Olga Flegontova on board of research icebreaker Polarstern28. 2. 2019 Olga Flegontova, a molecular and evolutionary biologist from the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, is on board of the German research icebreaker Polarstern, which is just breaking...
Julius Lukes became officially fellow of the AAAS21. 2. 2019 Professor Julius Lukeš as the only Scientist from the Czech Republic has been eclected as 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). On February 16 he became...
We discovered 7 new viruses19. 2. 2019 Seven new virus species were discovered last year by scientists of the Institute of Plant Molecular Biology at Biological centre CAS. The viruses attack strawberry, cherries, black-current and red...
Paper of the Month in Parasitology25. 1. 2019 The publication Recent advances in trypanosomatid research: genome organization, expression, metabolism, taxonomy and evolution has been selected by the editors of Parasitology as their...
Newcomers play cryptic: The impacts of invasive species are often difficult to predict24. 1. 2019 New Zealand and other islands have experienced invasions of rats and other species, Europe has seen the arrival of diseases such as the crayfish plague: invasive species can put native animal and...
Niche-directed evolution modulates genome architecture in freshwater Planctomycetes23. 1. 2019 Large numbers of bacteria live in freshwater lakes and reservoirs. The microbial universe of these ecosystems is largely unexplored due to our current inability to grow these tiny lifeforms under...
Soil Fauna Can Support Both Litter Decomposition And Soil Organic Matter Accumulation22. 1. 2019 Soil is an amazing organ of the planet, all living creatures die one day and they become completely recycled for future uses. Only thanks to this constant recycling can our body can consist of the...
Policy-makers cannot afford to ignore soil sustainability18. 1. 2019 Soils play a key role in climate regulation, nutritious diets, agricultural livelihoods, and biodiversity. But soils have dropped down the EU policy agenda, despite their importance for society and...
Vojtěch Novotný a new member of Academia Europaea15. 1. 2019 Professor Vojtěch Novotný, Head of Department of Ecology, Biology Centre CAS, was elected a member of Academia Europea, the European non-governmental independent learned society. Professor Novotný...
Mediterranean freshwater fish species susceptible to climate change14. 1. 2019 Climate change will strongly affect many European freshwater fish species. This is particularly the case for species in the Mediterranean region, according to the latest findings of an...
