Centre Algatech

Institute of Michrobiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Prof. RNDr. Ondřej Prášil, PhD.
Name:Prof. RNDr. Ondřej Prášil, PhD.
Laboratory of Photosynthesis
Ondřej Prášil`s group
Phone:+420 384340430
E-mail:prasil(at)alga.cz
Position:Senior Researcher

Researcher ID: H-2454-2014                                                  
Orcid ID 0000-0002-0012-4359

Research interests

Regulation and stress physiology of phytoplankton photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation; Biological oceanography; Ecophysiology of algal and cyanobacterial photosynthesis; Effects of global change on photosynthetic microorganisms; Development of biophysical optical instrumentation for photosynthesis research.

Education/Training

  • 1987 RNDr. (M.Sc. equiv.)  in Biophysics (Raman spectroscopy) with Prof. Josef Štěpánek, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1990 - 1991 research assistant with Prof. Itzhak Ohad (photosynthesis), Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1993 junior research assistant, Prof. Paul Falkowski (aquatic photosynthesis). Oceanography department, Brookhaven National Laboratory – US Dept of Energy, NY, USA
  • Ph.D. (1995) in Microbiology and in Plant physiology, supervisor: Dr.Ivan Šetlík, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
  • 1995 - 1997 postdoc with Prof. Paul Falkowski (biophysical techniques in aquatic phyotosynthesis), Oceanography department, Brookhaven National Laboratory – US Dept of Energy, NY, USA

Professional experience

  • 1997- present Scientist, Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Inst. Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Třeboň, from 1997-2006 Head of the Laboratory of Photosynthesis
  • 2006- 2023 Founder and Head of the Center Algatech, Inst. Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Třeboň
  • 2005 Associated professor (docent) and 2010 full Professor in Biophysics, Palacký University in Olomouc
  • 1998 – present, Lecturer (currently full Professor), Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
  • Courses taught and services provided at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
  • Photosynthesis (1 semester advanced theoretical and practical course, runs biannually since 2005)
  • Bioenergetics (1 semester curse, runs annually since 2005)
  • Plant physiology  (30% lectures load)
  • Oceanography for biologists (20% load, 2005-2010)
  • Invited guest lecturer at courses overseas: in Norway (Primary production in the Arctic, 1 month courses at UNIS Svalbard 2014, 16, 18), Brazil (Optical methods in algal physiology, 1 month course Univ. Federal de Santa Catalina, Florianopolis, 2016), Portugal (Fluorescence methods in aquatic primary production, 1 week at Univ. Algarve, Faro, 2019) and Spain (Marine Primary production, 1 week online at the Univ. Balearic Islands, 2020 and 21).
  • Supervision of students at various levels (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.): altogether more than 10 students supervised and successfully defended their theses. Mentoring of 8 postdocs at the Institute of Microbiology.
  • Member of the boards of the study programs Biophysics and Physiology (for Ph.D. students) at the Faculty of Science, Univ. of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Biophysics at the Palacký University in Olomouc and Biophysics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. Member of committees for Ph.D. defenses in the Czech Republic and abroad (e.g. Norway, Finland, France, Spain).

Publications

In total author of more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, 6 book chapter and 1 monography that were cited more than 4500 times according to Web of Science (plus 500 citations of a book chapter not in WOS), h-index 37 (see the separate list of publications under Additional information).

Research grants awarded

  • Principal investigator or co-principal investigator of more than 30 grant projects since 1997 from the Czech (GAČR, MŠMT) and foreign funding agencies – NATO, EU, NSF. Direct, project supported collaboration with laboratories in the USA (Rutgers Univ, Oregon State), France (CNRS Labs in Banyouls, Roscoff, Villefranche), the Netherlands (NIOOZ Yerseke), Norway (NTU Trondheim), Italy (CNR Milano) and Israel (IUI Eilat).
  • From 2010-2020 principal investigator of cluster of several EU-MŠMT funded large-scale projects (Algatech, Algaman, Algain, Algamic) for establishing and supporting research, infrastructure, human resources and investment in instrumentation of the Center Algatech of the Institute of Microbiology, CAS in Třeboň. 
  • Currently PI of the GACR project “Mechanisms and importance of functional heterogeneity in unicellular nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria”.

