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Autumn 2023

19.9.2023	Luděk Bláha (RECETOX): Introduction to new semester and Ph.D. studies (15 minutes) Martin Scheringer (ETH, Zürich and RECETOX): The Global Presence of Chemicals: Data, Mechanisms of Distribution, and Root Causes Click here to join the meeting
26.9.2023	Jiří Kalina (RECETOX): MONET - Spatial and Temporal Trends of POPs after 15 years of monitoring across Europe (9-9:30) Ondřej Mikeš (RECETOX): The health effects of air pollution (9:30-10:30) Click here to join the meeting
3.10.2023	Frans Prenkert (Örebro University): The need and significance of multidisciplinary research to address the sustainability issues of society (9:00-10:00) Sophie Langouet (U Rennes): Evaluation of liver function, chronic toxicity and genotoxicity in a human model of proliferating and highly differentiated hepatic spheroids (10:00-11:00) Click here to join the meeting
10.10.2023	Daniel Szabo (RECETOX): Out of Memory: Large-Scale Tidying, Exploratory Analyses and Dashboards in the ELSPAC Study Click here to join the meeting
17.10.2023	Katarzyna Kordas (University of Buffalo, NY, USA): Environmental exposures in a Global South city – effects on child development and health Click here to join the meeting
24.10.2023	Peter Šebej(RECETOX): Stories told by small molecules (How the world of excited states wows us) Click here to join the online
31.10.2023, 16:00. Mendel Refectory	Krásné společenské stroje II: horizonty umělé inteligence v diskusi čtyř světových expertů Date&time: 31 October 2023, 16:00 (this seminar will be in in-person mode; online version will not be available) Venue: Mendel Refectory of the Augustinian Abbey, Mendel Square Language: Czech only Registration is required.More information available HERE.
7.11.2023	1) Thomas Angelo Adrien Contini (RECETOX):Deciphering the placental chemical exposome using high resolution mass spectrometry 2)Žiga Tkalec (RECETOX): FRANKIE project: Impact of exposure to chemicals to onset and progression of dementia Click here to join the meeting
14.11.2023, 10:00	Vladimír Žlábek (Jihočeská U, České Budějovice): Fate and transformation of emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment Click here to join the meeting
21.11.2023	Veronica van der Schyff and Paula Marcineková (RECETOX): Inclusive teaching strategies: Insights from project BELONG Click here to join the meeting
28.11.2023	Branislav Vrana (RECETOX): Passive-Sampler-Derived POPs Concentrations in the Waters of the World─First Results from the AQUA-GAPS/MONET Network Click here to join the meeting
5.12.2023	Lucie Ráčková (RECETOX): From Extreme Environments to Outer Space: How Space Analog Missions and Expeditions Pave the Way for Extraterrestrial Presence, Innovation and Sustainability on Earth Click here to join the meeting
12.12.2023	Martin Bobák (UCL and RECETOX): Social inequalities in chronic diseases in Czech cohort study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic Click here to join the meeting
19.12.2023	Ph.D. students (RECETOX): Doctoral Research Plans (1^st year students presentations) Click here to join the meeting

