The aim of the scientific work of the Department of Experimental Plant Biology is to study the physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes that take place in plants. We focus on the understanding of plants responses to environmental stress conditions and on the study of plant adaptation mechanisms to adverse conditions, with emphasis on abiotic stress. The department has to its disposal laboratories for the study of proteins and nucleic acids, the analysis of gene expression, the examination of enzyme kinetics, a laboratory for structural and ultrastructural analysis of cells; as well as premises for plant material cultivation.
Research areas
Plant molecular and cell biology studies
- the role of plant synaptotagmines in stress responses,
- the multilevel regulation of iron transporters
- the polarity of plant cells
Plant root responses to stress are also researched
- the study of the functions and interactions of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, as well as auxin, during heavy metal stress in roots.
Research is also focused on monitoring the potential of silicon (Si) to alleviate abiotic stress, caused primarily by excess metals and metalloids in cultivated plants
Abiotic Stress Laboratory
- Dry Oven VWR Dry line 115
Dry Oven VWR Dry Line 112 Prime
Dry Oven KC-65
Horizontal Electrophoretic Apparatus Mini Sub-Cell GT Biorad
Power Supply Biorad PowerPac Basic
Power Supply Consort EV265
Mini PROTEAN Tetra cell 1-D vertical gel electrophoresis 2x
Semidry Blotting Apparatus Thermo Scientific OWL HEP-1
Shaker Heidolph Polymax 1040
Digital Reciprocating Shaker Witeg SHR-2D
Mini Shaker PSU-2T Biosan for immunology
Vortex Mixer VWR Lab Dancer 3x
Vortex Mixer Biosan Multispeed MSV-3500
Magnetic Stirrer Heidolph MR Hei-Mix S
Magnetic Stirrer with heating IKA RH basic
Magnetic Stirrer with heating Chromservis M2-A
Dry Block Thermostat Biosan Bio TBD-100
Shaking Water Bath Julabo SW 22
Eppendorf Centrifuge 5427-R
Mini Centrifuge MiniSpin plus, Eppendorf
Mini Centrifuge Witeg CF-5
ELGA Micra Deionization Pure Water System
Analytical Balances Sartorius Entris 224I-1S
Analytical Balances Sartorius MC1 AC 120 S
Digital Lab Scale Balance Mettlet PM 1200
Precision Balance Radwag PS 600 C2 2x
Precision Balance Radwag PS 600.R2
pH Meter Eutech CyberScan 510
pH Meter Eutech pH700
Conductivity Meter Eutech CON700
Conductivity Meter Radelkis OK-102/1
Germicidal Lamp Prolux G M55W/SP-DO
Compact Digital Camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX80
Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology
- konfokálny mikroskop Fluoview FV1000, Olympus (obsahuje Olympus BX 61, Olympus U-RFL-T, Olympus FV5-LDPSU, Olympus BX - UCB
Vodný kúpeľ Wisd witeg - Digital Fuzzy Control System
Thermo shaker TS - 100, Biosan
Dry Block Thermostat TDB 120, Biosan
Termocykler - Mastercycler gradient, Eppendorf
Fluoroscan Ascent FL, Thermo Electron Corporation
centrifúga - TGL - 16 MC Benchtop Hight - speed Refrigerated Centriuge
centrifúga - Micro 200, Hettich Zentrifugen
vortex - Digital Vortex Mixer, Ohaus
vortex - Multi Vortex V 32, Biosan
vortex - Ika Vortex, GENIUS 3, Ika
minicentrifúga- MiniSpin plus, Eppendorf
minicentrifúga - Frontier 5306, Ohaus
centrifúga - Frontier 5515 R, Ohaus
Vertikálna elektroforetická aparatúra s modulom na blotovanie - Mini Protan Tetra cell with Blotting Module, BioRad
Vertikálna elektroforetická aparatúra s modulom na blotovanie - omniPage Mini Tetrad , Cleaver Scientific
Horizontálne elektroforetické aparatúry - kuroGEL, VWR Collectio
Stereolupa M7A- Wild Heerbrugg
orbital shaker Incubator ES 20, Biosan
Blue Light LED transiluminator
Cryo-cut II Microtome, Reichert – Jung
Magnifax 3a, Meopta
Parný autokláv STE-23-M, Icanclave
Sušiareň s nútenou ventiláciou, Binder
Conviron model G30
Hlbokomraziaci box -80°C, Arctiko
Laminárny box - MSC Advantage, Thermo Scientific
ultramikrotóm - ULTRACUT E, Reichert – Jung
ultramikrotóm - LKB 8800 Ultramicrotome III, Broma
prístroj na zhotovovanie nožov - LKB 7800 Knifemaker, Bromma
probenator B 7925
mikrotóm MPS*2
Multirotátor - Multi Bio RS 24, Biosan
Orbital shaker Incubator ES 20, Biosan
Multi-function Orbital Shaker PSU - 20i, Biosan
Fiveeasy ph meter f20-STD-KIT, METTLER TOLEDO
Polymerizačný prístroj KT 100 - c. reicheut, austria
váhy mettler AE 240
Magnetické miešadlo s tepelným ohrevom, MSH-300, Biosan
Laboratory of plant root responses to stress
- Chemilumino/Spectrofluorometers
Electrophoresis and blotting systems
Fast performance liquid chromatograph
Fluoro/stereomicroscopes
PCR apparat
Ultra/centrifuges