LHR’s Jana Jarošová walked through experiments testing how young rice plants respond to cold stress, tracking hormonal responses, growth arrest, and recovery, in a video report (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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In memoriam: Miroslav Kamínek
ÚEB remembered long-time colleague Miroslav Kamínek, who founded the Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants in 1996 and spent decades studying cytokinins and auxins (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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Dr. Vaňková awarded DSc. title
Radomíra Vaňková, who researches cytokinins and stress hormones in LHR, received the Doctor of Science (DSc.) title, awarded by the Czech Academy of Sciences to leading scientific figures since 2003 (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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ÚEB microscopy featured in Czech Scientific American
The Czech edition of Scientific American ran a joint photo feature by ÚEB’s pollen biology lab and LHR, taking readers inside plant cells — from pollination and fertilisation to hormone transport and cell division (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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Linking auxin transport to cell membranes
An international team led on the Czech side by LHR head Jan Petrášek traced a chain of steps linking changes in the cell membrane to regulation of auxin flow, published in Nature Plants (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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Prof. Zažímalová named Top Woman of the Czech Republic
Eva Zažímalová — who led LHR for many years before becoming ÚEB director and, since 2017, chair of the Czech Academy of Sciences — won the Public Administration category of the Top Women of the Czech Republic awards for her work on plant hormones (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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How cells keep auxin levels in balance
LHR head Jan Petrášek’s team — with lab colleagues Klára Hoyerová, Petr Hošek, and Michaela Helusová among the co-authors — showed how plant cells regulate their internal auxin concentration by controlling the activity of transport-protein genes, published in The Plant Journal (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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How roots respond to gravity
Czech and Austrian researchers, with LHR head Jan Petrášek among the co-authors, described how brassinosteroid hormones regulate the auxin-transport protein PIN2 in root cells, revealing dynamics quite different from what was previously assumed, published in Nature Communications (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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Jan Petrášek on Czech Television’s Studio 6
LHR’s Jan Petrášek appeared on Czech Television’s Studio 6 to discuss his team’s discovery linking the hormone auxin to membrane biochemistry, and the pleasures of microscopy (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →
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Ancient origins of the plant hormone system
An international team led by Jiří Friml, with LHR head Jan Petrášek among the co-authors, traced the evolutionary origins of the auxin transport and signalling system that shapes plant growth, finding its roots surprisingly deep in evolutionary history (in Czech). Read the ÚEB feature →