Projects

senior scientist, head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, member of the Scientific Board of PSBC SAS
Ing. Jana Libantová, CSc.

International

Finished
  • Genome editing in plants - a technology with transformative potential
    Program: COST
    Duration: 25. 4. 2019 – 24. 4. 2023
  • Response of Norway spruce somatic embryos to abiotic stresses
    Program: Inter-academic agreement
    Duration: 1. 1. 2015 – 31. 12. 2017
  • Pathogen-informed strategies for sustainable broad-spectrum crop resistance
    Program: COST
    Duration: 15. 4. 2013 – 15. 4. 2017
  • Investigate the machanism of male sterility regulated by DEFECTIVE IN ANTHER DEHISCENCE1 (DAD1) – Activating Factor (DAF), a RING-finger E3 ligase gene and its agricultural application
    Program: Inter-academic agreement
    Duration: 1. 1. 2014 – 31. 12. 2016
  • Plant Metabolic Engineering for High Value Products
    Program: COST
    Duration: 1. 7. 2011 – 30. 4. 2015
  • Participating of the antioxidant plants systems in a physiological-biochemical response on a cadmium and nickel stress influence
    Program: Bilateral - other
    Duration: 1. 1. 2011 – 31. 12. 2013
  • The influence of the overexpression of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene in transgenic poplar on the process of lignification
    Program: Bilateral - other
    Duration: 1. 1. 2011 – 31. 12. 2013
  • Molecular markers in the analysis of auxin distribution in oilseed androgenic embryos.
    Program: Bilateral - other
    Duration: 1. 1. 2010 – 31. 12. 2012
  • Signalling control of stress tolerance and production of stress protective compounds in plants
    Program: COST
    Duration: 1. 12. 2007 – 31. 12. 2011

National

Current
  • Developing leaf traps of carnivorous sundews: Source of unique hydrolases with a high potential in biotechnology
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 9. 2024 – 30. 6. 2028
  • Study of hydrolases involved in digestion in carnivorous plants of the genus Drosera
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2024 – 31. 12. 2027
  • Chronic ionizing radiation compromises resistance to pests in wild aquatic plants: Discovery and validation of biochemical mechanisms
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 8. 2021 – 30. 6. 2025
Finished
  • Hydrolytic enzymes of carnivorous plants and their potential for application in biotechnology
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2020 – 31. 12. 2023
  • Demand-driven research for the sustainable and innovative food
    Program:
    Duration: 1. 9. 2020 – 30. 6. 2023
  • The application of myrosinase for sulforaphane activation in development of a novel product exhibiting cancer prevention effects
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2017 – 30. 6. 2021
  • Carnivorous plants – prospective source of genes for hydrolytic enzymes with antifungal potential
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2017 – 31. 12. 2019
  • Testing of genes for specific hydrolytic enzymes in plant transgenosis in order to use them to strenthen defense against pathogens
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2014 – 31. 12. 2016
  • Understanding of plant adaptation in the radioactive Chernobyl area
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2012 – 31. 12. 2015
  • Biological diversity of wheat, improvement for adaptability under global change and use of organic agriculture
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 5. 2011 – 31. 10. 2014
  • Study of the defense responses of soybean (Glycine max L.) against ions of selected heavy metals
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2011 – 31. 12. 2013
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    Duration: 18. 5. 2010 – 18. 5. 2013
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    Duration: 31. 3. 2010 – 31. 3. 2013
  • The study of efficiency of selectable marker gene removal via Cre/lox technology in transgenic plants
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2008 – 31. 12. 2010
  • Biosafe transgenic oilseed rape through innovative biotechnology.
    Program:
    Duration: 1. 12. 2008 – 31. 10. 2010