Interview with Martin in Forbes magazine
Martin was interviewed by the Forbes magazine, telling about Czech nanorobots are heading to space. Scientists want to clean the world of toxins and microplastics.
Interview with Martin in Forbes magazine
Martin was interviewed by the Forbes magazine, telling about his research, plans and vision in the field of nanorobotics
Our story in Materials Today: Platinum compound senses new application
Rohaizad’s paper is featured in an article in Materials Today magazine.
Article in New Scientist magazine on our Microrobots made from pollen
Some good news in this maelstrom of bad news on closed borders: See article in @newscientist on Microrobots made from pollen help remove toxic mercury from wastewater [and deliver drugs].
Michaela was awarded Fulbright Visiting Researcher Grant
Successful month for the members of Nanorobots Center. Congrats to Michaela for getting prestigious Fulbright Visiting Researcher Fellowship to Harvard Medical School in Boston. We are very proud of her!
Marie Curie Fellow
Congrats to Dr. Zhou in Nanorobots Center for getting prestigious
MSCActions
MarieCurie Fellowship to our Center. We are proud of her. We had 33% success rate this year (globally it is ~9%) with
MSCActions
to Nanorobots
VSCHT
this year. Please apply for next round with us!
Martin defended his highly cited researcher in chemistry status for 2019.
Martin got three streaks in a row as a Highly cited researcher in the Chemistry field 2017, 2018, 2019.
Our nanorobots made it to BBCWorld
Martin is getting interviewed in BBCWorld broadcast about our uranium collecting nanorobots.
These microbots clean up radioactive waste
Headline Science – Watch tiny swimming magnetic robots suck up uranium in a droplet of radioactive wastewater.
Martin Pumera on Nobel Prizes: Lithium batteries have brought a change in the ways of communication
Without the discovery of lithium batteries, there would be no mobile phones, electric cars, smart watches or laptops. That’s a good enough reason for the Nobel Prize. Martin Pumera from CEITEC Brno University of Technology and the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, said to Czech Press Agency.
Nanorobots were present at Future Port Prague 2019
Amongst the virtual-reality startups, we shared our take on how future micro/machines can change our lives.
The role of the rector of UCT
Martin was asked about the role of the rector of UCT together with Mikuláš Bek, former rector of Masaryk University.
Nanorobots featured in sifted.eu magazine of Financial Times
Martin gives his opinion on the future of Nanorobots as a part of an article highlighting the recent push of nanobots towards medicinal use.
Martin popularizing Nanorobots in czech popular-science magazine 21. století
Read more on the 21. století Magazine, September issue, 2019.
Top10 Student Cities According to Students in 2019 Worldwide are… Prague with 8 and Brno with 6
See the article at TOP UNIVERSITIES. Very proud to have my Nanorobots Center in Prague!
“Nanorobots could clean Chernobyl”
That is the title of an article featuring our work on Nanorobotspicking up Uranium in the most popular Czech newspaper Blesk, with 5 million readers.
Nanorobots on Nanoday 2019 exhibition in Czech National Technical Muzeum
Nanorobots on Nanoday 2019 exhibition in Czech National Technical Muzeum
Martin in Chemical & Engineering News
“MOFBOTS could carry drugs to specific targets in the body”, says Martin Pumera. See an article on Chemical & Engineering News
Cooperation between UCT Prague and NTU gains momentum
On 29 and 30 April, Nanyang Technological University Singapore hosted a second meeting with the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT Prague) and the prestigious University of Singapore. This followed a February workshop in Prague and the January signing of a Memorandum of Mutual Cooperation. The main objective of the April meeting was to define specific joint research tasks in the fields of sustainability, food safety and nutrition, and biomedical sciences.
Interview with Martin in CT1 main news channel
“Nanorobots will change the future of healthcare”, says Martin Pumera, Czech Top Scientist. See an interview on Czech TV Channel 1.
Michaela Fojtů received Siemens award
Michaela Fojtů, researcher at our center, received Siemens award for the best PhD thesis. PhD was done in Masařík Lab at MUNI, with half a year stay at NTU Singapore in our lab.
Sustainable Energy and Mobility Workshop
Martin was organizer of a workshop „Sustainable Energy and Mobility“ between nanyang Technological University Singapore, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague and CEITEC Brno with presence of BMW, Cambridge University and Lancaster University took place on 18th and 19th February 2019.
Signing MOU between UCT Prague and NTU Singapore
Martin and Subodh signed a memorandum of understanding between NTU Singapore and UCT Prague in the presence of Czech PM Andrej Babiš and NTU Singapore president Prof. Subra on the future mobility and energy.
Interview in Svět Chytře
“Scientists were wrong and movies were right”, says Martin Pumera, Czech Top Scientist. See an interview in SvetChytre.cz on Nanorobots
Rector Science Award
Martin received UCT Prague rector science award for the contribution to the science and its promotion in historical Bethelem chappel in Prague
UP, UP, UP! Two team members got promotion
Nanorobots scientist Dr. Jiří Šturala received prestigious GACR Junior grant of ~300,000 EUR to start his own group. We will of course collaborate! Dr. Rui Gusmao received Czech version of Marie Curie mobility fellowship. Congrats!
Nanorobots
Martin gave TED style talk at Future Port Prague conference on 7.9.2018. Pictured is Martin in panel discussion @FuturePortPRG with Anita Sengupta (Senior Vice President) from Hyperloop-one @Doctor_Astro and Tadahiro Kawada (President), Kawada Technologies on synergies and challenges of the future technologies. Main message: Get your children involved, excite them about new technologies, they will be a force of the change!
New Member: Michelle Browne
New member of the center, Michelle Browne (from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, joins us for 2 year post-doc.
Project Nanorobots is among 10 best projects out of 7000 presented by Ministry of Education to Public
The Czech Republic received over 7000 projects from EU. 10 best were selected for public presentation, among them is our project Nanorobots.
Lorena received Marie Curie Fellowship to our group
Lorena starts on 1st of May 2018 with prestigious European fellowship in our group.
Hyde Park: Nanorobots on Czech TV in prime time
Martin talks for 1h at the national TV about Nanorobots and Science in general. Summary can be find here in printed form.
