Michal Holčapek Winning the Czech Brains Award
Michal Holčapek, a researcher in Analytical Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the University of Pardubice has won the Czech Brains Jury’s Extraordinary Award for 2024. With the Czech Brain Award (Česká hlava) being the most prestigious research award in the Czech Republic, Michal Ho…
Clinical trial begins in Czech Republic to test groundbreaking pancreatic cancer detection method
The pioneering research of Prof. Michal Holčapek and his team at the University of Pardubice is now being tested on patients in a clinical setting. A clinical trial has begun in the Czech Republic to assess the effectiveness of an early detection test for pancreatic cancer. This trial will evaluate …
Scientists From All Over the World Discuss Research Into “High-Tech” Materials in Pardubice
The 10th International Conference on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA 2024) attracted more than a hundred scientists from all over the world to Pardubice at the end of June to discuss optical, optoelectronic and photonic materials and their applications for th…
Scientist from the University of Pardubice receives prestigious European grant for research on lipids
Michal Holčapek, a chemist from the University of Pardubice, and three other scientists from the Czech Republic received a highly prestigious grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The scientist, who works for the Faculty of Chemical Technology, has long been involved in analysing lipids an…
Appreciation of the Scientific Work of Analytical Chemists at a Symposium in Budapest
At the end of September, the 33rd International Symposium on Chromatography was held in Budapest. It is one of the world's largest chromatography symposia, which takes place every two years. This year's event was traditionally attended by a large Czech delegation, including a group of analytical …
Czech Scientists Have Designed a Covid Filter for Developing Countries
Scientists from the Centre of Materials and Nanotechnologies, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice in cooperation with the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, CAS and Textile Testing Institute in Brno developed a personal filter against SARS-CoV-19 which could be well u…
Sensors of the future
Within an hour, he can produce hundreds of metres of smart sensors that prevent waste, save batteries or help farmers. Chemist Tomáš Syrový of the Faculty of Chemical Technology started with food and pharmaceuticals. Today he prints the sensors of the future. At one of you…
Prof. Holčapek receives prestigious USA award
Analytical chemist Michal Holčapek from the University of Pardubice received the Herbert J. Dutton Award in the USA as the first Czech ever. The credit for this goes to his many years of research on lipids at the Faculty of Chemical Technology. Among other results, this has led to a method that a…
UPCE smart sensors to save water usage
A smart environmental sensor to help farmers manage irrigation efficiently is a discovery by the researchers from the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the University of Pardubice and their partners. The novelty in the field of material printing can measure both soil moisture and temperature, thu…
Research at the University of Pardubice gains worldwide recognition
The method of pancreatic cancer diagnosis, as discovered by the team of analytical chemist Michal Holčapek of the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, has earned worldwide recognition. The result of the research has been published by the prestigious journal Nature Communicatio…