HOT NEWS

On the 16th Postgraduate Conference, held yesterday and today at the Faculty of Pharmacy, our colleague Lek (Pakanan Laolertworakul) presented the outcomes of her research in the section Pharmaceutical Analysis and Bioanalytical Methods. Her work focused on optimizing dried blood spot sample preparation for the determination of inflammatory biomarkers.

Lek's presentation was awarded 3rd place in the Prof. František Švec Award for Analytical Chemistry, a remarkable achievement. 

Congratulations to Lek on this outstanding success! 

04/02/26

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Pipettor Loan for Testing in Our Research Lab

To ensure the highest level of precision in our laboratory work, we are currently experimenting with a professional‑grade Pipettor from the company Watrex during an extended testing period. This hands‑on evaluation allows our team to assess the instrument's accuracy, ergonomics, and overall performance directly within our daily workflow.

By integrating the pipettor into real experiments, we can reliably determine how well it fits our protocols and whether it meets the demands of our research environment. Testing the equipment under real laboratory conditions provides valuable insights that technical specifications alone can never offer.

We appreciate Watrex's support in enabling this trial. Their attitude helps laboratories make informed, confident decisions when selecting essential tools for high‑quality scientific work.

06/01/2026  

Bioanalytical Research and Study Beyond Borders !!!

Members of our research team, Assoc. Prof. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D., and PharmDr. Kateřina Matoušová, Ph.D. together with academic representative of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University Prof. RNDr. Petr Solich, CSc, undertook an official visit to the Kingdom of Thailand, where their engagement represented a significant step in strengthening international collaboration and advancing the field of bioanalytical sciences through scholarly dialogue and institutional partnership.

The Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University (MUPY) hosted a special presentation entitled "Analytical and Bioanalytical Strategies for Clinical Research at Charles University", which was organized by the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the International Relations Unit, with support from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nantana Nuchtavorn and Dr. Chaweewan Suwanvecho.

The presentation was delivered by Prof. RNDr. Petr Solich, CSc and Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D. representing the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University and University Hospital Hradec Králové, the event highlighted international cooperation in advancing analytical and bioanalytical sciences.

The session underscored the shared commitment of Mahidol University and Charles University to innovation, methodological excellence, and strengthening global academic partnerships.

We are deeply pleased and honored to have a chance to establish new cooperation here in Thailand.

25/11/2025 

Photo: Mahidol University

At CHROMED TEAM, we take great pride in our work being featured on the cover of the scientific journal, Green Chemistry. 

Below you will find the journal cover and publication with a huge thanks to the author of the cover and the article, MSc. Chaweewan SUWANVECHO, an esteemed member of our research team.

The full article, titled " Dried urine spot as a stable, green, and practical microsampling tool in clinical practice for quantification of neopterin and creatinine " you can access here.

15/09/2025

Author of the cover: MSc. Chaweewan Suwanvecho

The Czech Health Research Council has submitted the result of the evaluation of the Final Reports of the projects of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic completed during 2024:

Among these is also the project solved by Pharmdr. Carazo Alejandro, Ph.D., where CHROMED team played significant role.

This project, numbered NU21J-02-00021, which was entitled "Differences in parameters of platelets aggregation and blood coagulation between healthy individuals and patients with metabolic diseases", received the following rating - EXCELLENT.

Congratulations to co-investigators RNDr. Javorská Lenka, Ph.D. and PharmDr. Matoušová Kateřina, Ph.D. and all, who were involved for high-quality research work.

We would like to kindly thank everyone involved.

Here is the official announcement: https://www.azvcr.cz/hodnoceni-zaverecnych-zprav-projektu-mz-cr-ukoncenych-v-roce-2024/

We would like to invite you to our small presentation in "Third edition of the Science Marathon" today. There are many workshops in Medical Faculty Teaching Centre, which is located in the area of University Hospital Hradec Králové. 

Come and experience the atmosphere of scientific lectures. You are welcome!

22/05/2025

Photo: Barbora Zoubková, University Hospital

Guess what's new with us ...

Still no idea ?

How about another remarkable publication in a D1-ranked peer-reviewed journal ?

Yes, our team participated in a research project and subsequently contributed to the writing of the article titled "Biological properties of vitamins of the B-complex, part 2 – vitamins B6 and B7 (biotin, vitamin H)", authored by Dias, P., Siatka, T., Voprsalova, M., Moravcova, M., Pourova, J., Privratska, N., Kujovska Krcmova, L., Javorska, L., and Mladenka, P. 

The article has now been accepted by the editor of the journal Nutrition Research Reviews.

We congratulate to all authors and co-authors for their outstanding work.

On behalf of  the CHROMED team to Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D., RNDr. Lenka Javorská, Ph.D., and Mgr. Nikola Přívratská, who contributed significantly to this excellent publication !

Thanks for another scientific challenge.

21/5/2025

Kicking off the ATEBIO project! This week, we participated in the first project meeting at the Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences. The session featured team introductions, research presentations, and an overview of upcoming tasks. We also explored the institute's methodologies and instrumentation. Looking forward to the journey ahead! 

21/2/2025 

Photo: Kateřina Matoušová, Chromed

It is our great pleasure to report that MSc. Chaweewan Suwanvecho has been awarded by the Faculty of Pharmacy, the prof. Švec Prize in Analytical Chemistry on the 15th Postgraduate conference, where she won the first prize for presentation of a lecture "Neopterin and creatinine analysis in dried urine spot".

29/1/2025

Photo 1 and 2: Filip Hátle, Photo 3: Faculty of Pharmacy

We are proud to announce that our project called "Development of a new miniaturized extraction technique using very small volumes of biological material for clinical research and practice" has been recommended by the Commission for Science and Research for supporting in the Internal Grant Competition 2025.

2/1/2025 

On behalf of the entire Chromed Research Group, we would like to wish you Merry Christmas in style, in which you will find moments of peace for your loved ones and walk in a pleasant atmosphere to the turn of 2024 and 2025. May you be healthy, happy and satisfied in the coming year !

13/12/2024

Photo: Dorota Turoňová, Chromed

The year 2024 is slowly coming to the end and the Chromed group organized a Christmas party for its members or former members, where we gathered in a very friendly spirit and evaluated our successes and failures, while sharing mainly happy stories of this year.

11/12/2024

Photo: unknown waitress of Inflagranti restaurant

Today was a day to celebrate a huge success!

Congratulations to our colleague Tyna on achieving her PhD degree under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D.

We are so proud of you, Dr. Kristýna Mrštná! 

It was a lovely moment to attend your graduation and celebrate this milestone with you.

21/11/2024

Photo: Andrej Kováčik

We would like to welcome a new face to our research team, a PhD student of the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, MSc. Pakanan Laolertworakul, who continues her undergraduate studies at Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand, where she successfully completed her efforts at the Faculty of Graduate School and she defended her diploma thesis entitled: "Development and application of magnetic nanoparticles for determination of tetracyclines" and achieved the degree MSc. 

Welcome "Lek" and we wish you success and satisfaction during your stay in the Czech Republic!

15/11/2024

A long-awaited package from Shimadzu has arrived! We're gearing up for the mass spectrometer installation, and we couldn't be more excited to get started. Big things are on the way for our lab!

08/11/2024

Photo: Dorota Turoňová, Chromed

PharmDr. Kristýna Mrštná has achieved a significant academic milestone by successfully defending her dissertation and earning the prestigious title of Ph.D. This accomplishment was made under the expert guidance of Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D. and Assoc. Prof. PharmDr. Ludmila Matysová, Ph.D., whose mentorship played a crucial role in shaping her research and academic journey. 

The Ph.D. signifies deep expertise in a chosen field and demonstrates the ability to conduct independent research and contribute new knowledge to the scientific community. For PharmDr. Mrštná, this achievement not only recognizes her research, but also opens doors to further academic or scientific careers at a higher level, whether in academia, research institutions, or the pharmaceutical industry.

The defense of the dissertation is a pivotal moment in any Ph.D. journey. The dissertation is the culmination of years of intense work, combining both theoretical research and practical experiments. The candidate must prove that their work offers an original contribution to their field and successfully defend it before a panel of experts.

Earning a Ph.D. is not only a personal triumph, but also an opportunity to push the boundaries of science further. 

We congratulate PharmDr. Kristýna Mrštná, Ph.D. on this remarkable accomplishment and wish her continued success in her scientific and professional career.

04/09/2024

Photos: Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Nikola Přívratská, Chromed

We would like to share with you another amazing result of the work of our colleague - postgraduate student MSc. Chaweewan Suwanvecho.

She is the first author of the article "Centrifugal-assisted sample preparation techniques: Innovations and applications in bioanalysis", which was published a few days ago in the prestigious journal Trac-trends in Analytical Chemistry (authors: MSc. Chaweewan Suwanvecho, Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D., prof. Ing. František Švec, Dr.Sc.).

MSc. Suwanvecho discusses, among other things, the advantages, limitations and applications of centrifugation techniques and opens theme how centrifugation with miniaturized techniques improves sample preparation performance.

On behalf of our entire team, congratulations on a valuable result, Petch you are a genius!

The publication can be found at this link: here

14/08/24

The Czech Health Research Council has submitted the result of the evaluation of the Final Reports of the projects of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic completed during 2023:

Among these is the project solved by doc. RNDr. Kujovská Krčmová Lenka, Ph.D.