Spring 2023

Date	Topic and speaker
14.2. 2023	Luděk Bláha (RCX): Introduction to new semester and Ph.D. studies at RECETOX (15 minutes) "They took our jobs!" - moderated discussion about AI in research, academia, teaching and beyond
21.2. 2023	Kelsey Ng (RCX): Wide-scope target and suspect screening of contaminants of emerging concerns and environmental risk assessment – case studies in environmental samples from Europe
28.2. 2023	The URBAN_X Twinning project - lesson learned, presentation of internships, and future prospects as the project is ending after three and a half years of fruitful collaboration with UCL, Utrecht University, and IS Global
7.3. 2023	Albert Kšiňan (RCX): Introduction to Behavior Genetics: Understanding the Interplay of Nature and Nurture
14.3.2023, 9:30	David Bednář (RCX): Computational Tools for Analysis and Design of Proteins The public lecture for the habilitation procedure.
21.3. 2023	Michal Bittner (RCX): Potable water from sewage: safe wastewater recycling for its potable and agricultural reuse
28.3. 2023	Lola Murielle Bajard ép.Esner (RCX): Reducing animal testing in hazard assessment – examples of using in vitro approaches and adverse outcome pathways for novel flame retardants
4.4. 2023	Jill Hanna (GAHP): Why don’t we have a framework agreement for chemicals at the global level?
11.4. 2023	Tomáš Fiala (ETH): Collagen model peptides – from detailed structural insight to controlled self-assembly
18.4. 2023	Saliou Mbengue (Czechglobe, AV ČR): Vertical distribution of carbonaceous aerosols: a case study on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns at European rural background site Košetice
25.4. 2023	Lena Smirnova (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD): Microphysiological Systems: from lab bench to international society
2.5.2023	Gerard Bryan Gonzales (Wageningen University): Determinants of early life trajectories in children in low and middle-income countries
9.5. 2023	Jiří Kalina (RECETOX): Coping with uncertainty in human health risk assessment: an inspirative review of methods and attempts
16.5. 2023	Vlad Popovici (RECETOX): Heterogeneity of colorectal cancer and its impact on biomarkers
23.5. 2023, 10:00	We would like to invite you to our housekeeping session, which will focus on: Outcomes of the EVAK Evaluation and satisfaction survey - follow-up and steps to be taken Updates and news from administration and support department.

Autumn 2022

Date	Topic and speaker
13.9. 2022	The seminar is cancelled
20.9. 2022	Luděk Bláha (RCX): Introduction to new semester and Ph.D. studies (15 minutes) Anne-Christine Aust (RCX): Quantification of tryptophan catabolites of human gut microbiota in neonatal dried blood spots and stool Darshak Gadara (RCX): Development and Application of Mass Spectrometry Based Metabolomics and Lipidomics
27.9. 2022	Daniela Brenner, Ishita Virmani, Marina Grossi, Michal Bittner, Riju Chowdhury (all RCX): internships and long-term stays abroad - experiences, tips, etc.
4.10. 2022	The seminar is cancelled
11.10. 2022	Garry Codling (RCX): The use of pull-down assays to focus non-target sample analysis
20.10. 2022	Gary W. Miller (Columbia, NYC) - online only
25.10. 2022	Markéta Vlasáková (TTO MUNI): Innovating is not a one man show. Why we need you and you need us
1.11. 2022	Gabriela Wofková (IABio): Interesting solutions for non-traditional tasks in NGS field
8.11. 2022	Jiří Marek: Open Science at MUNI - Questions and Answers
15.11. 2022	Helene Wiesinger (ETH): Plastic Monomers, Additives and Processing Aids
22.11. 2022	Kari Hemminki (Lund University, LF UK): Environmental and familial causes of cancer
24.11.2022 (Thursday, 12:00)	Vojtěch Thon (RCX): Mucosal immune defense - covid-19, professional mistakes, early treatment.
29.11. 2022	Eva Schernhammer (Harvard University, Med Uni Wien):Light and human health - the use of large cohort studies
6.12. 2022 (9:30)	Kateřina Šebková and Lukáš Pokorný (RECETOX): RECETOX and Czech presidency in the EU Sebastian Lungu-Mitea: On the utilisation and characterisation of external biotransformation systems in in vitro toxicology: a critical review
13.12. 2022	Luděk Bláha (RCX): RCX PhD School - 1st year students to present their PhD project plan
20.12. 2022	no seminar

