On 21 September, together with the Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology, we are organizing a meeting for PhD students interested in microbiology. We would like to invite you to join us at Viničná 5! If you’d like to meet more people working with bacteria, exchange ideas, and discuss your research, definitely come. If you have something […]
Matilda Vyhnálková, a high school student, worked in our lab during 2025 and 2026. She successfully cloned her first plasmid and mastered PCR, plasmid minipreps from E. coli, all the key steps of molecular cloning, and bacterial transformation. Proof that you don’t need a university degree to start cloning – you just need curiosity, patience, […]
Julie and Ota defended their bachelor’s theses (“Toxin-antitoxin systems in mycobacteria: molecular mechanisms and biological functions” and “Ribonucleases in bacteria: functions and physiological roles across selected species“) with the highest grades! Congratulations!
For students in the advanced microbiology course Fyziologie bakterií II, we organized a visit to the microbiology laboratories at Pražské vodovody a kanalizace. We learned about procedures used to screen drinking water for the potential presence of microorganisms, coliphages and saw how water from the Vltava River can be full of algae. The students were […]
Silvia was selected to give a talk at the Interdisciplinary Meeting of Young Researchers and Students in May 2026. She also had a talk at Mini-RNA Meeting in Želiv in November 2025. Viola and Jarmila had to leave the career panel discussion to go for a tequila shot, because the next time someone says that […]
Everything you wanted to know about nontuberculous mycobacteria starts at 01:49:58. An interview about the newly discovered CrsL protein on ČT24. And and our research was also featured on the Faculty of Science webpages (in Czech only), here is the link.
Nontuberculous mycobacteria are a diverse group of mycobacteria that do not cause tuberculosis or leprosy, but several species can act as opportunistic pathogens. Although they are generally less infectious than Mycobacterium tuberculosis, their incidence is steadily increasing in the Czech Republic and worldwide. These species pose a particular risk to immunocompromised individuals and patients with […]
Violka and Silvie, together with our colleagues from České Budějovice, optimized the protocol for isolating mycobacteria from the environment. Over the summer they managed to dig quite a lot of mycobacteria out of the soil – and the protocol works beautifully!
In April, we organized a field trip to a clinical microbiology lab for the students of Fyziologie bakterií II. We got a full tour of the lab, talked about all the safety rules they have to follow, and walked through the entire process — from receiving samples to entering results into the system. We even […]
Eliška Mikesková, Lucie Zahradníčková and Adam Hoško defended their Bachelor thesis in June 2025. Congratulations to all of them on achieving the highest grade! The theses are available online here: Eliška, Lucka and Adam.