10/2001

Academic bulletin 10/2001

"The Life of Young Scientists in the Czech Republic" - a report on the filming of a new documentary about Czech scientists

Editorial

ASCR`s open letter of condolence to the National Academy of Sciences of the USA on the events of September 11^th.

News from the Academic Council - the 7^th Session

Research and Development Council of the Government of the Czech Republic

Report from the 151^st session of the Czech Government's Research and Development Council

Portraits from the Archives

Růžena Vacková - 100^th Anniversary of Her Birth

Philosophy doctor Růžena Vacková studied classical philology and history of art at Charles University in Prague. She became known as an archeologist and an expert on the Roman Empire. But she also focused her interest on other fields, for example, culture: she wrote critical essays about theatre plays. After the communists took power in 1948 she was imprisoned for 15 years. Despite of this experience she became a part of the anticommunist resistance movement and signed the famous document Charta 77.

Profile

Roman Neruda - the Portrait of a Young Scientist, Computer Magician and Rock Musician

An interview with the scientific secretary of the Institute of Computer Science and teacher of evolutionary algorithms and theoretical issues of neural networks at Charles University about computers, traveling, gifted students and his rock group.

Scientific Societies

Czech Nuclear Society

The goal of the Czech Nuclear Society is to disseminate objective information about nuclear energy, and advantages and disadvantages of its usage.

Introducing the Projects

Platinum Complexes - from DNA to the Healing Processes of Cancer

Biologists working at the laboratory of molecular biophysics and pharmacology of the ASCR's Institute of Biophysics in Brno have devoted 20 years of research to studying molecular mechanisms of platinum complexes which are useful against cancer.

Science - Research - Society

Czech-Moravian Odyssey 2001

Traditional bike tour by scientist-sportsmen

When the Cafeteria Is Flowering…

The exhibition of photographs of Dr. Vít Našinec from the Institute of Botany of the ASCR

Mosaic "Last Judgement" of the Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague

The mosaic on the Golden Gate, an incredible example of medieval art, has been newly restored recently. Experts from the Institute of Art History of the ASCR describe this delicate and painstaking work.

Events

"No Profit Neither Glory!" - an Essay on Czech National Identity