Podle časopisů Science a Nature se vědeckou metodou roku 2010 stala optogenetika. O badatelích, kteří ji vyvinuli, se dokonce hovoří jako o žhavých kandidátech na Nobelovu cenu. Letos poprvé s jejími principy seznámil během Týdne mozku českou veřejnost dr. Tomáš Hromádka z Oddělení neurofyziologie sluchu Ústavu experimentální medicíny AV ČR. Jak se pomocí této slibné metody odhaluje tajemství činnosti nervových buněk? and Gabriela, Adámková.
In February 2007, The Institute of the Contemporary History of the ASCR co-organized a seminar which was the finale of a Bohemian-German project which began in 1999. A comparison of European law and rules valid during the post-war period and linked to German minorities was the aim. Law and regulations in Poland, Hungary, France, Denmark, Belgium, Yugoslavia and Italy were also analyzed. and Oldřich Tůma.
This article features the Academy's cooperation with renowned scientific institutions in Germany, a country whose achievement in the field of science and technology has been significant. Some of the world's most prominent researchers in various scientific disciplines have come from that country. For most of 20th century, more Nobel Prizes in the sciences have been awarded to Germans than to scientists of any other nation. Scientific research in the country is supported by industry, universities and by scientific state-institutions such as the Max Planck Society or the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The raw output of scientific research from Germany consistently ranks among the world's best. and Jitka Tesařová.
The Learned Society’s two-day General Assembly took place at the Hall of Patriots of the Carolinum May and at the ASCR’s main building 17-18 May, 2010. The Society primarily encourages the free development of science in all its aspects through dissemination of scientific ideas and concepts to the general public, by awakening a thirst for and delight in scientific knowledge within society, and through supporting the enhancement of the level of education and a creative, rational and humanly responsible climate in this country. At this General Assembly, Ivan Hlaváček, well-known historiographer, and Karel Štulík, renowned chemist and former president of the Czech Science Foundation, were bestowed the Medal of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic for their contributions to the advancement of science. The Scientist Awards were presented to embryologist and histologist Jan Evangelista Jirásek of the Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, and sinologist Oldřich Král of Charles University. The Junior Scientist Awards were given to Jan Dušek also of Charles University and Jiří Šedý of Institute of Experimental Medicine ASCR. The Learned Society Awards were presented to pedagogues Jarmila Ichová and Helena Kommová for their significant work in advancement of science among young students. The Grammar School Student Awards were presented to 11 students from Czech primary schools. and Marina Hužvárová, Gabriela Adámková.
The 8th Science and Technology Week was organized for the public by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic on November 3-9 and took place in Brno, České Budějovice, Plzeň, Hradec Králové and Praha. The program included speeches by scientific professionals, presentations of noteworthy experiments, workshops, non-traditional exhibitions, science cafés, and visits to laboratories and academic workplaces. and Luděk Svoboda.