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On Thursday, 25 May, CEITEC BUT welcomed Israeli Ambassador Daniel Meron, who had the opportunity to visit the research laboratories of CEITEC NANO and the Laboratory of Computer Tomography. After the tours, discussions were held over the possibilities of student exchange programs, technology transfer and other possibilities of Israeli-Czech cooperation.

The DEM! in Brno (May 15-21, 2017) aimed to present the amazing field of electron microscopy, which is at the global level in Brno and produces more than 30% of the world's electron microscope production through several companies. Nowhere in Europe is there such a concentration of companies and scientific institutes in this field as in Brno.

CZECH RADIO: An interview with professon Ivan Rektor about research of transmission of Holocaust trauma to descendants of survivors (CZEC ONLY).

The team of TU Brno Racing students at the Brno University of Technology presented a new student formulas. They are planning to attend international competitions during the Formula Student competition in Hungary, Germany and the Czech Republic during the summer.

Workshop and Open Days for Industrial Partners at CEITEC BUT took place on May 18, 2017. The participants had the opportunity to look into the laboratories of the individual research groups and to find out the possibilities of establishing mutual cooperation.

Scientists from the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic (AS CR) and from CEITEC Masaryk University have completed an extensive critical overview of potential impacts of various impurities in iron, nickel and aluminium on material cohesion and its possible sudden failure. The article covering theoretical and experimental results of the Czech experts supplemented by available literature data was published in one of the most reputable journals in the field of materials science, Progress in Material Science, with the impact factor of 31.083. This journal is the third out of 271 journals in the category MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, so that it belongs nearly to the highest percentile (1.11 %) in this category. 

Marek Mráz, an Associate Professor and CEITEC MU Group Leader, and his team have been recognized by the Czech Society of Haematology and awarded a special prize for a very significant discovery in haematology published by the team based in the Czech Republic.

Realized project "Structural analysis of supramolecular systems", reg. No. 7F16002 (SUPRAMOL CZ09) was based on a close collaboration of theoretical physics and chemical interpretation applied on spectroscopic observables, namely NMR shielding and UV absorption spectra providing an unique insight into the electronic structures of supramolecular complexes.

The second CEITEC PhD Retreat took place in Telč from 20 to 21 April 2017. The event perfectly fulfilled its purpose to bring together more than 90 PhD students from the fields of life sciences, material science, chemistry and physics and create a friendly and stress-free environment. Students presented their research in 25 talks and on 70 posters, they could listen to talks addressed by 7 internationally recognized speakers. The participants enjoyed the opportunity to discuss their research and possible collaboration and share their experience.