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Interview with a Marie Curie Actions fellow

11 Dec 2009

Robert Izzard is a young British researcher who has a doctorate from Cambridge university, did his post-doc at Utrecht University and in 2008 has been awarded an Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development which is a part of Marie Curie Actions. His research at l'Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique at l'Université Libre de Bruxelles is focused on the evolution of binary stars. He gave interview about experience with Marie Curie Actions to CZELO office.

Celebrating Darwin

11 Oct 2009

This year, we celebrate two hundred years since the birth of Charles Darwin (1809–1882), one of the world's most creative and influential thinkers, and one hundred and fifty years since the publication of his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. Charles Darwin presented compelling evidence that all living species have evolved over millions of years from a few ancestors through the process he termed natural selection. In 1831, Darwin set out on a British scientific expedition around the world. In South America Darwin found fossils of extinct animals that were similar to modern living species. On the Gala­pagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean he noticed many variations among plants and animals of the same general type as those in South America. Darwin visited many places around the world collecting specimens to further his studies.

CORDIS – connecting scientists and innovators in the knowledge-based economy

6 Oct 2009

CORDIS (Community Research and Development Information Service - cordis.europa.eu) is an information space devoted to European research and development and technology transfer, that has been in operation for nearly two decades now. We have asked the head of CORDIS Unit in the EU’s Publication Office Philippe Lebaube to give us a more detailed view on its activities.

Science: Czech Science Academy Threatened by Budget Cuts

27 Jul 2009

Scientists at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) are fighting for their reputation and the future of their institutes. A budget proposal announced last week by the Czech Republic government would cut the Academy's funding by nearly 20% next year and almost 50% by 2012.

Announcing the winner of the second edition of the Lewy-Bertaut prize of ECA-ENSA

16 Jul 2009

The prize committee set up by the two associations (European Crystallographic Association and European Neutron Scattering Association) has decided unanimously to award the Lewy-Bertaut prize, second edition, to Dr. Lukáš Palatinus.

Czech scientists might stage protests against planned budget cut

1 Jul 2009

Czech Academy of Sciences (AV CR) chairman Jiri Drahos said scientists might stage protests against the government's decision to cut the Academy's budget if the state showed no willingness to listen to their logical and convincing arguments against the plan.

Academy in Distress

30 Jun 2009

The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic called EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY. Extraordinary Session took place on 30 June 2009 from 9.30am at National House in Prague's Vinohrady district. The main topic of the Meeting was to discuss the future of funding the science and research in Czech Republic in relation to the AS CR. The methodology that the Research and Development Council helped to create became the universal tool for distributing money to the whole Czech science. On the basis of this methodology, the institutional financial grant for the AS CR should be cut down about 20 % in 2009 and about 50 % in 2012.

Interview with Director of the Research Executive Agency Graham Stroud

5 Jun 2009

The Research Executive Agency (REA) is being set up in Brussels in order to manage a large part of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (FP7).

The conference Research Connection 2009

15 May 2009

Organized by the European Commission with the support of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports between 6-8 May in Prague and under the auspices of the EU Czech Presidency, Research Connection 2009 was one of the hottest tickets of the research year.

The conference FET09 Science beyond Fiction

12 May 2009

The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition is a new European forum dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies. Leading scientists, policy-makers, industry representatives and science journalists were over 3 days discussing today's frontier science, tomorrow's technologies and the impact of both on tomorrow's society.