Nadace Experientia (@experientiacz.bsky.social) is launching the 15th edition of the scholarship competition for research stays abroad! Would you like to visit your dream institution with your own research project?

📅 Submit your project no later than 15 February 2027.

🎓 Milan Štefek from Radim Nencka’s group has successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the @sciencecharles.bsky.social! 🎓

Congratulations on this significant milestone!

#IOCB #IOCBPrague #PhDjourney #PhDatIOCB #medChem #virology #science

Scientists from our faculty joined colleagues from Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR & Česká zemědělská univerzita in collaboration with University of Bangui to build #science capacity in the Central African Republic🌿.

Original paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New study in Nature! 🦇 Researchers from our faculty helped rewrite #bat #evolution. Genomic data shows bats originated 65M years ago in Europe, evolving flight & echolocation together. The findings could advance human #health & ageing research. 🧬✨

Third place at the national #FameLab final 🥉. Ecologist Eliška Leštinová succeeded with a 3-minute presentation on #wolf ecology and field research 🐺🌿. @unikarlova.cuni.cz holds the national license for this science communication competition 🎓🔬.

Glacier retreat in the #Himalayas is forming hazardous lakes 🏔️ Research by Dr. Pandey from our faculty combines satellite data with field surveys at 5,500m to assess #flood risks 🧪 Satellites alone aren't enough 🛰️ doi.org/10.1515/geo-2025-0974

Original paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Past #glaciers, not frost, shaped #alpine #botany 🌿. A study co-led by Dr. Filip Kolář & Dr. Tomáš Urfus from our faculty in Nature Communications reveals genome duplication helped plants recolonize post-glacial land rather than withstand freezing 🧪.

Do all cells keep the same DNA? 🧪 A review in Nature Reviews Genetics co-authored by researchers from our faculty explores programmed #DNA elimination. From #passerine birds to nematodes, animals discard whole chromosomes or sequences to regulate development. 🌿✨

Delegates from Japan and Czechia met at our Department of #OrganicChemistry for a bilateral symposium 🇯🇵🇨🇿.

Organizers Prof. Kotora and Prof. Nishihara also met with university leadership to discuss student exchange and joint research initiatives 🔬✨.

⚽ How does the Prague derby split Czechia?

A study by J. Nemeškal & URRLab (PřF UK x O2) reveals:
🌊 River Vltava divides city fans
🚗 50%+ travel from outside Prague
🏭 Gentrification erased old class myths

Big data mapping spatial mobility! 🗺️

Original paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ParentHub Albertov officially opened on 16 Feb 2026 🎉
The ribbon was jointly cut by deans Vladimír Krylov and Martin Vokurka, launching a shared coworking space for parents, students, and staff at Faculty of Science and First Faculty of Medicine ( @1.lf.unikarlova.cuni.cz).🤝

🔬 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 🗣️