Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds

Contacts
Group head:
RNDr. Milena Cvikrová
Centre:
Lysolaje
Address:
Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Praha 6 - Lysolaje
Email:
cvikrova@ueb.cas.cz
Phone:
+420 225 106 409

Research areas of the laboratory:

  • Metabolism of phenolic compounds, growth regulators and polyamines in plant tissue cultures, metabolism of phenolic compounds and polyamines in relation to growth and differentiation.
  • Somatic embryogenesis of conifers (Picea abies, Abies alba, A. cephalonica, A. nordmanniana): induction of embryogenic cultures, maturation, desiccation, and germination of somatic embryos. Endogenous phytohormones during somatic embryogenesis (ABA, IAA, cytokinins, polyamines, ethylene), anatomy of somatic embryos. Cryopreservation of conifer embryogenic cultures.
  • Computer image analysis, microscopy, confocal microscopy. Cytoskeleton.
  • Phytoremediation.
  • Regulation of flower induction.

Workers:

head of the laboratory
senior scientist

scientist

scientific assistant

graduated technical assistant

Publications:

2009

2008

2007