Awards - 2014

• Student awards
• Employee awards

Student awards

The Sanofi Award for Pharmacy (2^nd place) 
The French Embassy in the Czech Republic

• Mgr. Eliška Potůčková – doctoral degree programme in Biochemistry, the Patobiochemistry and Xenobiochemisty branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Šimůnek, The Department of Biochemical Sciences
• Dissertation thesis: “A Study of the Antiproliferative Effects of New Iron Chelators”

The Josef Hlávka Award for Best Students and Graduates
The “Nadání Josefa, Marie a Zdenky Hlávkových” Foundation

• Mgr. Eliška Potůčková – doctoral degree programme in Biochemistry, the Patobiochemistry and Xenobiochemisty branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Šimůnek, The Department of Biochemical Sciences
• Dissertation thesis: “A Study of the Antiproliferative Effects of New Iron Chelators”

The City Mayor Award for Student Creative Work
The Municipality of Hradec Králové

• Mgr. Anna Jirkovská, Ph.D. et Ph.D. – doctoral degree programme in Biochemistry, the Patobiochemistry and Xenobiochemisty branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Šimůnek, The Department of Biochemical Sciences
• Dissertation thesis: “Cardiotoxicity of Antineoplastic Drugs: A Study of the Molecular Mechanisms and the Possibilities of Pharmacological Cardioprotection”

The Best Publication 2014 
The Czech Society for Atherosclerosis

• PharmDr. Jana Rathouská, Ph.D. and Mgr. Kateřina Ježková – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Nachtigal, The Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
• Article: Rathouska J, Jezkova K, Nemeckova I, Zemankova L, Varejckova M, Nachtigal P. Endoglin is not expressed with cell adhesion molecules in the aorta during atherogenesis in apoE-deficient mice. Histology and Histopathology, 2015 Feb; 30(2):233-44.

The Best Publication 2014 – 1^st place in the Toxicology section 
The Czech Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Mgr. Hana Jansová – doctoral degree programme in Biochemistry, the Patobiochemistry and Xenobiochemisty branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Šimůnek, The Department of Biochemical Sciences
• Doctoral thesis: “A Study of Potential Pharmacological Protection of Cardiac Cells against Oxidative Stress and Antracycline Anticancer Drugs”
• Article: Jansová H, Macháček M, Wang Q, Hašková P, Jirkovská A, Potůčková E, Kielar F, Franz KJ, Simůnek T. A comparison of various iron chelators and prochelators as protective agents against cardiomyocyte oxidative injury. Free Radic Biol Med. 2014 Sep; 74:210-21).

The Best Publication 2014 – 1^st place in the Experimental Pharmacology section
The Czech Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Mgr. Zuzana Ptáčková (nee Neumanová) – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Štaud, The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Dissertation thesis: “Interactions of Antiretrovirals with Drug Efflux Transporters and Their Role in Transplacental Pharmacokinetics”
• Article: Neumanova Z, Cerveny L, Ceckova M, Staud F. Interactions of tenofovir and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate with drug efflux transporters ABCB1, ABCG2, and ABCC2; their role in transport across the placenta. AIDS. 2014 Jan 2;28(1):9-17).

The Best Publication 2014 – special prize 
The Czech Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Mgr. Tomáš Smutný – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Pávek, The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Dissertation thesis: “Novel Approaches for the Development of In vitro Liver Cell Models”
• Article: Smutny T, Bitman M, Urban M, Dubecka M, Vrzal R, Dvorak Z, Pavek P. U0126, a mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 and 2 (MEK1 and 2) inhibitor, selectively up-regulates the main isoforms of the CYP3A subfamily via a pregnane X receptor (PXR) in HepG2 cells. Arch Toxicol. 2014 Dec;88(12):2243-59.

