Newsletter and Internal information 8/2021
24 Aug 2021, 13:33  |  Čeština

RECETOX News 8/2021

A year in Texas on a Fulbright scholarship

Michal Bittner is one of several Fulbright Scholars who will start their year-long stay at US university this year. Read and explore why Michal decided to take advantage of the Fulbright scholarship, where he is actually going and what he expects from his almost year-long stay. 

More on the website RECETOX

 

RECETOX contributes to the evaluation of the Stockholm Convention

Dr. Kateřina Šebková personally participates at the third evaluation of the Stockholm Convention, which should be finalized in 2022. How does it work and what are the outcomes of evaluation?

More at RECETOX website

Results of the seroprevalence study

Scientists at the RECETOX research centre at Masaryk University have published the first large-scale population data on the presence of antibodies to COVID-19 in the Czech population. The study results show that up to half of the adult population was exposed to SARS-CoV-2 by March 2021. 

Read more HERE

Internal information

Financial and mobility support for Ph.D. students of the study programme Environment and Health

At the end of July, the revised financial conditions for Ph.D. students at the RECETOX Centre were published. At the same time, new support materials for international mobility were developed.

Information and documents are available on the RECETOX Intranet/ Study

SOČ

SOČ activities are starting and many students are already coming to our RECETOX labs to work on their experiments.

For the 2021/2022 year at RECETOX we are registering 6 interesting topics.  Take a look at what these topics are and also check if your topic is not missing from the list!

 

Replacement of the lift on D29

Dear colleagues, the elevator is being replaced in pavilion D29 in September this year. The elevator will be out of order from 6th September to 12th October. Material intake will be solved separetly by Operational department.

Organisational announcements

Since August 1, 2021 Šárka Palátová has taken over the position of Head of RECETOX Grant Office. She will hold this position for the duration of Bára Prokešová's parental leave.

We wish Šárka every success in her new role.

Upcoming calls

 

Planned calls

  • TA ČR (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic) – TREND – September 2021, Subprogram 1

  • GACR – LA grants - Czech Science Foundation is in the role of a partner organization. In autumn 2021 a call will be announced in cooperation with the Polish agency NCN and the Slovenian agency ARRS.

  • MŠMT (Ministry of education youth and sports) – INTER-EXCELLENCE II the first calls in the INTER-ACTION, INTER-COST and INTER-EUREKA sub-programs are planned for the autumn of this year. More information here (only in CZECH).

Horizon Europe

Further information

Horizon Results Platform TV (HRP TV) – is a learning tool with a clear mission to support and inspire our R&I programme participants in their endeavours to bring their solutions to market. The Horizon Results Booster is a new initiative backed by the European Commission which aims to maximize the impact of research projects funded by FP7, Horizon 2020 and HE.

EU Open Data Days 23/11 – 25/11/2021  - Shaping our future with open data - This unique online event will serve as a knowledge hub, bringing the benefits of open data and its reuse to the EU public sector, and through it to people and businesses. Get inspired and discover the latest trends and most innovative solutions!

European Innovation Council Summit 24/11 – 25/11/2021 - The core programme of the event will focus on the EIC (Startup to Scaleup), ecosystem policy and emerging technologies. Finally, startups, innovative researchers and others can find out about future funding opportunities from the EIC. It will provide a unique platform for all the participants to network and make business contacts.

Recordings from Horizon Europe Info Days 2021

European Research Council (ERC)

ERC Work Programme 2022 has been published including a calendar of grant competitions (see below).

Online workshop for ERC applicants

The Technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences (TC CAS) together with Charles University and the Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants (EG) is organising in September 2021 the Online ERC applicants´ workshop on PREPARATION OF A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. The workshop is opened only for ERC Starting/Consolidator (eventually also Synergy and Advanced) grant applicants who already seriously work on a grant proposal, which they intend to submit to the 2022 ERC Work Programme calls.

In order to be admitted to this workshop, you are requested to register and send the abstract of your planned proposal, your CV and track-record by 22 August. In addition, inform Veronika Jálová (veronika.jalova@recetox.muni.cz) about your intention to participate in this workshop and she will provide you with additional information.

