News

4/2024

Congratulations on receiving the grant for your SOČ (Secondary school research project)

Miroslav Berka & Kateřina Procházková

Production of volatile compounds in plants: how plants communicate

Despite their sedentary lifestyle, plants can actively communicate not only with each other but also with the surrounding environment. One of the key ways they communicate is through the production and release of volatile compounds. These compounds can easily spread through the air and can affect the behavior of not only other plants but also microorganisms and animals. Current knowledge of the influence of the environment on released volatile compounds is quite limited. This work will aim to study the production of volatile compounds in selected plants. During the work, the student will learn various methods of collecting volatile compounds and their subsequent analysis using gas chromatography in combination with mass spectrometry. The student will then try to interpret the influence of external conditions on the measured volatile compound profiles and the role of the found compounds in plant communication.

https://sockari.cz/pro-skolitele/skolitele-a-temata

3/2024

12/2023

11/2023

Děkujeme všem letošním reprezentantům našeho ústavu na konferenci MendelNet a gratulujeme Kláře a Veronice k obsazení prvních míst!

7/2023

5/2023

May 2023

Congratulations, Dr. Markéta!

March 2023

We have a new internal grant, congratulations to Romča!

AF-IGA2023-IP-051 Rola HSP70 v reakcii na hormonálne stimuly v spojení s adaptáciou na extrémne teploty

December 2022

The CZ-DE mobility collaboration with prof. Kopriva has been granted by DAAD! 

„Plant hormone cytokinin and its role in the production of secondary metabolites“

We have a new internal grant, congratulations to Attila and Pavel!

AF-IGA2023-IP-060 Znalostmi řízené zlepšování biostimulantů na bázi mořských řas proti abiotickému stresu

• Congratulations to Jarda for completing his Ph.D.!! 

• We have a new CSF grant project: 23-07376S Modulation of temperature stress reaction by cytokinin signaling pathway in Arabidopsis (prof. Brzobohatý)! 

November 2022

Thanks to all our students representing the department at the annual MendelNET conference and congratulations to our winners!!!

Zuzka Plšková - 1st place - Plant Biology

Verča Berková - 2nd place - Agroecology and rural development

Romča Kopecká - 3rd place - Plant Biology

October 2022

Rector's award holder for the best PhD student of 2022 is Markéta Luklová, congratulations!!!!!!

September 2022

August 2022

New patent!

July 2022

We have a new project for international collaboration Stabilizing CROP yield under unfavourable conditions by molecular PRIM(E)ing, coordinated by Pavel Kerchev, congratulations!

Modern agriculture is expected to provide ever-increasing amounts of food and feed under uncertain climate scenarios and significant pressure from consumers and regulators for environmentally friendly solutions to combat abiotic and biotic stress associated yield losses. Biostimulants that can improve crop productivity in a sustainable way offer a plausible alternative to the heavily criticized synthetic agrochemicals. To achieve their full potential a science-based understanding of their beneficial effects and avenues for fine-tuning of their bioactivities are of utmost importance. The proposed project will bring together expertise in plant systems biology, chemical biology, as well as biostimulant preparation and characterization, to discover new and optimize existing biostimulants by tapping into innovative sources of natural compounds and integrative biology approaches for elucidating molecular mechanisms underlying stress priming. A global network of leading plant scientists in abiotic and biotic stress signaling from Europe, Africa, and South America, facilitated by an industrial partner specializing in biostimulants production and marketing, will channel their efforts to bring sustainable solutions for crop protection to the farmer. An extensive mobility program will facilitate optimal knowledge-sharing within the network, maximize the research outputs and ultimately lead to increasing the human capacity of the partners.

2/2022

Congratulations to Hana Dufková for completing her Ph.D.!!!!!

1/2022

12/2021

The internal grant agency recommended financial support for two projects of our PhDs, congratulations!

12/2021

The CSF will support Pavel Kerchev with a new grant project: Redoxní signalizace na chromatin během stresových reakcí v rostlinách

Congratulations!

11/2021

Congratulations to Romana for winning in the Plant Biology section of MendelNET 2021!

10/2021 

Molecular Physiology, Genetics and Biotechnology of Plants, a new Ph.D. study program coordinated by Prof. Brzobohatý has been approved. Congratulations!!!

9/2021

Miroslav Berka received Rektor's Award for the best Ph.D. student in 2021. Congratulations!!!

https://cenyrektora.mendelu.cz/

12/2019
Congratulations to Mirek for receiving the Ministry of Education Award!

21/11/2019 

7/11/2019 

Congratulations to Hanka and Romča on success in the MendelNET 2019 competition and many thanks to all our participants for representing the department.   

3/9/2019 

Congratulation to Hanka and Markéta for Company of Biologists travel award and CSEPB travel award, respectively.  

28/2/2019 

 PhD talent 1 & 2 party. 

1/2019 New Publications

 1/2019 New projects for our PhD students

• 12/2018 Congratulations to Hanka, Vlaďka and Markéta for obtaining new projects in the IGA 2018 competition!
  
  
  • AF-IGA2019-IP035Negativní efekty abiotického stresu na složení, vitalitu a stárnutí produkovaných semen
  • AF-IGA2019-IP067Mechanismus UV-B signalizace a jeho interakce s rostlinnými hormony cytokininy
  • AF-IGA2019-IP081Role peroxidu vodíku v regulaci interakcí světla a fytohormonu cytokininu

  12/2018 JCMM PhD talent stipendium for Markéta!!!

• Congratulations to Markéta Luklova for obtaining the Brno PhD talent stipendium!!!

 11/2018 MendelNET conference results

 12/2017 New projects for our PhD students

Hana Habánová and Vladěna Koukalová were successful in the IGA 2018 grant competition, congratulations!

 11/2017 MendelNET conference results

11/2016 JCMM PhD talent stipendium for Hanka!!!

Congratulations to Hana Habánová for obtaining the Brno Ph.D. talent stipendium!

11/2016 MendelNET conference results

We would like to thank all our students who represented the department in the MendelNET 2016 conference. Cheers to Páťa and Hanka for winning the section 'Plant Biology' and 'Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry', respectively. 

 11/2015 MendelNET conference results

Congratulations to Dušan Turek (1st place) and Jan Skalák (3rd place) for winning the MendelNET 2015 'best presentations'!

 11/2014 MendelNET conference results

• 9/2014 CEITEC evaluation of our group 
  
  Evaluace skupiny v projektu CEITEC, 2014
  
  
• 9/2014 Jan Skalák won the 12th Conference of Students of Experimental Plant Biology, congratulations! 

• 6/2014 
  The first place in the international competition for Tereza Pitrová & Jaroslav Pavlů