David Honys

New paper out! Vinod Kumar et al. show that eIF3E selectively regulates #mRNA #translation in #pollen, membrane integrity & pollen tube growth RIP-seq + reporters + AlphaFold3 + FRET = mechanism Congrats Vinod & the team!🌿 doi.org/10.1093/plcell… @UEBavcr #PlantReproduction

Behnoosh opened the door in #Brno at Masaryk University last year, Cecilia just started as an HE #MSCA-DN #PRIMER PhD student, arriving from the @mendeslab at @LaStatale

🍀 #ExPBio PhD Retreat = a great job of our newest PhD students Behnoosh Rahimi 🇮🇷 and Cecilia Rosa Mataloni 🇮🇹. Welcome to the lab and good luck!🌱🍎🧬🔬 Hot start at @muni_cz = Intro talks + good beer in Telč 🍻✨ @UEBavcr @PollenBiologyCZ #PRIMER

🎓 New PhD at the Dept. of Genetics & Microbiology, @CharlesUniPRG ! 👏👏👏 Big congrats to Alena Náprstková for a smooth & convincing PhD defence on ALBA proteins in pollen🌼 All the best for what’s next — and plenty of microscopy ahead🔬🌱 @UEBavcr #PlantScience #Pollen #RNA

🍀 Focus areas: Resilience • Sustainability • Biodiversity • One Health Open science, real collaboration, shared solutions for climate & food security. #ClimateResilience #ScientificConference #AgricultureResearch #Sustainability #RECROPCOST

🌱 Cultivating Connections Meeting🌍 #RECROP × #DIVERSICROP × #PANGEOS New website: cost2026prague.eu 📅 4–6 May 2026 |📍Prague 🇨🇿 Interdisciplinary #COSTActions meeting on crop resilience, diversification & & EO for agriculture 🍅🌽🥑 #CropScience #Prague2026 @UEBavcr

2/2 They had the opportunity to explain the current situation in Iran to @VaclavLaska, helping to give these efforts broader visibility. facebook.com/reel/155626309… Respect for their courage, responsibility, and willingness to speak up. #IranRevolution2026

Very proud of my postdoc @ZahraKahrizi and her Iranian friends for standing with the brave people of Iran in their fight for freedom and basic human rights they deserve. There are moments when it is important to look beyond science and academic work. #FreeIran #Iran 1/2

2/2 The work was driven by a young and largely independent team of PhD students, with contributions from an undergraduate student, led by Karel Raabe — a great example of early-career research leadership. @ZahraKahrizi @raabe_karel @UEBavcr #Translation #Ribosomes

📢 New paper from our lab! Ribo-BiFC enables direct visualisation of assembled 80S ribosomes in vivo in plants 🌱 — allowing observation of active translation across tissues. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.118… 👏 Big congratulations to the whole team! 1/2

🎓 New PhD in the lab! Big congratulations to Katka Kulichová🎉 It took its time but well deserved after a strong piece of work and a convincing defence. Wishing you lots of success in your next chapter in the South, at IPMB / @BiologyCentre! 🌍🔬 @PollenBiologyCZ @UEBavcr

Over 4 yrs, 12 Doctoral Candidates will air together to strengthen the resilience of tomato through innovative genetic, chemical, and physiological priming strategies. How to apply and Application forms here 👉 pollenbiology.cz/page-2 #PhD #Training #FoodSecurity

The MSCA Doctoral Network PRIMER has officially launched! Partners from 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇮🇱🇨🇿🇮🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇨🇾 join forces to make #tomato 🌱 more resilient to climate change by innovative priming strategies. 🔗 Info: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101… #MSCA #HorizonEurope #PRIMER #PlantReproJobs #RECROP 👇

#PRIMER brings together 10 top institutions & 11 teams: Goethe Univ Frankfurt • Univ Göttingen • Univ Glasgow • Volcani Center • Inst Exp Bot CAS • Univ Potsdam • Univ Milan • CSIC Valencia • Univ Paris-Saclay • Cyprus Univ Tech 🌍 #PlantScience #ClimateChange #PhD

@helena_1sage Lovely, meat-based cuisine. Nice combination of different origins.

@DavidHonys Albania looks like the perfect backdrop for innovation and collaboration. How about local foods there?

Albania🇦🇱. Beautiful country with dynamic and vibrant capital #Tirana. Thank you, Ariola Bacu and your colleagues, for organizing this #RECROP meeting here, on biotechnology. A pleasure to catch up again and discuss the progress of our #COST Action. New collaborations to come.

Back in #Israel after 2 years 🇮🇱 Great to rejoin with collaborators & friends @LiebermanMichal (@Volcaninstitute) and Yori Leshem (MIGAL, @Tel_HaiCollege). For science, nurturing🇪🇺🇨🇿🤝🇮🇱 partnerships is key—to grow them than break them. Summer #ScienceDiplomacy in a heat 🔥☀️

New PhD from our lab! 🎓🎉 Congrats to @ZahraKahrizi, @UEBavcr on her successful defence at @CharlesUniPrague — brilliantly written, defended in style, and well deserved — and yes, we celebrated accordingly 🥂🎉 Welcome, Dr. Zahra! 🥂 #PhDDefense #PlantBiology @PollenBiologyCZ

Po roce opět na zahradě Černínského paláce – recepce MZV při Poradě k ekonomické a vědecké diplomacii. Rád jsem se setkal s kolegy z oblasti vědecké diplomacie a mezinárodní spolupráce. Díky @mzvcr za příjemné a inspirativní odpoledne! 🌿🔬🇨🇿🌍 #ScienceDiplomacy #ResearchSecurity

Calling all B chromosome enthusiasts — spread the word! Our group is thrilled to host the 6th B Chromosome Conference in our beautiful city of Olomouc, Czechia🇨🇿 Mark your calendars for 1–6 June 2026! Registration details will be coming later. Stay tuned! #6BCC