Awards of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) presented in 2011

In 2011, the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic presented the following awards.
Awards of the ASCR for outstanding achievements of scientific importance were received by:

• the team of authors consisting of RNDr. Antonín Šimůnek, PhD, RNDr. Jiří Vackář, PhD, from the Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v. v. i. for the scientific outcome: Hardness of Covalent and Ionic Crystals, accompanied by the premium of 300 000 CZK
   
• the team of authors consisting of Prof. Ing. Michal Haindl, DrSc., Ing. Jiří Filip, PhD, Ing. Jiří Grim,PhD, RNDr. Vojtěch Havlíček, PhD, Ing. Martin Hatka from the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the ASCR, v. v. i. for the scientific outcome Mathematical Modelling of Visual Surface Properties, accompanied by the premium of 500 000 CZK
   
• the team of authors nominated by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the CR consisting of Zdeněk Hodný, MD, PhD, MSc Lenka Rossmeislová, PhD, MSc Hana Hanzlíková, PhD, MSc Kateřina Krejčíková, MSc Markéta Vančurová from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, v. v. i. for the scientific outcome The Role of PML in Cellular Senescence, accompanied by the premium of 500 000 CZK
   
• the team of authors nominated by the Council of the programme "Nanotechnologies for Society" consisting of Prof. RNDr. Blanka Říhová, DSc, RNDr. Miroslav Flieger, PhD from the Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR, v. v. i., Prof. RNDr. Viktor Brabec, DSc from the Institute of Biophysics of the ASCR, v. v. i., Assoc. Prof. Ing. Emil Pollert, DSc from the Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v. v. i., Prof. Ing. Karel Ulbrich, DSc from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i., RNDr. Jarmila Králová, PhD from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, v. v. i., RNDr. Ladislav Kohout, DSc from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i., Prof. Pavel Martásek, MD, DSc from the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles Univertsity, Prof. RNDr. Martin Kotora, PhD from the Faculty of Science, Charles Univertsity, Prof. RNDr. Pavel Anzenbacher, DSc from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc and Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Král, DSc from the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague for the scientific outcome Nanoparticulate and Supramolecular Systems for Targeted Drug Delivery, accompanied by the premium of 500 000 CZK
   
• the team of authors consisting of Prof. PhDr. Pavel Materna, PhD, Bjørn Thoring Flagstad Jespersen, PhD from the Institute of Philosophy of the ASCR, v. v. i. and Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Marie Duží, PhD from the Technical University of Ostrava for the scientific outcome Procedural Semantics for Hyperintensional Logic, accompanied by the premium of 200 000 CZK
   
•  to PhDr. Ivan Pavlů, DSc nominated by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the CR from the Institute of Archaeology of the ASCR, Prague, v. v. i. for the scientific outcome Artefacts in the Neolithic Society. Their Status and Role., accompanied by the premium of 200 000 CZK
   

Awards of the ASCR for young scientists for outstanding scientific achievements were presented to:

• Dr. Adéla Kawka, PhD, born in 1977 from the Astronomical Institute of the ASCR, v. v. i. for the outstanding scientific outcome White Dwarfs in our Galaxy, accompanied by the premium of 100 000 CZK.
   
• RNDr. Linda Nedbalová, PhD, born in1976, from the Institute of Botany of the ASCR, v. v. i. for the outstanding scientific outcome Snow Algae: Unique Microorganisms from Extreme Places on Earth and Promise for Biotechnology, accompanied by the premium of 100 000 CZK