Čestnou medaili Vojtěcha Náprstka, kterou od roku 2003 uděluje předseda Akademie věd ČR jako ocenění za dlouholetou popularizaci vědeckých poznatků, převzali 28. ledna 2015 etnografka Jitka Staňková, bohemistka Markéta Pravdová a redaktor Marek Janáč. and Gabriela Adámková.
Animal-free set-up enables a new series of experiments; from basic research describing trophic dependences of ticks to testing anti-tick compounds. Exploiting the cunning use of silicone membrane to mimic a host skin, in combination with perfumes that resemble the scents of a living animal, scientists from the Institute of Parasitology of the Biology Centre of the CAS gradually reveal what makes the tick a parasite. The membrane system is also intended for applied research, for testing anti-tick vaccines/compounds. and Jan Perner, Matěj Kučera, Petr Kopáček.
A Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS) has been established in Prague in a cooperative memorandum signed at the Oriental Institute AS CR. The rich resources of Chinese Studies from Taiwan will promote the research resource at the Oriental Institute. The Academy of Sciences also signed an agreement with Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology to initiate a Project-based Personnel Exchange Program (PPP) to increase interaction and cooperation between the two countries. and Táňa Dluhošová, Ondřej Klimeš.
Present medicine considers the embryonic stem cell to be a great hope for various immedicable illnesses. However that topic includes lot of biological and ethical problems that need to be answered. and Josef Fulka jr., Tibor Moško, Helena Fulková, Eva Syková.