Newsletter and Internal information 3/2020
20 Mar 2020, 15:16  |  Čeština

RECETOX News 3/2020

RECETOX Seminar Series - continuation

We would like to inform you, that despite the current situation the RECETOX Seminar Series will be organized regularly as usual. The only difference is that the seminars will be held remotely. Every Monday, you will receive the invitation with the link for the actual event. 

The seminar schedule and relevant information will be updated on RECETOX website.

The first online lecture will be given by prof. Vojtěch Thon on the topic "Immune response and COVID-19".

Exceptionally, the seminar will be held on Wednesday 25.3. 2020, 10:00
The link to join the lecture will be sent on Monday.

Communication channels - current approach

The most recent information regarding the coronavirus and associated measures will be regularly communicated per e-mail by Lenka Helclova. 

The newsletter will be provide you with the other RECETOX related information and news and will not contain the above mentioned messages.

Volunteer registration

Volunteering

Are you willing to help during the epidemic? We are looking for volunteers! Anyone who wants to help with babysitting, help seniors, IT services or provide information to those in need can apply.
We are also interested in volunteers outside Brno. Use the form to select the activity you are interested in. You will then be contacted.

More information at munipomaha.cz (only in Czech) or muni.cz. 

Freshmen knighting

On February 25, this year's "Freshmen knighting" took place in the Na Kulecu pub, during which our bachelor freshmen were promoted to student status. They enjoyed an evening with their fellow students and instructors, played games, quizzes, a mystery of mysterious solutions, and above all had the opportunity to meet their classmates and teachers.

We wish these freshmen good luck during their studies!

 

Possibilities of online teaching at MU

The Faculty of Arts of MU published on its website a summary of the existing online learning opportunities that can be used free of charge. We recommend to use the MS Office tools, which are available at o365.muni.cz. 

More information can be found on the FF MU website HERE. (Czech only)

"Spring 2020" Best Dessert Contest

The winner of the "Best Dessert contest" celebrating the beginning of a new semester, was Pavla Hanakova for her tasty "blueberry roll, with mascarpone and whipped cream". Congratulations on winning! If you are interested in Pavlina's recipe, do not hesitate to contact her.

We would like to thank all the other participants as well as everyone who attended the event. All desserts were really worth it, and we are looking forward to the next contest, which will focus on salty desserts.

RECETOX student enrollment applications for 2020/21

Numbers of applicants for RECETOX 2020/21 study programs:

  • Total: 238 students
  • Environment and Health: 92 students
  • Mathematical Biology and Biomedicine: 146 students.

Internal information

Annual Leave Schedule for 2020

As every year, we ask you to schedule your leave for 2020 in INET
The deadline for submitting and confirming the plan is April 15, 2020.
Supervisors are obliged to confirm the schedules between April 16 and April 30,2020 HERE.

All employees (including Ph.D. students with a Contract of Employment) are obliged to schedule all days of leave entitled to them for 2020, otherwise, INET will not let you confirm the schedule.
The academic staff must plan/take at least 5 weeks of leave till mid of September 2020, non-academic staff at least 3 weeks. We recommend to plan your leave for Christmas time.

In case of questions contact Jana Vičarová, jana.vicarova@recetox.muni.cz

INET manual is available on Intranet

 

Biobank - possible restrictions

The building works of a biobank are going to the final phase. We would like to ask for your understanding regarding some unexpected restrictions which will not be possible to plan and announce in advance. This phase will end on May 24, 2020.

Kamenice street opening

Kamenice street will be open again from March 16 to May 31.

Student supervision bonus

In February, there was a half-year payment of student supervision bonus. The overview can be found in the excel chart on INTRANET. If you have any questions, please contact lenka.helclova@recetox.muni.cz

Selected publications

T5:

Yeung, KWY; Zhou, GJ; Hilscherová, K.; Giesy, JP.; Leung, KMY.; Current understanding of potential ecological risks of retinoic acids and their metabolites in aquatic environments. (2020) Environ International, doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105464

Alygizakis, NA.; Urík J.; Beretsou, VG.; Kampouris, I.; Galani, A.; Oswaldova, M.; Berendonk, T.; Oswald, P.; Thomaidis, NS.; Slobodnik, J.; Vrana, B.; Fatta-Kassinos, D.; Evaluation of chemical and biological contaminants of emerging concern in treated wastewater intended for agricultural reuse. (2020) Environment International doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105597

