An ambitious plan to sequence the genomes of all known species of euglenoids over the next decade has been launched today. The network of scientists behind the initiative believe it has the potential to drive breakthroughs ranging from new biofuels and sustainable foods to cancer medicines.
Department of Parasitology invites you to the seminars: Kateřina Vránková BSc. - Ekologie evolučních strategií parazitů: prevalence specializované a generalistické linie vši Polyplax serrata na myšicích r. Apodemus [in Czech] and Dr. Francisco B. Costa (State University of Maranhão, Brazil) - Research on ticks and tick borne diseases in Brazil [in English] The seminars will be...
A Nobel Prize Perspective on the Nature of Genes prof. Erling Norrby When Mendel’s rules for inheritance were rediscovered in 1900 new concepts like gene and mutation were proposed. However it took into the 1940s until it was understood that genes could be examined as biochemical entities. Developments were facilitated by use of phages infecting bacteria. The major...
This just started today and till the end of 2024, researchers in certain countries including the Czech Republic who are corresponding authors, will get the opportunity to publish Open Access articles for free in all EMBO journals. EMBO Programme Support for APCs – effective 1 November 2022: Until the end of 2024, researchers in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary,...
September 2022 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"
Department of Parasitology invites you to the seminar: " Trichinella infection in wild animals in the Czech Republic" (in Czech, slides in English) The seminar will be held at 13:15 on Thursday 27 October 2022 in Faculty of Science, building C, lecture room C2.
Institute of Parasitology invites you to the seminar "Regulation of nutrient-sensitive growth by the mTOR pathway". The seminar will be held at 13:00 on Monday 24 October 2022 in Faculty of Science, building C, lecture room C2 . David is a co-discoverer of mTOR, a key pathway in mammalian cells. He belongs to the most cited scientists (10,000 refs annually) with permanent...
From next year, eLife is eliminating accept/reject decisions after peer review, instead focusing on public reviews and assessments of preprints.
Department of Parasitology invites you to the seminar: Anna Šejnohová MSc. student): The intestinal protist Blastocystis sp. in non human primates and their caretakers in Czech zoos [in Czech, slides in English] Hynek Mazanec (PhD. student): Out of host, out of time secretion dynamics of extracellular vesicles in tapeworms [in English] The seminar will be held at 13:00 on Thursday...