This project, numbered NU22-A-108, which was entitled "Determination of potential prognostic laboratory markers in patients with COVID-19", received the following rating - EXCELLENT.

Congratulations to doc. RNDr. Kujovská Krčmová Lenka, Ph.D. and her team for high-quality research work.

We would like to kindly  thank everyone involved.

Here is the official announcement: https://www.azvcr.cz/hodnoceni-zaverecnych-zprav-projektu-mz-cr-ukoncenych-v-roce-2023/

01/08/24

Thanks to all, who cooperated with us and worked on this project.

18/07/24

OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME JOHANNES AMOS COMENIUS (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports):

In the end of 2023, the CHROMED group was invited to be a part of the project "Advanced techniques for biomedical diagnostics" (ATEBIO) - leading party Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the CAS, main partner Faculty of Pharmacy Charles University, Analytical Chemistry Group and 3 other research non-academic partners including CHROMED group.

Recently we have received an amazing news - 18 applications from the Call Intersectoral Cooperation, which successfully passed all phases of evaluation, received the very high number of points (within the project selection group or overall) and are recommended for funding.

Project ATEBIO - No. CZ.02.01.01/00/23_020/0008535 was evaluated by 177 points (from 186 max.) - which is 3-5th place out of all 82 applications.

There has not been other project in the history of University Hospital and Faculty of Pharmacy collaboration, which was so highly rated and so highly ranked!

The ATEBIO project has taken the 1st place in Group 3 (Chemistry, Physics, Earth, Atmospheric and life sciences, Environment). 

We are now waiting for the official law approvement and look forward to interesting and engaging cooperation.

Operational programme Johannes Amos Comenius is a multiannual thematic programme in the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, under which financial resources from the EU Structural Funds can be used. 

More details about "Intersectoral cooperation" and about the whole "Operational programme Johannes Amos Comenius" is available in the link bellow:

https://opjak.cz/vyzvy/vyzva-c-02_23_020-mezisektorova-spoluprace/#zapisy

Official report:

https://opjak.cz/aktuality/mezisektorova-spoluprace-18-projektu-za-temer-18-miliardy-korun/

Results:

https://opjak.cz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Prehled-dle-skupin-oboru.pdf

11/07/24

Another great news!

We would like to express our gratitude to the Pharmaco-Toxicological Analysis group (PTA Lab) in University of Bologna for the opportunity to be part of a research team working on an innovative method that allows, among other benefits, the accurate determination of cocaine and its major metabolites, and our efforts have recently been published in the Microchemical Journal in an article entitled "Next generation microsampling towards sustainable forensic analysis: volumetric DBS for cocaine and metabolites".

Thank you, Assoc. Prof. Laura Mercolini, for the chance to cooperate in this field.

Congratulations to RNDr. Turoňová Dorota, Ph.D. and Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Kujovská Krčmová Lenka, Ph.D.

For those who are interested in the article, just click on this link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X2401049X

Here is also possible to find out more about the Pharmaco-Toxicological group from University of Bologna: https://fabit.unibo.it/en/research/research-groups/research-group-of-pharmaco-toxicological-analysis-pta-lab-coordinator-mercolini

19/06/24

We would like to share with you the success of the publication of a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis that focuses on the tocopherol and retinol content of stored human milk. 

On behalf of the whole team, we would like to congratulate especially the first author, PharmDr. Kristýna Mrštná. 

The article has been republished under the title: "α-Tocopherol and retinol content in Holder pasteurized versus high-pressure processed human milk during 6 months of storage".

Here is the link, where the article is available:   found:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889157524004551

 13/06/24

You can find our small presentation in "Science Marathon" today.  There are many workshops in Medical Faculty Teaching Centre, which is located in the area of University Hospital Hradec Králové. Come and experience the atmosphere of scientific lectures. You are welcome!

16/05/2024

We would like to invite you to the "Science Marathon". which is going to take a place on 16th of May 2024 in Medical Faculty Teaching Centre in Hradec Králové. You can look forward to many workshops and inspiring lectures. Our team will also have a small presentation. Details are available here or by clicking on the banner.

Charles University Grant Agency has announced accepted and supported GAUK projects for the year 2024. We appreciate that the theme "Advanced and alternative approaches to vitamin K analysis in clinical practice using dry blood drops" compiled by Mgr. Nikola Přívratská has been among the projects that deserved confidence and financial assistance.

Congratulations to Mgr. Nikola Přívratská for choosing an interesting topic that sparked the concern of Grant Agency.

