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Anna Mrazova

Chapter II: Foreign scientific internship with a toddler: with any luck, the mom-scientist won't miss the first steps of her kid

12.05.2023

One of the duties of a researcher is to complete a foreign internship at a scientific institution. So as a family, we embarked on it. Part two of the Science Maternal series.

The specificity of induced chemical defence of two oak species affects differently arthropod herbivores and arthropod and bird predation

22.02.2023

Plant-animal interactions and the plant chemical defence systems are a keystone of ecology and of particular interest because they fundamentally shape ecosystem functioning. Despite that, the factors and mechanisms driving the interactions between insectivorous predators and plants, via herbivore-induced plant volatiles—HIPVs remains to be fully...

Chapter I: Pregnancy, childbirth, doctorate - hard, but possible

02.02.2023

Combining scientific work with a family with a husband and two children under the age of four is not easy, but not impossible either. A stable family background, a willingness to push one's own boundaries and an all-encompassing love bring PhDs.

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