The Invenio project, led by the Gifted Children team under the leadership of Šarka Portešová, won a beautiful third place in the Transfera Technology Day 2024 competition! On Monday, 2 December, the final of the 5th edition of this competition was held by the national association Transfera.cz, which aims to connect the academic world with the commercial sphere and to facilitate the implementation of innovative ideas in practice. Eleven of the most interesting projects of Czech science and research made it to the final.
The projects were perfectly prepared, the competition was high and the jury had a very difficult job this year. The three most impressive projects that finally caught the attention of the expert jury were:
1st place: highly effective and selective inhibitors of CK1 kinases - Masaryk University - a breakthrough cancer cure that targets hard-to-treat tumours.
2nd place: Nextdrop control system - University of West Bohemia in Pilsen - a smart system that digitizes water, or monitors water pipes and prevents water leaks.
3rd place: the Invenio system - Masaryk University.
Invenio is a diagnostic system for testing various abilities of children, in the form of fun computer games with stories and interesting graphics. The system is designed for parents and teachers of children in grades 1-6 of primary school.
Congratulations!
We invite applications for a full-time Ph.D. position within the PRINS project, co-financed by the European Union. The position is based at the Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, with doctoral studies at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University. You will join the Brno Lab of Intergroup Processes and work closely with Sylvie Graf and Tibor Žingora.
In life, we sometimes witness events that transcend everyday life and go down in history. These historical events, such as the floods of 2002 or the Soviet occupation of 1968, are often remembered by society. However, they can also shape and influence the personal stories of individuals. Sometimes they affect everyday life so much that they become significant landmarks in time for people – they then organize their memories of their own lives and relate them to these events. This phenomenon is known as the Living in History effect. A new study, led by Lenka Štěpánková from INPSY, examines whether two key milestones in the recent history of our region – the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993 – also triggered a similar effect.
