Newsletter and Internal information 3/2021
16 Mar 2021, 9:25  |  Čeština

RECETOX News 3/2021

SCIENCE has published a call from scientists to create a global intergovernmental science-policy body for chemicals and waste

Science-policy interactions and the environmental and health impacts of chemicals are very limited and fragmented. Therefore, an international group of scientists, including Martin Scheringer from
RECETOX, proposes creating a global intergovernmental scientific and political body like the Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which conceived, for example, the Paris agreement. The proposal was published in the prestigious journal
Science.
Read more HERE 
You can read the article in Science HERE

Enjoy working from home

Since the current time is getting more and more challenging, your colleagues share their tips. HERE is a short article about making working from home more joyful.

And one proven tip for strengthening mental health by the Netflix application "Headspace". 
 

Passive sampling as non-invasive monitoring of water quality

Foppe Smedes, a recognized member of the research group of Dr. Branislav Vrana at RECETOX, summarised 25 years of his research and experiences on passive sampling in the form of a dissertation thesis, which was recently defended at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Read the article HERE

Number of applicants for bachelor's studies at RECETOX

This year, 263 high-school graduates submitted applications to our bachelor's degree programs - 99 to the Environment and Health program, and 164 to the Mathematical Biology and Biomedicine program (67 and 97 to the Epidemiology and Modeling, and Biomedical Bioinformatics subspecialties, respectively).

Internal information

Employee testing on SARS-COV-2

Starting on Wednesday, March 17, only employees who have negative PCR or antigen test results for COVID that are not older than seven days are allowed to enter the workplace.

Exempted from the testing obligation are employees who:

(a) have undergone COVID-19 disease confirmed by a laboratory, their isolation period has ended, have no symptoms of disease, and there are no more than 90 days between the first RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 or the POC antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 antigen;

b) have a certificate issued by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic for vaccination against COVID-19, and at least 14 days have elapsed since the second dose of vaccine in the case of a two-dose schedule, or at least 14 days have elapsed since the first dose of vaccine in the case of a single dose and the person does not show any symptoms of COVID-19.

Testing can be done at either the testing centre or by using a self-test.

Please read the full text of this measure HERE
 

Student Supervision Bonuses

In accordance with the RECETOX Remuneration Rules regular Student Supervision Bonuses were paid in February.

An overview can be found HERE.

How to apply for and track home office work correctly

We remind you of the current rules of using the home office work valid for all non-academic staff of the centre, including employed PhD students. In the first step, apply for home office work in advance in INET as you apply for a leave. In the application, select the request for "h - home office full-day" and the Interval, e.g. two weeks, or only selected days, then Save it. After approval by the manager, the Home Office will be automatically transferred to your Working Hours Records, where at the end of the month, you check up everything and Confirm the month.

If you eventually come to work (office or lab), just Delete the Home office for that day from your Working Hours Records and fill it in as standard day. More details about the home office work available at RECETOX Intranet.

Upcoming calls

Czech Science Foundation (GAČR)

If you are interested in any calls, please contact: nikola.stejskalova@recetox.muni.cz

These projects support all areas of basic research and the deadline is April, 22.

  • Standard projects
  • International projects
  • Lead Agency
  • JUNIOR STAR
  • Postdoc Individual Fellowships – Outgoing, Incoming

More info: Sharepoint, gacr.cz

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR)

Program TREND – „nováčci“

This call supports industrial research and experimental development and the principal applicant is the company (that has not drawn public support for research and development over 1 million CZK in last five years), and the research organization is in the role of another participant.

The deadline is April 28.

More info: Sharepoint, tacr.cz

M-ERA.NET 3

Call 2021: International call in the field of materials research and innovation. Launch of the Call March 15.

The deadline is June 15.

More info: Sharepoint, tacr.cz


MEYS

Planned Calls

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF)

    The MSCA Work Programme 2021-2022 has not been approved yet but the first call for Postdoctoral Fellowships (former Individual Fellowships) is expected to open on 15th April and to close on 15th September 2021. Publication of calls is subject to adoption of the MSCA Work Programme by the European Commission that is expected by April 2021.

    If you plan to apply for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, contact Veronika Jálová (veronika.jalova@recetox.muni.cz) for further information.

