Libor Grubhoffer will be a new Director of the largest scientific institution in South Bohemia - Biology Centre (BC) CAS. On Monday, June 26, he was appointed by the president of the Czech Academy of Sciences Eva Zažímalová. His term of office is five years and begins on July 1, 2017. Libor Grubhoffer replaces Miloslav Šimek, who has been in charge of the institution since 2012.
The next Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, the 14th in order, is postponed to the year 2018. We hope that new three-year periodicity will be more suitable for participants
The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently concluded the most detailed and demanding evaluation of the the Biology Centre’s (BC) research and professional activities. International evaluators checked the results of 19 teams from BC for the years 2010 to 2014. The result? All teams have succeeded and six of these are rated excellent, world-class teams.
Plasmids are small circular DNA molecules that occur in bacteria. They carry genetic information that is not essential for bacterial cell growth; however, it is advantageous in harsh conditions, e.g. presence of antibiotics. Plasmids often contain antibiotic resistance genes and may constitute an important way of antibiotic resistance spreading. They represent a significant thread to mankind as...
