Innovative Prague XX
Prague is not only an amazing historical city with a wealth of monuments, excellent gastronomy, cordial residents, and a wide range of events. It is also a modern and innovative science hub. Prague excels in many fields, such as artificial intelligence and robotics, biomedicine, low-carbon technologies, data technologies and selected creative industries, providing ideal opportunities for holding conventions and conferences with the matching topics.
In the round twentieth edition of the Innovative Prague, we will introduce you to new methods developed by Czech scientists that will help diagnose a wide range of diseases faster than ever before, introduce you to a student who is developing a software to recognize deepfake, and invite you to the next edition of the Researcher’s Night.
How to Diagnose Various Diseases Faster?
Would you like to know what kind of diseases you or your children incline to? This is precisely the research that the recently opened Prague laboratory, only one in the Czech Republic working with a robotic microscope that reads and partially evaluates DNA samples using AI, deals with. All this with an incredible speed which saves laboratory technicians hours of analytical work. Thank to this, the results of the analysis are available to patients within a few days. The detailed information about the laboratory can be found in the article published by Wired.cz.
Another discovery of scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and their colleagues will also help diagnosing diseases. The scientists created a contrast material that will make diagnosing tumours and kidney diseases easier. According to website VedaVyzkum.cz, the production of the contrast material is also very fast – in just half an hour, the scientists are able to produce an amount sufficient for diagnosing five patients.
Scientists from the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of and the Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences came up with another innovation. Thanks to the improvement of electron microscopy technology, they were the first in the world to visualize the complete surface of a chromosome. According to the website VedaVyzkum.cz, the new method will find use both in medicine as well as in agriculture.
The research and development are key parts of the science, but the transfer of the scientific results into practice, especially through private sector, is also crucial step in the entire process. The PharmTheon transfer centre, about which we have already informed you in the previous edition of the Innovative Prague, takes care of connecting scientists and their latest innovations with commercial entities. The website VedaVyzkum.cz now presents an in-depth interview with the CEO of PharmTheon explaining how the operation of the centre will work in practice.
How to Recognize Deepfake or to Create Gamma Laser? Questions to which Czechs Know the Answers!
Recognizing a deepfake is becoming increasingly difficult. However, a young student from Prague – Matyáš Boháček – who currently studies at Standford University, is working with his colleagues on software solutions that will help detect deepfakes. They also recently presented one of their software products to the public. An interview with Matyáš about what to focus on to successfully recognize a deepfake was recently published by Wired.cz.
Another, partially Czech, research will focus on improving laser technology, specifically on the possibility of developing a gamma laser that has not yet been created. Scientists from the University of Rochester, who in 2018 received the Nobel Prize for their innovations in the laser technology, have teamed up with Prague-based Eli Beamlines which has theoretical and experimental capabilities in this field. The website VedaVyzkum.cz reported on this international cooperation.
Get to Know Czech Science Firsthand
Another edition of the popular Researcher’s Night is approaching, this time with the motto “Metamorphoses” referring to this year’s 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. On September 27, visitors will have an opportunity to carry out interactive experiments, participate in lectures and workshops or introduce science to their children in a playful way free of charge.
Would you be interested in learning more interesting facts? Browse through the previous three issues of Innovative Prague: