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13.12.2021
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Successful presentation of the Institute of Animal Science at the agricultural exhibition Země živitelka
1.12.2021In August 2021, the Institute of Animal Science presented itself very successfully at the largest, most visited and most important agricultural exhibition focusing on the agricultural sector across all its fields in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Země živitelka (Nourishing Land) in České Budějovice. The prototype “Mobile collecting, sorting, weighing and fixation facility for animals“ […]
The nomination of the Institute of Animal Science
22.9.2021The remote department of the Institute of Animal Science, located in Kostelec nad Orlicí, was nominated for the award Companies to Schools – Schools to Companies, which has been awarded since 2014. It is a thank you from the Hradec Králové Region municipality and the Regional Chamber of Commerce Hradec Králové to companies and secondary […]
National Centre for Animal Genetic Resources invites you to the National Livestock Show in Brno
24.8.2021The Institute of Animal Science in Prague Uhříněves, the guarantor and coordinator of the National Program on Conservation of Genetic Resources of Livestock, invites you to the National Livestock Exhibition, which will take place from 5 to 8 September 2021 in Brno. You will find the presentation stand of the National Centre for Animal Genetic […]
Awards for non-fiction
11.6.2021The literary award Magnesia Litera 2021, category Litera for non-fiction, was won by Professor Jaroslav Petr, DrSc. for the book The Ten Senses. How Humans and Animals Perceive the World Around Them (published by Argo/Dokořán, Prague). In the book the author has depicted a number of anomalies, curiosities and incredible capabilities in animals, taking readers […]
Quantitative Genetics/Genomics postdoc position – in research animal breeding and genomics
30.4.2021The Institute of Animal Science is seeking the candidate for a Quantitative Genetics/Genomics postdoc position connected with dairy cattle research projects who would be willing to apply for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF). The MSCA-PF grant supports an individual research stay (1-2 years) connected with international mobility (the project must take place in a country different from […]
Radim Kotrba on Czech Radio Radiožurnál: If you create the right conditions, life will return even to the desolate landscape
23.4.2021Radim Kotrba, Ph.D. from the Institute of Animal Science was on the show Guest of Lucie Výborná broadcasted on Czech Radio Radiožurnál in April. He is engaged in research into the basic biology of behavior of deer bred extensively or in zoos. He also works at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences of the Czech University […]
We wish you a beautiful Easter, the spring festival
31.3.2021The Easter is a time of folk customs to welcome the spring. Nowhere else do Easter eggs have such a strong tradition as in the Czech Republic. Lenka Volková works at the Animal Science Institute in Uhříněves, Prague, and for more than 14 years she has been devoting her free time to decorating Easter eggs […]
Biologist Josef Fulka on the Czech TV show Good Morning
11.3.2021In the Czech TV show Good Morning broadcast on Monday, February 22, 2021, reproductive biologist Josef Fulka explained how the cloning works and how far the scientists have come since the first successful experiment. Josef Fulka, D.Sc. is a researcher at the Biology of Reproduction department of the Institute of Animal Science Prague-Uhříněves and is […]
A Year of Challenges and Changes
29.1.20212020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and government imposed restrictions made it impossible to hold public events. Some planned events had to be cancelled, others took the form of webinars and videoconferences, some were postponed.