Welcome to the home page of the Phycology Research Group in Prague, Czech Republic.
Phycology deals with diversity, ecology, and physiology of cyanobacteria and algae. At the Faculty of Science of Charles University, phycology is taught as part of biological study programmes. Phycology is applied in the field of water management (drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment), environmental bioindication, etc.
Presentation card of the Phycology Research Group [PDF]
Links to some Phycology Research Group laboratories
Algal Speciation & Evolution Lab [WEB]
Lichen Symbiosis Lab [WEB]
Visiting professors
Apr 2016 - Patrick J. Kociolek (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Director of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado, Boulder, United States.) - Freshwater Diatom Biogeography - 26th April, 3 p.m., Department of Botany, Benatska 2 Praha 2.
Dec 2014 - Karl Inne Ugland (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo) - The elusive species abundance distribution and the problematic upscaling of species richness - 16th December, 3 p.m., Department of Botany, Benatska 2 Praha 2.
Dec 2014 - Ulf Karsten (Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock) is giving a lecture entitled: Living outside the water - ecophysiological performance of aeroterrestrial algae - 4th December, 3:25 p.m. At Anthropology lecture room (B2), Vinicna 7, Praha 2.
Mar 2014 - Jeffrey R. Johansen (John Carroll University, OH, USA) is giving a lecture entitled: "Has the time come to name cryptic species of cyanobacteria? A case study in the genus Oculatella" - 18th March, 4:30 p.m. At the Department of Botany, Benatska 2 Praha 2.
Nov 2013 - Daniel Remias (University of Innsbruck, Austria) is giving a lecture about life strategies of alpine and polar snow algae - 12th November, 4:30 p.m. At the Department of Botany, Benatska 2 Praha 2.
Oct 2013 - Andreas Holzinger (University of Innsbruck, Austria) is giving a lecture about the adaptations of green algae to desiccation and UV radiation - 8th October, 3:00 p.m. At the Department of Botany, Benatska 2 Praha 2.