuron Foundation & Prague City!

🌱 New framework in plant ecology! Researchers propose 6 Belowground Persistence Types (BPTs) — classifying plants by woodiness, clonality, and resprouting ability. This whole-plant view reveals how species persist after disturbance and could reshape how we study resilience. 🔗 buff.ly/LgaPglR (MK)

New 3 years post-doc position in economic geography at Charles University. Research on the impacts of global changes (climate, geopolitical tensions, and AI) on the Czech economy. Strong quantitative/econometrics background required. See: cuni.cz/UKEN-1573.ht...

Great success for the Faculty of Science, @unikarlova.cuni.cz ! 💪 6 projects funded and 2 on the reserve list in the 1st MSCA Charleston call 🔬🌍 More info 👉 cuni.cz/UKEN-2423.html

#research #nanostructures High-Yield Assembly of Plasmon-Coupled Nanodiamonds Using DNA Origami for Tuned Emission (Hansen et al.) – Small Structures: doi.org/10.1002/sstr... @vschtpraha.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @iocbprague.bsky.social #UniPotsdam @czechacademy.bsky.social

💡 The Junior Faculty Conference 2025 at FoS @unikarlova.cuni.cz brought together 100+ participants to discuss #academic development, collaboration, and building an open, international faculty environment. 🌍 More info: 1url.cz/eJCzb

🌍 Small high-mountain #lakes can pose big #flood risks. A new study in Communications Earth & Environment shows how a 2025 flood in #Nepal destroyed vital infrastructure. Co-authored by Adam Emmer. 🌊 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🌄 Airship over #Zugspitze collects data on fine dust & #aerosols to study #climate & health impacts. Key contributor: Jan Hovorka (Charles Univ., Env. Studies) on #nanoparticle risks. Data helps model climate & reduce pollutants 🌫️🔬 1url.cz/lJhtd

Tiny #palladium #nanoparticles, big impact 💥 Pd@USY #zeolite #catalysts pull off the Tsuji–Trost allylic alkylation under mild conditions, #reusable & #sustainable. A neat step toward #greener catalysis with broad scope and size-dependent performance. 🌱 ⬇️ 🔗 buff.ly/swPHD1b (MK)

🌌 Faculty of Science at @unikarlova.cuni.cz joined Researchers’ Night 2025 with the theme Wealth! Over 1,545 visitors explored science at Albertov & Viničná. Across CU, 5,750 people joined. Thank you all! ❤️ #ResearchersNight

Are our bones aging faster than before?🦴 Although activity has changed, diaphyseal aging has not. Women should be cautious about their tibial and humeral diaphyses, as these tend to lose strength. Read more about bones in this pre-Halloween study! 🔗 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12412659/ (TŽ)

🌊 Happy to share our recent study on phytoplankton dynamics! We found that communities can shift dramatically in just a few days - driven by grazers like Cladocera and environmental factors such as silica concentration and wind speed. t.co/PaL0QcofrV

🏆 Herpetologist Jiří Šmíd (Charles University) won the Czech Science Foundation Chair Award! His project tracks desert lizards’ population shifts over time, revealing how past climate shaped biodiversity. 🌵🐍 More: 1url.cz/KJDWk

🇪🇺 European Sustainable Development Week 2025 🌿 Green or Black — Different Faces of Artificial Intelligence 📅 October 2, 2025, 3:00 PM 📍 Refectory, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Malostranské náměstí 25, Prague 1 🎤 Prof. Roman Barták, RNDr., Ph.D.

Turning #CO₂ into useful chemicals just got easier 🌍✨ Scientists found a new indium-based #catalyst that makes #formamides (important for pharma & materials) using half the #hydrogen pressure needed before. A big step for #greener chemistry! 🔗https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1lpeO4-S8nMat (MK)

When is it better to blend in or stand out? 🦋🌍 An international team incl. zoologists from our faculty tested 15,000 artificial #moths on 6 continents and found no single winning strategy—environment and #predators decide. Read in @science.org : 1url.cz/gJ4D8

🦴✨ New Insights into Healthy Bone Aging ✨🦴 Assoc. Prof. Vladimír Sládek’s team studied nearly 2,000 European skeletons 🏺 from Neolithic to modern times, revealing new patterns of bone aging 🦵 and insights for evolutionary medicine 🔬💡. 🔗 Read the full study: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🌿✨ 250 Years of the Charles University Botanical Garden ✨🌿 Dean Vladimír Krylov, former Deans Bobuslav Gaš and Jiří Zima, historian Filip Paulus, Director Ladislav Pavlata, and other guests celebrated the garden’s proud tradition with words of recognition and joy. 🌱🎉

🌌 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 🗣️