SumSci Summer Internships in laboratories of Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/40. 20 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ivan Kushkevych, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Beránková
Supplier department: Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • doc. RNDr. Vít Gloser, Ph.D. - Department of Experimental Biology
    Topic: Is plant response to drought affected by nitrogen supply?
    Drought is one of the most limiting factors of food production worldwide. Knowledge of processes behind plant response to decline of water availability and consequent regulation of plant water use is critically needed but still poor. Student will perform a cultivation experiment focused on interaction between water availability and nitrogen availability in soil and response of plants in selected traits. Student will learn how to conduct and evaluate experiments with plants in regulated conditions. Work experience will also include use of instruments for monitoring of plant and soil water status, destructive sampling of plant material and simple chemical analyses. The results of project will serve namely for identification of possible mechanism behind sensing of soil water availability by plants. Also some practical recommendations for fertilization of plants under limited water availability will also be prepared.

    1. Basic knowledge of plant cultivation

    2. Basic knowledge of data handling (e.g. calculations in spreadsheet, creation of simple graphs

    3. Some technical experience/skills may be advantage


    doc. Mgr. Ivan Kushkevych, Ph.D. - Department of Experimental Biology
    Topic: Intestinal Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Production of Hydrogen Sulfide
    Hydrogen sulfide is the final product of the process of dissimilatory sulfate reduction. The intensity of this process depends on the number of sulfate-reducing bacteria and the concentration of free sulfate in the intestine of humans and animals. At high concentrations, hydrogen sulfide is toxic for the intestinal mucosa of organism and for the intestinal flora. The aim of this work is the isolation and identification of novel strains of intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria, determination and comparison of their ability to metabolize of sulfate and produce of hydrogen sulfide. It will also be investigated the metabolic-ability of sulfate-reducing bacteria to use different electron acceptors occurring in the intestine. It will be tested mechanisms for reducing the production of hydrogen sulfide in the sulfate-reducing bacteria by inhibiting the sulfate reduction process.

    Requirements: some experience work with microorganisms, experience in microbiological or molecular biological methods
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: 28.5. - 20. 7. 2019.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 28.5. - 20. 7. 2019.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2018, Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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