Department of Parasitology invites you to the seminars: "Evolutionary old fishes as secondary hosts of myxozoan parasites." - Martina Lisnerová (Ph.D. student), (in English) and "Polar capsule vs . nematocyst – functional characterization" - Jiří Kyslík (Ph.D. student), (in English) The seminars will be held at 13:00 on Thursday 3 December...
Invitation to the student seminars: "Analysis of genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Borrelia miyamotoi across Central and Eastern Europe using multilocus sequence typing" and "Phylogeny of coccidia of the genus Eimeria parasitizing Apodemus and arvicoline rodents in the area of the „contact zone“."
Invitation to the student seminars "Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiasis in farmed and wild geese" and "Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiasis in wild coypu."
Department of Parasitology invites you to the seminar: "On a lookout for bud: observations of biogenesis and release of extracellular vesicles of tapeworms. (in English)"
Kissing bugs (Triatominae) are blood-feeding insects best known as the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas’ disease. Considering the high epidemiological relevance of these vectors, their biology and bacterial symbiosis remains surprisingly understudied. While previous investigations revealed generally low individual complexity but high among-individual variability of...
Abstract Kinetoplastid flagellates are known for several unusual features, one of which is their complex mitochondrial genome, known as kinetoplast (k) DNA, composed of mutually catenated maxi- and minicircles. Trypanosoma lewisi is a member of the Stercorarian group of trypanosomes which is, based on human infections and experimental data, now considered a zoonotic pathogen....
Despite the benefits of phototrophy, many algae have lost photosynthesis and have converted back to heterotrophy. Parasitism is a heterotrophic strategy, with apicomplexans being among the most devastating parasites for humans. The presence of a nonphotosynthetic plastid in apicomplexan parasites suggests their phototrophic ancestry. The discovery of related phototrophic chromerids has unlocked...
Abstract: A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international, multidisciplinary project to assess the complexity of ocean life across comprehensive taxonomic and spatial scales. Using a modified sailing boat, the team sampled plankton at 210 globally distributed sites at depths...
