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 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 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 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 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 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...
Jiří Friml awarded the FWF Wittgenstein Prize 202421. 6. 2024 Austria's most highly endowed research prizes have been awarded: On the recommendation of an international jury of experts, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has selected cell biologist Jiří Friml...
Soil fauna has the potential to fundamentally alter carbon storage in soil17. 6. 2024 The life strategies of a multitude of soil faunal taxa can strongly affect the formation of labile and stabilized organic matter in soil, with potential consequences for how soils are managed as...
Kateřina Sam awarded L´Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science 13. 6. 2024 In the 18th year of L'Oréal-UNESCO's prestigious For Women in Science programme, the jury was most impressed by three female experts focusing on physics and microbial and systems ecology. Among...
Advanced EM - 3D imaging11. 6. 2024 Invitation to a 1-3 day course for those who want to learn the principles of TEM and SEM and selected advanced techniques EM