    INFORMATION SEMINAR:
    In relation to the first call for MSCA-PF, Masaryk University organizes a MSCA-PF Information seminar on 21st April. At the seminar, you will learn about the essential parameters and rules of MSCA-PF, and the structure and the template of MSCA-PF proposal will be introduced and explained. Registration is necessary.


  • Cluster 5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility – first calls for proposal should be open on April 15, 2021 (deadline September and October 2021) Drafts of Horizon Europe work programmes

Other information:

Selected publications

T5:

Kim, J.-T., Choi, Y.-J., Barghi, M., Kim, J.-H., Jung, J.-W., Kim, K., Lammel, G., Chang, Y.-S., Occurrence, distribution, and bioaccumulation of new and legacy persistent organic pollutants in an ecosystem on King George Island, maritime Antarctica. (2021) Journal of Hazardous Materials, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124141

 

T10:

Pinto-Vidal, F. A., Carvalho, C. dos S., Abdalla, F. C., Ceschi-Bertoli, L., Moraes Utsunomiya, H. S., Henrique da Silva, R., … Jones-Costa, M., Metabolic, immunologic, and histopathologic responses on premetamorphic American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) following exposure to lithium and selenium. (2021) Environmental Pollution, doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116086

Peters, L. I., Rose, N. L., Yang, H., Klánová, J., Moehring, T., & Harrad, S., Temporal trends in radiometrically dated sediment cores from English lakes show polybrominated diphenyl ethers correlate with brominated but not mixed bromo/chloro dioxins and furans. (2021) Science of The Total Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143118

Lanzafame, G. M., Srivastava, D., Favez, O., Bandowe, B. A. M., Shahpoury, P., Lammel, G., … Albinet, A., One-year measurements of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) markers in the Paris region (France): Concentrations, gas/particle partitioning and SOA source apportionment. (2021) Science of The Total Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143921

 

Q1:

Franco-Belussi, L., Jones-Costa, M., Salla, R. F., Souza, B. F. S., Pinto-Vidal, F. A., Oliveira, C. R., … De Oliveira, C., Hepatotoxicity of the anionic surfactant linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) in bullfrog tadpoles. (2021) Chemosphere, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129014

van der Schyff, V., du Preez, M., Blom, K., Kwet Yive, N. S. C., Klánová, J., Přibylová, P., … Bouwman, H., Chlorinated and brominated persistent compounds in hard coral, soft coral, and parrotfish from remote Mascarene islands. (2021) Chemosphere, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129316

Macharáčková, B., Saláková, A., Bogdanovičová, K., Haruštiaková, D., & Kameník, J., Changes in the concentrations of selected mineral elements in pork meat after sous-vide cooking. (2021) Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103752

RECETOX in Media

RECETOX Events

Save the date

  • Science Party - Ondřej Adamovský (RECETOX): Mikroplasty - Malé částice s velkým dopadem, 23 March 2021, 6:00 pm

  • Webinar - Standardization in Horizon Europe -  Webinar organized by CEN a CENELEC,  9 April 2021, 10:00 am
    Registration and more information HERE

  • Gender v Horizontu Evropa - Seminar about new conditions in the area of gender equality in Horizont Europe, 13 May 2021, 10:00 am

  • RECETOX PhD Conference - 26 - 27 May 2021, 9:00 am

  • Webinar for ERA calls 2021–2022 - 15 June 2021, 10:00 am

Seminar series:

Recruitment of new employees

Currently, we have these open vacancies

We would be grateful for sharing them as well, or if you already know about a great candidate for one or a few of the positions, feel free to recommend them to us by sending their CV to: rcx-hr@recetox.muni.cz

Newcomers at RECETOX

We welcome new colleagues to the centre and wish them a lot of work success!

Veronica van der Schyff

Postdoc
Research group of Lisa Melymuk; Chemical Pollutants and Human Exposure Routes
 

Daria Sapunova​

​Researcher and PhD student
Research group of Jana Klánová; Human Exposome

Barbora Rudzanová​

Researcher and PhD student
Research group of Luděk Bláha; Mechanistic Environmental Toxicology
 

Ivan Adásek

Maintenance man
Operations Department

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