{"id":37753,"date":"2026-10-05T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/dny-otevrenych-dveri-ufe-2026-nahlednete-do-sveta-fotoniky-optickych-vlaken-nanotechnologii-i-biosenzoru\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:13:50","slug":"ufe-open-days-2026-get-a-glimpse-into-the-world-of-photonics-optical-fibers-nanotechnology-and-biosensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/ufe-open-days-2026-get-a-glimpse-into-the-world-of-photonics-optical-fibers-nanotechnology-and-biosensors\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00daFE Open Days 2026: Get a glimpse into the world of photonics, optical fibers, nanotechnology, and biosensors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The \u00daFE Open Days are intended primarily for high school and college students interested in physics, chemistry, biology, and related fields, as well as their teachers, but also for anyone interested in science and modern technology.<\/p>

This year, visitors can choose from three tour routes. Two of them will take visitors through the laboratories in the \u00daFE main building in Prague 8 \u2013 Kobylisy, while the third will take visitors to our facility in Prague 6 \u2013 Lysolaje. The tours last approximately 90 minutes, and due to limited capacity, advance registration is required. The program and registration are available at dod.ufe.cz<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>

What you can look forward to in Kobylisy<\/h3>

The Kobylisy 1 tour<\/strong> will showcase research on fiber lasers and specialty optical fibers, the preparation and characterization of nanomaterials, and the Laboratory of the National Time and Frequency Standard. You\u2019ll learn, for example, how infrared laser radiation is generated, what nanomaterials are used for, and how the Czech national time scale UTC(TP) – which contributes to the creation of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) – is established.<\/p>

The Kobylisy 2 tour<\/strong> will take you to laboratories specializing in optical biosensors, nano-optics, and bioelectrodynamics. You\u2019ll see how an ordinary glass slide can be turned into an extremely sensitive biosensor, how modern microscopy makes it possible to observe processes down to the level of individual molecules, and how scientists are studying the effects of electromagnetic radiation on biological systems.<\/p>

See fiber optics with your own eyes in Lysolaje<\/h3>

The Lysolaje tour<\/strong> awaits you at the \u00daFE branch in Prague 6. Visitors will get a firsthand look at the technology used to produce special optical fibers as thin as a human hair. They\u2019ll learn how light travels through the fiber and how it can be generated directly within the optical fiber, and they\u2019ll have the chance to experiment with some of these principles. In addition, on Thursday evening, there will be a special \u201cNight Draw\u201d event, during which visitors will also see the actual drawing of optical fiber with a precision of one-thousandth of a millimeter.<\/p>

Registration<\/strong><\/h3>

The \u00daFE Open Days will take place on Thursday, November 5, and Friday, November 6, 2026<\/strong>. The morning sessions are primarily intended for schools, while the afternoon tours are also open to the general public.<\/p>

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Come take a look inside our laboratories, meet our scientists, and get an up-close look at our research in photonics, optoelectronics, and electronics. We look forward to seeing you!<\/p>

Czech Academy of Sciences Week<\/h3>

The \u00daFE Open Days are part of the Czech Academy of Sciences Week<\/a>, the largest science festival in the country. Its sixth edition will take place November 2\u20138, 2026, and will feature lectures, field trips, workshops, exhibitions, and other events for students and the general public throughout the Czech Republic. Admission to festival events is free. The program for the 2026 Czech Academy of Sciences Week will be published on Monday, October 5 (this year\u2019s program), and reservations for events with limited capacity will open on Wednesday, October 7, at 2:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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On Thursday, November 5, and Friday, November 6, 2026, the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences will open its laboratories to students and the general public. As part of the Czech Academy of Sciences Week, we will offer three guided tours of our facilities in Kobylisy and Lysolaje. Come see how optical fibers and fiber lasers are made, how biosensors work, what nanomaterials are capable of, and where precise time is generated in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":37741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37753"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37802,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37753\/revisions\/37802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufe.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}