Publication in Nature Microbiology describes a new type of light-harvesting apparatus in marine archaea
An international team discovered a new light-harvesting system in marine Asgard archaea: rhodopsins with carotenoid antennas that enhance light absorption and ATP generation in ocean environments.
Th, 26.6.2025
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Science and research
Institute of Microbiology Enters Biotech Company AffiPro
Institute of Microbiology of the CAS enters Biotech Company AffiPro to boost its applied research and to introduce new tools for development of biologicals and biosimilars.
Fr, 13.6.2025
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Science and research
Teen scientist breaks barriers: No child is a lost cause
As a child, Tomáš Čermák struggled socially, but now, at 18, he's graduating high school, winning awards, and working with the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Tu, 15.4.2025
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Scientists
Kristýna Boušová: Engineering new proteins
From an early age, she was fascinated by the microworld of cells and molecules. But she didn’t just want to observe it – she began to actively transform it.
Fr, 16.8.2024
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Science and research
AMULET project to focus on multiscale materials development
The research and development of multiscale materials is being carried out by researchers as part of the AMULET project led by the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS.
Tu, 2.7.2024
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Scientists
Plants contain an incredible wealth of chemicals, Tomáš Pluskal says
The interview with Tomáš Pluskal from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS.
Su, 30.6.2024
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Video
The beauty of the unseen: the inner world of crystal atoms and molecules
What kind of methods can be used to examine the inner world of crystals? How did crystallographic research develop in Czechoslovakia? And what can researchers today discover down to the nanoscale?
We, 26.6.2024
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Scientific article
The mystery of de novo proteins revealed by Czech and German researchers
Researchers from BIOCEV and their German colleagues described a large set of de novo proteins, helping unravel the otherwise hard-to-decipher properties of these mystery proteins.
Mo, 10.6.2024
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Scientists
Gerrit Angst awarded the Lumina quaeruntur premium. He will start a new research team
Soil biologist Gerrit Angst from the Biology Centre of the CAS received the prestigious Lumina quaeruntur Premium from the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Th, 23.5.2024
Czech Academy of Sciences
Article | Scientists
“Fat can be extracted even from thousand-year-old pottery,” says V. Brychová
Veronika Brychová finds herself peering into the culinary habits of ancient peoples through shards of prehistoric pottery, using fat residues to uncover what our ancestors cooked – and when.