Fellowships and research stays abroad

  • 1992 University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, USA (3 months fellowship Human Frontiers Science Program), hosted by Prof. John Whitmarsh – biophysics of photosynthesis
  • 2002-4 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA (8 months, fellowship of the National Research Council of the NAS), hosted by Dr. Michael Behrenfeld – satellite remote sensing of the algal photosynthesis in oceans
  • 2000-2003 participation at the French oceanographic research cruises in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Red sea and Pacific (total 3 months) – study of phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ using the newly developed biophysical tools.
  • 2022 University of California, Santa Cruz (3 months Fulbright fellowship) hosted by Prof.Jonathan Zehr - photophysilogy of diazotrophy symbiosis
  • Membership in learned societies and in editorial boards
  • 2009-14 Head of the Czech national committee for geosphere and biosphere – IGBP
  • 2008- present Member of the Czech Society of Experimental Plant Biology
  • Currently member of the editorial boards of journals Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Applied Phycology, Photosynthetica and Folia Microbiologica.
  • Currently Member of the panel "Plant Physiology and Genetics, Plant Medicine" of the Czech Grant Agency GACR

Awards

  • 2010 Award for the best research project funded by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Organization of conferences and workshops
  • Main convener (with D.Suggett) of international conferences Aquafluo 2007 (Nové Hrady, CZ, 125 participants), Aquafluo 2017 (Sydney, Australia, more than 100 participants) and 10th international workshop on primary productivity GAP 2017 (Třeboň, 80 participants).
  • Member of ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography) and ISPR (International Society of Photosynthesis Research).
  • Member of SCOR working group 156 "Active Chlorophyll fluorescence for autonomous measurements of global marine primary productivity"

