Transdisciplinary collaboration in architecture: Integrating microalgae biotechnologies for human and non-human perspectives

Article authors: Veronika Miškovičová, Jiří Masojídek In recent years, the architectural community has faced many ecological, geopolitical, and socioeconomic challenges. This paper delves into the potential of algal biotechnologies, with a specific focus on microorganisms, such as microalgae, for architectural and design applications. With the ability to offer a wide range of applications in architecture…

Hledají houby, které ani nevidí – podle jejich DNA

Lidé obvykle chodí hledat houby do lesa a berou si k tomu nůž a košík. Tomáš Větrovský z Mikrobiologického ústavu Akademie věd ČR hledá houby v laboratoři a potřebuje k tomu sekvenátor pro analýzu DNA. Výsledkem jeho práce je celosvětová databáze hub a také nové poznatky o jejich životním prostředí i o tom, že klimatické změny nepříznivě ovlivňují zejména…

Meeting of Otto Wichterle Premium winners

On 26 May 2023, an informal gathering of the laureates of the prestigious Otto Wichterle Premium took place at the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. The Czech Academy of Sciences awards this prize to selected, exceptionally high quality and promising scientists of the Academy who have contributed outstanding results…

They emerge “out of nothing”. The mystery of de novo proteins is revealed by a team of researchers from the Czech Republic and Germany

Proteins do not usually form from junk DNA – but if they do and they take hold, they become part of the cell’s protein make-up. They are called de novo proteins because they are practically created out of nothing, anew, and not much is known about them. In a new study published in Nature Ecology…

Čeští vědci vyluštili záhadný genetický kód nově objeveného parazita

Nový druh cizopasníka objevený v plošticích na Turnovsku představuje mimořádný objev. Ukázalo se totiž, že parazit má naprosto nepředvídatelnou a výraznou odchylku od genetického kódu, který je jinak úplně stejný u drtivé většiny organismů včetně člověka. Rozluštění této genetické záhady, o něž se postarali výhradně čeští molekulární biologové především z Mikrobiologického ústavu AV ČR a…

EU FT-ICR MS 2nd ADVANCED USER SCHOOL

26. – 30. září proběhlo druhé setkání Letní školy hmotnostní spektrometrie, kterého se účastnilo 49 vědců ze 13 zemí světa.

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There are over 6 million species of fungi in the world

Although there are only tens of thousands of described mushrooms, millions are growing. Researchers from the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic used the largest existing database of GlobalFungi fungal observations and calculated that there are at least 6,280,000 species on Earth. The results were published in the journal…

The Karel Preis Award went to IMIC

The Karel Preis Award for the best work published in the journal Chemické listy in 2020 was received by a team of authors for the number Chemické listy, volumes 2-3 (2020) entitled “Selected Chapters from Mass Spectrometry”. The award is named after the founder of Listy chemie, prof. Karel Preis (1846-1916), an important expert in…

Discovery of new pathogens causing dermatomycoses transmitted from animals

Reddish deposits, peeling skin or limited baldness are common signs of infestation by pathogenic fungi of the genus Trichophyton. A significant proportion of these infectious diseases are transmitted to humans from domestic and farm animals. Since the turn of the millennium, clinical mycologists have been particularly concerned about the extreme growth of guinea pig skin…

A new way to fight pathogenic bacteria

Researchers have been able to elucidate a unique molecular mechanism that allows bacteria to maintain the necessary flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA for life. They thus discovered new possibilities for the development of necessary antimicrobials against serious pathogens, such as tuberculosis agents. The results of the work of scientific teams from the…