9:00 - 9:10

Barták M.: Introductory word on the workshop: Recent trends in biological science in polar and alpine regions.

 9:10 - 9:30

Davide Giordano, Jiří Sekerák (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic): Cryoresistance in Antarctic endemic species Himantormia lugubris as assessed by laboratory experiments.

 9:30 - 9:50

Aquim Abdul Haqim Yousouf et al. (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic): UV-B effects on Antarctic Algae. Analysis of acclimation to a short-term UV-B stress.

 9:50 - 10:10

Oksana Poronnik (Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ukrainian Antarctic Centre, Kiyv, Ukraine): Antiviral activity of Deschampsia antarctica plant extracts in vitro.

10:10 - 10:30

Přestávka na kávu / Coffee break

10:30 - 10:50

Ivan Parnikoza (Ukrainian Antarctic Centre, Kiyv, Ukraine): Possible local mechanisms for the spread of Umbilicaria species: evidence from the Argentine Islands-Kyiv Peninsula region, Antarctica

10:50 - 11:10

Peter Váczi et al.: Recent achievements in AUV-based vegetation mapping, classification of components of vegetation oases and their vigour. Case study from James Ross island, Antarctica estimation.

11:10 - 11:30

Jana Kvíderová (Centre of Polar Biology, South Bohemian University, České Budějovicce, Institute of Botany, University of West Bohemia ): Variable chlorophyll fluorescence: A powerful tool in experimental phycology.

11:30 - 11:50

Anton Puhovkin (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of the Problems in Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, Charkiv, Ukrainian Antarctic Centre, Kiyv, Ukraine): Comparison of spectral characteristics of bryophytes: Case study from Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands) and Galindez Island (Argentine Islands)

11:50 - 12:10

Vendula Koublová (Czech Collection of Microorganisms - Department of Experimental Biology - Biology Section, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic): Title pending

12:10 - 12:30

Mishra, K.B. (Masaryk University, CzechGlobe Brno, Czech Republic)): Protective mechanisms in Antarctic lichens with a special respect to non-photochemical quecnching

12:30 - 12:50

Aleksandra Andrzejowska (Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland): Title pending

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 - 14:20

Angelica Casanova-Katny (Temuco Catholic University, Temuco, Chile), Hannah Prather, Milos Bartak : Antarctic mosses sexual reproduction to adapt to climate change.

14:20 - 14:40

Rosputinský, M., Grieš, M., Mishra, K.B. (Masaryk University, CzechGlobe, Brno): Desiccation-induced inhibition of photosynthetic processes related to PSII in Chorisodontium aciphyllum from Galindez Island, Antarctica.

14:40 - 15:10

Merve Yiğit et al. (Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey): DNA barcoding of the lichens in Horseshoe Island, Antarctica.

15:10 - 15:30

Doričková, R., Aquim Abdul Haqim Yousouf et al. (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic): UV-B effects on Antarctic Algae. Analysis of acclimation to a short-term UV-B stress.

15:30 - 15:50

Hájek, J. et al. (Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology): Seasonal changes of soil heat fluxes as a factor affecting vegetation cove in acto-alpine tundra located above tree line in the Jeseniky Mts.

16:00

End of the workshop.