We feature an interview with Professor Eva Za2imalova, a member of the Academy Council and the head of the Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation in Plants at the Institute of Experimental Botany of the ASCR. From 2007 to 2012 she was director of this institute. Her research is in the fields of auxin and cytokinins (mode of action of auxin. auxin binding site(s), regulation of levels of auxins and cytokinins in relation to cell division and elongation and themechanism of polar transport of auxin). and Marina Hužvárová.
The BIOCEV project was launched October 31 at an official ceremony at the headquarters of the ASCR, with the inauguration of the first research program, Functional Genomics. BIOCEV is one of six major approved projects that are to become centers of scientific excellence in the Czech Republic and Europe. BIOCEV's research program is focused on two current and rapidly changing scientific fields - biomedicine and biotechnologies - and combines primary and applied research. The results of the scientific research are expected to be used to develop new medicaments and diagnostic processes. The new center is funded by the European Commission's Operational Program Research and Development for Innovation through a grant won by the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University Prague. and Luděk Svoboda.