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Description of Examinations
TOEIC instead of the Bachelor’s English Examination
Recognition of Language Certificates Instead of Language Examinations
There are examination dates in both semesters for all examinations with the exception of the Advancement Examination, which is only organized in summer.
The examinations take place in the following periods, based on the current academic calendar:
Winter semester dates
Summer semester dates
Particular dates can be found in STAG.
The overall result can be found in STAG after the evaluation of the examination is finished.
After the TOEIC a TOEFL certificates arrive, they are be available at the Language Department secretary's office, Ms Magdalena Kučerová.
The points achieved in TOEIC can be converted to CEFR levels (A1–C1) here.
The main objective is to determine the taxonomic and functional overlap between the soil and aquatic microbiomes at different model sites.
Understanding the processes associated with organic matter (OM) transformations at the interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems is key to understanding the flow of energy and macro-elements (carbon and nitrogen) at the landscape scale. Fungi produce a wide range of extracellular enzymes and convert various forms of complex plant-derived OM, and are thus one of the main regulators of carbon balance. We suggest that, contrary to previously accepted paradigms, many fungi colonizing plant matter in terrestrial conditions remain important players in energy transfer to higher trophic levels in stagnant freshwater.
In order to reveal with sufficient resolution the complex interactions that accompany fungal lifestyles at the soil-water interface, we have assembled a team of collaborators with a multidisciplinary focus and will use a combination of modern molecular methods, advanced bioinformatic analyses, and state-of-the-art approaches in analytical chemistry to address some of the pressing knowledge gaps in the emerging field of microbial ecology.
Within the project we offer new interesting topics for Bachelor and Master theses. For more information:doc. Ing. Jiří Bárta. PhD. (
Illustration figure: Bacteria stained by FISH on fungal hyphae in soil (Eickhorst and Tippkötter, 2008, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40(7):1883-1891)
Read more …SoWaFUN - Fungal ecology at the soil-water interface
To evaluate effects of chemistry and microbial community of till and alpine meadow soils on P cycling, and climate changes (increasing physical erosion and dust deposition) and recovery from acidification on increasing P leaching from soils and the related eutrophication of receiving waters.
We will identify major environmental factors controlling P leaching from undeveloped soils in natural, unmanaged areas. We will evaluate effects of soil recovery from acidification, increasing dust deposition, and climate-accelerated physical erosion of rocks on chemistry and ability of soils to retain/release P. The most pronounced increases in lake water P concentrations (besides USA) have occurred in the Tatra Mountains, mainly in catchments with high proportion of scree and undeveloped till soils. Using local rocks, we will experimentally assess effects of climate change on their physical erosion. Then, we will evaluate effect of increased rock weathering on soil chemistry and P retaining ability. Special attention will be paid to composition of microbial community of till soils, and activity and role of its major components in P mobilization from rock and dust. Using long-term trends in chemistry and biology of lakes, we will evaluate individual and synergetic effects of recovery from acidification and climate change on the ongoing changes in their nutrient status and trophy.
Read more …Biotic and abiotic factors governing phosphorus losses from undeveloped alpine soils