Spring 2022

Date	Topic and speaker
15. 2. 2022	Luděk Bláha (RECETOX): Introduction to new semester. News and updates in Ph.D. study programs Jakub Hofman (RECETOX): PAPILLONS: Plastic in Agricultural Production Impacts, Lifecycles and LONg-term Sustainability (H-2020)
22. 2. 2022	Nina Pálešová, Libor Šulc, Jiří Kalina and Tomáš Janoš (RECETOX): URBAN_X Internships - Personal stories and beyond
1. 3. 2022 at 9:30am	Jakub Ondráček (ÚChP, AV ČR): Indoor/Outdoor Aerosols: Measurements and Modelling
8. 3. 2022	Sérgio M. Marques (RECETOX): Molecular modelling for a deeper understanding of Alzheimer's disease
15. 3. 2022	Dominika Tóthová (ESF MU): Economic valuation of morbidity from air pollution
22. 3. 2022	Montserrat De Castro and Serena Fossati (IS Global, Barcelona): The urban exposome in European projects
29. 3. 2022	Ian Allan (NIVA, Norway): Passive sampling in support of chemical monitoring of contaminants in biota
5. 4. 2022	Chao Jiang (Zhejiang University, China): Mapping the human airborne exposome
12. 4. 2022 at 12:00 am	Steve MacFeely (WHO): Training official statisticians for adaptive statistical practice
19. 4. 2022 The seminar is cancelled.	Seminar is cancelled
25. 4. 2022 at 3:00 pm	Panel discussion: Global Environment & Health challenges Venue: Brno Observatory and Planetarium, Kraví Hora 2, Brno + Online (YouTube) Bryan Brooks (Baylor University, USA): Global megatrends and workforce preparadness at the intersections of environment and health Gerhard Lammel (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany and RECETOX): Welcome to the anthropocene - an update on pollution and environmental impacts Robert Barouki (INSERM and Descartes University, France): Social, political and environmental impacts on human health: threats and opportunities
3. 5. 2022	Sebastian Lungu Mitea (RECETOX): Species-specific bioanalytical tools
10. 5. 2022	Brij M. Sharma (RECETOX): Behavioral interventions to complement chemical management regulations.
17. 5. 2022	Aroon Hingorani (UCL): Principles of Mendelian randomisation with applications in understanding environmental causes of disease and drug development
24. 5. 2022	Jitka Bečanová (University of Rhode Island): Alternative approaches for the determination of bioavailable PFAS
2. 6. 2022 at 10:00 am	Stavros Stavrakis (ETH Zurich): Optofluidic platforms for high throughput and high precision measurements
9. 6. 2022	Maribel Casas (IS Global, Barcelona): Early-life exposure to environmental chemicals and children's health and development in the INMA and HELIX cohorts

Autumn 2021

Date	Topic and speaker
8. 9. 2021	Philip Hopke (University of Rochester, NY): Trends in Air Pollution and Health Effects Across New York State
14. 9. 2021	Luděk Bláha (RECETOX): "Introduction to new semester and Ph.D. studies" Elliott J. Price (RECETOX): "Building resources for GC-Orbitrap MS chemical exposomics and metabolomics" Helge Hecht (RECETOX): "Galaxy pipeline & tool development for processing gas chromatography – mass spectrometry data"
21. 9. 2021	Markéta Vlasáková (MUNI TTO): Broader context of intellectual property
5. 10. 2021	Konstantinos C. Makris (Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health): The methodological framework of the urban exposome in studying spatio-temporal patterns of environmental and public health indicators.
12. 10. 2021 at 3:00 pm	Stanislav Sobolevsky (NYU): Towards the Digital City: AI, data and network science for smart, efficient, and healthy city
19. 10. 2021	Eva Budinská: When 16s rRNA outperforms WMGS metagenomics
26. 10. 2021	Vojtěch Thon (RECETOX): COVID-19: New diagnostic marker of SARS-CoV-2 infection
2. 11. 2021	Research ethics The seminar will focus on a lot of highly relevant questions, such as publication ethics, research integrity, predatory journals, acknowledgements etc. Prepare your questions and participate in a lively and interesting discussion. We ask PhD students, postdocs, junior and senior PIs to join us!
9. 11. 2021	Martin Bobák (ERA Chair, RECETOX, UCL): Cognitive functions and cardiovascular diseases in an ageing population: risk factors and consequences
16. 11. 2021	Mark Kristiansen (UCL Genomics Facility): “Project design: Challenges and Considerations in Genomics and Personalised Medicine”
23. 11. 2021	David Kocman (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia): Citizens’ involvement in environmental health studies: experiences and lessons learned working on citizen science projects
30. 11. 2021 at 10:00 am	Benedikt Warth (Global Exposomics & Biomonitoring Group, UNI WIEN): Measuring the Chemical Exposome: Delusion or Next Frontier?
7. 12. 2021	Dominik Madea (RECETOX): Photochemistry of bilirubine: A mechanistic approach to a (photo)metabolomic analysis
14. 12. 2021	Peter Lenárt (RECETOX): Research integrity workshop for beginners: recognizing problematic images in scientific publications

