Inaugural meeting of the Czech Society for Stable Isotopes4. 9. 2020 Save the Dates: Nov 11-13th, 2020. The inaugural ČSSI 2020 workshop aims (i) to develop communication between stable isotope researchers [in the natural sciences] from Czechia and surrounding...
Fish stock discrimination using image analysis18. 8. 2020 Fish stocking is one of the most widespread and frequent management strategies in freshwater systems. However, the contribution of stocked fish to the population is seldom investigated, and hence...
Endangered common tern seabird nesting in South Bohemia22. 7. 2020 The common tern endangered bird has nested on the Lipno artificial lake, being attracted by experimental floating islands that scientists placed on the reservoir in 2017 to increase the species...
Photoparasitic algal ancestry of apicomplexan parasites17. 7. 2020 If we want to find the Achilles heel of parasites, we sometimes have to delve deep into their evolutionary history. Evolutionary biologist Miroslav Oborník from the Biological Center of the Czech...
A new Lyme vaccine is 100% effective in tests27. 5. 2020 Researchers from the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Science say that a vaccine against Lyme disease has shown 100% effectiveness in tests. The results were published at the beginning of May...
We have increased our testing capacity by 50 percent11. 5. 2020 On Monday, May 11th, the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences has opened a new laboratory adapted for testing clinical samples for coronavirus. The current testing capacity of the...
Marine waste management: recycling efficiency by marine microbes8. 5. 2020 It was only relatively recently that tiny, single-celled thaumarchaea were discovered to exist and thrive in the pelagic ocean, where their population size of roughly 10^28 (10 billion quintillion)...
Cured from coronavirus, ready to help15. 4. 2020 Molecular parasitologist Zdeněk Paris successfully cured from Covid-19. He returns to work to help colleagues with testing the clinical samples on this disease.
What can the online world teach us about the natural world?10. 4. 2020 In today’s world, an increasing amount of our interactions with one another - as well as interactions with our environment - centres around the digital realm. These may be our posts on social...
Invasive species with charisma have it easier8. 4. 2020 It's the outside that counts: Their charisma has an impact on the introduction and image of alien species and can even hinder their control. An international research team, led by the Biology...