2026 – The final state exams

Bc. Şeniz Karsli Last but not least! Şeniz Karsli just defended her bachelor’s thesis: “Preparation and characterization of hydrogel carriers for immobilization and cultivation of bacteria” and passed the final state exams. Congratulations to Bc. Şeniz from all members of LBE! Bc. Alex Vrabec Ing. Romana Hupková Velká gratulace od celé laborky naší Romče a…

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Faculty of Chemical Engineering Medal for Viola Tokárová

The Faculty of Chemical Engineering held a ceremonial presentation of the Faculty Medals to three outstanding individuals who have contributed to the development of the faculty. The Dean, Prof. Michal Přibyl, personally presented the medals for outstanding achievements in teaching, research, and organizational work to doc. Ing. Viola Tokárová, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Miroslav Šoóš, Ph.D., and Hana Svobodová, respectively.

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52nd International Conference of SSCHE

Lectures   Nováková Nina Spray-dried bioactive microparticles for antimicrobial applications Nguyen Viet Tomáš Integration of microstructured surfaces into microfluidics for dynamic biofilm research   Posters   Dvořák Vojtěch – Student poster award Spray-dried allicin/-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes for antimicrobial applications Bukač Lukáš Structured Hydrogel Reactors for Continuous Enzymatic Production of Allicin Hanžl Tomáš Fabrication of PDMS…

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OP JAK PhD conference

Nina and Tomáš participated in the OP JAK (project “Talking microbes”) PhD conference. Talks: Nina Nováková – Engineering bioactive compound delivery via inclusion complexation Viet Tomáš Nguyen – Developing Microfluidic Systems with Integrated Microstructured Surfaces for Biofilm Dynamics

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COST – INFORmat

Intelligent Soft Materials via Chemical Feedback Control at Materials Interfaces A new COST Actions collaboration project was approved! The Biomimetic Engineering Lab will be part of the INFORmat (Intelligent Soft Materials via Chemical Feedback Control at Materials Interfaces) network, with Dr. Michael M. Lerch (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) as the main proposer. We are looking forward to new…

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RoboSoft 2026

9th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics RoboSoft 2026 Kanazawa April 7-11, 2026 Poster: Cell Mechanostimulation Using Phototermal Microactuators Prepared by Stop-Flow Lithography Alina Mamedova1, Jakub Zlatník1, Mario Rothbauer2 , Johannes Heidenberger2, Ivan Řehoř1, Viola Tokárová1* 1University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Department of Chemical Engineering, Czech Republic 2Medical University of Vienna, Department of Orthopedics…

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Hot off the press!

New article in IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience Synthesis of Biodegradable Cell-laden Microgels Assembly by Stop-Flow Lithography Jakub Zlatník, Eliška Pazderková, Alina Mamedova, Jindřich Kropáček, Mario Rothbauer*, Zdeněk Slouka, Ondřej Kašpar, Viola Tokárová, Ivan Řehoř Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague, 166 28, Czech Republic *Department of Orthopedics and…

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Visit from Simon Fraser University

We had a wonderful time hosting Assistant Professors Mohammadreza Karamad and Sami Khan at UCT Prague. Thank you so much for the engaging talks and meaningful discussions! We’re excited about the future collaborations between Canada and the Czech Republic, and we can’t wait to see what we can achieve together!   S. Khan, M. Karamad,…

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SVK 2025

Many thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Student Scientific Conference 2025 and to Tomáš and Nina for their supervision! Alex Vrabec – Příprava a charakterizace teplotně-responsivních mikrorobotů pro studium mechanostimulace Bc. Filip Kříž – Vývoj mikrofluidní platformy pro studium bakteriálního biofilmu  Bc. Romana Hupková – Design and development of microfluidic devices for tuberculosis…

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IDCAC 2025

We are pleased to announce that Nina Nováková served as Chairman and Proceedings editor for the organization of The Second International Doctoral Conference on Advances in Chemistry (Nov 7 – 8, 2025). Nina also presented her current research – Garlic-Derived Allicin in Biofilm Disruption: Comparative Delivery Approaches (page 37 in Book of Abstract).   More…

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