RECETOX

For a healthy future

RECETOX is engaged in research and education on managing the environmental and health risks associated with the chemicals around us

We are building a Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences. Through research and innovation, the Centre addresses the most current societal needs and scientific challenges at national and global levels and provides stakeholders and policymakers with robust scientific evidence and innovative tools for diagnosis and prevention.

News

EventPress release

3 Jun

Human exposome forum marks historic step forward

The NIH announced the launch of the Global Exposome Forum, marking the first discovery-driven, international initiative dedicated to understanding how environmental exposures and lifestyle factors influence human health (Exposome Moonshot Forum, Washington Declaration). As part of this global effort, the European Infrastructure project EIRENE were acknowledged as one of the keys partners.

Event

2 Jun

Doctoral Conference 2025

As part of the RECETOX doctoral conference held on May 28 and 29, there was a presentation of posters by doctoral students. The best posters received the "Best Poster Award". This year, the posters were newly evaluated within a single category, which included students from all years. The conference also included state exams, which all seven students successfully passed.

Event

30 May

Inventory validation meeting in Georgia

Half-way milestone in the project implementation was achieved on 27 May 2025 with a successfully completed Inventory validation meeting held in the Rooms Hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia. The meeting was supported by the GEF project 10785 and organized in collaboration with the Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre hosted at RECETOX.

EventPress release

29 May

Science changes data. Data changes science

Brno hosted the Research Data Day 2025 & EOSC National Tripartite Event. On May 21–22, 2025, Brno hosted the international conference Research Data Day & EOSC National Tripartite Event, bringing together leading figures of European research, data science experts, representatives of research infrastructures, and science policy makers. One of the keynote speakers on research infrastructures was director of RECETOX Jana Klánová.

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RECETOX pillars

RESEARCH

Twenty research groups in five research programmes produce over 130 peer-reviewed publications annually

SERVICES

Twelve units in three core facilities provide physical and virtual access to the Research Infrastructure

EDUCATION

Bachelor's, master's and PhD study programmes in Environmental Health and Computational Biology and Biomedicine

IMPACT

We support evidence-based policymaking and provide innovative solutions and knowledge-transfer to partners

Upcoming events

11–13 Jun

21st RECETOX Summer School and PARC Training 2025

PARC is organising an in-person training course on new approach methodologies (NAMs) & hazard assessment of chemicals, focusing on conceptual aspects, practical applications, method demonstrations, and data integration. The course will take place from 11 to 13 June 2025, in Brno, Czech Republic, under the scientific coordination of RECETOX.

17 Jun