Lukáš Vejřík awarded Zdeněk Veselovský Prize10. 12. 2018 Lukáš Vejřík became the winner of the Zdeněk Veselovský Prize for the best student publication in the field of ethology for 2018 for a study focused on the food behavior of catfish. The award is...
Julius Lukeš eclected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science29. 11. 2018 Professor Julius Lukeš as the only Czech Scientist has been eclected as 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — one of the most prestigious honors given to...
Hidden in plain sight-highly abundant and diverse planktonic freshwater Chloroflexi26. 11. 2018 Representatives of the phylum Chloroflexi, though reportedly highly abundant in the extensive deep water habitats of both marine (SAR202 up to 30% of total prokaryotes) and freshwater (CL500-11 up...
Libor Grubhoffer was awarded an honorary doctorate20. 11. 2018 The leading research and educational institution in Upper Austria, the Johannes Kepler University Linz, awarded proffessor Libor Grubhoffer, Director of the Biology Centre CAS, an Honorary...
A new study by parasitologists was chosen by the prestigious journal Current Biology as a featured article.13. 11. 2018 How an evolutionary conserved protein complex works in mitochondria, the powerhouses of eukaryotic cells, was published by researchers at Biology Center AS CR in the prestigious journal Current...
Establishment of the Lake Fish Telemetry Group, and the upcoming workshop in Ceske Budejovice26. 10. 2018 Where do fish reside during different parts of the day and seasons? What is the preferred habitat of different species, and how do fish interact in time and space? What are behavioural patterns and...
The next step to curative beer18. 10. 2018 The hop contains several compounds usable in medicine - some of them have also anti-cancerogenic activities. Their concentration in the hop (or a beer) is however very low. Scientist from Biology...
Vojtech Novotny was awarded Marsh Award for Insect Conservation17. 10. 2018 Professor Vojtěch Novotný was awarded the Marsh Award for Insect Conservation for his outstanding contribution to insect conservation on the basis of lifetime achievement.
Impact of herbivory and competition on lake ecosystem structure: underwater experimental manipulation13. 9. 2018 Two basic ecological relationships, herbivory and competition, distinctively influence terrestrial ecosystem characteristics, such as plant cover, species richness and species composition. It is...
Eliška Padyšáková awarded for the Outstanding Article published in Biotropica24. 8. 2018 Researcher Eliška Padyšáková, Institute of Entomology, BC CAS, was awarded "Peter Ashton Prize" for the Outstanding Paper in Biotropica by a Student: Padyšáková, E. and Janeček, Š. (2016),...