The Chairman of The Czech Academy of Sciences prof. Jiří Drahoš awarded Prices Academy of Sciences for outstanding achievement of great scientific importance on 24 September..  Prize of Chairman of CAS for promotion and popularization of research, experimental development and innovation gained prof. RNDr. Helena Illnerová, DrSc. She is an employee of the Institute of Physiology more than 50 years. She works in the Department of neurohumoral regulation, which led it till 1999. Prof. Illnerová is a world-renowned expert on the biological clock of mammals, including humans (control and molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms and seasonal rhythms and their synchronization). According to her it is a "fantastic theme" which is very well popularized.