06/2005

Academic bulletin 06/2005

TOPIC OF THE MONTH
First 30 years of the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the ASCR
The Institute of Experimental Medicine, ASCR, this year has celebrated the 30th anniversary of its founding with a ceremonial concert at the Karolinum.

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Common proteomic laboratory
In cooperation with the Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the ASCR and the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the ASCR, the Common Proteomic Laboratory has come into existence. Analyzing biomolecules will be possible at exact levels that was not possible in Brno up to now.

Fertilizers from the alum
Czech scientists have found an original method to work over the alum in multiple fertiliser containing nitrogen and sulphur. Until now this procedure has been unknown in the world

INTRODUCING PROJECTS
80 years of archaeological research at Prague Castle
Eighty years have passed since archaeological research at Prague Castle began. The castle is the greatest Czech historical monument as a systematically conceived scientific project.

PORTRAITS FROM THE ARCHIVES
Ferdinand Herčík
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Ferdinand Herčík, the world- -renowned Czech biophysicist and radiologist.

NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL
Report on the 2^th session of the Academic Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Summary of the 203^th session of the Czech Government’s Research and Development Council.

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Lednický Park
The author describes how the idea of shooting a film about Lednický Park arose. She compares the form of the park before and after reconstruction and what exactly was totally changed.

INTERVIEW
Year of Einstein, or architecture of the modern physicist Jiří Bičák of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University describes the work of Albert Einstein in its broader context.