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Newsletter and Internal information 12/2024
9 Dec 2024, 12:45
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RECETOX Newsletter 12/2024
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Notice on Documenting Boarding Passes for Travel Orders
In connection with the complete documentation of your business trips, we would like to inform you that some companies now provide boarding passes only in electronic form through their application, and once used, they are no longer traceable. We therefore recommend taking a screenshot of your electronic boarding pass and carefully saving it for further documentation.
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Announcement of expected sample deliveries
We would like to ask all research groups to resend us each delivery notice to Purchasing Department. This will help their faster distribution. Unfortunately, couriers do not always call the phone numbers listed on shipments.
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RECETOX Christmas Gathering
Let us invite you to the annual RECETOX Christmas Gathering!
Date&Time: December 11th, 3 pm
Venue: ONLINE
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New student representative elected!
We are delighted to announce that Tadeáš Dvořák has been re-elected as the students’ representative!
Congratulations, and we look forward to his continued contributions to our student community. If you have any issues, questions, or suggestions, don’t hesitate to reach out to him!
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The study revealed a surprisingly large amount of hazardous chemicals in food packaging materials
Food packaging contains a surprisingly high number of chemicals, many of which are hazardous. Over 11,200 chemicals have been authorized for use in food packaging; however, nearly 2,000 additional chemicals have been found that are not included in this list.
Read more HERE.
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The university awarded Tomáš Janoš for his outstanding achievements in doctoral studies
The Vice-Rector’s Award of Masaryk University for excellent results in doctoral studies was received by 31 graduates, their supervisors, and consultants. Among the awardees was also Tomáš Janoš from the RECETOX center.
Read more HERE.
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Representatives of the RECETOX center at ACTRIS Week 2024
From November 5–7, 2024, we participated in the annual meeting of the European consortium ACTRIS. This event serves as a key platform for regular partner meetings, fostering collaboration, sharing the latest updates and experiences, and discussing critical topics related to the development and operation of the ACTRIS research infrastructure.
Read more HERE.
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The project team from the RECETOX department participated in a study visit at the Grant Office of ETH Zurich
At the end of October, the international projects team from the RECETOX Project Office participated in a study visit to the Grant Office at ETH Zurich.
Read more HERE.
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The Air Quality in Time conference brought together research communities
From November 11-13, 2024, the “Air Quality in Time” conference took place in the beautiful setting of Vysočina, at the 9skal hotel. This event was the result of merging two traditional events – the Air Quality conference organized by the RECETOX center and the annual conference of the Czech Aerosol Society (ČAS).
Read more HERE.
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The third Teaming Club Conference took place in Novi Sad
The BioSense Institute, located in Novi Sad, Serbia, hosted the third official TEAMING Club Conference. The aim of three-day-event was to learn more about each-others research focus, as well as about available research infrastructure at each Centre of Excellence and to boost future collaborations.
Read more HERE.
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The prestigious Rudolf Lukeš Prize for 2024 goes to scientist Martin Marek for his research on marine bioluminescence
The Rudolf Lukeš Prize, awarded by the Czech Chemical Society in cooperation with the Experientia Foundation, goes this year to Martin Marek from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University in Brno for his significant contributions to the field of bioorganic chemistry related to marine luminescence.
Read more HERE.
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Education has a direct, independent effect on lung health, says study
In their latest study, scientists from RECETOX (MUNI), the University at Buffalo in the U.S., the National Institute of Public Health in Prague, and University College London in the U.K. found that education plays a role in protecting lung health during the aging process.
Read more HERE.
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Professor Jana Klánová was awarded for her contribution to the development of the TA ČR and applied research
Professor Jana Klánová received a prestigious award from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR). The award recognizes her long-term contribution to TAČR and applied research, as well as her role as a member of the TAČR research council.
Read more HERE.
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Recognition of RECETOX Scientific Excellence
Web of Science highlighted the publication of Dr. Adamovsky and Dr. Sehnal as one of the top 1% most cited papers in the field of Microbiology.
Read more HERE.
