Hundred-year-old riddle in botany reveals key plant adaptation to dry land
November 11, 2022The green world that we live in would not have been possible without hidden changes to the plant body over the last 400 million years. To grow...
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British Ecological Society Harper Prize 2021 awarded to Dina int Zandt
May 2, 2022The John L Harper Early Career Researcher Award is given each year to the best paper in the Journal of Ecology by an early career author at...
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Celebrate with us the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Botany
March 9, 2022To celebrate our anniversary, we have prepared an online seminar with distinguished guests from around the world who will reflect on the importance of classical botany in...
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The Life for Minuartia project has been selected as one of the finalists for the LIFE Awards 2022
February 28, 2022The project is already considered one of the twelve "Best LIFE Projects". The award is given annually by the European Commission in cooperation with the National Focal...
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We condemn Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its people
February 25, 2022We hereby publicly condemn Russia's aggression against Ukraine and its people. We cooperate with Ukrainian scientists in our research areas in western Ukraine and the White Carpathians....
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Number of Earth’s tree species estimated to be 14% higher than currently known, with some 9,200 species yet to be discovered
February 9, 2022A new study involving more than 100 scientists from across the globe and the largest forest database yet assembled estimates that there are about 73,000 tree species...
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Institute of Botany of the CAS celebrates its 60th anniversary
January 11, 2022On 1 January 2022, the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences celebrated 60 years since its foundation. In the six decades of its existence,...
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The global loss of floristic uniqueness
December 15, 2021Regional species assemblages have been shaped by colonization, speciation and extinction over millions of years. Humans have altered biogeography by introducing species to new ranges. However, an...
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The Institute of Botany has received an international award in human resource management, the “HR Excellence in Research”
October 26, 2021From October 2021, the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences is included in the list of institutions that have been awarded the "Quality Mark"...
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A garden in the desert at Expo 2020
October 14, 2021At the heart of the Czech pavilion is the S.A.W.E.R. (Solar Air Water Energy Resource) system, which produces water from dry desert air using only solar energy....
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33rd Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ)
March 18, 2021We invite you to the on-line POPBIO 2021 conference from 27th to 29th May 2021. The conference is hosting about one hundred participants each year with presentations...
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New book: Atlas of Stem Anatomy of Arctic and Alpine Plants Around the Globe
February 23, 2021Approximately 350 species are presented in the first book providing comprehensive information on the anatomy and ecology of arctic and alpine plants from cold sites around the...
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Towards a better understanding of belowground plant organs
January 4, 2021Jitka Klimešová from the Institute of Botany is one of the laureates of Academic Award – Praemium Academiae, the most important scientific award in the Czech Republic...
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How to be the first in the plant kingdom
November 18, 2020More than a third of the species of temperate perennial angiosperms choose an interesting strategy for a successful spring start – preformation of the inflorescence. The plants...
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Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World
June 10, 2020Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant succession in...
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Anatomic Atlas of Aquatic and Wetland Plant Stems
April 6, 2020In February 2020, the Anatomic Atlas of Aquatic and Wetland Plant Stems went out under Springer Publ. after almost seven years of preparation as a result of...
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33rd Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) postponed
March 24, 2020The organisers of PopBio 2020 in Prague announce that they will postpone the annual meeting until next year.
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Departmental Leader (Centre for Algology)
March 6, 2020Looking for an opportunity to develop and recreate your own team? Having the independence to develop your own research ideas and benefit from the unique contribution of...
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Biostatistician/Bioinformatician for a new department
March 6, 2020Looking for an opportunity to develop your own research ideas? Join our new department of Bioinformatics at Institute of Botany CAS (IBOT). More information here (DOCX, 17...
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Ph.D. position
January 14, 2020A Ph.D. position (40 %) is available in the Centre for Algology at the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (https://www.butbn.cas.cz/algo-en) and Centre for...
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