Newsletter and Internal information 11/2022
7 Nov 2022, 15:40  |  Čeština

RECETOX News 11/2022

Minister and European Union representatives spoke at the CELSPAC biobank's opening ceremony

On the occasion of the International Conference on Research Infrastructures, ICRI 2022, RECETOX officially opened the CELSPAC biobank. The new facility allows scientists to store more than two million biological samples and examine the effects of chemicals on the human body in close detail. Both the Minister of Education, Youth & Sports Vladimír Baláš and Jens Habermann, the Director of BBMRI-ERIC, the European Research Infrastructure for Biobanking spoke highly about the CELSPAC biobank as a project that responds to the challenges of today's world.

Read the article HERE.

 

Scientist Michal Bittner: Fulbright stay in Texas was one big ride!

One year. That's how long scientist Michal Bittner and his family spent on a Fulbright stay at Baylor University in Texas, USA. He went to the USA to perfect his research on wastewater recycling and also sat in the classroom as a student to experience firsthand the American teaching style. And even in America, he remained a Boy Scout. Read an interview with Michal about his experience in the south of the USA.

Read the whole article HERE.

Communication and PR

Have you recently discovered something outstanding, published an interesting article, or you will be on the radio or TV? Please, inform us, and we will make sure to promote it.

Please, contact Marie Hošťálková, marie.hostalkova@recetox.muni.cz.

 

Young RECETOX scientists shared their experiences at the first RETRAIN Retreat in Telč

RETRAIN Retreat - the informal meeting of young RECETOX scientists. The two-day event took place for the first time. Its main aim was to introduce the Centre's researchers to each other, share mutual experience and talk about interdisciplinary collaboration at RECETOX. At the Telč University Centre, scientists discussed their scientific expectations, stays abroad, internships, current scientific partnerships, and involvement in European research projects. Read more about the program of the first RETRAIN Retreat in Telč.

Read the article HERE

State of the Environmental Health in Europe: Scientific Solutions to Global Crises

Join the scientific event organized on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union and discuss with prominent scientists.

Read the whole article HERE.

RECETOX social networks

Follow RECETOX on social media.

Internal information

Travel form

We want to remind you that if your conference, workshop, training or other activity included free meals (breakfast, lunch or dinner) or if your hotel provided meals as a part of your accommodation, you must take this into account and deduct these meals (B, L, D) from the overview. Thank you for your cooperation.

Other information

Blood Donation

Transfusion &Tissue Medicine of the Brno University Hospital is dealing with a shortage of blood in blood groups A+, A-, 0+, 0-. So they are asking potential donors to help donate blood during November. More information is here.

Upcoming calls

Open calls

Czech Science Foundation

Lead Agency grants - GA CR in the role of the partner organization (deadline according to the foreign agency - currently it is still possible to submit project proposals in cooperation with the Poland – NCN agency, deadline December 12, 2022 for the Czech Republic). If you are interested in this call, please contact Nikola Stejskalová.

Grant Agency of Masaryk University (GAMU)

Specific conditions and important deadlines can be found on the websites of each call.

  • HORIZONS - competition period from September 1 continuously until December 31, 2023
  • MUNI Award in Science and Humanities MASH - deadline 10. 12. 2022
  • MUNI Award in Science and Humanities MASH JUNIOR - deadline 10. 12. 2022

Please, if you are interested in the call MASH or MASH JUNIOR contact Nikola Stejskalová.

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

CHRIST ERA call: OPEN RESEARCH DATA - This call addresses the issue of open research data and software from the point of view of their possible reuse. Its aim is to create conditions for research in any field based on open or shared data and software.

The deadline is December 14, 2022. If you are interested in this call, please get in touch with Nikola Stejskalová.

 

Planned Calls

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

  • Topic 4: Environmental assessment, climate and policy development for sustainability;
  • Topic 5: Social sustainability in health, safety and public perception
  • TREND, sub-programme 2 “Newcomers” - pre-announcement; Launch of the call: November 24, 2022

Czech Science Foundation

Lead Agency grants with Swiss agency SNSF - the call is expected to be open in February 2023

Project Events

Other Information

Selected publications

Below you will find selected publications already available at WoS in last month. The list of other publications is available HERE.

