Running projects

Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Cues, recognition and responses in a coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites and their hosts
Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

Ectoparasites associated with mountain birds in Costa Rica: linking ecology, biodiversity and genetics
Co-investigator: Ing. Miroslav Čapek, CSc.

Genetic structure of sika deer populations in the Czech Republic
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Petr Koubek, CSc.

The diachronic changes of long bone cross-sectional geometry in human prehistoric populations in Central Europe: The biomechanical analysis
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Sládek, Ph.D.

Demography, metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique
Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Revision of the species structure of the genera Gobio and Romanogobio in the Eurasian context
Investigator: Mgr. Jan Mendel, Ph.D.

Genetic diversity and phylogeography of the genus Scotophilus
Investigator: Mgr. Peter Vallo,

The analysis of the selected immune and physiological parameters in Carassius gibelio,species with different ploidy and atypical reproductive strategy
Investigator: Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D.

The European bitterling - endangered or non-native species in central Europe?
Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Biology of African mole-rats from mesic tropic areas
Co-investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.

Qunatitative trait loci (QTL) for male aggression in the house mouse
Investigator: RNDr. Barbora Bímová, Ph.D.

Evolution of antiparasitic strategies of selected hosts towards avian brood parasitism
Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe
Investigator: prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.

Population and genetic structure of brown trout and grayling as groundwork for efficient management of fisheries in salmonid waters
Co-investigator: Ing. Karel Halačka, CSc.

Individual projects

Host specialization and host-race formation in the European bitterling
Co-investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

International projects

Models for assesing and forecasting the impact of environmental key pollutants on marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
Co-investigator: Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr.

Ministry of Agriculture

Development of new methods or rearing selected promising species for aquaculture using non-traditional technologies
Co-investigator: Ing. Miroslav Prokeš, CSc.

Rodents as important factor influencing forest regeneration
Investigator: RNDr. Miloslav Homolka, CSc.

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

Conservation genetics of selected vertebrates in the Western Balkans
Investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.

Ichtyoparasitology Research Center
Co-investigator: Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr.

Biodiversity Research Center
Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.

Finished projects

Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

The role of MHC in sexual selection - observational and experimental study in three model vertebrate species
Investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.

(Re)emerging mosquito-borne virus diseases
Investigator: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.

Phylogeography and evolutionary history of a semi-fossorial rodent Microtus subterraneus
Investigator: Mgr. Natália Martínková, Ph.D.

Brood parasitism as an alternative reproductive strategy of ducks: genetically - endocrinological approach
Investigator: Mgr. Radka Piálková,

Diversity of cultivable microorganisms of ixodid ticks, recognized vectors of vertebrate pathogens
Investigator: Mgr. Ivo Rudolf, Ph.D.

Feeding behaviour, parasite infections and self-medicative abilities of an introduced chimpanzee population, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania
Investigator: Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D.

Phenotypic plasticity of thermal physiology traits in newts
Investigator: Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík, Ph.D.

Genetics
Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc.

Ciliates of genus Troglydytella: pathogens or endosymbionts? Novel approach towards veterinary care and understanding digestion in apes
Co-investigator: Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D.

Importance of red fox in different ecosystems of Central Europe
Investigator: doc. Ing. Jaroslav Červený, CSc.

Genetic structure of black grouse populations in the Czech Republic
Investigator:

Behavioral and genetic study of prezygotic barriers in the house mouse hybrid
Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc.

Evolutionary ecological analysis of biological systems: research center for PhD studies
Co-investigator: Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr.

Evolutionary determinants of brood parasitism in ducks
Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

Species diversity and ecology of selected West African vertebrates
Co-investigator: doc. RNDr. Petr Koubek, CSc.

Grant agency of the Czech Republic

Extra-pair fertilizations and strength of sexual selection in socially monogamous passerine
Investigator: Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D.

Intraspecific variability of populations of two cryptic bat species of genus Pipistrellus in Central Europe
Co-investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.

Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius fishes (Aplocheilidae)
Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Individual projects

Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius annual fishes - the roles of mate choice, ecological divergence and vicariance
Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

International projects

Marie Curie research training network SEXASEX Sex to asex: a case study on transitions and coexistence between sexual and asexual reproduction
Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.

Marie Curie intra-European fellowship PHYLOMICROTUS
Investigator: Mgr. Natália Martínková, Ph.D.

Emerging diseases in a changing European environment
Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.

