Michal Kolář
@mhko.bsky.social
Biophysicist based in Prague, CZE. Interested in ribosomes, conformational disorder, and computation. Volunteer in @czexpats.bsky.social, Editorial Board Member of @commsbio.nature.com. Likes traveling by train, dislikes tomatoes.
https://kolar.vscht.cz
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Michal Kolář
@mhko.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Sensitivity of peptide conformational dynamics in carbon nanotubes to directional mechanical forces
In living organisms, proteins and peptides are often under the influence of mechanical forces, especially in confined spaces such as membrane channels, the ribosome exit tunnel, or the proteasome gate...
pubs.rsc.org
New publication about peptide transport through confined space with some implications for MD simulations of nascent polypeptides in the ribosomal exit tunnel.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Reposted by Michal Kolář
🧬Submissions are still open for our DNA repair and human disease Collection, a cross-journal Collection, highlighting new research and methodological advances.
www.nature.com/collections/...
⚠️ Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026
www.nature.com/collections/...
⚠️ Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026
DNA repair and human disease
This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports welcomes submissions on the mechanisms of DNA ...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🧬Submissions are still open for our DNA repair and human disease Collection, a cross-journal Collection, highlighting new research and methodological advances.
www.nature.com/collections/...
⚠️ Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026
www.nature.com/collections/...
⚠️ Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026
Reposted by Michal Kolář
💡Since November 2025, @springernature.com has introduced "Articles in Press", an initiative giving authors earlier visibility without compromising the quality or integrity of the final publication. ⌛Faster access to accepted research! For more information:
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December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
💡Since November 2025, @springernature.com has introduced "Articles in Press", an initiative giving authors earlier visibility without compromising the quality or integrity of the final publication. ⌛Faster access to accepted research! For more information:
support.springernature.com/en/support/s...
support.springernature.com/en/support/s...
Some thoughts on the chronic underfunding of the Czech Science Foundation. Much of this problem stems from the recent Ministry of Education’s sloppy implementation of funding for non-teaching staff at grammar schools.
gacr.cz/informace-o-...
gacr.cz/informace-o-...
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Some thoughts on the chronic underfunding of the Czech Science Foundation. Much of this problem stems from the recent Ministry of Education’s sloppy implementation of funding for non-teaching staff at grammar schools.
gacr.cz/informace-o-...
gacr.cz/informace-o-...
Some facts about the Standard GACR grants awarded this year (in parentheses last year values):
- grants funded: 336 (410)
- budget: 3.0B CZK (3.4B)
- women PI proportion: 25.6% (21.2%)
- proportion of grants in social and humanities: 25.6% (27.3%)
- grants funded: 336 (410)
- budget: 3.0B CZK (3.4B)
- women PI proportion: 25.6% (21.2%)
- proportion of grants in social and humanities: 25.6% (27.3%)
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Some facts about the Standard GACR grants awarded this year (in parentheses last year values):
- grants funded: 336 (410)
- budget: 3.0B CZK (3.4B)
- women PI proportion: 25.6% (21.2%)
- proportion of grants in social and humanities: 25.6% (27.3%)
- grants funded: 336 (410)
- budget: 3.0B CZK (3.4B)
- women PI proportion: 25.6% (21.2%)
- proportion of grants in social and humanities: 25.6% (27.3%)
New publication about peptide transport through confined space with some implications for MD simulations of nascent polypeptides in the ribosomal exit tunnel.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Sensitivity of peptide conformational dynamics in carbon nanotubes to directional mechanical forces
In living organisms, proteins and peptides are often under the influence of mechanical forces, especially in confined spaces such as membrane channels, the ribosome exit tunnel, or the proteasome gate...
pubs.rsc.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New publication about peptide transport through confined space with some implications for MD simulations of nascent polypeptides in the ribosomal exit tunnel.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
The 14% success rate the main Czech funding scheme for fundamental research is simply a disaster.
gacr.cz/en/next-year...
gacr.cz/en/next-year...
Next Year, Czech Science Foundation to Fund 400+ New Projects Worth over CZK 3.7 Billion (€153 Million) - The Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
The Czech Science Foundation (GACR), as the most important provider of funding for basic research projects in the Czech Republic, will begin funding over
gacr.cz
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The 14% success rate the main Czech funding scheme for fundamental research is simply a disaster.
gacr.cz/en/next-year...
gacr.cz/en/next-year...
