Dr Novotná Jaroměřská!

Dr Novotná Jaroměřská!

We are happy to announce that Tereza has succesfully defended her PhD thesis on elemental and isotopic composition of supraglacial microinvertebrates and is now Dr….

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PhD position on Antarctic diatoms

PhD position on Antarctic diatoms

We are seeking a motivated student to work on a project entitled “Diatom diversity and community assembly in the polar oases of Antarctica.” The project…

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PhD position in Microbial Ecology of the Greenland Ice Sheet

PhD position in Microbial Ecology of the Greenland Ice Sheet

available from September 2024 in our group! We are seeking a highly motivated student to investigate the potential of microbial communities of the Greenland Ice…

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New paper on methylotrophs at a Greenland Ice Sheet methane release hotspot

New paper on methylotrophs at a Greenland Ice Sheet methane release hotspot

Subglacial environments provide conditions suitable for the microbial production of methane, an important greenhouse gas, which can be released from beneath the ice as a…

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New paper on benthic communities of Antarctic lakes

New paper on benthic communities of Antarctic lakes

In polar and alpine regions worldwide, glacier retreat leads to the creation of new lakes in the newly-deglaciated proglacial terrain. However, little is known about…

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New paper on controls of microbial assemblages in Greenland glacial meltwaters

New paper on controls of microbial assemblages in Greenland glacial meltwaters

Glacial meltwater drains into proglacial rivers where it interacts with the surrounding landscape, collecting microbial cells as it travels downstream. Characterizing the composition of the…

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Philip Pika joins CryoEco

Philip Pika joins CryoEco

We are happy to announce Philip Pika is joining our team to work on the project MARCH4G as a postdoctoral research assistant. Philip did his…

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2022 field work is done

2022 field work is done

This summer we travelled to Greenland to finish the first phase of the MARCH4G project. We returned to Upernavik in NW Greenland to visit sites…

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Postdoc position in glacial biogeochemical modelling

Postdoc position in glacial biogeochemical modelling

is available from July 2022 in our team at the Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czechia. We are seeking a…

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New hypothesis paper proposing glacial habitats as a plant terrestrialisation cradle

New hypothesis paper proposing glacial habitats as a plant terrestrialisation cradle

In a new hypothesis paper published in Frontiers in Plant Science Jakub Žárský and his coauthors use current glacial ecology knowledge to tackle the puzzle…

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