T10

  • Rando, C., Vázquez, J., Sokolov, J., Kokan, Z., Nečas, M., & Šindelář, V. (2022). Highly Efficient and Selective Recognition of Dicyanoaurate(I) by a Bambusuril Macrocycle in Water. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(43). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202210184
  • Toul, M., Mican, J., Slonkova, V., Nikitin, D., Marek, M., Bednar, D., Damborsky, J., & Prokop, Z. (2022). Hidden Potential of Highly Efficient and Widely Accessible Thrombolytic Staphylokinase. Stroke, 53(10), 3235–3237. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.040219
  • Nemergut, M., Batkova, T., Vigasova, D., Bartos, M., Hlozankova, M., Schenkmayerova, A., Liskova, B., Sheardova, K., Vyhnalek, M., Hort, J., Laczó, J., Kovacova, I., Sitina, M., Matej, R., Jancalek, R., Marek, M., & Damborsky, J. (2022). Increased occurrence of Treponema spp. and double-species infections in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Science of The Total Environment, 844, 157114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157114

Q1

  • Stuchlík Fišerová, P., Melymuk, L., Komprdová, K., Domínguez-Romero, E., Scheringer, M., Kohoutek, J., Přibylová, P., Andrýsková, L., Piler, P., Koch, H. M., Zvonař, M., Esteban-López, M., Castaño, A., & Klánová, J. (2022). Personal care product use and lifestyle affect phthalate and DINCH metabolite levels in teenagers and young adults. Environmental Research, 213, 113675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113675

RECETOX in Media

Recetox Events

Seminar: Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing Aids

We are delighted to invite you to attend the seminar about Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing Aids given by Helene Wiesinger from ETH Zürich. 

 

 

RECETOX Christmas Gathering and Christmas party 2022

We invite you to the RECETOX Christmas Gathering, which will take place on December 6th. More information will be available on the website.
Save this date (December 6th) also for Christmas party, which will follow in the afternoon/evening hours and enjoy the time before Christmas with your colleagues! 
Please register for the evening RECETOX Christmas party HERE.

Saint Nicholas Day

We are happy to invite you to Saint Nicholas Day at RECETOX. Come with your children and enjoy this time with us! This event is organized for RECETOX employees and their children. There will be prepared activities for children. Saint Nicholas will give a small gift to each child.

Please fill in the registration form until November 25. Information will be used by Saint Nicholas for communication with children.

More information will be available on the website.

Other Events

State of the Environmental Health in Europe: Scientific Solutions to Global Crises

Date and time: on 9 November 2022, 9-12 am

Venue: Brussels & online

The scientific symposium is organized on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, under the auspices of prof. Mikuláš Bek, the Minister of European Affairs of the Czech Republic. More information at the website.

Save the date

Seminar series

Recruitment of new employees

Currently, we have these open vacancies

Velmi oceníme, když pozice budete sdílet ve svých sítích kontaktů a nebo nám přímo doporučíte vhodného kandidáta na e-mail rcx-hr@recetox.muni.cz

Velmi oceníme, pokud budete volné pozice sdílet ve svých sítích kontaktů a nebo nám přímo doporučíte vhodného kandidáta na e-mail: rcx-hr@recetox.muni.cz

Newcomers at RECETOX

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

Irena Hájková

Study assistant
Recruitment and Examination, Population Studies CELSPAC

 

Pavla Lakdawala

Chemical risk assessment specialist
National Centre

Tadeáš Dvořák

Researcher
Research group of Julie Dobrovolná, Environmental Health

 

Zuzana Orlová

Accountant
Grant Office, Support Functions

Surbhi Grewal

Postdoc
Research group of Vladimír Šindelář, Chemical Tools for Diagnosis and Therapy

 

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