Selected publications

T10:

Bajard, L., Negi, C. K., Mustieles, V., Melymuk, L., Jomini, S., Barthelemy-Berneron, J., … Blaha, L.,  Endocrine disrupting potential of replacement flame retardants – Review of current knowledge for nuclear receptors associated with reproductive outcomes. (2021) Environment International, doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106550

Lohmann, R., Markham, E., Klanova, J., Kukucka, P., Pribylova, P., Gong, X., … Sunderland, E. M., Trends of Diverse POPs in Air and Water Across the Western Atlantic Ocean: Strong Gradients in the Ocean but Not in the Air. (2021) Environmental Science & Technology, doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04611

Gungormus, E., Sofuoglu, A., Celik, H., Gedik, K., Mulder, M. D., Lammel, G., … Kurt-Karakus, P. B., Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants in Ambient Air in Turkey: Regional Sources and Controlling Factors. (2021) Environmental Science & Technology, doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c06272

White, K. B., Kalina, J., Scheringer, M., Přibylová, P., Kukučka, P., Kohoutek, J., … Klánová, J., Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants across Africa after a Decade of MONET Passive Air Sampling. (2021) Environmental Science & Technology, doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03575

Demirtepe, H., Melymuk, L., Codling, G., Murínová, Ľ. P., Richterová, D., Rašplová, V., … Klánová, J., Targeted and suspect screening of plasticizers in house dust to assess cumulative human exposure risk. (2021) Science of The Total Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146667

Rizzuto, S., Baho, D. L., Jones, K. C., Zhang, H., Leu, E., & Nizzetto, L., Binding of waterborne pharmaceutical and personal care products to natural dissolved organic matter. (2021) Science of The Total Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147208

Gadara, D., Coufalikova, K., Bosak, J., Smajs, D., & Spacil, Z., Systematic Feature Filtering in Exploratory Metabolomics: Application toward Biomarker Discovery. (2021) Analytical Chemistry, doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00816

 

Q1:

Arias, A. H., Pozo, K. A., Álvarez, M. B., Pribylová, P., & Tombesi, N. B., Atmospheric PAHs in rural, urban, industrial and beach locations in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: sources and health risk assessment. (2021) Environmental Geochemistry and Health, doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-01031-9

Kuchovská, E., Gonzalez, P., Bláhová, L., Barré, M., Gouffier, C., Cachot, J., … Morin, B., Pesticide mixture toxicity assessment through in situ and laboratory approaches using embryo-larval stages of the pacific oyster (Magallana gigas). (2021) Marine Environmental Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105390

Pavlovska, I., Polcrova, A., Mechanick, J. I., Brož, J., Infante-Garcia, M. M., Nieto-Martínez, R., … González-Rivas, J. P., Dysglycemia and Abnormal Adiposity Drivers of Cardiometabolic-Based Chronic Disease in the Czech Population: Biological, Behavioral, and Cultural/Social Determinants of Health. (2021) Nutrients, doi.org/10.3390/nu13072338

RECETOX in Media

RECETOX Events

RECETOX Seminar Series

Trends in Air Pollution and Health Effects Across New York State

Philip Hopke (University of Rochester, NY)

Abstract HERE

Date & Venue: Wednesday, 8th September 2021, 10:00 am, Lecture room (D29/252 (RCX1))

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Recruitment of new employees

We are looking for new colleagues

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!

Denisa Horáková

Laboratory technician
Research group of Klára Hilscherová, Bioanalytical Toxicology

 

Natálie Mlčůchová

Researcher
Research group of Petra Bořilová Linhartová

Daniela Gachová

Researcher and PhD student
Research group of Petra Bořilová Linhartová

 

Tereza Deissová

Researcher and PhD student
Research group of Petra Bořilová Linhartová

Kateřina Zukalová

Researcher and PhD student
Research group of Petra Bořilová Linhartová

Lucie Šmídová

Laboratory technician
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