We feature an interview with Professor Eva Za2imalova, a member of the Academy Council and the head of the Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation in Plants at the Institute of Experimental Botany of the ASCR. From 2007 to 2012 she was director of this institute. Her research is in the fields of auxin and cytokinins (mode of action of auxin. auxin binding site(s), regulation of levels of auxins and cytokinins in relation to cell division and elongation and themechanism of polar transport of auxin). and Marina Hužvárová.
Ve dnech 9. až 12. prosince 2013 rokovali v Praze odborníci o dalším vývoji v oblasti kosmického výzkumu v rentgenové části spektra. V novorenesanční vile Lanna v pražské Bubenči, tradičním dějišti workshopů AXRO, se setkali nejen vědci a technologové, ale především zástupci světových kosmických agentur, kteří společně koordinovali postup při plánování a budování nových rentgenových satelitů. Ty by měly do 15 let nahradit a překonat stávající, jako jsou SWIFT, INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton nebo Chandra. Své referáty předneslo 40 účastníků z Evropy, USA, Japonska nebo Číny. and Martin Blažek.
International Workshop on Astronomical X-Ray-Optics (AXRO) organized by the Institute of Astronomy of the CAS was focused on presentation and discussion of recent and future technologies for future X-ray astronomy missions. One session was aimed on astrophysical aspects of X-ray telescopes/satellites, in which some review talks were given from leading scientists in this field plus some presentations of relevant Czech scientists. The goal of the workshop was to present and to discuss recent and future technologies for X-ray astronomy missions. These missions require development of mostly inovative technologies, and discussed the possibilities, the results obtained so farm and new ideas in detail. It is obvious that the requirements of future large space X-ray optics based on Si wafers, advanced glass forming for precise X-ray optics, but also other possible technologies and alternatives, as well as related advanced metrology, measurements and tests. and Martin Blažek.