Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds
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
Workers:
directorsenior scientist
- RNDr. Martin Vágner CSc.
senior scientist
- RNDr. Milena Cvikrová
scientist
- Mgr. Kateřina Eliášová PhD.
- RNDr. Zuzana Vondráková CSc.
graduated technical assistant
- Mgr. Pavlína Bečvářová PhD.
- Mgr. Lenka Gemperlová PhD
postdoc
- RNDr. Lucie Fischerová Ph.D.
technician
Research projects
Research projects:
Number of grants/projects: 3
- The use of biotechnology methods for the preservation and reproduction of autochtonous populations of hurst ecotype of Norway spruces. , MZE NAZV , Milena Cvikrová
- Effects of drought and heat stress on polyamine metabolism in wild type and transgenic tobacco plants. , MŠMT , Milena Cvikrová
- Biochemical and morphological parameters determining the cryotolerance of embryogenic cultures of conifers. , MŠMT , Martin Vágner
Publications
Publications:
Number of publications: 78
2012
- Embryogenesis. ISBN 979-953-307-439-8. 2012
- PLANT SCIENCE 182 49-58 2012 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 61 18-23 2012
- PLANT SCIENCE 188 60-70 2012
- PLANT SCIENCE 182 49-58 2012
2011
- CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY 6 587-596 2011 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
- ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM 33 851-859 2011 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
- JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE 57 1-7 2011 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
- JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS 24 963-970 2011 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
2010
- JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 101[6] 446-450 2010