Centre of Plant Structural & Functional Genomics

Our research unveils the organization of genetic information of plants and explains how it controls plant growth and development. Our teams collaborate with colleagues across the world. We have participated in the ambitious projects that delivered genome sequences of important crops including barley and wheat.

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New publication: The Silene latifolia genome and its . . .
Annotation: The genome of a dioecious plant Silene latifolia comprises a giant ~550-megabase Y chromosome, which has remained unsequenced so far. Using a long- and short-read hybrid approach, a high-quality male genome was obtained. Comparative analysis of the sex chromosomes with their homologs in outgroups revealed that the Y is highly rearranged and degenerated. Recombination suppression between X and Y triggered a massive accumulation of repeats . . .
New publication: A barley pan-transcriptome reveals . . .
Annotation: A pan-transcriptome describes the transcriptional and post-transcriptional consequences of genome diversity from multiple individuals within a species. In a joint effort of an international consortium consisting of 19 organisations from around the world, barley pan-transcriptome was developed from 20 inbred genotypes representing domesticated barley diversity. To overcome single reference bias in transcript quantification, we constructed . . .
New publication: The genetic mechanism of B . . .
Annotation: The genomes of many plants, animals, and fungi frequently comprise dispensable B chromosomes that rely upon various chromosomal drive mechanisms to counteract the tendency of non-essential genetic elements to be purged over time. The B chromosome of rye undergoes targeted nondisjunction during first pollen mitosis, favouring segregation into the generative nucleus, thus increasing their numbers over generations. Using a newly-assembled . . .

Events

Seminar of Roman Pleskot
Date:
18.2.2025
Place:
ÚEB, Šlechtitelů 31, Olomouc
Theme: Towards an integrative structure of the cell plate 
The Czech Plant Nucleus Workshop 2025
Date:
May 26 - 27, 2025
Place:
Charles University, Prague
To connect students and scientists working on plant nucleus and chromosome biology.
Seminar of Lukáš Kratochvíl
Date:
30.1.2025 at 13:00
Place:
ÚEB, Šlechtitelů 31, Olomouc
Theme: From Environmental Control to Parthenogenesis? Unraveling the Evolution of Sex Determination in Amniotes
Seminar of Nobuko Ohmido
Date:
10.12.2024 at 13:00
Place:
ÚEB, Šlechtitelů 31, Olomouc
Theme: Plant chromosome architecture: Nanoscale observations with cutting-edge microscopy

Our Activities

The Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech . . .
The Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics is one of the organizational units of the Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The Institute of was founded in 1962. Today, it has 14 laboratories located in Prague and Olomouc. The institute conducts fundamental research in plant genetics, physiology, phytopathology and biotechnology. The research in plant genetics focuses on plant genome organization, evolution and . . .
The Application Laboratory for Agricultural Research
The Application Laboratory for Agricultural Research is the first laboratory at the Czech Academy of Sciences to link scientists with breeders and farmers. It was established under the Food for Future Program of the Strategy AV21 in February 2017 and is located at the Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics of the Institute of Experimental Botany in Olomouc. The main objective of the Laboratory is to facilitate the . . .
Sustainable food production and consumption of . . .
The Strategy of the Czech Academy of Sciences responds to current social challenges through a sophisticated formulation of research programmes, based on cooperation of scientific fields and institutions. The research programmes of the CAS are open to partners from universities, corporations, and institutions of regional administration, as well as foreign research groups and organisations. The research programmes are proposed and formulated in discussion . . .