Lenka Luhová, Marek Petřivalský, Lucie Činčalová, Tereza Jedelská, Martina Janků, Jana Sekaninová, Jana Jahnová, Dan Vojtovič

• Functions of reactive nitrogen and oxygen species (RNS, ROS) in plant responses to pathogens and plant resistance mechanisms
• Role of ROS and RNS in plant responses to abiotic stress factors (salinity, high temperature, heavy metals)
• Role of ROS and RNS in plant protoplast regeneration
• Role of protein S-nitrosation and S-nitrosoglutathione reductase in plant signalling
• Role of ROS and RNS in plant responses to microbial elicitors
• Role of post-translational modifications of protein cysteins in signalling pathways of sulfane during plant responses to stress factors

Jiří Danihlík, Marek Petřivalský, Silvie Dostálková, Martina Janků, Jana Biová

• Purification and quantification of bee antimicrobial peptides
• Testing of antimicrobial peptides and other substances against bee bacterial pathogens
• Studies of bee immune system in responses to pathogens and parasites
• Analysis of factors involved in honey bee losses, www.collos.cz

Mária Škrabišová, Jana Biová, Ivana Kaňovská, Jana Slivková

Our research group is dedicated to legume genomics, with soybean as our primary model. Our focus is on uncovering the mechanisms driving both natural and artificial selection within genetic diversity. We specialize in developing innovative strategies for allele mining and causal gene identification, aimed at enhancing the precision and speed of legume breeding efforts. Our team brings together a diverse set of expertise, spanning molecular biology, biochemistry, and genomics, enabling us to approach crop improvement from multiple scientific angles.

• Development of applied genomics strategies
• Development of bioinformatics tools (SoyHUB)
• Improvement of GWAS-based discoveries
• Molecular biology and cloning
• Production and biochemical characterization of recombinant proteins
• Transcriptomics, phenomics