List of publications, from most reecent

  1. Hania, A., R. Lopez-Adams, O. Prasil and M. Eichner (2023). "Protection of nitrogenase from photosynthetic O2 evolution in Trichodesmium: methodological pitfalls and advances over 30 years of research." Photosynthetica 61(1): 58-72.
  2. Kaňa, R., B. Šedivá and O. Prášil (2023). "Microdomains heterogeneity in the thylakoid membrane proteins visualized by super-resolution microscopy." Photosynthetica 61(SPECIAL ISSUE 2023-2): 483-491.
  3. Masuda, T., M. Beckova, Z. Turoczy, J. Pilny, R. Sobotka, J. P. Trinugroho, P. J. Nixon, O. Prasil and J. Komenda (2023). "Accumulation of Cyanobacterial Photosystem II Containing the 'Rogue' D1 Subunit Is Controlled by FtsH Protease and Synthesis of the Standard D1 Protein." Plant Cell Physiol 64(6): 660-673.
  4. Masuda, T., K. Inomura, M. Gao, G. Armin, E. Kotabova, G. Bernat, E. Lawrenz-Kendrick, M. Lukes, M. Beckova, G. Steinbach, J. Komenda and O. Prasil (2023). "The balance between photosynthesis and respiration explains the niche differentiation between Crocosphaera and Cyanothece." Comput Struct Biotechnol J 21: 58-65.
  5. Masuda, T., K. Inomura, J. Mares, T. Kodama, T. Shiozaki, T. Matsui, K. Suzuki, S. Takeda, C. Deutsch, O. Prasil and K. Furuya (2023). "Coexistence of Dominant Marine Phytoplankton Sustained by Nutrient Specialization." Microbiol Spectr 11(4): e0400022.
  6. Masuda, T., D. Majerova, K. Piwosz, T. Tsurumaki, Y. Fujita and O. Prasil (2023). "Immunocytochemical Visualization of Proteins from Cyanobacterial Cells with High Autofluorescence of Phycoerythrin and Phycourobilin." J Vis Exp(199).
  7. Omar, N. M., K. Fleury, B. Beardsall, O. Prasil and D. A. Campbell (2023). "Genomic capacities for Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism across marine phytoplankton." PLoS One 18(4): e0284580.
  8. Tortell, P. D., N. Schuback, D. J. Suggett, I. Berman-Frank, D. A. Campbell, A. Ciotti, Z. K. Erickson, T. Fujiki, K. Halsey, A. E. Hickman, M. Y. Gorbunov, D. J. Hughes, Z. S. Kolber, C. M. Moore, K. Oxborough, O. Prášil, C. M. Robinson, T. J. Ryan-Keogh, G. Silsbe, S. Simis, S. Thomalla and D. R. Varkey (2023). Application of Single Turnover Active Chlorophyll Fluorescence for Phytoplankton Productivity Measurements. . P. D. Tortell, N. Schuback and D. J. Suggett.
  9. Masuda, T., K. Inomura, T. Kodama, T. Shiozaki, S. Kitajima, G. Armin, T. Matsui, K. Suzuki, S. Takeda, M. Sato, O. Prasil and K. Furuya (2022). "Crocosphaera as a Major Consumer of Fixed Nitrogen." Microbiology Spectrum.
  10. Omar, N. M., O. Prasil, J. S. P. McCain and D. A. Campbell (2022). "Diffusional Interactions among Marine Phytoplankton and Bacterioplankton: Modelling H2O2 as a Case Study." Microorganisms 10(4).
  11. Masuda, T., K. Inomura, J. Mareš and O. Prášil (2022). "Crocosphaera watsonii." Trends in Microbiology.
  12. Malych, R., P. Stopka, J. Mach, E. Kotabova, O. Prasil and R. Sutak (2022). "Flow cytometry-based study of model marine microalgal consortia revealed an ecological advantage of siderophore utilization by the dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae." Computational and structural biotechnology journal 20: 287-295.
  13. Hania, A., M. Eichner, A. Norici, O. Prasil and M. Giordano (2021). "Does growth rate affect diatom compositional response to temperature?" Phycologia 60(5): 462-472.
  14. Schuback, N., P. D. D. Tortell, I. Berman-Frank, D. A. A. Campbell, A. Ciotti, E. Courtecuisse, Z. K. K. Erickson, T. Fujiki, K. Halsey, A. E. E. Hickman, Y. Huot, M. Y. Y. Gorbunov, D. J. J. Hughes, Z. S. S. Kolber, C. M. Moore, K. Oxborough, O. Prasil, C. M. M. Robinson, T. J. J. Ryan-Keogh, G. Silsbe, S. Simis, D. J. J. Suggett, S. Thomalla and D. R. R. Varkey (2021). "Single-Turnover Variable Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Tool for Assessing Phytoplankton Photosynthesis and Primary Productivity: Opportunities, Caveats and Recommendations." Frontiers in Marine Science 8.
  15. Rabouille, S., D. A. Campbell, T. Masuda, T. Zavřel, G. Bernát, L. Polerecky, K. Halsey, M. Eichner, E. Kotabová, S. Stephan, M. Lukeš, P. Claquin, J. Bonomi-Barufi, A. T. Lombardi, J. Červený, D. J. Suggett, M. Giordano, J. C. Kromkamp and O. Prášil (2021). "Electron & Biomass Dynamics of Cyanothece Under Interacting Nitrogen & Carbon Limitations." Frontiers in Microbiology 12.
  16. Polerecky, L., T. Masuda, M. Eichner, S. Rabouille, M. Vancova, M. V. M. Kienhuis, G. Bernat, J. Bonomi-Barufi, D. A. Campbell, P. Claquin, J. Cerveny, M. Giordano, E. Kotabova, J. Kromkamp, A. T. Lombardi, M. Lukes, O. Prasil, S. Stephan, D. Suggett, T. Zavrel and K. H. Halsey (2021). "Temporal Patterns and Intra- and Inter-Cellular Variability in Carbon and Nitrogen Assimilation by the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142." Frontiers in Microbiology 12.
