🎓 Our amazing PhD students are organising one of the upcoming talks in our seminar series! Join us on 31 March (15:00) for Maria Dornelas (University of St Andrews) speaking on “Biodiversity Change in the Recent Past.”
📍 Zoology Lecture Hall, Viničná 7, Prague
#Ecology #Biodiversity #Seminar
Právě jsme zveřejnili program Biologických čtvrtků na nadcházející letní semestr.
📢 Huge congrats to David Storch & colleagues! Their paper is featured on the cover of Trends Ecol. Evol. (@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social), proposing a unifying theory of global biodiversity dynamics – and what it means for the future!
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution
❄️ Člen naší katedry, Dr. Tyler J. Kohler představuje letošní expedici do Antarktidy, která během několika málo dní vyráží na jih! Skrze jím koordinovaný dlouhodobý ekologický monitoring se PřF UK oficiálně připojuje k Českému antarktickému programu.
🎥 youtu.be/2LWenub6qXU
#Antarctica #Cryosphere
"Jestli chceme zachovat přírodní rozmanitost světa, nezbývá než mít nějaká území nějak chráněna. Vtip je v tom, že mohou být chráněna velmi různě," říká kolega David Storch v rozhovoru pro Seznam Zprávy. #mediacts www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/domac...
🎙️ Live science from Charles University!
Our colleagues @scientik.bsky.social & Kateřina Kopalová spoke on Czech Radio about their work on turtle conservation, Antarctic diatoms, and global biodiversity. 🌍❄️🐢
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/45hokom
#Diatoms #Antarctica #ScienceOutreach
🏆 Congrats to our PhD student Nataša Katanić for winning Best Poster at the 20th International Amphipod Conference in Łódź! She presented results from the CELSA project on microbiomes in Gammarus species under stress. 👏💚
#Amphipods #Microbiome #CELSA #PhDlife
Program Biologických čtvrtků na ZS. Pozor, začínáme už 2.10.!
🌌 Faculty of Science at @unikarlova.cuni.cz joined Researchers’ Night 2025 with the theme Wealth! Over 1,545 visitors explored science at Albertov & Viničná. Across CU, 5,750 people joined. Thank you all! ❤️
#ResearchersNight
🎓 Curious what we’re discussing this semester? The Ecology Dept. seminar series is back for Winter 2025/26! Join us Tuesdays at 3PM for talks on ecology, evolution & conservation by researchers from around the world!
🔗 bit.ly/4mNPAky
(Mainly for students and faculty, but guests are often welcome!)
🏆 Big congrats to Jakub Hrouda, student at our Dept. of Ecology, for winning Best Poster at #EOU2025 (European Ornithological Union)! His work uses eBird data to reveal how birds adapt to urban environments across seasons—vital insights for conserving migratory species in a changing world. 🐦🌍
natur.cuni.cz/data/nodes/8...
🌿 Whether you're a birder or just love nature, South Bohemia’s Třeboňsko is a gem you shouldn't miss. A new article by David Hořák in Ptačí svět highlights why this landscape needs better protection—now. 🐦
📄 PDF link in comments!
#Birding #Conservation #Trebon
🌿 New #Science paper with Czech ecologists shows that species richness in terrestrial #vertebrates aligns more clearly with energy (temperature, productivity) when studied in #climate space rather than geographic space 🌎🦎🌡️
👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
❄️ Naše Kateřina Kopalová opět v Antarktidě! Výzkum rozsivek, izolovaný ekosystém a „velká laboratoř obklopená oceánem“ – více v rozhovoru pro National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.cz/rozhovory/ce... #rozsivky #Antarktida #ekologie
❄️ Just some Antarctic diatoms from our department! 🧫 Some are cultured, others imaged straight from natural samples on our faculty SEM - but all are tiny masterpieces of silica & evolution! 💎🔬
Photo by @scientik.bsky.social & K.Kopalová.
#Diatoms #Antarctica #Microscopy #ScienceIsBeautiful
🚀 The CryoAlgae experiment by our colleague Linda Nedbalová may head to the ISS! It explores cold-loving algae in microgravity and their potential for water purification in space. ❄️🌱
More info: natur.cuni.cz/en/news/7297...
#CryoAlgae #ISS #SpaceResearch #Microalgae
Check out this blog post from one of our authors shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize! @graceridder.bsky.social talks about their research on spatially realistic null models and their journal in ecology 🌎🧪
🔗 More info: www.un-glaciers.org/en
🔗 And an interesting article by our swiss colleagues on the topic: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
❄️ Nearly half of Earth’s glaciers are projected to vanish by 2100. The UN declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation to raise awareness of their role in freshwater, climate, and biodiversity. 🌍
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUnV...
#GlacierPreservation2025 #Cryosphere #ClimateScience
🌍❄️ ANTARCTICA: Everything Or Nothing! ❄️🌍
Experience the raw beauty of the coldest, wildest, most unforgiving place on Earth with our colleagues @scientik.bsky.social and Katka Kopalová!
🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo29...
#Antarctica #SciencePhotography #Fieldwork #EverythingOrNothing
Leden 2025 opět nejteplejší v historii
🦠🔬Our DiCE team revealed diatoms as the least explored by molecular techniques among the major groups of life on Earth! Interestingly, it was not the most shocking of their discoveries - find out more in the publication: shorturl.at/akihv 🤓
❄️ Science meets adventure! Our diatomist Kateřina Kopalová and science photographer @scientik.bsky.social are on an Antarctic mission at the Esperanza Base. They're exploring pristine diatom communities and capturing the raw beauty of Antarctica 📸. Check it out! #Antarctica #Science #Diatoms
Co mají společného ondatry s vlkodlaky? Více v novém článku pro @vesmir.bsky.social :)
vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...
Jen drobná korekce pro tištěnou verzi - výraz dlakaun neměl označovat činčilu, nýbrž fiktivní chilský taxon spojující vydří a bobří znaky.
📢 Exciting news! Our colleague Tyler Kohler co-authored a groundbreaking Nature paper on the diversity & biogeography of bacterial microbiomes in glacier-fed streams. A must-read on climate change & ecosystems! ❄️ #Ecology #Microbiome #ClimateChange
Expansive plants are native but behave similarly to alien invasive plants and can also have negative impacts. The first catalogue of the expansive flora of the Czech Republic includes 126 taxa, with the regions and habitats, where they spread. preslia.cz/doi/preslia.2024.299.html
The winners of the "Science is Beautiful" art contest of ouf Faculty have been announced! 🏆 Stunning photos 📸 & artwork 🎨 showcased science's beauty. Jury awards ✨ and a public vote 🗳️ celebrated at the Christmas Concert 🎄 in Karolinum. 🌟 #ScienceIsBeautiful
📌 natur.cuni.cz/aktuality/60...
🥳🪶The endangered and endemic Mount Cameroon Francolin has a new publication record, thanks to our David Hořák and colleagues! This offers exciting new insights into the distribution and life of this rare and little-known bird species. 📷 ace-eco.org/vol19/iss2/a...