The Best Poster
The XIX International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis (ICFIA), Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan

• Mgr. Oxana Zahálková – student of a master’s degree programme in Pharmacy
• A poster with research outcomes in the field of electrochemical sensors that she carried out as part of her Erasmus stay at Goteborg University, Sweden
• Supervisor: Doc. Matysová, The Department of Analytical Chemistry
• Diploma thesis: “Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes Modified by Electrodeposited Platinum and Their Application for the Detection of Nitric Oxide on Single Cells”

The Food & Function Magazine Editorial Award for Young Researchers
The Society for Free Radical Research Conference, Paris

• Mgr. Iveta Najmanová – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Doc. Mladěnka, The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Dissertation thesis: “The Effect of Polyphenolic Substances on Vascular Smooth Muscle”
• Poster: “Vasodilatory activity of human quercetin metabolites”

The Best Poster
Skin Forum 14^th Annual Meeting – Percutaneous Penetration Measurement, Modulation and Modelling, The International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology

• Mgr. Barbora Školová – doctoral degree programme in Organic Chemistry, the Bioorganic Chemistry branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Vávrová, The Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
• Dissertation thesis: “Synthesis and the Study of Ceramide Analogues”
• Poster: “The use of perdeuterated ceramides in the study of model stratum corneum lipid membranes”

The ABC2014 Young Investigator Award
The 5^th FEBS Special Meeting: ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Proteins: From Multidrug Resistance to Genetic Diseases Conference, Innsbruck

• Mgr. Daniela Číhalová – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Štaud, The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Dissertation thesis: “Interactions of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors with ABC Efflux Transporters In vitro: Their Impact on Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Therapy”
• Poster: “Flavopiridol (alvocidib), a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, displays modulatory activity of ABC transporters and synergistically potentiates the cytotoxic effect of daunorubicin and topotecan in cancer cell lines in vitro”

The ABC2014 Student Fellowship
The 5^th FEBS Special Meeting: ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Proteins: From Multidrug Resistance to Genetic Diseases Conference, Innsbruck

• Mgr. Zuzana Neumanová – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Štaud, The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Dissertation thesis: “Interactions of Antiretrovirals with Drug Efflux Transporters and Their Role in the Transplacental Pharmacokinetics”
• Abstract: “Effect of drug efflux transporters ABCB1 and ABCG2 on the passage of abacavir across dually perfused rat placenta”

Employee awards

The ChU Silver Medal 
Charles University  

• Prof. PharmDr. Alexandr Hrabálek, CSc. – emeritus dean, award for eight years as the head of the faculty
• Unit: The Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry

Meeting with Nobel Prize winners in medicine/physiology in Lindau    

• Doc. PharmDr. Přemysl Mladěnka, Ph.D.
• Unit: The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

The best lecture award
The XIX International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis (ICFIA), Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan

• Dr. Warunya Boonjob – postdoc at the Department of Analytical Chemistry
• Lecture: “Sequential injection into renewable bead sorbent materials for solid-phase extraction with direct coupling of liquid chromatography to tandem electrospray mass spectrometry”

The JAFIA Award for Young Researchers
The Japanese Association for FIA, The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry - award for significant findings and long-term contributions towards the development of flow analytical methods

• PharmDr. Petr Chocholouš, Ph.D.
• Dr. Burkhard Horstkotte
• Unit: The Department of Analytical Chemistry

The top poster
1st International Congress: from drug discovery to drug delivery

• Dr. Georgios Paraskevopoulos
• Unit: The Department of Pharmaceutical Technologies
• Poster: “Nitro-substituted salicylanilides: maintaining antitubercular activity while reducing toxicity”

The SFRR Award for Extraordinary Scientific Achievements in Free Radicals Research
The Society for Free Radical Research Conference, Paris

• Doc. PharmDr. Přemysl Mladěnka, Ph.D., PharmDr. Tomáš Filipský, Ph.D., Mgr. Michal Říha, Prof. MUDr. Radomír Hrdina, CSc.
• Unit: The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Poster: “The relationship between oxidative stress markers and parameters of myocardial function in a rat model of cardiotoxicity”