Maršálek, K.; Šindelář, V.; Monofunctionalized Bambus[6]urils and Their Conjugates with Crown Ethers for Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Inorganic Salts. (2020) Organic Letters, doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00216

Pozo, K.; Urbina, W.; Gómez, V.; Torres, M.; Nuñez, D.; Přibylová, P.; Audy, O.; Clarke, B.; Arias, A.; Tombesi, N.; Guida, Y.; Klánová, J.;  Persistent organic pollutants sorbed in plastic resin pellet — “Nurdles” from coastal areas of Central Chile. (2020). Marine Pollution Bulletin, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110786

 

T10:

Mylenko, M.; Vu, DL.; Kuta, J.; Ranglová, K.; Kubáč, D.; Lakatos, G.; Grivalský, T.; Caporgno, MP.; da Câmara Manoel, JA.; Kopecký, J.; Masojídek, J.; Hrouzek, P.; Selenium Incorporation to Amino Acids in Chlorella Cultures Grown in Phototrophic and Heterotrophic Regimes. (2020) Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.9b06196

Li, Z.; Liang, X.; Liu, W.; Zhao, Y.; Yang, H.; Li, W.; Adamovsky, O.; Martyniuk, C. J.; Elucidating mechanisms of immunotoxicity by benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers in zebrafish (Danio rerio): Implication of the AHR-IL17/IL22 immune pathway. (2020) Environmental Pollution, doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114291

 

Q1:

Wang, Y.; Peris, A.; Rifat, MR.; Ahmed, SI.; Aich, N.; Nguyen, LV.; Urík, J.; Eljarrat, E.; Vrana, B.; Jantunen, LM.; Diamond, ML.; Measuring exposure of e-waste dismantlers in Dhaka Bangladesh to organophosphate esters and halogenated flame retardants using silicone wristbands and T-shirts. (2020) Science of The Total Environment, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137480

Madea, D.; Martínek, M.; Muchová, L.; Váňa, J.; Vítek, L.; Klán, P.; Structural Modifications of Nile Red Carbon Monoxide Fluorescent Probe: Sensing Mechanism and Applications. (2020) The Journal of Organic Chemistry, doi:10.1021/acs.joc.9b03217

Russo, M.; Štacko, P.; Nachtigallová, D.; Klán, P.; Mechanisms of Orthogonal Photodecarbonylation Reactions of 3-Hydroxyflavone-Based Acid–Base Forms. (2020) The Journal of Organic Chemistry, doi:10.1021/acs.joc.9b03248

Pipal, M.; Priebojova, J.; Koci, T.; Blahova, L.; Smutna, M.Hilscherova, K.; Field cyanobacterial blooms producing retinoid compounds cause teratogenicity in zebrafish embryos. (2020) Chemosphere, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125061

Schacht, VJ.; Manning, M.; Grant, SC.; Gaus, C.; Hawker, DW.; Simultaneous quantification of humic acid-water and silanized glass-water partition constants for PCBs, PCDDs and OCDF. (2020) Chemosphere, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125338

Urík, J.; Paschke, A.; Vrana, B.; Diffusion coefficients of polar organic compounds in agarose hydrogel and water and their use for estimating uptake in passive samplers. (2020) Chemosphere, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126183

Mareckova, K.; Marecek, R.; Andryskova, L.; Brazdil, M.; Nikolova, YS.; Maternal Depressive Symptoms During Pregnancy and Brain Age in Young Adult Offspring: Findings from a Prenatal Birth Cohort. (2020) Cerebral cortex, doi:10.1093/cercor/bhaa014

Muncke, J.; Andersson, A.-M.; Backhaus, T.; Boucher, J. M.; Carney Almroth, B.; Castillo Castillo, A.; … Scheringer, M.;  Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement. (2020) Environmental Health, doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-0572-5

RECETOX in Media

RECETOX Events

Save the date:

Please keep in mind, that due to restrictions of the Government of the Czech Republic there is a possibility, that mentioned events will be postponed or canceled!

Seminar series:

Newcomers at RECETOX

Joshua Humphreys

Specialist
Research group of Vladimír Šindelář; Supramolecular Chemistry

 

Lenka Bystrá

Administrator
Research group of Lenka Andrýsková;
Population studies

Ludovic, Thierry Mayer

Specialist
Research group of Gerhard Lammel; 
Modeling of the Atmospheric Transport and Transport Processes

Erik Mravec

Specialist
Research group of Petra Vídeňská; 
Microbiome

 

Eva Konečná

Specialist
Research group of Petra Vídeňská; 
Microbiome

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