  17. Masuda, T., O. Prášil, V. E. Villafañe, M. S. Valiñas, K. Inomura and E. W. Helbling (2021). "Impact of Increased Nutrients and Lowered pH on Photosynthesis and Growth of Three Marine Phytoplankton Communities From the Coastal South West Atlantic (Patagonia, Argentina)." Frontiers in Marine Science 8.
  18. Kotabova, E., R. Malych, J. J. Pierella Karlusich, E. Kazamia, M. Eichner, J. Mach, E. Lesuisse, C. Bowler, O. Prasil and R. Sutak (2021). "Complex Response of the Chlorarachniophyte Bigelowiella natans to Iron Availability." mSystems 6(1).
  19. Hania, A., M. Eichner, A. Norici, O. Prášil and M. Giordano (2021). "Does growth rate affect diatom compositional response to temperature?" Phycologia 1-11.
  20. El-Sheekh, M. M., O. Prášil and E. El-Mohsnawy (2021). "Physiological and spectroscopical changes of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus under iron stress and recovery culture." Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 43(5).
  21. Camargo, E. C., R. A. Rossi, J. C. Silva, A. C. P. Miwa, O. Prášil, M. d. C. Calijuri and A. T. Lombardi (2021). "Comparing pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry with radiocarbon technique for determination of inorganic carbon fixation in Chlorella vulgaris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)." European Journal of Phycology 1-11.
  22. Bernat, G., T. Zavrel, E. Kotabova, L. Kovacs, G. Steinbach, L. Voros, O. Prasil, B. Somogyi and V. R. Toth (2021). "Photomorphogenesis in the Picocyanobacterium Cyanobium gracile Includes Increased Phycobilisome Abundance Under Blue Light, Phycobilisome Decoupling Under Near Far-Red Light, and Wavelength-Specific Photoprotective Strategies." Front Plant Sci 12: 612302.
  23. Santabarbara, S., A. P. Casazza, E. Belgio, R. Kaňa and O. Prášil (2020). Light Harvesting by Long-Wavelength Chlorophyll Forms (Red Forms) in Algae: Focus on their Presence, Distribution and Function. Book chapter in “Photosynthesis in Algae: Biochemical and Physiological Mechanisms”, p. 261-297.
  24. Masuda, T., K. Inomura, N. Takahata, T. Shiozaki, Y. Sano, C. Deutsch, O. Prasil and K. Furuya (2020). "Heterogeneous nitrogen fixation rates confer energetic advantage and expanded ecological niche of unicellular diazotroph populations." Communications Biology 3(1).
  25. Inomura, K., C. L. Follett, T. Masuda, M. Eichner, O. Prasil and C. Deutsch (2020). "Carbon Transfer from the Host Diatom Enables Fast Growth and High Rate of N2 Fixation by Symbiotic Heterocystous Cyanobacteria." Plants (Basel) 9(2).
  26. Inomura, K., C. Deutsch, T. Masuda, O. Prášil and M. J. Follows (2020). "Quantitative models of nitrogen-fixing organisms." Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 18: 3905-3924.
  27. Bullerjahn, G. S., R. M. L. McKay, G. Bernát, O. Prášil, L. Vörös, K. Pálffy, N. Tugyi and B. Somogyi (2020). "Community dynamics and function of algae and bacteria during winter in central European great lakes." Journal of Great Lakes Research 46(4): 732-740.
  28. Scheiber, I. F., J. Pilatova, R. Malych, E. Kotabova, M. Krijt, D. Vyoral, J. Mach, T. Leger, J. M. Camadro, O. Prasil, E. Lesuisse and R. Sutak (2019). "Copper and iron metabolism in Ostreococcus tauri - the role of phytotransferrin, plastocyanin and a chloroplast copper-transporting ATPase." Metallomics 11(10): 1657-1666.
  29. Saccon, F., M. Durchan, R. Kana, O. Prasil, A. V. Ruban and T. Polivka (2019). "Spectroscopic Properties of Violaxanthin and Lutein Triplet States in LHCII are Independent of Carotenoid Composition." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 123(44): 9312-9320.
  30. Lukes, M., M. Giordano and O. Prasil (2019). "The effect of light quality and quantity on carbon allocation in Chromera velia." Folia Microbiologica 64(5): 655-662.
  31. Litvin, R., D. Bina, M. Herbstova, M. Pazdernik, E. Kotabova, Z. Gardian, M. Trtilek, O. Prasil and F. Vacha (2019). "Red-shifted light-harvesting system of freshwater eukaryotic alga Trachydiscus minutus (Eustigmatophyta, Stramenopila)." Photosynth Res 142(2): 137-151.
  32. Inomura, K., C. Deutsch, S. T. Wilson, T. Masuda, E. Lawrenz, B. Lenka, R. Sobotka, J. M. Gauglitz, M. A. Saito, O. Prasil and M. J. Follows (2019). "Quantifying Oxygen Management and Temperature and Light Dependencies of Nitrogen Fixation by Crocosphaera watsonii." mSphere 4(6).
  33. Yoshida, K., H. Endo, E. Lawrenz, T. Isada, S. B. Hooker, O. Prášil and K. Suzuki (2018). "Community composition and photophysiology of phytoplankton assemblages in coastal Oyashio waters of the western North Pacific during early spring." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 212: 80-94.
