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Presentation on the BIOM project and Genetic Bank – a workshop held on 12 February 2015 in Brno
The BIOM Project, together with the National Animal Genetic Bank, was introduced at a special workshop held at the ‘Zoological Days’ Conference in February 2015 in Brno. ‘Zoological Days’ is the largest zoological conference in the Czech Republic (this year...
Animal Genetic Bank for Species Conservation Seminar
An educational seminar on the importance of genetic variability for species conservation and on how can biobanking (i.e. collecting and storing of biological material from our fauna) help in population health monitoring was held from 19 to 20 March 2015 at the...
Animal Genetic Bank for Species Conservation – an educational seminar for professionals
An educational seminar on the importance of genetic research and biobanking for nature conservation will be held from 19 to 20 March 2015 at the Mohelský Mill Field Station (Třebíč district; GPS: 49.1030767N, 16.1897403E). We invite all employees of Czech nature...
Invitation to attend an ornithological practice session
The Ornithological exercise will take place at the Mohelský Mill Field Station from 26 to 28 4. 2015. Part of the exercise will include an all-day excursion geared toward capturing of birds, recognition of bird calls, ringing and check boxes. The course is designed...
Come with us for spring flowers, birds, reptiles, amphibians, ....
The first public excursion will be held 05.01 2015. We warmly invite you to a guided walk around the Mohelenská hadcová steppe, then on ornithological and herpetological excursion around Mohelský mill. In addition to field demonstrations you can also enjoy a...
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school at Mohelsky mill - FARMEKO Jihlava - lecturers Radka Polakova, Samuel Lvoncik
How was first excursion?
On Friday, 1.5 It was raining since morning and even thermometer showed no enjoyable value. Still, at 9 am met all 28 registered participants of spring excursion in the parking lot of Mohelenska hadcova steppe. Because it was cold, we did not see unfortunately ground...
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school at Mohelsky mill - Gymnázium Brno - lecturers Tereza Králová, Radovan Smolinský
Project day BY OWN EYES for primary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for primary school at Mohelsky mill - ZŠ Velká Bíteš - lecturers Aleš Bajer, Radka Poláková
BIOM spring - Field trip for beginners
BIOM spring - Field trip for beginners will take place at Mohelský Mill Field Station from 18 to 22. 5. 2015. Seminars will be held in the sections that focus on the local fauna. Practical examples of trapping and demonstration of trapped individuals will be...
May project days 2015 BY OWN EYES
At the beginning of May on Mohelno Serpentine Steppe there were held three project days for secondary and primary schools called BY OWN EYES which were attended by students from school Farmeko Jihlava, Grammar school Brno and elementary school Velka Bites. A total of...
Project day BY OWN EYES for primary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for primary school at Mohelsky mill - ZŠ Mohelno - lecturers - Iva Martincová, Tereza Králová
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school at Mohelsky mill - SZŠ a VOŠZ Znojmo - lecturers Igor Malenovský, Samuel Lvončík
Animal Genetic Bank for Species Conservation II Seminar
A second educational seminar on the importance of genetic research and biobanking for nature conservation will be held from 25 to 26 June 2015, again at the Mohelský Mill Field Station (Třebíč district, GPS: 49.1030767N, 16.1897403E). We invite all employees of...
Lecture of Ernest Vunan
June 26 was a lecture by Ernest Vunan on protection of biodiversity in Cameroon. The lecture was followed by the film The man who plants trees and by a discussion. 16 people from university students and researchers mainly from IVB ASCR attended the...
Animal Genetic Bank for Species Conservation II Seminar
The second educational seminar on conservation genetics and the importance of genetic biobanking for research and nature conservation was held from 25 to 26 June 2015 at the Mohelský Mill Field Station. Participants were, again, zoologists from museums and...
Come with us for the summer, beetles, butterflies, ants, snails ....
We invite you to the second public excursion in June 27, 2015
June project days 2015 BY OWN EYES
Two project days called BY OWN EYES for high and elementary school took place on the Mohelno Serpentine Steppe in June. They were attended by high school students from Znojmo (SZŠ and VOŠZ Znojmo) and pupils from elementary school Mohelno. A total of 49...
How was second excursion?
This time the weather forecast was unfavorable for field excursion, but fortunately prediction came out and we could enjoy excursion to the upper edge of the steppe, and during the descent to the river Jihlava. Due to the presence of guards we've seen insects and...
Invitation to summerschool of conservation genetic
The five-day workshop will take place at the field station IVB ASCR Mohelský mill from 10 to 14 of August 2015. This workshop will focus on the practical use of molecular methods in biodiversity conservation. This would include the trapping of small vertebrates...
Summerschool of conservation genetics
From August 10 to 14 the Summerschool of conservation genetics was held at Mohelno field station of IVB AV CR. A total of 15 students from 5 different institutions attended the school. Students learned the basics of molecular genetics and its application in studying...
Come with us for the autumn fish, mammals and maybe even mushrooms
Autumn excursion will take place 12.9. 2015.This field trip will be focused on the Jihlava river and the changes that happened after construction of the dam and mammals which are found around the steppe. If it will be at possible, we will try to complement programm by...
