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On Wednesday 12 December 2018, the Dean awarded the top international students of the Second Faculty. Read the report and see pictures from the ceremony.

The second edition of our international course in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Education took place at the Second Faculty's Department of Paediatrics. Read what participants had to say about the programme.

On 10 and 11 December, the secound round of elections for representatives of the Second Faculty of Medicine in the Academic Senate took place. We bring the results.

A scientist from the Clinic of Pediatric Neurology of the Second Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University, and the Motol University Hospital, was awarded the Discovery Award for medical and pharmaceutical research...

Learn about the candidates who have accepted the candidacy and move to the second round of elections to the Academic Senate (10 and 11 December 2018).

The scientist from the Institute of Immunology, in collaboration with the Sotio Biotechnology Company, demonstrated that the presence of the protein calreticulin significantly influences the activation of the anti-tummor immune response and improves the prognosis of patients with lung carcinoma. She received the Česká Hlava in the Invention category.

The Freshers' Week is a tradition started not so long ago, it is to ease the transition of eager students into their medical studies. We bring the students' mini-reports and a photo gallery.

The White Coat Ceremony is the culmination of Freshers' Week – which, for our first-year foreign students, helps ease the transition to studying abroad. This year it took place on 27 September.

The Academic Senate of the Second Faculty of Medicine, at its meeting on 17 October 2018, announced elections to the Academic Senate for the term of office from February 2019 to January 2021.

Sunny Tsang is a student at the University of Hong Kong, in the summer of 2018 he spent his internship at the Second Faculty of Medicine and Motol University Hospital. He writes a reflection on his experience.

Rhea Saldanha, a fourth-year student of General Medicine, spent her summer internship in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She writes an essay and sends pictures.

Carolina Gomes and Leonor Raposo, fifth-year students of General Medicine, spent their practical internship at the University of Lisabon, Portugal. They write an essay and send pictures.

Entrance exams for our international students are timed slightly different than those for our Czech students. In the last few years, the exams have ended up being held on two dates in Prague and several international dates.

Marisa A. Nunes, a student of the fourth year at the Second Faculty of Medicine, became a winner of the Endocrinology section of one of the world's leading student congresses in (bio)medical sciences ISCOMS 2018 in Groningen, Holland. An interview.

Marisa A. Nunes, a student of the fourth year at the Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, became a winner of the Endocrinology section of one of the world's leading student congresses in (bio)medical sciences ISCOMS 2018 in Groningen, Holland.

On 19 May, the Second Faculty hosted the nationwide Albert Schweitzer Prize competition, organised by the French Embassy. Dr. Martina Pařízková from the Department of Neurology won second place.

Dr. Jitka Palich Fučíková (Department of Immunology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital) deals with the issue of immunogenic cell death and its role in the immunotherapeutic treatment of cancer. For her research, she won the prestigious award For Women in Science, awarded under the L'Oréal-UNESCO project, on June 4th.

CYTO 2018, the 33rd Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) and the largest scientific conference dedicated to cytometry, took place in the Prague Congress Centre, April 28 to May 2.

Prof. Eberhard Passarge, an author of the famous Color Atlas of Genetics, will have a speech at our Scientific Conference soon. The name of his lecture is The Concept of Disease in Human Genetics. What can we look forward to? Read the following interview. The lecture will be held on April 25, 10.40 am at Pelouchova Lecture Hall.