Spring 2021

Date	Topic and speaker
9. 3. 2021	Luděk Bláha (RECETOX): Introduction to new semester and PhD studies; RECETOX PhD students introduction (RETRAIN)
16. 3. 2021	RECETOX 1st year PhD students introduction
23. 3. 2021	Foppe Smedes (RECETOX): Highlights of Foppe’s thesis: Passive Sampling: effective sensing of environmental quality See the abstract HERE
30. 3. 2021 at 3:00 pm	Milagros Ruiz (UCL): Social cohesion, social networks and healthy mental ageing in Central and Eastern Europe See the abstract HERE
6. 4. 2021	Jan Böhm (RECETOX): Why do we need different approach to analyze compositional data? See the abstract HERE
13. 4. 2021	Ondřej Adamovský (RECETOX): 1) Multi-omic approaches to investigate the impact of stressors on gastrointestinal-immune axis 2) What, when, how, if: European mobility grants - a key step in scientific carrier - Personal experience with successful MSCA fellowship
20. 4. 2021	Daniela Fecht (ICL): Geographic Information Systems for Public Health See the abstract HERE
27. 4. 2021 at 10:00 am	Olga Cervova (UCL, Cancer institute): Use of epigenetics in the study of health and risk factors
4. 5. 2021	Danielle Vienneau (Swiss TPH): Transportation Noise and Health See the abstract HERE
11. 5. 2021	Gabriela Kšiňanová, Albert Kšiňan (RECETOX): Job Loss and Lower Healthcare Utilization due to COVID-19 among Older Adults across 27 European Countries See the abstract HERE
18. 5. 2021 at 2:00 pm	Václav Havel (Columbia University): Chemistry and Pharmacology of Iboga Alkaloids See the abstract HERE
25. 5. 2021	Markéta Vlasáková (TTO MUNI): Intellectual property- the scientist´s secret treasure Abstract: The lecture will provide basic knowledge of Czech intellectual property law in the context of the international and community legal framework, including methods for their protection. In the lecture, we will also touch the hot topic fo technology transfer, its principles and methods.
1. 6. 2021	RECETOX PhD Conference 1) Announcement of the Results and winners of the „Award of the RECETOX's Director“ of the RECETOX Doctoral Conference and Closing Remarks (Jana Klánová and Luděk Bláha (RECETOX) 2) Concluding remarks of the 2021 spring term Luděk Bláha (RECETOX)

Autumn 2020

Date	Topic and speaker
6. 10. 2020	Luděk Bláha (RECETOX): News and updates in PhD: Intro to 2020-21 academic year Katka Šebková, Lukáš Pokorný (RECETOX): Sustainable Development Goals and RCX's answer to it
13. 10. 2020	Libor Jaša (RECETOX, P. Babica group): Modern analytical methods to study environmental occurrence, fate and chemico-biological interactions of cyanobacterial toxins
20. 10. 2020	No Seminar
27. 10. 2020	RECETOX Training Network PIs presentations (moderated by Iva Sovadinová and Lisa Melymuk, RCX)
3. 11. 2020	Mariam Tannous (RECETOX, G. Lammel group): The Lebanese Sea: a source or a sink of CO2 to the atmosphere? Abstract is HERE
10. 11. 2020	Paromita Chakraborty (SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India): Crude electronic waste recycling by the informal sector is a potential source for a Cocktail of toxicants in Indian cities: Atmospheric transport models and health risk assessment Abstract is HERE
24. 11. 2020 at 3 pm	Kelly Ferguson (NIH): Looking for meaning in chemical mixtures analyses: Three examples from studies of phthalate exposure in pregnancy
1. 12. 2020	Zdenka Dudová (RECETOX a CERIT ÚVT): Research data management at RECETOX
8. 12. 2020 at 2 pm	Katarzyna Kordas (University at Buffalo, NY, USA): Complex exposures in urban schoolchildren: the case of Montevideo, Uruguay Will be held on Zoom.
15. 12. 2020	Jáchym Brzezina (ČHMÚ): Air quality - what and where is monitored, what is the current situation, major sources of pollution, myths about air quality and interesting projects and measuring campaigns
5. 1. 2021	CANCELLED
12. 1. 2021	Stanislav Mazurenko (RECETOX): Unsupervised learning for protein engineering Abstract is HERE

