Plant B chromosome biology research group (IEB)

The start of this year's field season🌽

Happy 50th birthday to our amazing group leader Jan Bartoš! 🎉 What better way to celebrate this milestone than with an extra B chromosome themed cake that may or may not be essential? 😉

🚨 Registration for the 6th B Chromosome Conference is now OPEN! 🚨 📍 Olomouc, Czechia 🇨🇿 🗓 1–4 June 2026 📝 Registration deadline 15 April 2026 👉 See details about the venue and programme & register here: olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/en/6bcc #6BCC

❄️Proper Winter is here!!! ❄️ So we had to try out the snow. ⛷️🏂

🎉 Our paper on B chromosome of Sorghum purpureosericeum has been accepted! The best early Christmas gift for the main author, our phd student Tereza Bojdová🎄Huge congratulations to her and all co-authors!

@Lucie_Hlouskova had the opportunity to attend the @emblebi course Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing in the UK 🧬 We’re happy she represented the plant genomics community!🌱 Huge thanks to the organizers for a great week 🙌

Our lab is stepping out of the science bubble and into the holiday spirit! 🎄 This Friday from 10:00 AM, you’ll find us at the Olomouc Christmas Markets, pouring festive drinks at the charity stand. Come say hi and support a good cause!

Petr Urbiš and Mahmoud Said presented their work at the 13th International Conference Analytical Cytometry in Mikulov! We’re proud to see our team sharing their work with the cytometry community. #Cytometry #PhDlife

Congratulations to our PhD student @Lucie_Hlouskova on her new publication in Journal of Experimental Botany! 🌽 The study reports a comprehensive transcriptomic atlas of the maize B chromosome throughout development. academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-ar…

Our group joined the Plant Chromosome Biology 2025 meeting at the University of Vienna🇦🇹 Two of our PhD students had the opportunity to present their B chromosome research! 🎤🧬 #PlantChromosomeBiology #PhDLife #Vienna

That’s a wrap! 🎉 A few of us had the chance to represent our group at Plant Biology CS 2025🌱in Bratislava 🇸🇰 Lots of science, great people, and new ideas to take home. 💡

PhD life = not just computers & lab coats 🌽☀️Out in the field hand-pollinating maize. #phdlife #PlantScience #Maize

🎉 Exciting news! Our paper on maize B chromosome transcriptome is officially accepted! Huge congratulations to PhD student Lucie Hloušková for her hard work and dedication 🌽🧬 #BChromosomes #Maize #phdlife

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

Our PhD students are out in the field, planting maize and getting their hands dirty for science 🌽🧤 Sunburns, sore backs, and soil in places it shouldn’t be—must be field season! #Fieldwork #PhDLife #Maize #PlantScience

Big thanks to the group of Andreas Houben for the warm welcome and the opportunity to present our research! 🧬🌱 #Bchromosomes #PlantGenetics #IPKGatersleben #ScienceCollab #ChromosomeResearch

Our lab is happily participating in Do práce na kole this May! 🚴‍♀️🧬 Big thanks to team Koblížci for fueling us with a sweet treat 🍩 #DoPráceNaKole #BikeToWork #LabLife

Two PhD students + 400 maize seeds = the perfect Friday chill 🌽🧪 Just a casual end-of-week bonding session with tweezers and trays. #PhDLife #PlantScience🌽🌱

🌱 3 of our PhD students gave talks 🎤and made valuable connections at the Young Researcher Retreat of the @UEBavcr in Lysá nad Labem! 🙏 Big thanks to the organizers for an inspiring event! #PhDlife #networking #plantbiology

@PDBeurope @UstavExpBio @bartos_group @CharlesUniPRG @LoschmidtL @MasarykUni @fchupol @VSCHT @CESNET_cz @IOCBPrague @IMTM_Olomouc @MSDintheUK … and we are done. Thank you all for coming and hope to see you next time!