Reposted by Michal Kolář
Excited to share a fantastic set of sessions coming up at the MDDB Conference:
Day 1: Large-scale MD simulations
Day 2: MD kinetics and free energy / Industrial applications of MD
Day 3: Innovative applications of MD to biological systems
Explore more and register at ➡️ mddbr.eu/conference/
#MDDB
Day 1: Large-scale MD simulations
Day 2: MD kinetics and free energy / Industrial applications of MD
Day 3: Innovative applications of MD to biological systems
Explore more and register at ➡️ mddbr.eu/conference/
#MDDB
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Excited to share a fantastic set of sessions coming up at the MDDB Conference:
Day 1: Large-scale MD simulations
Day 2: MD kinetics and free energy / Industrial applications of MD
Day 3: Innovative applications of MD to biological systems
Explore more and register at ➡️ mddbr.eu/conference/
#MDDB
Day 1: Large-scale MD simulations
Day 2: MD kinetics and free energy / Industrial applications of MD
Day 3: Innovative applications of MD to biological systems
Explore more and register at ➡️ mddbr.eu/conference/
#MDDB
Happy to take part in the workshop. Lots of inspiring discussions. The take-home message: there are many interesting research problems, but only some are truly important.
Greetings from Prague!
The HFSP Masterclass is in full swing 🇨🇿 — welcoming early career researchers from Central Europe to explore HFSP funding, frontier science, and international collaboration.
#HFSPmasterclass #HFSP #GlobalScience #ScienceWithoutBorders
🧪 #sts
The HFSP Masterclass is in full swing 🇨🇿 — welcoming early career researchers from Central Europe to explore HFSP funding, frontier science, and international collaboration.
#HFSPmasterclass #HFSP #GlobalScience #ScienceWithoutBorders
🧪 #sts
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Happy to take part in the workshop. Lots of inspiring discussions. The take-home message: there are many interesting research problems, but only some are truly important.
Day 1 of the winter semester. Good luck to all of us @vschtpraha.bsky.social.
September 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Day 1 of the winter semester. Good luck to all of us @vschtpraha.bsky.social.
September 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
September 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hiking time with Hlouchova lab during our GACR project retreat in Jachymov. A lot of discussions on protein-RNA interactions under probiotic conditions🦠
July 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Hiking time with Hlouchova lab during our GACR project retreat in Jachymov. A lot of discussions on protein-RNA interactions under probiotic conditions🦠
Reposted by Michal Kolář
🥇 Václav Verner (PORG) won 2nd place in the world
🥈 Matěj Pěnička (Gymnázium Nad Alejí)
🥈 Ondřej Michal (Gymnázium Botičská)
🥉 Adam Horák (Gymnázium Hranice)
🥈 Matěj Pěnička (Gymnázium Nad Alejí)
🥈 Ondřej Michal (Gymnázium Botičská)
🥉 Adam Horák (Gymnázium Hranice)
July 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🥇 Václav Verner (PORG) won 2nd place in the world
🥈 Matěj Pěnička (Gymnázium Nad Alejí)
🥈 Ondřej Michal (Gymnázium Botičská)
🥉 Adam Horák (Gymnázium Hranice)
🥈 Matěj Pěnička (Gymnázium Nad Alejí)
🥈 Ondřej Michal (Gymnázium Botičská)
🥉 Adam Horák (Gymnázium Hranice)
Reposted by Michal Kolář
🗣️ We are pleased to announce that our 2024 Annual Report is out and for the first time in English! ➡️ czexpats.org/en/about-us/...
Annual reports - Czexpats in Science
Annual report 2024 2024 was a year of significant milestones for Czexpats in Science. We greatly expanded our community-building activities, including our largest Christmas Conference and six internat...
czexpats.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🗣️ We are pleased to announce that our 2024 Annual Report is out and for the first time in English! ➡️ czexpats.org/en/about-us/...
