Sources of financial support
Research of the Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants is supported by several foreign and national grant agencies.
Projects under way:
a) International grants:
Action COST 858: Viticulture: Biotic and Abiotic Stress: Grapevine Defence Mechanism and Grape Development. – Project: The impact of plant hormones abscisic acid and cytokinins on water stress tolerance of grapevine. Investigator: R. Vaňková.
Action COST 863: Euroberry Research: From Genomics to Sustainable Production, Quality and Health. – Project: The impact of plant hormones cytokinins and abscisic acid on regulation of berry dormancy and stress tolerance. Investigator: R. Vaňková.
b) National grants:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (206/06/1306): The role of cytokinin/abscisic acid balance in abiotic stress response and recovery. Principal investigator: R. Vaňková. 2006 – 2008.
Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (A600040612): Functional analysis of Shooting gene in Arabidopsis and tobacco. Co-investigator: R. Vaňková. 2006 – 2008.
Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (KJB600380702): The role of members of AUX/LAX gene family in auxin influx into plant cell. Principal investigator: K. Hoyerová. 2007 – 2009.
Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IAA600380701): Alternative ways regulating intra- and extracellular concentrations and activities of isoprenoid cytokinins in plants. Principal investigator: V. Motyka. 2007 – 2010.
Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (A600380805): Metabolic regulations of root to shoot hormonal signaling in plants. Principal investigator: M. Kamínek.
Research program of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (Research centre LC06034): Regulation of morphogenesis of plant cells and organs. Principal investigator: E. Zažímalová. 2006 – 2011.