Copper ecological risk assessment using DGT technique and PNEC: A case study in the Brazilian coast15. 2. 2022 Water bodies near shipyard areas are vulnerable to metals stress from antifouling paints (e.g., Cu). Thus, to improve routine monitoring programmes, was effectively evaluated a comprehensive...
Regulation of NADPH oxidases is conserved between plants and animals15. 2. 2022 In collaboration with USA, Japan, and Finland we carried out a detailed structural analysis of critical plant and animal enzymes – NADPH oxidases. We discovered far greater...
Dynamics of subcellular tRNA trafficking in parasitic protist Trypanosoma brucei is guided by tRNA modifications and has a key role in proteosynthesis9. 2. 2022 We elucidated the formation and function of queuosine-tRNA modification (Q) in protein synthesis in the parasitic protist T. brucei , a causative agent of human sleeping sickness. Using...
Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy3. 2. 2022 I nternational team contributed to elucidation of mysterious bald eagle deaths (USA), confirming that the birds have been killed by a cyanobacterial neurotoxin. Cyanobacteria grow on...
Monitoring of the post-mining lakes in the North Bohemia. New study focused on microorganisms and phosphorus.24. 1. 2022 Crystal-clear water and dense algal mats covering the lakebed – that is how the littoral zones of newly emerged post-mining lakes in the North Bohemia look like. Water quality and development of...
Microbial drama in four acts: How small waterbodies defy the storms and help the landscapes to overcome consequences24. 1. 2022 An international research team led by the Institute of Hydrobiology recorded and characterized the response of an entire pond plankton community to heavy rain events. This unique and very detailed...
Czech scientists helped to clarify the mysterious deaths of eagles in the United States24. 1. 2022 For more than 25 years, the American public in the southeastern United States has been plagued by the mysterious deaths of bald eagles dying of a neurological disease of unknown origin. A team of...
Monitoring of the post-mining lakes in the North Bohemia. New study focused on microorganisms and phosphorus.24. 1. 2022 Crystal-clear water and dense algal mats covering the lakebed – that is how the littoral zones of newly emerged post-mining lakes in the North Bohemia look like. Water quality and development of...
Biological Specimens in Electron Microscopes 20214. 10. 2021 On October 4 - 8, 2021 Laboratory of Electron Microscopy will organize in collaboration with Czechoslovak Microscopy Society and Czech Bio-Imaging a practical course Biological Specimens in...
Conference Microscopy 202113. 9. 2021 The annual conference of the Czechoslovak Microscopy Society "Microscopy 2021" is planned for the date 13.-15.9. 2021 in the premises of the Biology Centre of the CAS / the University of South...