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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 21h

💡 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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 4d

🌍 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...

Flood risk from small mountain lakes - Communications Earth & Environment

Small lakes in mountain regions hold significant potential to wreak havoc as a result of sudden drainage. This Comment argues that the risks can be managed within existing disaster reduction frameworks, but must be acknowledged and monitored.

www.nature.com

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 5d

🌄 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

Zugspitze: Mit dem Luftschiff gegen Luftverschmutzung

Die erste Forschungsfahrt ist absolviert: Das Luftschiff ist über der Zugspitze geschwebt, um Feinstaubmessungen durchzuführen. Das Ziel: Schadstoffe in Aerosolen genau zu bestimmen. So lassen sich Ma...

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 7d

🌌 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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 8d

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/

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Description: Schematic representation of age-related changes in long bone diaphyseal cross sections.
Source: figure from original study

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Pavel Skaloud @skaloud.bsky.social · 8d

🌊 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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 9d

🏆 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

Magazín UK Forum @ukforum.cuni.cz · 9d

🐍🦎Kobry nebo zmije? I s takovými plazy pracuje Jiří Šmíd @sciencecharles.bsky.social @unikarlova.cuni.cz při výpravách do pouští. Jak se líčí pasti na plazy? I o tom hovoří v rozhovoru pro @ukforum.cuni.cz čerstvý nositel Ceny předsedy Grantové agentury ČR:

📌 www.ukforum.cz/rubriky/veda...

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 10d

🇪🇺 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.

Informatika na Matfyzu @informatfyz.cuni.cz · 15d

🇪🇺 Evropský týden udržitelného rozvoje 2025

🌿 Zelená nebo černá — různé tváře umělé inteligence
📅 2. října 2025, 15:00
📍 Refektář MFF UK, Malostranské náměstí 25, Praha 1
🎤 Prof. RNDr. Roman Barták, Ph.D.

www.mff.cuni.cz/cs/verejnost/kalendar-akci/zelena-nebo-cerna-ruzne-tvare-umele-inteligence

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Graphical abstract, source: original paper

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 16d

🦴✨ 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/...

Bone health: Age-related changes in diaphyseal structural properties among European Holocene humans during the last 9000 years

Aging in diaphyseal strength did not differ among past Holocene groups despite their difference in physical activity levels.

www.science.org

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 16d

🌿✨ 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. 🌱🎉

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 17d

🌌 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

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 17d

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 🧪

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 22d

🧬 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

Midgut and stomodeal valve attachment of Leishmania in sand flies

Leishmania development in sand flies involves critical attachment steps to the midgut epithelium and the stomodeal valve, mediated by parasite- and vector-derived molecules. Initial midgut attachment ...

1url.cz

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 24d

🌿 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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 28d

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.

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔬🦠 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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · Sep 6

🌍 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

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌍🔬 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

Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌍 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. 🔬✈️

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · Aug 26

#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

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EFIS_Immunology @efis-immunology.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

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