About us

Ivo Frébort, a Czech citizen born in 1965; MSc. in Analytical Chemistry 1989, Palacký University Olomouc, CZ; Ph.D. in Biochemistry 1992, Masaryk University Brno, CZ; Ph.D. in Bioresources Science 1997, Tottori University, Japan; postdoc University of Tübingen, Germany 2001; Professor in Biochemistry, Palacký University since 2005; visiting professor Osaka University 2007.

Ivo Frébort is a founder and Director of the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (since 2010), member of the Executive Board of European Federation of Biotechnology (since 2012) and former Dean of the Facuty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc (2014-2018).

His research covers broad areas in enzymology, molecular biology and biochemistry, with special focus on the enzymes of hormone metabolism in plants and possible biotechnological applications, including cloning and preparation of transgenic barley (WoS 100+ papers, 1500+ citation, h-21, 2 patents). His lecturing includes Molecular Biology and Structure and Function of Biomacromolecules.

He was the principal investigator of a large infrastructure project (> 30 mil €) from EU structural funds and 30 other research projects.

ORCID: 0000-0002-4032-4961

Born in 1954; MSc. in horticulture 1978, Agricultural College in Brno; Ph.D. in Genetics, 1983, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague; postdoc 1985 - 1986, ENEA, C.R.E. Casaccia, Rome, Italy; DSc. in Genetics, 2001, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague; Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 2013, Masaryk University, Brno.

Jaroslav Doležel has been working as a researcher at the Institute of Experimental Botany since 1983 and since 1997 he has been the head of the Olomouc workplace of this institute. Since 1992, he has lectured at Palacký University in Olomouc, currently at the Cytotaxonomy and Cytogenetics, Genome Anatomy and Cytometric Techniques. Since 2010, he has been the scientific director of the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research and is a member of the Scientific Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Czech Science Foundation.

His research activities are focused on the study of the structure, evolution and function of plant genome in order to obtain the knowledge needed for the application of molecular and biotechnological methods in the cultivation of agricultural crops. His team also participated in the sequencing of complex wheat and barley genomes (WoS: 300+ publications, 13000+ citations, h-index 54, editor of three books).

Jaroslav Doležel has been the investigator or member of the research team of more than 20 projects, including EU projects. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, in 2014 he received the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Award for outstanding results in research, experimental development and innovation, and in 2018 he received the Czech Government National Award for his lifelong contribution to the development of plant genetics and the application of results in practice.

ORCID: 0000-0002-6263-0492

Jaroslav DOLEŽEL
Scientific Director of the Centre and Chairperson of the Scientific Board
Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR
+420 585 205 852, dolezel@ueb.cas.cz

Ivo FRÉBORT
Director of the Centre and Member of the Scientific Board
Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
+420 585 634 922, ivo.frebort@upol.cz

Jozef ŠAMAJ
Member of Scientific Board of the Centre
Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
+420 585 634 978, jozef.samaj@upol.cz

Petr ILÍK
Member of Scientific Board of the Centre
Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
+420 585 634 153, petr.ilik@upol.cz

Miroslav STRNAD
Member of Scientific Board of the Centre
Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR
+ 420 585 634 850, strnad@ueb.cas.cz

Marek ŠEBELA
Member of Scientific Board of the Centre
Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
+ 420 585 634 927, marek.sebela@upol.cz

Jan BARTOŠ
Member of Scientific Board of the Centre
Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR
+420 585 205 881, bartos@ueb.cas.cz

Petr Tarkowski
Member of Scientific Board of the Centre
Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v. v. i.
+420 585 634 677, petr.tarkowski@upol.cz

Olga VALENTOVÁ
External Academic Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague
+420 220 443 027, olga.valentova@vscht.cz

Jiří FAJKUS
External Academic Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre
Masaryk University
+420 549 494 003, fajkus@sci.muni.cz

Antonín DREISEITL
External Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre
Agrotest Fyto, Ltd. and Agricultural Research Institute Kromeříž, Ltd.
+420 573 317 139, dreiseitl.antonin@vukrom.cz

Jeffrey A. COLE
External Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre
Vice-chairman of the European Federation of Biotechnology
j.a.cole@bham.ac.uk

Jan BŘEZINA
External Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre
Former Member of the European Parliament
brezina@jbrezina.cz

Prof. Richard M. Napier
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Heribert Hirt
King Abdullah University of Sciences and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Sebastien Praud
Biogemma, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Dr. Roland Wohlgemuth
Technical University Lodz, Poland

Prof. Dr. Nils Stein
Liebniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany