02/2007

Academic bulletin 02/2007

RESUMÉ

TOPIC OF THE MONTH
15 years of EU supported ecophysiological research in the Czech Republic International Conference in Ecophysiology of plants
15 years ago a small group of the Czech scientists visited the meeting of European plant ecophysiologists in Viterbo starting a new EU projects on elevated CO₂ effects. Because of personal involvement of prof. Paul Jarvis, the Czech group was incorporated into this type of European ecophysiological research. On the occasion of the 15^th anniversary was prepared a conference covering the topics from stress physiology and elevated CO₂ effects from leaves to ecosystems up to impact of climate change on ecosystems. Key findings in regulatory and stress physiology, plant-to-plant interactions and responses to changing environment with emphases on single and/or combined effects of CO₂, water and temperature stress were presented.

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
British Archaeological Association Session in Prague
Institute of Art History of the ASCR in cooperation with British Archaeological Association organized between 7^th–12^th July 2006 session, that had the character of an internetional conference, the topic was Medieval Art and Architecture in Prague and Bohemia. The lectures were completed by excursions into main Czech medieval monuments, such as Prague centre, Karlstejn Castle and Kutna Hora Centre.

BRUSSELES
Minister Schavan: Not subsidy, but investment to research
On 15–16 January 2007, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has hosted in the Internationales Kongresszentrum Bonn a national kick-off event of the 7^th Framework Programme. On the first day of the conference, high-ranking international speakers incl. German Minister for Education & Research, Mrs. Annette Schavan, and EU Commissioner for R&D, Mr. Janez Potocnik, have presented an overview of all the elements of the new research framework programme. The second day has given the participants the opportunity to take a more detailed look at a variety of topics of the framework programme via individual workshops.