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Petra Palečková’s photo was awarded in the contest Photogenic Science

Photography "Scientific pastime" by Petra Palečková won 3rd place in the category Scientists and their hobby.

Photogenic Science 2019 knows its winners

On Thursday, October 10, the American Center in Prague hosted the opening of the contest Photogenic Science (read the full report – in Czech only – on the website of the Czech Academy of Sciences here), in which all employees of all institutions of the Academy of Sciences could send their photos. Sixth year of this photography competition showed again that science is not only a way to know, but can also have an artistic dimension.

There were three categories competing: the main category Photogenic Science, the subcategory Scientific selfie and the subcategory Scientists and their hobby. This year, a record number of photos – 350 in total – entered the competition from 98 employees from the institutions of the Cezch Academy of Sciences. Petra Palečková, PR coordinator of our institute, won 3. place with photography Scientific pastime in category Scientists and their hobby.


Vědecká kratochvíle – Než bude vzorek zkultivovaný, dám si desetkrát nahoru – dolů; autor: Petra Palečková

Vybrané snímky fotosoutěže budou prezentovány v kalendáři AV ČR na rok 2020 a rovněž budou součástí výstavy, která nyní probíhá v prostorách Amerického centra na Malé Straně v Praze do 29. října 2019.

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