Imagine a crossroad with traffic lights and cars driving up and down intersecting streets. Drivers leave their fingerprints on the steering wheel as they navigate through their lives. Indeed, each of us has unique fingerprints, and each of us is sometimes driving through a wave of green light before having to stop at red due to various obstacles. But only some of us are stopping and not running...
On October 22, 2025, the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice conferred the honorary title Doctor honoris causa upon Professor Patrick J. Keeling of the University of British Columbia, Canada. A world-renowned expert in the evolution of eukaryotic microorganisms, Professor Keeling received the distinction from Rector Professor Pavel Kozák during a ceremony at the town hall and became...
The origins of the early medieval Magyars who appeared in the Carpathian Basin by the end of the 9th century CE remain incompletely understood. Previous archaeogenetic research identified the newcomers as migrants from the Eurasian steppe. However, genome-wide ancient DNA from putative source populations has not been available to test alternative theories of their precise source. We generated...
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
The editorial team of the prestigious journal Nature Communications has included our paper “Targeted volume imaging reveals early vascular interactions of Lyme disease pathogen in skin” among the Top 50 recently published articles in the field of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . The selection was made by editor Hayleah Pickford as part of the...
Abstract Although the contours of the dissemination pathways of human pathogenic spirochetes in the vertebrate hosts are known, detailed high-resolution information on these processes remain lacking. In this study, we establish an efficient serial block-face scanning electron microscopy workflow incorporating semi-automatic AI-driven segmentation to investigate the architecture...
By Hana Polasek-Sedlackova Returning to Central Europe was appealing and challenging. Here, I reflect on my part in rebuilding a research career in Czechia and fostering a collaborative scientific community across the region. Polasek-Sedlackova H. 2025: Returning home: there and back again in Czechia. Nature...
Eugene V. Koonin - 21.10.2025, 8:40. B7 Zoologická posluchárna, Viničná 7 - 2. patro Source: www.natur.cuni.cz/udalosti The origin and evolution of protein folds is a major, long-standing problem in biology, as most fold diversity arose very early in life. Realistic simulation was previously impossible but is now feasible thanks...
