Department of Botany
The research is focused on taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, evolution and ecology of selected groups of vascular (with special attention on polyploid complexes e.g. Alyssum, Arabidopsis, Cardamine, Galium, Hieracium, Oxalis and family Zingiberaceae) and non-vascular plants and fungi; algae (green microalgae, chrysomonades and diatoms), bryophytes (Hepaticae), lichenes and economically, ecologically and medically important groups of Ascomycetes.
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Department of Zoology
The reserach is focused on world-wide phylogeny and evolution (based on extant as well as fossil taxa) of selected groups of invertebrates - Hymenoptera (particularly of bees – Apoidea (evolution of cleptoparasitic behavior) and parasitic wasps of superfamily Chalcidoidea (evolution of parasitism)), Coleoptera (particularly of Scarabaeoidea, Hydrophiloidea), bed bug (Cimex spp. – Heteroptera), Pseudoscopionida and anaerobic protoists, as well as vertebrates - fish (Cichlididae) and bats (Chiroptera). We also study phylogeography and taxonomy of selected species in a specific regions (Mediterranean region – phylogeography of Mantis religiosa (Mantodea), Lethrus spp., Oxythyrea spp., Protaetia spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) and Helix spp. (Gastropoda); Zealandia region – phylogeography of water and leaf-litter Hydrophiloidea) as well as world-wide taxonomy of various insect groups (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea, Scarabaeoidea; Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, especially Mymaridae and Torymidae, Apoidea and Heteroptera).
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Institute of Geology and Palaentology
The research of the palaeontological (palaeozological and palaeobotanical) division is focused on taxonomy, phylogeny, comparative anatomy and osteology, palaeoecology of various taxonomic groups (vascular plants, sponges, graptolites, cephalophodes, vertebrates).
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