Education and training
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment provides university education in the fields of Chemistry and Biology within all three levels of higher education, i.e. bachelor (BSc), master (MSc) and doctoral (PhD).
Doctoral study fields
- Environmental chemistry
- Ecotoxicology
Master studies
- Environmental chemistry
- General biology, specialization in Ecotoxicology
- Mathematical biology
Bachelor studies
- General biology, specialization in Ecotoxicolog
- Mathematical biology
Studies are open to applicants interested in interdisciplinary studies of chemistry, biology, mathematics and statistics. Studies in Environmental chemistry and Ecotoxicology are focused on issues of environmental stress and protection. Mathematical biology studies include management and analyses of biological, environmental and medical data.
Each year, about 30 bachelor students and 30 master students successfuly complete their studies at the Centre. Since 1994, more 60 PhD students finished and successfully defended their theses. Quality of the education is acknowledged by number of student awards at various levels including dean's and rector's awards; national competitions of master students (Barbora Jedličková 2008); best student presentations at national and international conferences including e.g. SETAC Europe (best poster; Jiří Kohoutek in 2008), DIOXIN (best student presentations, Petr Kukučka in 2010) or EuCheMS mobility and carreer development scholarships (best student presentations; Romana Kurková and Petr Kukučka in 2010, Jitka Bečanová and Jan Kuta in 2011).
Students use quality lecture, seminary and computer rooms and laboratories for practical exercises. Student research projects (theses) form an important part of the studies and correspond to major research projects and reflect other applied activities of the Centre.
International students and professors working in the Centre (from UK, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and others) as well as existing international cooperations provide a stimulating study environment and offer a range of student mobility opportunities including European programmes such as ERASMUS and others.
For more information contact the deputy for education - Assoc. Prof. Jakub Hofman.
The second simultaneous meetings of the three conferences of the Parties to the three conventions (eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-11), the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-6), the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-6)) were held back-to-back in the International Conferernce Centre (CICG) in Geneva from 28 April to 10 May 2013. Main topic of the conference is enhancement of the close cooperation and coordination among the three conventions - Sustainable synergies. Two thousand delegates from 170 countries met for 12 days and adopted a total of 50 decisions related to the management of chemicals nad wastes.
The international conference centre in Geneva held a three-day Regional Fair 1 to 3 May 2013. The Fair took place in the margins of the joint meeting of the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam convnetions and was dedicated to the theme 'Synergies through regional delivery'.
Regional Centre RECETOX co-organized side event together with UNEP and WHO on the Global monitoring plan to the Stockholm Convention on Tuesday 30 April 2013 lunchtime.
The Memorandum of Understanding laying down cooperation between the RECETOX and CETESB to support the implementation of the Stockholm Convention in Europe and Latin America and Caribbean countries was signed at the closure of the Regional Centres Fair in Geneva on Friday 3 May 2013. The Regional Fair was organized as a platform to enhance cooperation between regional centres of both Stockholm and Basel Conventions in the margins of the joint meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions held in Geneva 28 April – 10 May 2013.
Director of the Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, professor Ivan Holoubek lectures on risk assessment and monitoring requirements during the three day workshop „Enabling Activities to Facilitate Early Action on the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Bosnia and Herzegovina“ held in Sarajevo 14-16 May 2013.
The 11th Czech-Slovak Conference AIR 2013 (Ovzduší 2013 in Czech) was organized by RECETOX (Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment) in cooperation with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and TOCOEN, Ltd. and sponsored by Českomoravský cement a.s. – Heidelberg Cement Group and SIAD Czech, Ltd. The conference was held in hotel Santon, Brno, Czech Republic 15-17 April 2013 with over 100 participants from both the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
The Masaryk University in Brno is offering a position of a postdoc with focus on passive sampling tools for monitoring emerging environmental pollutants.
2nd International Training Course on Environmentally Sound Management of POPs was organized by the GRULAC Stockholm Convention Regional Centre – CETESB in São Paulo, Brazil between 4-8 March 2013.
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, CzechGlobe and RECETOX are pleased to announce international scientific and stakeholder conference „Towards the Atmospheric Research Supersite“ on environmental research and monitoring related to the environmental pollution and climate change including launching new global observatory in Křešín u Pacova and celebrating the 25th anniversary of the global environmental observatory in Košetice, that will be organized on 16-18 June 2013 in Humpolec, Czech Republic.
The high-level conference Promoting Africa-EU Research Infrastructure Partnerships (PAERIP) took place as associated event to the EU Science: Global Challenges, Global Collaboration (ES:GC2) Conference organized by the EU Irish Presidency in Brussels 4-8 March 2013. The PAERIP high-level conference was held in the Thon EU hotel in Brussels 7-8 March 2013.
Regional Centre of the Stockholm Convention in Brno - Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX) and Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses (IBA) Masaryk University, Czech Republic, have successfully finalized the development of the complex software and visualisation tool for global levels of the Stockholm Convention contained persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere and human tissues (human milk and blood). Portal was launched on 22 February 2013.
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk University together with Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic organize 9th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment 2013.
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