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.
This year´s summer school, held in Brno in September 1-11, 2015 attended by advanced MSc´s, PhD students, Postdocs and senior astronomers presented modern instruments available for observations in the Optical and IR domains, together with their scientific tasks and performances. Primarily, the ESO instruments (ESO - European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere), as well as those available through the Opticon Access Program were features. and Petr Kabáth, Vladimír Karas, Ernst Paunzen.
Stejnojmenný seminář se z iniciativy Grantové agentury ČR uskutečnil 20. května 2015 v budově Akademie věd na Národní třídě v Praze. Jako hlavní řečníci vystoupili prof. Štěpán Jurajda a doc. Daniel Münich z CERGE-EI (společného pracoviště Univerzity Karlovy a Národohospodářského ústavu AV ČR) a prof. Jaroslav Pánek z Historického ústavu AV ČR. Grantová agentura ČR jako nejvýznamnější poskytovatel účelových finančních prostředků v oblasti základního výzkumu tímto seminářem poukázala na význam společenských a humanitních oborů a na dopad jejich výsledků. Téma bylo zvoleno i s ohledem na to, že jde o faktor, který hraje významnou roli při přípravě a hodnocení grantových projektů. and Jaroslav Pánek ; autor úvodu Pavel Baran.
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 was a global effort launched by the International Astronomical Union (lAU) and UNESCO to help citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe. IYA2009 marked the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first astronomical observation through a telescope in 1609, an event that changed t world forever. IYA2009 has shown astronomy as global scientific endeavor that unites astronomer to an international family of scientists working together to find answers to fundamental questions that humankind has always asked. IYA2009 was brought to an official close with a ceremony in Padova, Italy. and Pavel Suchan.
The International Year of Planet Earth 2008 provides an unparalleled opportunity to publicize and celebrate the contributions made by Earth Sciences and Earth scientists to our society on a global scale. On this occasion The Council of the Popularization of Science organized in the building of Academy of Science in February a conference where experts of geological sciences emphasized the important progress in understanding the Earth processes over the past decades. Society should apply this knowledge for achieving a healthier, safer and more prosperous world. and Gabriela Štefániková, Luděk Svoboda.