The current period is considered a “biodiversity crisis” and the knowledge of distribution and evolution of biodiversity is the basis for its successful conservation. The research performed in the Division of Biodiversity focuses mainly on evolutionary processes affecting diversity of vertebrates (as holobionts, i.e. host plus its symbionts) at species and intraspecific (genetic) level, including factors responsible for its increase (e.g. speciation) and decrease (conservation genetics, extinctions of populations). Individual projects deal mainly with the following issues:
- speciation, hybridization;
- evolutionary history, phylogeography – origin of current genetic diversity and its spatial distribution;
- factors affecting holobiont diversity, e.g. host-parasite co-evolution and microbiome structure;
- biogeography, evolution of biodiversity hot-spots (especially in Africa);
- genetic threats of contemporary populations, conservation genetics;
- biological collections, biobanking.
Running projects
Grant agency of the Czech Republic
Co-investigator: Mgr. Ondřej Mikula Ph.D.
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek CSc.
Co-investigator: Mgr. Dagmar Čížková Ph.D.
Investigator: Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq Ph.D.
Investigator: Kreisinger Jakub
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: RNDr. Václav Gvoždík Ph.D.
Investigator: prof. Tomáš Albrecht Ph.D.
International projects
Co-investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Co-investigator:
Finished projects
Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Co-investigator: Ing. Miroslav Čapek CSc.
Investigator: doc. Mgr. Natália Martínková Ph.D.
Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Petr Koubek CSc.
Investigator: Ing. Miroslav Čapek CSc.
Grant agency of the Czech Republic
Investigator: Stuart J.E. Baird Ph.D.
Co-investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek CSc.
Co-investigator: Ing. Karel Halačka CSc.
Investigator:
Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek CSc.
Investigator: RNDr. Václav Gvoždík Ph.D.
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: Stuart J.E. Baird Ph.D.
Co-investigator: RNDr. Petr Procházka Ph.D.
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: prof. RNDr. Petr Koubek CSc.
Investigator: Mgr. Peter Vallo Ph.D.
Investigator: Mgr. Jan Mendel Ph.D.
Investigator: Mgr. Eva Jánová, Ph.D.
Investigator: prof. Ing. Jaroslav Červený, CSc.
Co-investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza Dr.
Individual projects
Investigator: Ing. Martin Šálek Ph.D.
Investigator: prof. RNDr. Petr Koubek CSc.
Investigator: prof. RNDr. Petr Koubek CSc.
International projects
Investigator: Ing. Martin Šálek Ph.D.
Investigator: Mgr. Petra Hájková Ph.D.
Investigator: doc. Mgr. Natália Martínková Ph.D.
Ministry of Agriculture
Investigator: Ing. Karel Halačka CSc.
Investigator: Ing. Karel Halačka CSc.
Investigator: Ing. Miroslav Prokeš, CSc.
Investigator: Ing. Miroslav Prokeš, CSc.
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: Mgr. Anna Bryjová
Co-investigator:
Ministry of Environment
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Investigator: prof. RNDr. Petr Koubek CSc.
Investigator: Ing. Martin Šálek Ph.D.
Investigator: doc. ing. Stanislav Lusk, CSc.
Investigator: Ing. Karel Halačka CSc.
Investigator: Mgr. Jan Mendel Ph.D.