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school at Mohelsky mill - Gymnázium Brno, Elgartova - lecturers Samuel Lvoncik, Ludovit Dureje, Katerina Janotova
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school at Mohelsky mill - SZS Trebic - lecturers Ales Bajer, Ludovit Dureje, Katerina Janotova
Autumn field exercise : basics of biomonitoring
Field exercise focused on the basics of biomonitoring was held in September 21 to 25 at the field station Mohelský mill. Ten students from four institutes attended the event. The excercise was combined of lectures on the basic techniques of monitoring on...
Invitation to the autumn field exercise
Autumn field exercise, which will take place on Mohelská mill from 21th to 25th of September, will focus on biomonitoring. Part of the exercises will be practical and students will be able to try out some methods of monitoring, including evaluation of the data...
IVB Fall Camp
On 2nd-3rd October 2015 IVB Fall Camp took place at the Mohelský Mill Field Station. It was a meeting of researchers and students of IVB AS CR. Main aims of the meeting were a discussion on individual scientific issues and an introduction of the National Animal...
September project days 2015 BY OWN EYES
In September, on the Mohelno Serpentine Steppe and at the Mohelsky mill there were held again two project days "BY OWN EYES." 23 students from grammar school in Brno and 20 from secondary school in Trebic attended these events. The first from these two mentioned...
Genetic Collections and Biodiversity Research and Conservation WORKSHOP
Do you wonder how successful are genetic analyses of old museum material? And how are doing big carnivores in Southeast Europe? What revealed genetic study of recently discovered living fossil, the Laotian rock rat? What the genetic collections of the biggest Norwegian...
Come with us last time for the beauties and attractions Mohelno Serpentine Steppe
We invite you on last excursion from BIOM project.This excursion will be focused on geological basis and its importance to the uniqueness Mohelno Serpentine Steppe, especially for its phytosociological richness. Excursions will be accompanied by Associate Professor...
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school at Mohelsky mill - Gymnázium Jihlava - lecturers Aleš Bajer, Helena Prokešová
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school
Project day BY OWN EYES for secondary school at Mohelsky mill - Gymnázium Havlíčkův Brod - lecturers Samuel Lvončík, Martin Valtera, Radka Poláková
May project days 2016 BY OWN EYES
At the beginning of May on Mohelno Serpentine Steppe there were held two project days for secondary schools called BY OWN EYES which were attended by students from Grammar school Jihlava and Grammar school Havlickuv Brod. A total of 64 students participated in these...
The last project day BY OWN EYES
On 1st June (International Children's Day) at the Mohelno Serpentine Steppe there was held the last project day „On own eyes“. The event was attended by pupils of 5th grade of elementary school Velka Bites and elementary school Křoví.The...
Mohelský Mill Genetic Bank Facility – Building Approval
After a three-month reconstruction of the Genetic Bank Facility, an occupancy permit to use the building was issued on 13th November 2015. More about the facility and the reconstruction process can be read...
Exhibition LIVING NATURE OF VALLEYS OSLAVA AND CHVOJNICE
Two nice articles were published in newspapers Horácké noviny about exhibition, previews are attached to this report. Another information provided chief editor of the exhibition Mgr. Jan Roleček, Ph.D. in its response to the proposed construction of a...
Study visit to Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
In connection to BIOM project, study visit to one of the largest wildlife genetic banks, the DNA Bank in Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway was realized on 31 August – 5 September 2015. This institution is a partner of our project financed from...
Working visit of Norwegian partner in the Czech Republic
In connection to BIOM project, two Norwegian colleagues from Natural History Museum (NHM), University of Oslo (our project partner) visited our institutions on 17.–22. 11. 2015. Curators of NHM DNA Bank Prof. Arild Johnsen and Dr. Lars Erik Johannessen presented...
Study visit to Global Genome Biodiversity Network, Berlin, Germany
In connection to BIOM project, study visit to Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN), Berlin, Germany was realized on 14-18 June 2015. Employees of Institute of Vertebrate Biology Biology, the Czech Academy of Sciences (Dr. Petra Hájková a Dr....
Genetic Collections and Biodiversity Research and Conservation WORKSHOP
International seminar focused on the importance of genetic sample collections and genetic analyses for research and biodiversity conservation was held from 18th to 20th November 2015 at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, External Research Facility Studenec. Twenty...
Vesmír Magazine
Next article on idea and aims of emerging animal genetic bank was published in November issue of Czech popular science magazine Vesmír, which is designed for both professionals and the inquisitive laymen interested in nature. Read here or...
OPENING CEREMONY of Exhibition LIVING NATURE OF VALLEYS OSLAVA AND CHVOJNICE
Thanks to all visitors of introductory lecture and exhibition opening LIVING NATURE VALLEY OF OSLAVA AND CHVOJNICE
Myslivost Hunting Magazine
Members of the Czech-Moravian Hunting Association and other hunters and their sympathizers, who often come into contact with wild fauna, were asked for cooperation on the Genetic Bank in the June issue of Czech hunting magazine Myslivost. We introduced the National...