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Newsletter and Internal information 2/2025
10 Feb 2025, 9:37
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RECETOX Newsletter 2/2025
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Buying tickets and accommodation
Dear colleagues,
We would like to remind you that before purchasing flight tickets and accommodation through the purchasing department, it is necessary to have an approved travel order. Only after approval can the purchase of flight tickets or accommodation be processed through the purchasing department.
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Publication Window
Dear colleagues,
We would like to inform you that the current status of vouchers for free open access publishing with selected publishers has been published: https://openscience.muni.cz/
With some publishers, we have the transformative agreements for free publishing until the end of 2025 (some publishers have restrictions on the type of journals – hybrid/gold – please read the conditions for each publisher carefully): https://openscience.muni.cz/open-access/open-access-a-jak-na-nej/podpora-oa-publikovani/vouchery-a-slevy-u-vydavatelu
We would also like to remind you that it is still mandatory to submit manuscripts for review of acknowledgments to Míša Hylsová before submitting them to a journal. Please send your semi-final version of the manuscript to michaela.hylsova@recetox.muni.cz. We also check ethics (if relevant) and author affiliations.
Additionally, we kindly ask you to send newly accepted articles to Míša Hylsová so that they can be recorded in our internal system and subsequently in IS MUNI.
If you have any questions regarding publishing (choosing a suitable journal in terms of OA options, CC licenses, APC fees, etc.), please contact Míša Hylsová at michaela.hylsova@recetox.muni.cz.
More information you can find on Intranet.
Thank you very much for your cooperation!
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Long-time director of the RECETOX Centre and Professor Emeritus Ivan Holoubek has passed away
With deep sorrow, we announce that on January 19, 2025, after a long and severe illness, one of the most prominent figures of Masaryk University, Professor Ivan Holoubek, passed away at the age of nearly 74.
Read more HERE.
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Reproductive health issues affect a large portion of the population, and I am glad that I can contribute to their solution, says researcher Eliška Řehůřková
Eliška Řehůřková works at the RECETOX center as a researcher and doctoral student. Since her master’s studies, she has focused on Cellular and Tissue Toxicology, currently specializes in male reproductive toxicology. In the interview, she explains why she chose toxicology, what she sees as the problem with animal testing, what challenges her field faces, and what causes more and more couples to struggle with reproductive issues.
Read more HERE.
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Some combinations of currently used pesticides are toxic to soil organisms. Scientists are now preparing tools to predict their occurence in the environment
Since 2020, the RECETOX center has been involved in the European project SPRINT. This five-year project aims not only to measure new data on the occurrence and effects of pesticides in the environment but also to develop tools that will allow their impacts on the environment and human health to be modeled and predicted.
Read more HERE.
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The PARC: A New Era in Risk Assessment conference introduced representatives of government and scientific institutions to the main aspects of the partnership
On Tuesday, January 28, the PARC: A New Era in Risk Assessment conference was held in Prague, aiming to present the international Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) to more than fifty representatives of government institutions and research infrastructures within the context of the innovative framework of European partnerships under the Horizon Europe program.
Read more HERE.
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European project DTRIP4H kicks off in Tallinn (EE) to transform Healthcare Research Infrastructures through cutting-edge technologies
A European consortium started the new initiative called “Decentralized Health Digital Twin Ecosystem Consisting of Research Infrastructures - DTRIP4H”. It aims to transform European healthcare RIs by using cutting-edge generative AI and digital twin technologies integrated with virtual reality (VR).
Read more HERE.
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Submitted projects
EDUC- WIDE project: doc. RNDr. Pavel Babica, Ph.D. - Innovative Dynamic 3D Human Liver Models for Studying Chemically- Induced Metabolic Disruption and Hepatic Fibrosis (coordinator)
INTER-COST project: prof. Ing. Vladimír Šindelář, Ph.D. - Utilizing bambusurils for anion detection
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Open calls
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) funding: Postdoctoral Fellowships with applications accepted throughout the year (next cut-off date on 14 February 2025), Installation Grants with the deadline on 15 April 2025. For further funding opportunities see EMBO Fellowships, grants and career support.
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Grants – registration and initiation of Letter of Intent by 18 March 2025, submission of Letter of Intent by 27 March 2025.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers with the deadline on 28 April 2025.
MPO: TWIST (alternative to TACR-TREND) – deadline 12.2.2025
GACR LA
- continuous calls: USA, Austria, Germany (GACR as a partner agency)
- Slovenia: deadline 7.2.2025
- Croatia: deadline 3.3.2025
- Luxembourg: deadline 17.4.2025
AZV
Deadline: 21.3. at 12:00 am
Max. duration: 48 months (1.1.2026-31.12.2029)
Applied research projects, i.e. projects designed to obtain new knowledge directed towards a specific, predetermined practical objective with a given application of the results in the health sector. Applied research in healthcare is aimed at solving problems related to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases.
If you are interested in this call, please contact as soon as possible, but no later than Thursday 28 February 2025, for more information about the call.
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Planned calls
AZV – „VES 2026“ – February 2025
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Other news
Timesheets
Dear colleagues,
The Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe project coordinators would like to remind you of the importance of complying with project obligations and fulfilling the timesheets and other requirements. If you are employed on an H2020 or HEU project, you must fill in the Description of the Work Activity on the Project at the beginning of your involvement with the project. You are also obliged to fill in the monthly Timesheets throughout your involvement with the project. If you are not sure if you are employed on one of the H2020 or HEU projects, or if you want to know more click here. Here you can find the new video manual for filling in the Timesheets. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Mirjana Stanojević or Eva Kuklínková.
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Invitation to an informational meeting dedicated to lump sum projects
RCX project office kindly invites you to an informational meeting "Lump sum financing in Horizon Europe: Information session", taking place on Wednesday 12th March 10:00-11:00 in INBIT (D30) meeting room no. 111.
In the meeting, Eva Kuklinkova and Karolina Urbanovska will present key aspects of lump sum financing in Horizon Europe, covering both the pre-award phase (e.g., budgeting) and the post-award phase of project implementation.
Lump sum funding is a relatively new model introduced by Horizon Europe, and this session aims to provide clarity on its practical aspects. The meeting is intended for all research group leaders who are considering participation in an HEU proposal and would like to gain a better understanding of this funding approach. If you would like to attend the session, please contact Eva Kuklínková (eva.kuklinkova@recetox.muni.cz).
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Below you will find selected publications:
- Gelfand, N., Orel, V., Cui, W., Damborský, J., Li, C., Prokop, Z., Xie, W. J., & Warshel, A. (2025). Biochemical and Computational Characterization of Haloalkane Dehalogenase Variants Designed by Generative AI: Accelerating the S N 2 Step. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(3), 2747–2755. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c15551
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Dear collegues,
You can see an overview of our new team members HERE.
We welcome new colleagues to the center and wish them a lot of work success!
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