🌄 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 🗣️

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