Intengrated consortium on ticks and tick-borne diseases
Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA NEWS CONFERENCE LINKS	Running projects Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Cues, recognition and responses in a coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites and their hosts Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr. Ectoparasites associated with mountain birds in Costa Rica: linking ecology, biodiversity and genetics Co-investigator: Ing. Miroslav Čapek, CSc. Genetic structure of sika deer populations in the Czech Republic Investigator: doc. RNDr. Petr Koubek, CSc. The diachronic changes of long bone cross-sectional geometry in human prehistoric populations in Central Europe: The biomechanical analysis Investigator: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Sládek, Ph.D. Demography, metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D. Revision of the species structure of the genera Gobio and Romanogobio in the Eurasian context Investigator: Mgr. Jan Mendel, Ph.D. Genetic diversity and phylogeography of the genus Scotophilus Investigator: Mgr. Peter Vallo, The analysis of the selected immune and physiological parameters in Carassius gibelio,species with different ploidy and atypical reproductive strategy Investigator: Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D. The European bitterling - endangered or non-native species in central Europe? Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D. Biology of African mole-rats from mesic tropic areas Co-investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D. Qunatitative trait loci (QTL) for male aggression in the house mouse Investigator: RNDr. Barbora Bímová, Ph.D. Evolution of antiparasitic strategies of selected hosts towards avian brood parasitism Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr. Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe Investigator: prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc. Population and genetic structure of brown trout and grayling as groundwork for efficient management of fisheries in salmonid waters Co-investigator: Ing. Karel Halačka, CSc. Individual projects Host specialization and host-race formation in the European bitterling Co-investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D. International projects Models for assesing and forecasting the impact of environmental key pollutants on marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity Co-investigator: Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr. Ministry of Agriculture Development of new methods or rearing selected promising species for aquaculture using non-traditional technologies Co-investigator: Ing. Miroslav Prokeš, CSc. Rodents as important factor influencing forest regeneration Investigator: RNDr. Miloslav Homolka, CSc. Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Conservation genetics of selected vertebrates in the Western Balkans Investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D. Ichtyoparasitology Research Center Co-investigator: Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr. Biodiversity Research Center Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc. Finished projects Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic The role of MHC in sexual selection - observational and experimental study in three model vertebrate species Investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D. (Re)emerging mosquito-borne virus diseases Investigator: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc. Phylogeography and evolutionary history of a semi-fossorial rodent Microtus subterraneus Investigator: Mgr. Natália Martínková, Ph.D. Brood parasitism as an alternative reproductive strategy of ducks: genetically - endocrinological approach Investigator: Mgr. Radka Piálková, Diversity of cultivable microorganisms of ixodid ticks, recognized vectors of vertebrate pathogens Investigator: Mgr. Ivo Rudolf, Ph.D. Feeding behaviour, parasite infections and self-medicative abilities of an introduced chimpanzee population, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania Investigator: Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D. Phenotypic plasticity of thermal physiology traits in newts Investigator: Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík, Ph.D. Genetics Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc. Ciliates of genus Troglydytella: pathogens or endosymbionts? Novel approach towards veterinary care and understanding digestion in apes Co-investigator: Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D. Importance of red fox in different ecosystems of Central Europe Investigator: doc. Ing. Jaroslav Červený, CSc. Genetic structure of black grouse populations in the Czech Republic Investigator: Behavioral and genetic study of prezygotic barriers in the house mouse hybrid Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc. Evolutionary ecological analysis of biological systems: research center for PhD studies Co-investigator: Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr. Evolutionary determinants of brood parasitism in ducks Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr. Species diversity and ecology of selected West African vertebrates Co-investigator: doc. RNDr. Petr Koubek, CSc. Grant agency of the Czech Republic Extra-pair fertilizations and strength of sexual selection in socially monogamous passerine Investigator: Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D. Intraspecific variability of populations of two cryptic bat species of genus Pipistrellus in Central Europe Co-investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D. Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius fishes (Aplocheilidae) Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D. Individual projects Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius annual fishes - the roles of mate choice, ecological divergence and vicariance Investigator: RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D. International projects Marie Curie research training network SEXASEX Sex to asex: a case study on transitions and coexistence between sexual and asexual reproduction Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc. Marie Curie intra-European fellowship PHYLOMICROTUS Investigator: Mgr. Natália Martínková, Ph.D. Emerging diseases in a changing European environment Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc. Intengrated consortium on ticks and tick-borne diseases Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.