Lenka Luhová, Marek Petřivalský, Lucie Činčalová, Tereza Jedelská, Martina Janků, Jana Sekaninová, Jana Jahnová, Dan Vojtovič

• Functions of reactive nitrogen and oxygen species (RNS, ROS) in plant responses to pathogens and plant resistance mechanisms
• Role of ROS and RNS in plant responses to abiotic stress factors (salinity, high temperature, heavy metals)
• Role of ROS and RNS in plant protoplast regeneration
• Role of protein S-nitrosation and S-nitrosoglutathione reductase in plant signalling
• Role of ROS and RNS in plant responses to microbial elicitors
• Role of post-translational modifications of protein cysteins in signalling pathways of sulfane during plant responses to stress factors

Jiří Danihlík, Marek Petřivalský, Silvie Dostálková, Martina Janků, Jana Biová

• Purification and quantification of bee antimicrobial peptides
• Testing of antimicrobial peptides and other substances against bee bacterial pathogens
• Studies of bee immune system in responses to pathogens and parasites
• Analysis of factors involved in honey bee losses, www.collos.cz

Mária Škrabišová

• Studies of genomes of soya bean and of other important crops
• Development of bioinformatics tools to manage big data Sequence Guide Dog (R, Perl)
• Identification of mutation causing phenotypes – development of GWAS (Genome-wide Association Study) method, development of tools to visualize haplotypes (SNPViz 2.0)
• Preparation and characterization of mutants, design of new cultivars