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.