Awards - 2018

• Student awards
• Employee awards

Student awards

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

• PharmDr. Lukáš Lochman, Ph.D. – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmaceutical Chemistry branch
• Supervisor: Prof. V. Nováková, The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Dissertation thesis: “A Study of Recognition Parts of Sensory Azaphthalocyanines”

The Bolzano Prize in the biomedical branches category
Charles University

• PharmDr. Lukáš Lochman, Ph.D. – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmaceutical Chemistry branch
• Supervisor: Prof. V. Nováková, The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Dissertation thesis: “A Study of Recognition Parts of Sensory Azaphthalocyanines”

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

• PharmDr. Andrej Kováčik, Ph.D. – doctoral degree programme in Organic Chemistry, the Bioorganic Chemistry branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Vávrová, The Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
• Dissertation thesis: “Study of Effect of Ceramide Hydroxylation on Permeability and Microstructure of Model Lipid Membranes”

The Best Publication for 2017/2018
The Czech Society for Atherosclerosis

• Mgr. Barbora Vitverová – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Nachtigal, The Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
• Dissertation thesis: “The Role of Soluble Endoglin in the Pathogenesis of Endothelial Dysfunction”
• Publication: Vitverova B, Blazickova K, Najmanova I, Vicen M, Hyšpler R, Dolezelova E, Nemeckova I, Tebbens JD, Bernabeu C, Pericacho M, Nachtigal P. Soluble endoglin and hypercholesterolemia aggravate endothelial and vessel wall dysfunction in mouse aorta”, Atherosclerosis. 2018 Apr; 271:15-25. (impact factor 4.467)

The Best Communication
22nd Congress on Atherosclerosis in Olomouc organized by the Czech Society for Atherosclerosis

• Mgr. Matěj Vicen – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch
• Supervisor: Prof. Nachtigal, The Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
• Dissertation thesis: "Soluble Endoglin and its Effect on Vascular Wall Cells”
• Poster: “Endoglin role in oxysterol induced endothelial dysfunction in human aortic endothelial cells”

The Best Lecture (2^nd place) 
The XIV International Conference on Flow Analysis (Flow Analysis 2018), Bangkok, Thailand

• Mgr. Kateřina Fikarová – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmaceutical Analysis branch
• Supervisor: Doc. Sklenářová, The Department of Analytical Chemistry
• Dissertation thesis: “The Automation of New Extraction and Derivatization Procedures for Performing a Pharmaceutical Analysis Using In-syringe Analysis in Combination with Separation”
• Lecture: “The automatic investigation of the bioaccessibility of phthalates and bisphenol A from microplastics in seawater under flow-through dynamic extraction conditions using an on-line switching valve HPLC system”

The Best Poster 
The Euroindoamerican Natural Products Conference, Madrid

• Mgr. Eliška Kohelová – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmacology and Toxicology branch of Natural Substances
• Supervisor: Doc. Cahlíková, The Department of Pharmaceutical Botany
• Dissertation thesis: “Alkaloids of the Amaryllidaceae Family: Isolation, Structural Identification, Biological Activity”
• Poster: “Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from Zephyranthes citrina and their biological activity”

The Best Poster 
European Pharmaceutical Students Association Annual Congress (EPSA AC2018), Baarlo, Netherlands

• Adam Majcher – master’s degree programme in Pharmacy
• Supervisor: Dr. Opálka, The Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
• Diploma thesis: “The Synthesis and Evaluation of Human 6-hydroxyceramides”

The Best Poster 
Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis & Chiranal 2018 Conference, Olomouc

• Mgr. Petra Reimerová – doctoral degree programme in Pharmacy, the Pharmaceutical Analysis branch
• Supervisor: Doc. Štěrbová, The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Dissertation thesis: “An Analysis of Drugs and Potential Drugs in Biological Material using LC-MS”
• Poster: “SPME as a tool for the determination of plasma protein binding of a novel anti-cancer drug – DpC”

1^st place in the “Scientific illustration and virtual nature” category in the Science Is Beautiful competition
The Faculty of Science, Charles University

• Bc. Linda Pokorná - master’s degree programme in Pharmacy
• Photo: "Apoptosis”

Employee awards

The Alfred Bader Award for Bioinorganic and Bioorganic Chemistry 
The Czech Chemical Society

• Doc. PharmDr. Jaroslav Roh, Ph.D. – award for scientists under 35 years of age for outstanding achievements in organic chemistry research and in bioinorganic and bioorganic chemistry
• Unit: The Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
• Thesis: “The Preparation of Nitrogen Heterocycles with Potential Antituberculotic or Cardioprotective Activity”

The Emil Votoček Medal 
The Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

• Ing. František Švec, Dr.Sc. – award for researchers for their pedagogical and scientific activities and representation of the school
• Unit: The Department of Analytical Chemistry

The Honori et Merito Medal
The Czech Chamber of Pharmacies

• Prof. RNDr. PhMr. Jan Solich, CSc. – awards for long-term work for the development and contributions to the branch
• Unit: The Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy

The Best Poster 
The 6^th Czech Lipidomic Conference, Prague

• PharmDr. Lukáš Opálka, Ph.D. – award for researchers for their pedagogical and scientific activities and representation of the school
• Unit: The Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
• Poster: “The Effects of Omega O‐Acylceramides on Microstructure and Permeability of Model Skin Lipid Membranes”

Absolute Winner and 1^st place in the “Scientific Photography” category in the Science Is Beautiful competition 
The Faculty of Science, Charles University

• Mgr. Miloslav Macháček, Ph.D.
• Unit: The Department of Biochemical Sciences
• Photo: "The Dark Side of Minerals”

Josef Chmelík Award for the best Czech proteomic publication in 2018
The Proteomic Section of the Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• PharmDr. Juraj Lenčo, Ph.D.
• Unit: The Department of Analytical Chemistry
• Publication: Lenčo J, Vajrychová M, Pimková K, Prokšová M, Benková M, Klimentová J, Tambor V, Soukup O. Conventional-Flow Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for Exploratory Bottom-Up Proteomic Analyses. Anal Chem. 2018 Apr 17;90(8):5381-5389