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Newsletter and Internal information 11/2024
5 Nov 2024, 14:44
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RECETOX Newsletter 11/2024
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The grand opening of the new laboratories for human exposome research
On Friday, October 7th, the grand opening of the new laboratories for human exposome research at the RECETOX center took place. The event was initiated by the center’s director, Jana Klánová, who welcomed the guest, Richard Woychik, Director of the US National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
Read more HERE.
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“Forever chemicals” are in the milk of Czech mothers and all around us. A blanket ban would solve it.
They are all around us, and we use them more often than we realize. In nature, they hardly decompose and can be toxic to the human body. We are talking about perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds, or PFAS.
Read more HERE.
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EIRENE and IHEN Joint Meeting in Utrecht
Over 100 environmental health researchers and experts gathered last week in Utrecht for a joint meeting of report on the progress made in the individual projects and discuss the next steps in Human Exposome research.
Read more HERE.
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Extremely High Levels of PBDEs Found in Children’s Toys from European Markets
With the high influx of low-cost plastic toys on the market, there is growing concern about the safety of such toys. Some of these plastic toys contains hazardous chemicals like polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) due to the use of recycled plastics in new toy manufacturing.
Read more HERE.
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“The substances we studied in the CELSPAC-FireExpo project with firefighters are all around us, and the population is commonly exposed to them,” says environmental epidemiologist Nina Pálešová.
Nina Pálešová is an environmental epidemiologist and a recent PhD graduate. In the interview, we explored what both of her research topics have in common with her interest in the environment, and where everyone can come into contact with toxic substances.
Read more HERE.
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Global Collaboration and Cutting-Edge Research: RECETOX’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Projects
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is a prestigious and highly competitive programme funded by the European Commission. RECETOX has been highly successful in securing individual MSCA project grants.
Read more HERE.
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Student Klára Cigošová: For research in simulated microgravity all the way to France
She studied at an art high school and is now engaged in research on tooth development and regeneration at the Faculty of Medicine. In addition, she is in her first year of the bachelor’s program in Environment and Health at the RECETOX center. Klára Cigošová breaks many stereotypes with her diverse range of interests.
Read more HERE.
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Submitted projects
ERC Starting Grant: Dr. Luděk Sehnal - Natural product diversification through combinatory biosynthetic pathways (principal investigator).
ERC Starting Grant: Dr. Albert Kšiňan - GENetic EffectS Impact Self-control: A LIFEcourse approach (principal investigator).
ERC Starting Grant: Assoc. Prof. Klára Hilscherová - A robust concept for identifying and tracing sources of site-specific chemical risk drivers of aquatic pollution (partner).
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New successful projects
GAČR Expro: Dr. Martin Marek - Resolving the puzzle of resonance energy transfer in bioluminescence
GAČR Junior Star: Assoc. Prof. David Bednář - Development of methods and tools for engineering of next-generation thrombolytics for the treatment of stroke
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Other news
Dear colleagues,
The Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe project coordinators would like to remind you of the importance of complying with project obligations and fulfilling the timesheets and other requirements. If you are employed on an H2020 or HEU project, you must fill in the Description of the Work Activity on the Project at the beginning of your involvement with the project. You are also obliged to fill in the monthly Timesheets throughout your involvement with the project. If you are not sure if you are employed on one of the H2020 or HEU projects, or if you want to know more click here. Here you can find the new video manual for filling in the Timesheets. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Mirjana Stanojević or Eva Kuklínková.
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Training and other grant-related events
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Below you will find selected publications already available at WoS in last month:
- Sharma, B. M., Komprdová, K., Lörinczová, K., Kuta, J., Přibylová, P., Scheringer, M., Šebejová, L., Piler, P., Zvonař, M., & Klánová, J. (2024). Human biomonitoring of essential and toxic trace elements (heavy metals and metalloids) in urine of children, teenagers, and young adults from a Central European Cohort in the Czech Republic. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-024-00724-4
- Vavra, O., Tyzack, J., Haddadi, F., Stourac, J., Damborsky, J., Mazurenko, S., Thornton, J. M., & Bednar, D. (2024). Large-scale annotation of biochemically relevant pockets and tunnels in cognate enzyme–ligand complexes. Journal of Cheminformatics, 16(1), 114.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-024-00907-z
- Olisah, C., Melymuk, L., Audy, O., Kukucka, P., Pribylova, P., & Boudot, M. (2024). Extremely high levels of PBDEs in children’s toys from European markets: causes and implications for the circular economy. Environmental Sciences Europe, 36(1), 183.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-024-00999-2
- Bartoskova Polcrova, A., Ksinan Jiskrova, G., Bobak, M., Pikhart, H., Klánová, J., & Ksinan, A. J. (2024). Early life social conditions and adverse experiences are associated with childhood BMI and perceived overeating. Pediatric Obesity.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13179
- Binda, G., Carnati, S., Costa, M., Hostyeva, V., Leu, E., Skjelbred, B., Spanu, D., Šupraha, L., Trotta, S., Vogelsang, C., & Nizzetto, L. (2024). The interaction between plastics and microalgae affects community assembly and nutrient availability. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 545. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01706-y
- Brumovský, M., Kohoutek, J., Løken, K. B., Sáňka, O., Sørensen, K., & Nizzetto, L. (2024). Monitoring of current-use pesticides along a Europe-Arctic transect using ships of opportunity. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 478, 135459.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135459
- Mayer, L., Melymuk, L., Ceburnis, D., Holubová Šmejkalová, A., Přibylová, P., Šenk, P., Vinkler, J., & Lammel, G. (2024). Particle size distributions of current-use pesticides in three European atmospheric environments. Atmospheric Environment, 334, 120680.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120680
- Quispe-Haro, C., Szabó, D., Kordas, K., Capkova, N., Pikhart, H., & Bobak, M. (2024). The mediating role of air pollutants in the association between education and lung function among the elderly, the HAPIEE study. Science of The Total Environment, 947, 174556.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174556
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Dear collegues,
You can see an overview of our new team members HERE.
We welcome new colleagues to the center and wish them a lot of work success!
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We are looking for new colleagues
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We would be grateful for sharing them as well, or if you already know about a great candidate for one or few of the positions, feel free to recommend them to us by sending their CV to rcx-hr@recetox.muni.cz
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