The Academy Assembly, the highest body of the ASCR responsible for the topmost priority decisions related to the ASCR, held its XXXVIII Meeting on April 21, 2011. Among invited guests were Alena Gajdůšková, 1st Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Stanislava Hronová and Vladimír Haasz, Vice-Chairpersons of the R&D Council and others. The main agenda item of this meeting was discussion the report of the Steering Committee of the Evaluation of Academy Institutes. Through the Committee's evaluation, the Academy Council is provided a full report of the research effectiveness of Academy Institutes. and Luděk Svoboda.
The 37th Council meeting of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies took place in Prague on September 25, 2010. FEMS brings together 46 member societies from 36 European countries, covering over thirty thousand microbiologists. Members may apply for research fellowships, visiting scientist grants, young scientist meeting grants and/or support when organizing a meeting. These benefits are restricted to members only. FEMS facilitates the exchange of scientific knowledge to all microbiologists in Europe and worldwide by publihing five microbiology journals. Grants Board Meeting was held in Prague on March 3-4, 2011. FEMS provided Meeting Attendance Grants to young European scientists wishing to attend meetings that are not supported by a FEMS Meetings Grant. The maximum amount of this grant is 600 €. and Jaroslav Spížek.
We highlight an interview with Věra Kůrková, the head of Department of Theoretical Computer Sciences at the Institute of Computer Sciences of the ASCR. Her research interests are nonlinear approximation theory, mathematical theory of neural networks and the mathematical theory of learning. and Gabriela Adámková.
The history of Czech-Korean botany co-operation has been covering nearly 20 years. Czech scientists helped to form multi-national team that brought together two distinctive publications: Forest Vegetation of Northeast Asia and Distribution and Phytoceonology of Selected Woody Species of North Korea. The official partner of the Academy of Sciences in Korea is KOSEF (Korea Science and Engineering Foundation) that has already supported unique range of 2042 research projects. and Jiří Kolbek.
Když jsme vás v minulém čísle Akademického bulletinu provedli nově zrekonstruovanými prostorami brněnského Mendeliana, zmínili jsme jeho počátky jen zběžně. Nyní si tedy připomeňme, že mohlo vzniknout teprve v 60. letech minulého století po období lysenkismu a mičurinské biologie, kdy byla genetika v tehdejším východním bloku považována za „buržoazní pavědu“, a podle toho patří k obětem komunistického režimu i nestor československé genetiky doc. Jaroslav Kříženecký. Právě on stál jako vůdčí osobnost u budování genetického oddělení Gregora J. Mendela v Moravském muzeu. and Marina Hužvárová.