An evening with student associations at Albertov

On the rainy evening of 14th November, the traditional event "Přírodovědci sobě" took place in Albertov 6, where individual student associations and other student activities are presented. The rich and varied student life is characteristic of the Faculty of Science, Charles University, which is reflected in the fact that every year new associations present themselves at the event. This year was no different.

HR Excellence in Research: Open Science - A path towards transparent and high-quality research at CU

The objective of open science is to make research robust and as transparent as possible. While scholarly articles used to be the most important and often the only result of research work, in an era of significant advances in IT where large-scale research infrastructures are being developed, we can now consider many other types of output – science is no longer just an article in a physical journal. The focus is turning to the sharing of data (and other parts of the research process, such as workflows or software) their reuse, and even open sharing outside the academic community. Find out more about this topic in this update.

Protein MICAL1 Plays a Key Role in the Cellular Dynamics by Controlling the Cytoskeleton

Researchers have made a remarkable advancement in understanding how cells regulate their inner framework. The team from three institutes of the Czech Academy of Science, the Institute of Molecular Genetics, the Institute of Biotechnology and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Faculty of Science of Charles University, BIOCEV and CEITEC has uncovered the precise molecular mechanisms behind the protein MICAL1, which plays a crucial role in maintaining cell shape and movement. Researchers' findings offer a detailed insight into MICAL1’s function in controlling actin filaments—the cell's flexible “skeleton”—and open up new possibilities for developing treatments to address diseases linked to MICAL dysfunction. The study was published by the prestigious journal Nature Communications.