Scientists developed genetic tools for research of marine protists. The international 100-member team was led by Czech parasitologists.6. 4. 2020 The overlooked marine single-celled protists, which have a major impact on life on the planet, has now received greater scientific attention. One hundred and thirteen scientists from 53...
Documentary: The Hunt for a Better Gut Bacteria in Central Africa30. 3. 2020 Dr. Klara Petrzelkova from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology and the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, participated in an expedition to Central Africa with the aim to understand the...
Lake Fish Telemetry Group: an international and multidisciplinary collaboration to push forward the field of fish ecology and behaviour5. 2. 2020 Lake Fish Telemetry Group (LFTG), an initiative that brings together research groups involved in lake fish telemetry in Europe to initiate joint multi-lake research activities using combined fish...
Unique centromeres discovered in the European dodder24. 1. 2020 Whenever the European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, is under scientific scrutiny, it usually is due to its non-functional chloroplasts and its concomitant parasitic lifestyle. Scientists from the Czech...
Open new position16. 1. 2020 Principal investigator at the Institute of Parasitology investigating single- or multicellular parasites and/or related organisms
Chinese Paddlefish confirmed as extinct6. 1. 2020 A new study by researchers from the China, Czech Republic and UK, concluded that the Chinese Paddlefish can now be confirmed as extinct. With its recorded length of up 7 m, the Chinese paddlefish...
Wishes to New Year in genetic code30. 12. 2019 We have already wished you in Czech and English language, however, we would like to add few words now also in genetic code as it is the field of our research, too.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year22. 12. 2019 Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences wishes you Merry Christmas and in the new year 2020 we wish you good health, happiness, success and a lot of inspiration in both professional and...
Phage-centric ecological interactions in aquatic ecosystems revealed through ultra-deep metagenomics9. 12. 2019 In aquatic microbial communities, the most abundant players, the viruses, remain unexplored. Some of them can infect and kill bacteria, those viruses are named bacteriophages or simply phages....
Video: 40 years of soil research2. 12. 2019 For 40 years (1979 - 2019), we have been engaged in soil research. The Institute of Soil Biology is part of the Biology Centre, one of the major institutions of the Czech Academy of Sciences . We...