Julie Tobiášová and Otakar Vacín defended their bachelor’s theses 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.

In the spring of 2025, we visited an elementary school in Prague, where we prepared a fun session about bacteria for 3rd to 5th grade students. The kids were amazing and enjoyed it. We investigated where in the classroom the most bacteria might be hiding, what was the dirtiest, and what was surprisingly clean. We […]

Mahmoud defended his PhD thesis with cum laude honors in September 2024. His second first-author manuscript is currently under review and can be found on bioRxiv. Mahmoud also created a new logo for us – big thanks! Jeevitha is our new PhD student who joined the lab in November. In addition, two new Bachelor students, […]