Projects

Running projects

Grant agency of the Czech Republic

The role of coevolution ecological speciation (2021–2025)
Investigator: prof. RNDr. Martin Reichard Ph.D.
Strategies of freshwater organisms for a warming world: from individual to community perspective (2021–2024)
Investigator: doc. Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík Ph.D.
A hazy barrier: Mid-elevation exchange of avian communities on Mt. Cameroon (2021–2023)
Co-investigator: MVDr. Oldřich Tomášek Ph.D.
Diversity and physiological mechanisms of senescence in a wild bird population (2021–2023)
Co-investigator: prof. Tomáš Albrecht Ph.D.
Conspecific brood parasitism in an altricial passerine: physiological conditions, behavioural adaptations and fitness consequences (2020–2022)
Investigator: Mgr. Michal Šulc Ph.D.
Germline restricted chromosome in songbirds: understanding its origin, function and evolutionary significance (2020–2022)
Investigator: prof. Tomáš Albrecht Ph.D.
Integrating migration patterns, phenology, year-round habitat use and demography to understand drivers of population dynamics in migratory birds (2020–2022)
Investigator: RNDr. Petr Procházka Ph.D.
Parasite acquisition by non-native fish hosts: determinants and impacts on native fish fauna (2020–2022)
Investigator: Mgr. Markéta Ondračková Ph.D.
Phylogeny, adaptation and evolution of sociality in African mole-rats, a model group in evolutionary and biomedical research (2020–2022)
Co-investigator: Mgr. Ondřej Mikula Ph.D.
Small mammals of Eastern African Mountains: evolutionary diversification and endemism in one of the world´s most important biodiversity hot-spots (2020–2022)
Investigator: prof. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.

International projects

COST - CA18134 Genomic BIodiversity Knowledge for Resilient Ecosystems (2019–2023)
Co-investigator: prof. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
The 2nd European Mammal Atlas (2017–2023)
Co-investigator:
EU COST Action CA17108 Aedes Invasive Mosquitoes (AIM) (2018–2022)
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Ivo Rudolf Ph.D.

Ministry of Agriculture

Globalization, modern technologies and climate change provide both new opportunities and hazards for salmonid breeding management (2021–2025)
Investigator: Mgr. Jan Mendel Ph.D.

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

MOZOOLEC: Mobility project to support international research collaboration in zoology and ecology (2021–2023)
Investigator: prof. Tomáš Albrecht Ph.D.
INTER-COST: Conservation genetics and genomics of vertebrate species in Central European region (2020–2023)
Investigator: prof. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja Ph.D.
Evolution and speciation mechanisms in a cryptic species complex of pan-African bats (2020–2022)
Investigator: Mgr. Peter Vallo Ph.D.
Genetic variability and parasitism in one of the most successful fish invader across in Europe (2020–2022)
Investigator: Mgr. Markéta Ondračková Ph.D.
The impact of diet and the gut microbiome on risk of cardiometabolic diseases in western lowland gorillas (2019–2022)
Investigator: Mgr. Klára Petrželková Ph.D.

Ministry of Health

Hidden zoonoses - uncovering new pathogenic agents from wildlife (2021–2024)
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Ivo Rudolf Ph.D.
Preparedness for introduction of exotic mosquito-borne viral fevers – One Health approach (2019–2022)
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Ivo Rudolf Ph.D.

Finished projects