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Submitted projects
RECETOX could soon welcome new MSCA Doctoral Networks fellows, as five collaborative projects have been submitted under the 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks call. Potential PhD candidates might have the opportunity to participate in the following projects, under the supervision of the respective RECETOX supervisors.
- Digital Water-Based Systems for Environmental and Public Health protection: development of a pan- European Early Warning System for chemical exposure risks (AMBER), supervised by Assoc. Prof. Pavel Čupr
- Machine learning for integrated multi-parametric enzyme and bioprocess design (ELEGANCE), supervised by Dr. Stanislav Mazurenko
- Exploration of Plastic particles Origin, Solutions and Effects on Human Health (exPOSE), supervised by Dr. Ondřej Adamovský
- Training the next generation of researchers at the interface between hyperpolarized NMR methodology and metabolomics applications (HyperMet), supervised by Assoc. Prof. Pavel Babica
- Towards REDucing pollution FOOTprints – Tracing human and environmental exposure from indoor sources (REDFOOT), supervised by Assoc. Prof. Klára Hilscherová
We hope these projects will secure the funding and achieve great success!
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New successful projects
MEYS: OP JAC call: Social sciences and humanities: man and humanity in the global challenges of today
Ageing of the population and related challenges for health and social systems (AGEING-CZ) – Coordinatortor – ECON MUNI (RCX PI: prof. RNDr. Jana Klánová, Ph.D.)
Research on peripheries to strengthen the resilience of Czech society – Coordinator – Faculty of Arts, MUNI (RCX PI: Pikhart Hynek, Mgr. Ph.D., M.Sc.)
GACR Standard
Prof. Gerhard Lammel Ph.D. - Pesticides in the atmosphere - characterisation of their distribution and fate.
Lisa Emily Melymuk Ph.D. - ChemTrace: Chemicals in plastic products: tracing hazardous compounds from supply chain through to children’s exposure
Ing. RNDr. Martin Marek Ph.D. - Decoding the molecular principles of marine bioluminescence
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Open calls
Open calls
GAMU 2025: MASH, MASH StG/CoG (deadline 9. 12. 2024), Horizons (ongoing)
AZV
ERA4Health: EffectTrial Call 2025: „Fostering Pragmatic Comparative-effectiveness Trials in Non-Communicable Diseases“ (deadline for preliminary proposal 28. 1. 2025) THCS: „Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care“ (deadline for preliminary proposal 30. 1. 2025)
GACR LA – Partner Agency
USA – National Science Foundation (NSF) continuous call
Austria – Austrian Science Fund (FWF) continuous call
Germany – German Research Foundation (DFG) continuous call
Poland – deadline 23.12.2024
Slovenia – deadline 7.2. 2025
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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:
- Mlnaříková, M., Pípal, M., Bláhová, L., & Bláha, L. (2024). Is environmental risk assessment possible with the alternatives to acute fish toxicity test? Case study with pharmaceuticals. Environmental Sciences Europe, 36(1), 192.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-024-01015-3
- Domínguez-Romero, E., Mazurenko, S., Scheringer, M., Martins dos Santos, V. A. P., Evelo, C. T., Anton, M., Hancock, J. M., Županič, A., & Suarez-Diez, M. (2024). Making PBPK models more reproducible in practice. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 25(6).
https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbae569
- Hubacek, J. A., Capkova, N., Bobak, M., & Pikhart, H. (2024). Association between FTO polymorphism and COVID-19 mortality among older adults: A population-based cohort study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 148, 107232.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107232
- Šmídová, K., Selonen, S., van Gestel, C. A. M., Fleissig, P., & Hofman, J. (2024). Microplastics originated from agricultural mulching films affect enchytraeid multigeneration reproduction and soil properties. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 479, 135592.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135592
- Pavlíková, N., Šrámek, J., Němcová, V., & Bajard, L. (2024). Effects of novel flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCIPP) and triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) on function and homeostasis in human and rat pancreatic beta-cell lines. Archives of Toxicology, 98(11), 3859–3874.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03841-z
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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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