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The 27th School of Mass Spectrometry will take place on 21–25 September 2026 in Frymburk, Czech Republic. This year’s theme, “Mass Spectrometry: From Experimental Design to Data Interpretation,” reflects a broad programme covering the entire analytical workflow—from study design and sample preparation to method development, validation, data analysis and interpretation. … Read more

Our new paper, “Heptafluorobutyl Chloroformate Derivatization Enables Molecular-Ion-Centric Metabolite Screening and Fluorine-Assisted Elemental-Composition Assignment by GC–APCI–HRMS,” has been published in Analytical Chemistry. In this study, we introduce a rapid metabolite-screening workflow combining one-minute heptafluorobutyl chloroformate (HFBCF) derivatization with GC–APCI–HRMS. The approach generates abundant protonated molecular ions together with characteristic fluorine-containing mass signatures, facilitating … Read more

At analytica 2026 in Munich, we presented two recent developments linked to Chromservis. We introduced the updated MetAmino® kit for LC-MS and GC-MS analysis, which now includes 17 isotopically labelled internal standards and supports accurate analysis of more than 80 amino acids, polyamines and biogenic amines. We also used the … Read more

We are pleased to highlight a new collaborative study published in Functional Ecology. In the article, “Species-specific scents, targeted enemies: Volatile cues mediate predator attraction in willows,” the authors show that herbivore-induced volatile signals can shape predator attraction in a species-specific way. While inducible VOCs in Salix fragilis were linked to the recruitment of invertebrate … Read more

We are pleased to highlight a new collaborative study published in Nature Communications, co-authored by an international research team including Martin Moos from our laboratory. The article, “Developmental plasticity enables an intestinal tapeworm to adapt to dietary stress,” reveals how dietary fiber availability shapes the development, reproduction, and survival strategies of the intestinal … Read more

We are pleased to announce a new Polish–Czech collaborative research grant focused on understanding how dietary fatty acids modulate immune responses to fungal infections. The project uses the wax moth Galleria mellonella as a well-established alternative infection model with strong relevance to mammalian innate immunity. The main goal of the project is to determine whether fatty … Read more

Our laboratory is a co-investigator in the newly funded Czech Science Foundation project 26-22858S, led by MVDr. Oldřich Tomášek, Ph.D. from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences (IVB). The project team also includes collaborators from the Faculty of Science, Charles University. The project, “Metabolic energy substrates in … Read more

We are pleased to highlight a new collaborative review published in Current Opinion in Insect Science, co-authored with colleagues Fernando G. Noriega, Guy Bloch, Martin Moos, Petr Šimek, and Marek Jindra. The article, “Approaches to quantify and manipulate insect hormone signals,” provides an up-to-date overview of state-of-the-art methods used to … Read more

We are proud to share a new joint publication arising from our long-term collaboration with Roman Sobotka’s research group at the Algatech Centre (Institute of Microbiology, CAS). The study reveals a previously unknown role of cyanophycinase (CphB) in enabling heterotrophic growth in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. The Algatech team discovered that deleting … Read more

195 participants registered, with 23 lectures, 14 short talks, and 55 posters presented. The event was held under the main organizational lead of Martin Moos. Prominent scientific figures and dozens of experts in mass spectrometry and proteomics arrived in České Budějovice to attend the 13th Conference of the Czech Society … Read more