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RESUME

EDITORIAL

EVENT OF THE MONTH

The Learned Society is not only about the role of scientists

The Learned Society of the Czech Republic held its annual General Assembly Meeting in Prague. The participants heard an address by Czech President Vaclav Klaus who graced the event with his presence. The Learned Society awarded prizes to senior and junior scientists for their outstanding achievements and to secondary school students for their specialized work.

TOPIC OF THE MONTH

The Year of DNA has also Begun in Morava

Experts and students meeting in Brno heard the first in a series of lectures given by the world's leading scientists to mark the 50th anniversary of the description of the structure of DNA.

Functional Genomics and Disease was the focus of a large international conference organized by the European Science Foundation. It took place in Prague in May and attracted some 500 scientists who discussed the latest findings concerning human genome, functions of genes and their role in understanding and treating human diseases.

SCIENCE AND EUROPE

On the Threshold of the EU

Top Czech scientists answer the question: What can Czech Science contribute to the EU and what should it leave behind?

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

Knowledge as sports

86 students from 14 countries took part in the 10th International Conference of Young Scientists - ICYS 2003. The event was held in the Czech Republic for the first time.

Science and Secondary School Students

The finals of Competition of Scientific and Technical Projects by Secondary School Students proved again that young people are full of enthusiasm and bright ideas. Their projects demonstrated the students' deep knowledge and interest in research work.

INTRODUCING PROJECTS

Electronic signature in the legal code of the Czech Republic

The Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

A profile and the current state of the agency, the aim of which is to discover and support innovative and pioneering ideas in science.

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

Systems of education in the Visegrad Four countries

An international conference held in the Czech Republic in late April afforded an opportunity to exchange experience in and views of the state, reforms, financing and the future of systems of education in individual countries of the Visegrad 4.

The importance of sleep

A leading Czech neurologist introduces various theories of sleep. He explains why people and other living organisms sleep and what happens when they are deprived of sound sleep.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Account of the 175th session the Czech Government Research and Development Council.

NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

A report on the 31th session of the Academic Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

The Status of the Commission for the Ethics of Scientific Work of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

PORTRAITS FROM THE ARCHIVES

Václav Myslivec

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of this outstanding expert in biometrics and mathematical population statistics, who focused, among other things, on using mathematical and statistical methods in agricultural research.

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

This time the section introduces the Masaryk Czech Society of Sociology

LANGUAGES

The Department of Languages of the Czech Academy of Sciences offers language courses for the upcoming school year.

ANNIVERSARY

The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic celebrated 10 years of its existence and hosted a large international conference dealing with ways of financing basic research in Europe, contacts between science and education, the evaluation of scientific projects, ethical aspects of research work and other issues.

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Political Trials of the 1950s and the Case of Slánský

That was the title of an international historical conference arranged by the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences in co-operation with experts from Germany and the US.

Water as an Omen - About Floods III

Cleaning up What Floods Left Behind

ACADEMIA

Specialized books from Academia Publishing House

A list of bestsellers

PAST AND FUTURE

Prizes of the Živa journal

SUMMARY