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
2006
- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 44 526-534 2006
2005
- Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation 295-302 2005
- Protocols of Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants 141-155 2005
- BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 49 533-540 2005
- In Book of Abstracts Auxins and Cytokinins in Plant Development 29 2005
- In Proceedings COST 843 and 851 Action. 162-164 2005
- In Proceedings of the Third European Bioremediation Conference. Chania : Technical University of Crete 102-105 2005
- In Vliv abiotických a biotických stresorů na vlastnosti rostlin. Praha : VÚRV 239-246 2005
- JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1075 159-166 2005
2004
- JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY 262 187-189 2004