Přestože historie Ústavu biologie obratlovců AV ČR (ÚBO)je poměrně krátká, aktivity pracoviště se rozvíjejí pod hlavičkou různých ústavů Československé akademie věd,respektive Akademie věd ČR, již 60 let. Počátkem roku 1953 totiž vznikla v Brně Laboratoř pro výzkum obratlovců ČSAV, jež se od roku 1960 stala samostatným ústavem. and Josef Bryja, Marcel Honza, Jan Zima.
An international conference titled Knowledgeable Society took place in Prague on March 10,2011 under the aegis of the Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas. Organizers of the conference directed attention on actual questions of science and education a world-wide context. and Vladimír Čechák, Jan Zima.
The Academy Assembly, the highest body of the ASCR responsible for the topmost priority decisions related to the ASCR, held its XXXVIII Meeting on April 21, 2011. Among invited guests were Alena Gajdůšková, 1st Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Stanislava Hronová and Vladimír Haasz, Vice-Chairpersons of the R&D Council and others. The main agenda item of this meeting was discussion the report of the Steering Committee of the Evaluation of Academy Institutes. Through the Committee's evaluation, the Academy Council is provided a full report of the research effectiveness of Academy Institutes. and ověřili Jan Zima, Jaroslav Pánek.