The Academy of Sciences as the cradle of Czechoslovak lasers
30. March 2023
Sixty years ago, the first lasers in Czechoslovakia were lit up, and the first university course in laser physics was launched. Let us recall at ...
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Just released: Advances in Optical Fibres
7. March 2023
The article about advancements in optical fibres by a group of authors from the Institute of Photonics and Electronics was published in the Glass and ...
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Ondřej Schreiber brought home from California the Photonics West Best Paper Award
14. February 2023
Graduate student Ondřej Schreiber won second place in the prestigious student competition for the best lecture at the SPIE Photonics West symposium in San Francisco, ...
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Four institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences strengthen the doctoral program of Dresden International Graduate School
13. February 2023
Start of the first DIGS-BB (Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering) Topical Partner Cluster with research groups from the Czech Academy of Sciences ...
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The Institute of Photonics and Electronics was visited by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Helena Langšádlová
31. January 2023
Helena Langšádlová visited research laboratories and discussed with young scientists.
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We organized a charity collection for children and foster families
22. December 2022
ÚFE employees once again organized a charity collection of needs for children and adults for the Department of Social Affairs and Education of the City ...
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A seminar Critical infrastructure protection with laser technologies was held
9. December 2022
The Institute of Photonics and Electronics hosted the 3rd year of the seminar Critical infrastructure protection with laser technologies, which was organized as part of ...
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Visit of Ilona Müllerová, Vice President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, to the ÚFE
8. December 2022
Ilona Müllerová, Vice President of the Czech Academy of Sciences responsible for the I. research area, visited our workplace. She visited laboratories of nano-optics, optical ...
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M. Piliarik’s team received awards from the Czech Academy of Sciences for extraordinary research results
15. November 2022
Marek Piliarik and his nano-optics team developed a photothermal spatial light modulator for ultrasensitive 3D nanoscopy, for which they received prizes for extraordinary results of ...
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Michal Cifra received the Justin Teissié award
16. October 2022
Michal Cifra received the Justin Teissié award for significant scientific contribution in the field of electroporation at the 4th World Congress on Electroporation & Pulsed ...
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ÚFE actively participates in the Czech and Slovak conference on glass on November 9-11
13. October 2022
Don't miss the traditional glass conference. Come and listen to a lecture by ÚFE or take part in a lab tour to ÚFE's optical fiber ...
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Open Days: November 3 – 4, 2022
10. October 2022
Visit us during Open Days and see the work of scientists up close! This year we are opening our Institute to public on November 3 ...
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Beware of predatory practices
23. September 2022
Predatory journals, publishers and conferences are a pressing issue for the entire academic community. Scientific institutions respond with awareness campaigns. The Czech Academy of Sciences ...
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Prof. Jiří Homola appointed member of the Research, Development and Innovation Council
15. September 2022
The government appointed new members of the Research, Development and Innovation Council (RVVI). In the new composition will also be Prof. Jiří Homola from ÚFE.
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The winners of the Lab Day Competition admired the electron microscope
4. August 2022
The winners of the Lab Day Competition came to spend their winnings - at their request we took them (not only) to the electron and ...
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Jiří Čtyroký and Vlastimil Matějec appointed emeritus scientists
29. July 2022
Researchers Jiří Čtyroký and Vlastimil Matějec received from the ÚFE director the appointment decrees of the emeritus scientist status of the Czech Academy of Sciences ...
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PODCAST: A meeting of light and matter performed by Marek Piliarik
10. June 2022
Meeting of light and matter. Marek Piliarik presents nanooptics in the next part of the podcast series of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech ...
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Science Fair (Veletrh vědy) took place after a two-year break, there were also ÚFE booth
6. June 2022
After a two-year break, the Science Fair, the largest popular-education event for the public in the Czech Republic, took place at the PVA EXPO exhibition ...
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Kristýna Holanová and Jiří Slabý guests of the Czech television TV show Sama doma
17. May 2022
Kristýna Holanová and Jiří Slabý were guests of a live broadcasted journalistic TV show Sama doma of the Czech Television. They introduced research of our ...
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A pair of pupils from Na Šutce Primary School spent a day with a scientist at ÚFE
16. May 2022
Tereza and David, pupils from the Na Šutce primary school in Prague 8, competed in the Competition for a day with a scientist during the ...
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Optical biosensors shone at the Academic Assembly
4. May 2022
At the Academic Assembly on April 20, the extraordinary result of the Institute of Photonics and Electronics from the Optical biosensors research team of Prof. ...
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ÚFE at the Laser World of Photonics 2022 trade fair
25. April 2022
Visit us at the Laser World of Photonics, the world’s leading trade fair for photonics components, systems and applications, which takes place from 26 to ...
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Just issued in journal A Věda a výzkum: Guardians of the exact time
20. March 2022
How is time measured and defined? What is atomic time and leap second? Read in the article about the Laboratory of the National Time and ...
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We support Ukraine!
7. March 2022
ÚFE joins the Academy of Sciences initiative offering assistance to Ukraine. Our Institute will offer scientific working stays and our employees spontaneously provide financial support ...
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Comics: Time is Science
11. February 2022
Who creates the exact time in the Czech Republic? Laboratory of the National Time and Frequency Standard at ÚFE. Read more in an interview with ...
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Scientists are formulating new trends in the research of optical biosensors
21. January 2022
An international quartet of scientists, including Prof. Jiří Homola from ÚFE, published a review article on optical biosensors in Nature Nanotechnology.
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We symbolically clink the glasses to the opening of the International Year of Glass 2022
12. January 2022
The year 2022 was declared the International Year of Glass by the United Nations. ÚFE and glass, it is a tight connection that deserves a ...
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We help those in need through charity collections
16. December 2021
Through employee charity collections, we help foster parents and socially disadvantaged families.
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