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Alga of the year 2025: newly discovered Draparnaldia erecta will help shed light on plant evolution

Alga of the year 2025: newly discovered Draparnaldia erecta will help shed light on plant evolution14. 1. 2025

Seven years ago, Lenka Caisova discovered a very peculiar organism that looked like a moss. However, genetic sequencing revealed that this organism was not moss, but a Chlorophyte green alga. She...

Our scientific image earns recognition in prestigious competition

Our scientific image earns recognition in prestigious competition13. 1. 2025

An image by Hana Sehadová, a scientist from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, has received an Honorable Mention in the Evident Image of the Year 2024 competition recognizing the...

Predict your future catches! We have developed software for simulation population dynamics of fish.

Predict your future catches! We have developed software for simulation population dynamics of fish.16. 12. 2024

Scientists from the Institute of Hydrobiology at the Biology Centre CAS have developed a new simulation software, FiDySim (Fish Dynamics Simulation). With this tool, users can model the dynamics of...

Elisabeth Hehenberger receives prestigious grant for research on the evolution of photosynthesis

Elisabeth Hehenberger receives prestigious grant for research on the evolution of photosynthesis3. 12. 2024

More than 1.5 billion years ago, a major evolutionary breakthrough occurred: a cell engulfed a bacterium, which subsequently transformed into a cellular organelle that allows light to be used for...

Czech scientists have discovered a new giant virus in Římov reservoir. It infects freshwater algae and has been named Budvirus

Czech scientists have discovered a new giant virus in Římov reservoir. It infects freshwater algae and has been named Budvirus20. 11. 2024

Scientists from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences found forty new freshwater viruses infecting aquatic microorganisms this year. The first one, which they isolated and described...

Professor Tim Flannery is visiting České Budějovice

Professor Tim Flannery is visiting České Budějovice6. 11. 2024

Professor Tim Flannery, a renowned scientist, climatologist and explorer, is coming to České Budějovice at the invitation of the Biology Centre of the CAS and the Faculty of Science of the USB. On...

Danny Haelewaters won the Lumina quaeruntur prize

Danny Haelewaters won the Lumina quaeruntur prize4. 11. 2024

Danny Haelewaters, a mycologist originally from Belgium, focuses on multitrophic symbiosis, which involves relationships at multiple levels of the food chain. In his group's biodiversity monitoring...

ProCleanLakes Project aims to tackle the challenges posed by the climate change in European lakes

ProCleanLakes Project aims to tackle the challenges posed by the climate change in European lakes29. 8. 2024

European Commission-funded project “ProCleanLakes - Integrated emerging approaches for joint protection and restoration of Natural Lakes in the spirit of European life heritage support” launched on...

The tick-borne encephalitis virus must mature to be infectious

The tick-borne encephalitis virus must mature to be infectious12. 8. 2024

Tick-borne encephalitis is a serious neurological disease caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus. An international team of scientists led by Pavel Plevka from CEITEC Masaryk University (MUNI)...

FERRO Project launches with ambitious goals to restore European lakes

FERRO Project launches with ambitious goals to restore European lakes27. 6. 2024

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new scientific project on freshwater lake restoration funded by the Horizon Europe. FERRO project attempts to address a major problem of European lakes...

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