Martin Volf received the Czech Science Foundation President’s Award
The President of the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) Petr Baldrian awarded the five best scientific projects this evening at the Strahov Monastery. The awarded basic research has significantly contributed to the deepening of knowledge in the given disciplines and opened the way to further practical application.
Martin Volf was awarded for his research on the origins of chemical diversity in plants. Plants produce hundreds of thousands of chemicals. They are able to tailor their production to survive in different environments. In harsh climates, they produce high concentrations of a narrow range of substances, while when insects attack, they produce a large number of chemicals, including those that attract the predators of the insects in question. Martin Volf´s research has revealed how the chemical strategies of plants evolve and how the vast amounts of substances they produce are created.
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