Newsletter and Internal information 4/2021
19 Apr 2021, 11:19  |  Čeština

RECETOX News 4/2021

70th birthday of Professor Ivan Holoubek!

On April 11th 2021, Professor Ivan Holoubek, one of the founders of the RECETOX and an important personality in science, research and teaching in the field of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), celebrated his 70th birthday. Ivan has been working at RECETOX since its establishment (as the “Department of Environmental Protection and Creation” at that time) and he was its director between 1990–2013.

Read more about Prof. Holoubek HERE

Scientists developed a microfluidic platform that may contribute to the effectiveness of synthesizing pharmaceuticals or training artificial intelligence

The Loschmidt laboratories team at RECETOX led by Prof. Zbynek Prokop, together with colleagues from ETH Zurich, recently developed a new microfluidic platform for rapidly and effectively investigating enzymes and their properties.

Read more HERE

 

We are new members of expert group to Chemical strategy of EU

European union established new taskforce supporting the implementation of the Chemicals strategy for sustainability. Its main goal will be to support the Commission to realise the objectives of the Strategy in dialogue with the stakeholders concerned, to monitor progress of the Strategy’s implementation and to support the transition to safe and sustainable chemicals and to a toxic-free environment. One of 32 members of the group will be also Kateřina Šebková.

SOČ at RECETOX

This year, as in previous years, RECETOX is participating in Secondary School Professional Activities (SOČ in Czech). We are involved in five projects (one in the South Moravian Region and one in Slovakia).

We would like to congratulate Jan Svozil from Gymnázium Brno Řečkovice, Petra Janíčková from SPŠCH Brno, and our supervisors for otaining the support of the South Moravian Region. The projects focus on building a domestic air measurement sensor and / or monitoring pesticide levels in selected fruits or vegetables from various sources and types of agriculture.

Internal information

Meal allowance replaces meal vouchers

Beginning in May, MU will be changing the way it contributes to employee meals. Instead of the current system in which workers get contributions for meal vouchers and meals in university canteens, employees will receive a meal allowance along with their pay. The value of the contribution (55 Kč) will not change. The last meal vouchers employees receive will be for April. They will get their first meal allowances along with their pay for May, and will therefore receive them in June. Orders for vouchers for months after April made in INET will automatically be cancelled.

Do not forget to take part in the census

We remind, that all foreigners who have a residence in the Czech Republic for over 90 days (or rather had it at the decisive moment at midnight from 26th March to 27th March 2021) are obliged to take part in the census. A fine for not providing data can be up to 10,000 CZK.

The online census is open HERE until May 11.

Terraces opening

Since warm and sunny days are here, we prepared our terraces for you on the 1st and 4th floor of D29. If you are among those who work in the centre, do not hesitate to visit them.

 

Annoucement of changes in your personal data

We remind you that each employee is responsible for the accuracy of the personal data that MU records about him and is obliged to report their changes. Check your personal data in INET / Personalistika / Personal data, report any discrepancies immediately.

The correct procedure for reporting is: fill in the Change Notification form, attach the relevant documents confirming the change and send by email at the HR department of RECETOX Jana Vičarová.

Think of exercise when working from home

Our brain needs every day some physical activity. In this article, you can find tips on how to exercise from home and also more information about how it benefits your brain. If you like stretching exercises, enjoy it with this short video.

Upcoming calls

Ministry of Agriculture

Call for proposals of science, research and innovation

  • deadline: May 5, 2021
  • more information HERE (only in Czech)

TAČR - M-ERA.NET 3

Call 2021: International call in the field of materials research and innovation

  • MŠMT (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports) MOBILITY with the deadlines for submission of applications: 30th April 2021 for projects with Austria, 30th June 2021 for projects with France, 30th June 2021 for projects with Germany

  • DAAD Scholarships (Germany) – see information about scholarships and deadlines HERE

  • Visegrad Fund (Visegrad Grants, Visegrad+ Grants, Strategic Grants) with the deadline for submission of applications on 1st June 2021

  • The Polish Academy of Sciences - PASIFIC Fellowship Programme (funded by MSCA COFUND) with the deadlines for submission of applications: 30th June 2021 (Call 1) and 30th December 2021 (Call 2)

Planned Calls

  • TAČR – Prostředí pro život

    • announcement of the call – probably April 28, 2021
    • it will be possible to submit project proposals only to sub-program 1 (Operational research in the public interest)
    • more information HERE (only in Czech)

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

    As the MSCA Work Programme 2021-2022 has not been approved yet, the first call for Postdoctoral Fellowships (former Individual Fellowships) has been postponed and is expected to open on 18th May (originally announced for April) and to close on 15th September 2021. Publication of calls is subject to adoption of the MSCA Work Programme by the European Commission.

