Significant award of CAS, Otto Wichterle prize 2016, granted the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences prof. Jiří Drahoš twenty-one young scientists who have successfully fulfilled an extremely important scientific task on Monday, May 30, 2016 in Villa Lanna. The award is determined by a top holders of academic degrees, who in the calendar year of the draft did not exceed the age of 35 years. Among the winners were two scientists from the Institute of Physiology:: Mgr. Michal Behuliak, Ph.D. and RNDr. Katarína Smolková, Ph.D.