20/03/2024

Our latest publication in a scientific journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine with the best impact factor so far this year is now online available. The first author is Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D. and the publication is titled: Evaluation of inflammatory biomarkers and vitamins in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and post-COVID syndrome. 

Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D. and her whole team, which was working on this publication for a successful result focused on such a debated topic. For reading this article click: here

21/02/2024

Our research group was briefly introduced in the journal of the medical faculty SCAN, where in the issue 4/2023 a look into the past is published, i.e. what preceded the creation of Chromed, what we are currently dealing with, i.e. the present, and also the vision we would like to realize. To read it in original website click: here

02.01.2024

Our diligent efforts have once more resulted in a publication, now in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, where PharmDr. Kristýna Mrštná contributes as a co-author to an article titled "Comparison of the liquisolid technique and co-milling for loading of a poorly soluble drug in inorganic porous excipients." This insightful piece investigates innovative methods for incorporating a poorly soluble drug into inorganic porous excipients. As with our previous work, this publication is already in press and accessible online via this link: here

12/12/2023

Once again, our hard work has been rewarded by publication in Journal of Chromatography A, where PharmDr. Kristýna Mrštná is the first author of article entitled Analysis of vitamin K1 and major K2 variants in rat/human serum and lipoprotein fractions by a rapid, simple, and sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS method.  The publication is already in press and available online in this link: here 

LET´S WRITE ANOTHER ONE !!!

30/11/2023

Today was a great day for Mgr. Dorota Turoňová, who was officially awarded by the title Ph.D. in the academic field. She achieved it under the supervising of  Assoc. Prof. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D. 

There is visible pleasure and satisfaction on both.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

23/11/2023

Photo: Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Chromed

This year is quite remarkable for our team, because there is other great report, when Mgr. Dorota Turoňová, Ph.D. placed on the second position in the poster presentation out of 165 posters exposed in Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days (AACD 2023) in Turkey in Istanbul. She focused on Covid-19 in the poster presentation, in similar way like her two colleagues.

ENJOY IT !!!

22/10/2023

Photos: Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Kristýna Mrštná, Chromed

We are visible on the international scene as well, because Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Ph.D. was priced by the committee of IMA 2023 for the BEST POSTER PRESENTATION on the 13th International Conference on Instrumental Methods of Analysis: Modern Trends and Applications in Greece, where she presented a poster with theme "Microsampling and modern sample preparation technigues in bioanalysis for clinical research". You can see her poster in the section POSTERS of course.

WE APPRECIATE HER SUCCESS !!!

20/09/2023  

Photos: Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Chromed

Mgr. Dorota Turoňová, under the leading of Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, PhD., faced twelve member commission during the defense of her doctoral thesis and after hard research work and studying has successfully achieved Ph.D.

By the way we are proud of one more success, which is passing of the state doctoral exam by our another member PharmDr. Kristýna Mrštná.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

14/09/2023

Photos: Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Chromed

SHIMADZU supports science, in this case by donating of the triple quadrupole to our team for which we are extremely grateful. You can read the whole article directly on webpages of LabRulez or simply visit following link: LABRULEZ ARTICLE CHROMED

Photo: Filip Hátle, Chromed

Our work has been briefly presented in Czech Radio on July 29th. If you want to visit official website of Czech Radio and listen to it, click here. 

Photos: Ondřej Vaňura, Český Rozhlas

We are sharing with you a fantastic success, which is THE FIRST PLACE of our colleague MSc. Chaweewan SUWANVECHO on the 51st International Symposium of High Performance Liquid Phase Separation and Related Techniques in Düsseldorf. She was announced as a GOLD WINNER and awarded in scientific competition for the best video, where scientists show the impact of their research on our society. We are proud of her!

Photos: HPLC 2023 and Mgr. Dorota Turoňová, Chromed

HERE IS THE WINNING VIDEO, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

We as a CHROMED TEAM are proud of being on the front page of a prestigious scientific journal, which ANALYTICAL METHODS is. Bellow you have just a cover and abstract (aknowledgement to author of picture - MSc. Chaweewan SUWANVECHO, the member of our research group), for the whole article "Analysis of terbinafine in PLGA-based drug delivery systems by a fast and sensitive UHPLC-DAD method" where the author is PharmDr. Kristýna MRŠTNÁ visit here.

Our effort to create a journal front page ultimately failed unfortunately, but we can be proud that Professor Dr.  Aydogan C. from Bingol University in Turkey exposed the version, which we created, in his laboratory. There is the publication related with this cover: Aydogan, C., Rigano, F., Kujovska Krcmova, L., CHung, D. S., Macka, M., Mondello, L., Miniaturized LC in Molecular Omics, Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92(17), 11485-11497, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01436.

Photo: Prof. Dr. Aydogan, Bingol University, Turkey