Petráň Mojmír

Prof., MUDr., CSc.  
Born March 28, 1923 in Prague, † August 13, 2022 

• Physiology, biophysics, instrumental technology 
• Member of Learned Society since 2004 

Educational and professional preparation: 

• 1942, graduation, academic secondary school in Žižkov, Prague; 
• 1945-1950, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague; 
• 1950-1953, post-graduate student at the Biological Institute, later Physiological Institute, CSAS; 
• 1960, Associate Professor in medical physics at the Faculty of Medicine, CU, Pilsen; 
• 1990, appointed Professor of Biophysics. 

Employment and academic positions: 

• 1942-1945, technical clerk in Ostmarkwerke at Kbely in Prague; 
• 1949, auxiliary assistant at the Physiological Institute of FM CU in Prague; 
• 1950-1960, post-graduate student, later scientific worker, Biological Institute and Physiological Institute, CSAS; 
• 1964-1966, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven USA.; 
• 1960-1970, Head, Department of Medical Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, CU, Pilsen; 1970-1989, scientific worker there; 
• 1989-2002, pensioner; 2002-present, 30 percent part-time position, First FM CU, Prague 

Membership and positions in selected international organizations: 

• Czechoslovak Physiological Society 
• Czechoslovak Microscopy Society 
• Royal Microscopical Society Oxford, Honorary Fellow (1989) 
• Editorial Board of the Journal of Microscopy Oxford 

Notable awards: 

• 1946, Czechoslovak Military Medal for Merit, second class 
• 1969, Vienna Erfindermesse [Inventors’ Fair] Gold Medal (for exhibiting our Institute’s microscope with tandem canning) 
• 1987, Laufberger Medal of the Czechoslovak Physiological Society 
• 1989, Honorary membership of the Royal Microscopical Society (see above) and the medal “150 Years RMS” 
• 2004, Award of the Czechoslovak Microscopy Society 

Selected publications: 

• Bureš, M. Petráň, Zachar: Electrophysiological Methods in Biological Research (1960) (three English editions; also translated into Russian, Chinese and partly into Japanese) 
• M. Petráň, M. Hadravský, Egger, Galambos: Tandem-Scanning Reflected-Light
• Microscope. J. Optical Society of America 58, 661-664 (1968) 
• Petráň, Boyde, Hadravský: Direct View Confocal Microscopy. In: Confocal Microscopy (T. Wilson,. Ed.). Academic Press, London 1990, pp. 245-283 
• M. Petraň, M.Hadravsky: Method and Arrangement for Improving the Resolving Power and Contrast. US Patent No. 3, 517.980 June 30, 1970 (Czechoslovakia claimed priority of application Dec. 5, 1966) 
• M. Petráň: Vesmír 76, 616 (1976) and Vesmír 83 (3) M6, (2004) (in Czech on the microscope with tandem scanning) 
• Translated several books by Jiří Procházka, especially those in Latin and German, into Czech and Russian, and also co-edited works with several other authors; published by CSAS Publishing House, 1954, 1956, 1971, and Medgiz, Leningrad 1957

Memoirs: editing in progress.