What are reduced mitochondria for?

A few years ago, scientists discovered a curious case of protozoa (oxymonads) that do not have mitochondria. Since then, the research group of Associate Professor Hampl from the Faculty of Science of Charles University and the BIOCEV research centre has been asking how the unique loss of mitochondria occurred. In a paper, which has just been published in the prestigious journal Current Biology, Associate Professor Hampl's team with Justyna Zítek as the first author used the closest known relative of the oxymonads, a free living flagellate Paratrimastix pyriformis, as a model species.

Published Nov 04, 2022

1st4eu+ Tomorrow’s Research and Science Innovation in student start-ups (4eu+Transition)

Start date Nov 10, 2022 - Nov 11, 2022

We would like to invite you and It will be great pleasure for us to have you at 1st4eu+ Tomorrow’s Research and Science Innovation in student start-ups (4eu+Transition), which will be held from 10-11th November 2022 at Kampus Hybernská in Prague.

Published Nov 04, 2022

What's keeping global biodiversity at bay?

An article in the prestigious journal Science Advances, published by scientists from Prague´s Charles University (Center for Theoretical Study and Faculty of Science), shows that the Earth's biodiversity is regulated on the scale of tens of millions of years by a feedback loop between diversity on the one hand and the origination and extinction of species on the other, so that it cannot grow indefinitely. This sheds new light on the current biodiversity crisis.

Published Nov 01, 2022

Sports events offer for our international students

We are very pleased, that you have joined our university. We would like to offer you the possibility to meet with other international students during sport events prepared by the students from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport. You can join regular sports activities happening every week. This is a great opportunity to socialize with others and be active concerning your healthy life style. More details you can find below.

Published Oct 25, 2022

Conference: Microbial communities: function, structure and complexity

We cordially invite all interested parties to attend the conference MIcrobial Communitied: Function, Structure, and Complexity, which will be organized by BIOCEV on 2-4 November 2022. The conference will be divided into several sessions and will feature a number of outstanding experts from several countries. Admission to the conference is free. Registration is required.

Published Oct 18, 2022

Conference: sustainability in an unstable world

Start date Nov 16, 2022

On behalf of the rector of Charles University, Prof. Milena Králíčková, we would like to cordially invite you to the international conference Sustainability in an Unstable World, which will take place on Wednesday, 16 November 2022 at 10.00 a.m. in the Karolina Patriotic Hall. The conference will feature presentations on biodiversity and the Green Deal for Europe by world-renowned experts in the fields of ecology, sustainable development and environmental economics. The programme will also include a discussion. Registration until 9 November.

Published Oct 17, 2022

Neuron Award 2022 for Mariya Shamzhy

Mariya Shamzhy from the Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry (CUCAM Research Centre) is tackling one of the long-standing key challenges for materials scientists - understanding how heterogeneous catalysts facilitate chemical reactions, at the atomic level. In particular, it is focused on the synthesis of new types of zeolites, their characterization and the explanation of their catalytic properties. The results so far promise new concepts for inorganic chemistry or chemical engineering. Mariya Shamzhy graduated from Lomonosov University and received her PhD degree from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

Published Oct 16, 2022