The human brain contains roughly one hundred billion nerve cells, each of which forms thousands of connections. But how does each individual neuron know which cells to connect to and where to grow? This is one of the fundamental questions of neurobiology.
At only nineteen years old, he won a gold medal at the Olympics and, within a few days, became the most-watched teenager not only in the Czech Republic. MetodÄ›j JĂlek sees his sudden popularity as a pleasant part of his success.
The International Středa – Mezinárodnà Wednesday event series brings together Czech and international students not only from Charles University but from all colleges and universities, creating a space for socialising outside of class.
In her ERC Starting Grant, Petra Johana Poncarová will explore the phenomenon of authors who decided to learn Celtic languages in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and to use them for their creative work. A researcher from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Petra has been working on Scottish Gaelic literature for a number of years.Â
He might not be able to find more free space on hard drives or cabinets. Still, the notion of using already occupied memory space as a computational resource might bring ground-breaking results. That is why ERC backs CU’s promising computer scientist Ian Mertz.
A new research project led by Prof. Štěpán Jurajda of CERGE-EI examines how technology is entering education, research and the economy, and how it is changing the skills people will need in the future.
What happens when PhD students leave the familiar environment of their research fields and start working on problems they have never encountered before? The 4EU+ Project Management programme brings together researchers from eight European universities and a wide range of academic backgrounds.
He is one of only ten scientists working in Europe who secured the prestigious EMBO Installation Grant this year. Immunologist Matouš Vobořil recently returned to the Faculty of Science at Charles University to build his own team and advance research focused on the development of immune cells.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth? Thanks to a prestigious Advanced ERC grant worth €2.5 million, Assyriologist Jana Mynářová’s team at CU ARTS will focus on understanding the real scope of everyday violence in ancient Mesopotamia.
As an international student, American-born Mitchell Hoffman experienced firsthand the challenges people face when arriving in a foreign country. But he chose to stay in the Czech Republic and decided to help other international students financially.
At CU SPORT, Japanese neuroscientist Ryo Koshizawa, from Nihon University, has been exploring what happens in the brain during sporting contests and matches.
“I like resilience and sharp humour in Czechs,” says linguist Masako Ueda Fidler of Brown University, who has collaborated with CU for over fifteen years and recently received a Gold Medal of CU ARTS.
Last year, forty homeless people received CZK 100,000 in cash. What did they do with the money and how did it change the course of their lives? A team of researchers and social workers, led by Melanie Zajacová of CU ARTS, tracked these developments throughout last year.
Polish filmmaker and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland received the Charles IV Award, presented to her in January by Charles University and the City of Prague. On that occasion, she looked back on the late 1960s, which she spent in Prague as a student at FAMU.
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