About us

The Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics located in Olomouc is one of the organizational units of the Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences with its Headquarters located in Prague. 
Our research unveils the organization of genetic information of plants and explains how it controls plant growth and development. The knowledge obtained is critical to address important societal challenges such as food security and health of a growing population.
We work together with plant breeders to facilitate rapid knowledge transfer and we are actively engaged in training undergraduate and graduate students and future scientists.
Our teams collaborate with colleagues across the world to benefit from the existing synergies and we have participated in the ambitious projects that delivered genome sequences of important crops including barley and wheat.

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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 . . .
The Foods for the Future research program of Strategy . . .
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 . . .