Minister of Education Handed Out Awards for Research and Innovation












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            On November 23, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Mr. Josef Dobeš, handed out t

            and honourable mentions for outstanding achievements in research, development and innovati
            took place in the Great Mirror Hall in Karmelitská Street.
            The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Award for Outstanding Achievements was awarded

            Karel Smetana from the 1st Faculty of Medicine. Honourable Mentions were given to the auth
            Phenomena in Law at the Dawn of the 21st Century” and to Professor Jiří Kuthan for his boo
            Art in the Times of George of Poděbrady and the Jagiellons”.

            More details about the recipients of the awards follow:
            Prof. MUDr. Karel Smetana, DrSc. from the 1st Faculty of Medicine received the award for h

            the field of medicine. He was awarded for his achievements in the research of application 
            in tumorous environments aimed at normalization of growth of epithelium cells. The resulti
            been patented and have an enormous therapeutic potential for cancer treatment.


            Doc. Mgr. Jaromír Fiurášek, Ph.D. from the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olo
            in the field of quantum information. Mr. Fiurásek’s research in quantum physics, optics an

            resulted in the design and implementation of methods of suppressing noise in quantum commu
            determining of the optimal schemes for copying of quantum information.
            Prof. Mgr. Erazim Kohák, PhD. (Yale ´58) from the Department of Philosophy of the Academy 

            of the Czech Republic received the award for outstanding  achievements in his research int
            characteristics of the Czech cultural identity and the general ideas of humanity in Czech 
            presented in his monograph “Heart and Horizon: Cultural Identity and Global Humanity in Cz

            later published in Czech in 2009 as an extended version under the title “The Home and the 
            Cultural Identity and the Idea of Humanity in Czech Thinking”.
            At the event, the following honorable mentions were awarded by the deputy of the Minister 

            Youth and Sports for notable monographs:
            Prof. JUDr. Monika Pauknerová, CSc., DSc., prof. JUDr, Karel Malý, DrSc., dr. h. c., prof.
            PhDr. Michal Tomášek, DrSc, prof. JUDr. Aleš Gerloch, CSc. a prof. JUDr. Pavel Šturma, DrS

            achievements in the field of Czech law and their authorship of the five-volume monograph “
            Law at the Dawn of the 21st Century”.
            Prof. PhDr. Jiří Kuthan, DrSc. in the field of art history for his monograph “Royal Works 

            Times of George of Poděbrady and the Jagiellons”, which is the first comprehensive reflect
            that particular era in Bohemia.