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Kate\u0159ina Ho\u0148kov\u00e1 is a molecular biologist at the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, where she studies how air pollution affects our genes. Her lifelong passion, however, is astronomy \u2013 particularly the professional observation of variable stars, which she pursues in her spare time at the Astronomical Institute in Ond\u0159ejov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2018, she has served as the chair of the Czech Astronomical Society\u2019s Section of Variable Stars and Exoplanets. Each year, she leads a student group at the Astronomical Expedition, guiding young astronomy and astrophysics enthusiasts in observation and image analysis. She enjoys active relaxation \u2013 cycling, yoga, mountain hiking, and windsurfing \u2013 and recharges best either swaying in a hammock with good music or driving her car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Molecular Biologist and Astronomy Advocate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6642,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"program-year":[119],"program-category":[372],"program-genre":[],"program-country":[],"class_list":["post-6872","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program-category-meltingpot-cz-en"],"yoast_head":"\nKate\u0159ina Ho\u0148kov\u00e1 - Colours of Ostrava<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/katerina-honkova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kate\u0159ina Ho\u0148kov\u00e1 - Colours of Ostrava\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Molecular Biologist and Astronomy Advocate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/katerina-honkova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colours of Ostrava\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-25T17:23:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3927-Katerina-Honkova-e1750494123722.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kate\u0159ina Ho\u0148kov\u00e1 - 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