President Pavel visits cancer research labs and ethnology institute

Czech President Petr Pavel visited leading research institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, touring cancer research laboratories and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Director Jan Konvalinka highlighted the institute’s global impact, including antiviral drugs developed from the work of Antonín Holý. Pavel later visited the Institute of Ethnology, where he saw archival materials such as photographs from a Roma concentration camp and testimonies of Sudeten Germans. Director Jiří Woitsch said the institute focuses on issues like social divisions, migration and disinformation.