The Project Service of Palacký University Olomouc invites you to the public defense of the final reports of the 3rd year of UP Junior Grants. The defense will take place during a meeting of the UP Grant Council and will offer an opportunity to learn about the results of the supported projects and the evaluation process. The results of the Junior Grants are excellent and deserve a public presentation.
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Start of proceedings: 1:00 p.m.
Where: Large Conference Room, UP Rector's Office
Registration: by February 23 at HERE.
Participation in the event is subject to prior registration, capacity is limited to 50 places.
Light refreshments will be provided for participants.
Program:
1. Introductory remarks
2. Presentation of the results of the 3rd annual JG
3. Informal discussion
4. Results of the defenses
3rd year of the COMPETITION FOR THE AWARD OF THE UP JUNIOR GRANT IN OLOMOUC 2023–2025
Panel: Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computer Science
1. Ondřej Černotík: Bosonic cavity memories for superconducting quantum computers (JG_2023_001, Faculty of Science)
2. Vlastimil Vrba: Coherent control of gamma photons and nuclear quantum states using ultrasound modulation and polarization effects in nuclear resonance (JG_2023_030, Faculty of Science)
3. Petr Dvořák: Deciphering novel mechanism of plant antioxidant defense regulation during salt stress by protein-protein interactions (JG_2023_018, Faculty of Science)
Panel: Medical Sciences and Biomedicine
1. Martina Zatloukalová: The role of nitroalkenes in neuroprotection, neurotoxicity and neuroinflammation in vitro (JG_2023_006, Faculty of Medicine)
2. Zdeněk Škrott: Insight into cellular proteotoxic stress response using a new microthermal protein damage methodology (JG_2023_033, CATRIN)
3. Pavla Kořalková: Connections of targeted therapy interfering with oncogenic FLT3 signaling, abnormal epigenome and rewired metabolism in acute myeloid leukemia (JG_2023_016, LF)
Panel: Humanities and Social Sciences
1. David Fiedor: Soft forms of gambling: popularity, availability, and risk level in relation to the development of gambling careers (JG_2023_003, PřF)
2. Michal Vorlíček: Influence of environmental determinants on active transport of Czech children and adolescents in the context of 24-hour behavioral patterns (JG_2023_007, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport)
3. Marko Svicevic: The Ukraine crisis – Challenging military aggression without direct military force: Mapping the road for European Union security and collective responses under international law (JG_2023_043, PF)
Contact person:
Ing. Veronika Knichalová
veronika.knichalova@upol.cz
58 5631 425 | 735 701 320