Spring 2020

Date	Topic and speaker
18.02.2020	Green Deal seminar (RECETOX Ph.D. students)
25.02.2020	Luděk Bláha (RECETOX): Carcinogens in working environments - research of hospital staff exposed to anticancer drugs
03.03.2020	Peter Štacko (RECETOX): Near-Infrared Light: Beyond Photodynamic Therapy
10.03.2020	Eva Budinská (RECETOX) Detection of biomarkers from omics experiments Stanislav Smatana (RECETOX): Bioinformatics point of view on microbiome identification
17.03.2020	ZRUŠENO
25.03.2020 (10:00)	Vojtěch Thon (RECETOX): Immune response and COVID-19. (Online lecture)
31.03.2020	Martin Marek (LL, RECETOX): Molecular basis for evolution of the Renilla-type bioluminescence. (Online lecture)
07.04.2020	Barbara Kubíčková (RECETOX), Marcel Schneider (RECETOX), Regiane Sanches Natumi (EAWAG): Natural Toxins in the Freshwater Environment – Occurrence, Fate and Health Implications. (Online lecture)
14.04.2020 (16:00)	Leonardo Trasande (NYU): Endocrine disrupting chemicals: a costly public health threat with opportunities for policy prevention. (Online lecture)
21.04.2020	Rút Bízková (Ministry of the Environment): "Resilience – imperativ konceptu SMART Česko"
28.04.2020	Jakub Hofman (RECETOX): Sustainable plant protection transition: A global health approach
05.05.2020 (11:00)	Hynek Pikhart (RECETOX and UCL): Work environment and health
12.05.2020	Rozárka Jílková (RECETOX): Chlorinated paraffins and their bioaccessible fraction in dust samples from various public and private microenvironments
19.05.2020	Iva Sovadinova (RECETOX): Cell-cell communication in testicular toxicity

Autumn 2019

Date	Topic and speaker
17.9. 2019	no seminar
24.9. 2019	Elena Romero (RECETOX): A review of phthalate pharmacokinetics in human and rat: what factors drive phthalate distribution and partitioning?
1.10. 2019	Julie Dobrovolná ( RECETOX): Stress and the extreme environments: the revised concept of adaptation
8.10. 2019	Foppe Smedes (RECETOX, Vrana group): How aqueous passive sampling relates to trophic magnification in fish for hydrophobic organic compounds
15.10. 2019	Tomáš Fiala (Columbia University, NY): Novel approaches to visualization in brain tissues
22.10. 2019	Åke Bergman (University Stockholm): Persistent organics pollutants: History, lessons learned and the way ahead
30.10. 2019 (Wed 9 am)	Urban Exposome, Twinning (3 talks): Prof. Martine Vrijheid (IS Global), prof. Martin Bobák & prof. Hynek Pikhart (UCL), dr. Jelle Vlaanderen (Utrecht University)
5.11. 2019	Elliott James Price (RECETOX): "Non-target" (MS) chemical analysis: misconceptions & misinterpretation
12.11. 2019	Zdeněk Spáčil (RECETOX): Membrane lipids and proteins as biomarkers of ageing and Alzheimer disease
19.11. 2019	Petra Vídeňská (RECETOX): Early life microbiome development and human health
26.11. 2019	Soňa Smetanová (RECETOX): Development of gut microbiome in the first year of human life
5.12. 2019 (Thu, A11/334, 2 pm)	John. P. Giesy (University of Saskatchewan): Toxicological Evaluation of Perfluorooctane (PFOS) in the Environment: Anatomy of an Environmental Issue
10.12. 2019	Vojtěch Thon ( RECETOX): Exposome, Immune response and Safe vaccination - the Czech experience.
17.12. 2019	Martin Toul (RECETOX): Current trends and strategies in the development of new thrombolytic drugs