New publication out on the evolution of protein-RNA interactions. Put together with Klára Hlouchová (@sciencecharles.bsky.social) during a lovely Czech spring.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New publication out on the evolution of protein-RNA interactions. Put together with Klára Hlouchová (@sciencecharles.bsky.social) during a lovely Czech spring.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Poster is up and I've tried hard to match my t-shirt with the poster title. We're in the front hall, No. 24. Visit us, there's more air than around the posters in the side hall🫠
#EBSA
#EBSA
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Poster is up and I've tried hard to match my t-shirt with the poster title. We're in the front hall, No. 24. Visit us, there's more air than around the posters in the side hall🫠
#EBSA
#EBSA
Heading to #EBSA in Roma and packing my poster to a luggage. Not a fan of poster tubes 🫣
Full text arxiv.org/abs/2503.21357
Full text arxiv.org/abs/2503.21357
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Heading to #EBSA in Roma and packing my poster to a luggage. Not a fan of poster tubes 🫣
Full text arxiv.org/abs/2503.21357
Full text arxiv.org/abs/2503.21357
For Czech readers: The Prague administration has once again shown its incompetence - this time by failing to manage basic demographic data. As a result, young students are paying the price when trying to get into high schools. www.eduin.cz/clanky/nafou...
May 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
For Czech readers: The Prague administration has once again shown its incompetence - this time by failing to manage basic demographic data. As a result, young students are paying the price when trying to get into high schools. www.eduin.cz/clanky/nafou...
Reposted by Michal Kolář
English-speaking colleagues welcome!
Summer’s around the corner, and if you're in the mood for a break from the lab or the office, pop by Cafe Prostoru on June 10 to grab a beer and have a chat 😎
If you’re planning to join us, let us please know via the link above 🙏
Summer’s around the corner, and if you're in the mood for a break from the lab or the office, pop by Cafe Prostoru on June 10 to grab a beer and have a chat 😎
If you’re planning to join us, let us please know via the link above 🙏
May 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
English-speaking colleagues welcome!
Summer’s around the corner, and if you're in the mood for a break from the lab or the office, pop by Cafe Prostoru on June 10 to grab a beer and have a chat 😎
If you’re planning to join us, let us please know via the link above 🙏
Summer’s around the corner, and if you're in the mood for a break from the lab or the office, pop by Cafe Prostoru on June 10 to grab a beer and have a chat 😎
If you’re planning to join us, let us please know via the link above 🙏
I'll be there😎
Léto už klepe na dveře a Czexpats pivo volá! 🍻 🌞
Máte chuť si dát pauzu od laboratoří, kanceláří a grantových přihlášek? Pak vás srdečně zveme na další neformální setkání naší skvělé komunity!
Přijďte si za námi 10. června do pražského Cafe Prostoru popovídat o vědě, životě a všem mezi tím 😎
Máte chuť si dát pauzu od laboratoří, kanceláří a grantových přihlášek? Pak vás srdečně zveme na další neformální setkání naší skvělé komunity!
Přijďte si za námi 10. června do pražského Cafe Prostoru popovídat o vědě, životě a všem mezi tím 😎
May 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'll be there😎
For Czech readers: Some of the brightest Czech minds who made it to the finals of the @czexpats.bsky.social Award have short research summaries featured in the latest issue of @vesmir.bsky.social
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/s...
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/s...
Ceny Czexpats in Science
vesmir.cz
May 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
For Czech readers: Some of the brightest Czech minds who made it to the finals of the @czexpats.bsky.social Award have short research summaries featured in the latest issue of @vesmir.bsky.social
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/s...
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/s...
Reposted by Michal Kolář
We are pleased to announce that the next speaker in the ProSE seminar series will be Dr. Klara Hlouchova with a talk on "Protein Structure Before LUCA"
May 13, 4PM CET
Registration link: tinyurl.com/prose-seminar4
Please share!
May 13, 4PM CET
Registration link: tinyurl.com/prose-seminar4
Please share!
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We are pleased to announce that the next speaker in the ProSE seminar series will be Dr. Klara Hlouchova with a talk on "Protein Structure Before LUCA"
May 13, 4PM CET
Registration link: tinyurl.com/prose-seminar4
Please share!
May 13, 4PM CET
Registration link: tinyurl.com/prose-seminar4
Please share!
Our research group studies #ribosomes. Our favorite region of interest is the ribosomal tunnel. We realized that it has been missing a Wikipedia page until now, so we decided to create one. Read, edit, enjoy👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosom...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosom...
April 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our research group studies #ribosomes. Our favorite region of interest is the ribosomal tunnel. We realized that it has been missing a Wikipedia page until now, so we decided to create one. Read, edit, enjoy👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosom...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosom...