The research group explores the diversity, distribution, and abundance of soil microorganisms, their interactions and the effect that they have on ecosystems with particular interest in microbial control over carbon and nitrogen cycling and response of microbial communities to climate change.

 News

• Jana successfully participated at EMBO Lab Leadership for Group Leaders Course 10/2025

• Global database of soil microbial PLFAs and enzyme activities just published 9/2025

• Adam successufully defended his master thesis - Congratulations!!! 9/2025

• Jana recieved honorable mention from L’Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science 6/2025

• Article about bacterial stress responses to drought published in ISME Journal 4/2025

• Review article about microbial ecology in permafrost just accepted 1/2025

• Jana was giving a talk at Researcht's night about microbes and warming in arctic 9/2024

• Welcome to Jason who joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher 7/2024

• Article about microbial responses to warming in alpine tundra accepted 5/2024

• Popular science article about our research published in Vesmír 9/2023