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…
26. – 30. září proběhlo druhé setkání Letní školy hmotnostní spektrometrie, kterého se účastnilo 49 vědců ze 13 zemí světa.
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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 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…
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…
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…
There are not many scientists around the world who are systematically involved in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll and photosynthetic protein complexes. But Ing. Roman Sobotka, Ph.D., from the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic provided funding for one of his latest projects…
Czech scientists were involved in deciphering 135 fungal genomes. Among them is boletus edulis or pink toadstool. An international team of scientists, whose work also involved experts from the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, deciphered the genetic information of 135 fungal genomes. A study published this month in…
A photographer who, thanks to his profession, got to know many countries and met many interesting people, worked for several years as a scientific photographer at the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Although he lost his sight, interest in the world around him did not leave him. Václav…
Advances in basic and clinical research of dermatophytes and dimorphic fungi The ONYGENALES workshop, organized at two-year intervals, was held in Prague from 10 to 11 September 2020 in cooperation with the ISHAM ONYGENALES working group, the Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR and Charles University. The workshop has become a meeting place for researchers,…