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

    In relation to the first call for MSCA-PF, Masaryk University organizes a MSCA-PF Information seminar on 28th April (the date has been postponed). 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.

Selected publications

T5:

Planas-Iglesias, J., Marques, S. M., Pinto, G. P., Musil, M., Stourac, J., Damborsky, J., & Bednar, D.Computational design of enzymes for biotechnological applications. (2021) Biotechnology Advances, doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107696


T10:

Rapp, L. R., Marques, S. M., Zukic, E., Rowlinson, B., Sharma, M., Grogan, G., … Hauer, B., Substrate Anchoring and Flexibility Reduction in CYP153A M.aq Leads to Highly Improved Efficiency toward Octanoic Acid. (2021) ACS Catalysis, doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c05193

Kuchovská, E., Morin, B., López-Cabeza, R., Barré, M., Gouffier, C., Bláhová, L., … Gonzalez, P., Comparison of imidacloprid, propiconazole, and nanopropiconazole effects on the development, behavior, and gene expression biomarkers of the Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas). (2021) Science of The Total Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142921

Chen, L., Giesy, J. P., Adamovsky, O., Svirčev, Z., Meriluoto, J., Codd, G. A., … Xie, P., Challenges of using blooms of Microcystis spp. in animal feeds: A comprehensive review of nutritional, toxicological and microbial health evaluation. (2021) Science of The Total Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142319

Q1:

Nežiková, B., Degrendele, C., Bandowe, B. A. M., Holubová Šmejkalová, A., Kukučka, P., Martiník, J., … Lammel, G., Three years of atmospheric concentrations of nitrated and oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxygen heterocycles at a central European background site. (2021) Chemosphere, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128738

López-Cabeza, R., Kah, M., Grillo, R., Bílková, Z., & Hofman, J., Is centrifugal ultrafiltration a robust method for determining encapsulation efficiency of pesticide nanoformulations? (2021) Nanoscale, doi.org/10.1039/D0NR08693B

Baho, D. L., Rizzuto, S., Nizzetto, L., Hessen, D. O., Norberg, J., Skjelbred, B., … Leu, E., Ecological Memory of Historical Contamination Influences the Response of Phytoplankton Communities. (2021) Ecosystems, doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00604-0

Hamacek, J., Sokolov, J., & Šindelář, V., Bambusuril Macrocycles as Mediators of Supramolecular Interactions: Application to the Europium Cage Helicate. (2021) Chemistry – A European Journal, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202005140

Sehnal, L., Brammer-Robbins, E., Wormington, A. M., Blaha, L., Bisesi, J., Larkin, I., … Adamovsky, O., Microbiome Composition and Function in Aquatic Vertebrates: Small Organisms Making Big Impacts on Aquatic Animal Health. (2021) Frontiers in Microbiology, doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.567408

RECETOX in Media

RECETOX Events

RECETOX PhD Conference

We invite you to the second Annual RECETOX PhD Conference, which will be online this year. The conference will include the State Doctoral Exam of 16 RECETOX PhD students and also the Poster Session.

You can find more information about RECETOX PhD Conference HERE

Date & Venue: 26 – 27 May 2021, Online

17th RECETOX Summer School

We are pleased to invite you to the 17th RECETOX Summer School. This year with a special focus on Social and Environmental Epidemiology

You can find more information about Summer School HERE

Date & Venue: 21 - 25 June 2021, Online

Employees and students of RECETOX please contact Petra Růžičková for registration 

Save the date

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!

Rikuo Akisaka

Postdoc
Research group of Petr Klán, Organic Photochemistry

 

Adam Paulin Urminský

Researcher and PhD student
Research group of Martin Marek, Structural Biology

Petr Andrla

Analyst
Research Infrastructure, Sequence Data Processing and Analysis

 

Petr Gregor 

Analyst
Research group of Pavel Čupr, Exposure and Health Risk Assessment

Šárka Smetanová

Cleaning lady
Support Functions, Operations Department

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