Sixty years ago: A Nobel Prize for Jaroslav Heyrovský

The merger of two polyploids is better than the sum of their parts

Plant evolutionary biologists from the Department of Botany (Roswitha Schmickl and Magdalena Bohutínská), together with collaborators from the United Kingdom (John Innes Centre and the Universities of Nottingham, Leicester and Cambridge), found an intriguing role of introgressive hybridisation in adaptation to whole genome duplication (WGD). Specific, bidirectional adaptive gene flow affected loci known to be essential for processes that are impacted by WGD: meiotic stability, endopolyploidy, and transcription. The paper was recently published in Nature Communications.

Published Dec 12, 2019

Prof. Petr Nachtigall has been awarded the Minister of Education Award for the Excellent Research

Minister of Education Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic Ing. Robert Plaga, Ph.D. has awarded Prof. Petr Nachtigall of Faculty of Science, Charles University, for “excellent research achievements in science focusing on the study of novel two-dimensional materials”. The award for year 2019 is based on the achievements obtained during last five years.

Published Dec 02, 2019

Springer-Verlag publishes second edition of BIOCEV researcher prof. Jan Tachezy's book

Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes will have new updates in its 2019 second edition.

Published Dec 12, 2019

Questionnaire for students from abroad at Faculty of Science

Are you a foreigner student at Charles University in Prague? Tell us something about your needs, and fill the form until December 15th, please.

Published Nov 27, 2019

Opening of electron microscopy laboratory as a part of Charles University Centre of Advanced Materials

Newly established Electron Microscopy Laboratory is now part of our Faculty. Laboratory is equipped with new JEOL JEM-NEOARM 200Ftransmission electron microscope.

Published Jan 16, 2019

Popular Science: Subglacial silicon as another player in global nutrient cycling

As recently published in Nature, methane released from subglacial meltwater is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. However, it is not only subglacial methane which is responsible for changes in greenhouse gas concentrations. The international team of scientists, in collaboration with three polar ecologists from the Department of Ecology, found that there is another important nutrient influencing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, fortunately by the utilization of carbon dioxide. The name of this player is Silicon.

Published Dec 09, 2019

Micobion seminary: Multiple roles of nutrient transceptors in regulation of cellular properties in yeast

Start date Dec 10, 2019

JOHAN THEVELEIN, Head, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, KU Leuven, Belgium Tuesday, December 10th 2019 at 3 p.m. Main Conference Hall, BIOCEV. All participants are cordially welcome!

Published Dec 05, 2019

Popular Science: How does vegetation influence water chemistry?

In the past, forest soils were intensively acidified. Since the 1990s, there has been a gradual decline in acid depositions. What was the change of element concentrations and fluxes and what is the current state in relation to different types of vegetation? A group of scientists, together with Michal Růžek from the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, compared the changes in an open area, the deciduous and coniferous forests of the Ore Mountains.

Published Dec 02, 2019