  34. Venuleo, M., O. Prasil and M. Giordano (2018). "Life at elevated CO2 modifies the cell composition of Chromera velia (Chromerida)." European Journal of Phycology 53(1): 58-66.
  35. Ruan, Z., O. Prasil and M. Giordano (2018). "The phycobilisomes of Synechococcus sp are constructed to minimize nitrogen use in nitrogen-limited cells and to maximize energy capture in energy-limited cells." Environmental and Experimental Botany 150: 152-160.
  36. Prasil, O., Z. S. Kolber and P. G. Falkowski (2018). "Control of the maximal chlorophyll fluorescence yield by the QB binding site." Photosynthetica 56.
  37. Partensky, F., D. Mella-Flores, C. Six, L. Garczarek, M. Czjzek, D. Marie, E. Kotabova, K. Felcmanova and O. Prasil (2018). "Comparison of photosynthetic performances of marine picocyanobacteria with different configurations of the oxygen-evolving complex." Photosynth Res 138(1): 57-71.
  38. Masuda, T., G. Bernat, M. Beckova, E. Kotabova, E. Lawrenz, M. Lukes, J. Komenda and O. Prasil (2018). "Diel regulation of photosynthetic activity in the oceanic unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium Crocosphaera watsonii WH8501." Environ Microbiol 20(2): 546-560.
  39. Kvernvik, A. C., C. J. M. Hoppe, E. Lawrenz, O. Prasil, M. Greenacre, J. M. Wiktor and E. Leu (2018). "Fast reactivation of photosynthesis in arctic phytoplankton during the polar night(1)." Journal of Phycology 54(4): 461-470.
  40. Hughes, D. J., D. A. Campbell, M. A. Doblin, J. C. Kromkamp, E. Lawrenz, C. M. Moore, K. Oxborough, O. Prasil, P. J. Ralph, M. F. Alvarez and D. J. Suggett (2018). "Roadmaps and Detours: Active Chlorophyll- a Assessments of Primary Productivity Across Marine and Freshwater Systems." Environ Sci Technol 52(21): 12039-12054.
  41. Bernat, G., G. Steinbach, R. Kana, Govindjee, A. N. Misra and O. Prasil (2018). "On the origin of the slow M-T chlorophyll a fluorescence decline in cyanobacteria: interplay of short-term light-responses." Photosynth Res 136(2): 183-198.
  42. Belgio, E., E. Trskova, E. Kotabova, D. Ewe, O. Prasil and R. Kana (2018). "High light acclimation of Chromera velia points to photoprotective NPQ." Photosynth Res 135(1-3): 263-274.
  43. Tilstone, G., B. Šedivá, G. Tarran, R. Kaňa and O. Prášil (2017). "Effect of CO2 enrichment on phytoplankton photosynthesis in the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre." Progress in Oceanography 158: 76-89.
  44. Lukeš, M., M. Giordano and O. Prášil (2017). "The effect of environmental factors on fatty acid composition of Chromera velia (Chromeridae)." Journal of Applied Phycology 29(4): 1791-1799.
  45. Felcmanova, K., M. Lukes, E. Kotabova, E. Lawrenz, K. H. Halsey and O. Prasil (2017). "Carbon use efficiencies and allocation strategies in Prochlorococcus marinus strain PCC 9511 during nitrogen-limited growth." Photosynth Res 134(1): 71-82.
  46. Belgio, E., S. Santabarbara, D. Bina, E. Trskova, M. Herbstova, R. Kana, G. Zucchelli and O. Prasil (2017). "High photochemical trapping efficiency in Photosystem I from the red clade algae Chromera velia and Phaeodactylum tricornutum." Biochim Biophys Acta 1858(1): 56-63.
  47. Silsbe, G. M., K. Oxborough, D. J. Suggett, R. M. Forster, S. Ihnken, O. Komárek, E. Lawrenz, O. Prášil, R. Röttgers, M. Šicner, S. G. H. Simis, M. A. Van Dijk and J. C. Kromkamp (2015). "Toward autonomous measurements of photosynthetic electron transport rates: An evaluation of active fluorescence-based measurements of photochemistry." Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 13(3): 138-155.
  48. McKay, R. M., O. Prasil, L. Pechar, E. Lawrenz, M. J. Rozmarynowycz and G. S. Bullerjahn (2015). "Freshwater ice as habitat: partitioning of phytoplankton and bacteria between ice and water in central European reservoirs." Environ Microbiol Rep 7(6): 887-898.
  49. Cheregi, O., E. Kotabova, O. Prasil, W. P. Schroder, R. Kana and C. Funk (2015). "Presence of state transitions in the cryptophyte alga Guillardia theta." J Exp Bot 66(20): 6461-6470.
  50. Neale, P. J., C. Sobrino, M. Segovia, J. M. Mercado, P. Leon, M. D. Cortés, P. Tuite, A. Picazo, S. Salles, M. J. Cabrerizo, O. Prasil, V. Montecino, A. Reul and A. Fuentes-Lema (2014). "Effect of CO2, nutrients and light on coastal plankton. I. Abiotic conditions and biological responses." Aquatic Biology 22: 25-41.
  51. Mercado, J. M., C. Sobrino, P. J. Neale, M. Segovia, A. Reul, A. L. Amorim, P. Carrillo, P. Claquin, M. J. Cabrerizo, P. León, M. R. Lorenzo, J. M. Medina-Sánchez, V. Montecino, C. Napoleon, O. Prasil, S. Putzeys, S. Salles and L. Yebra (2014). "Effect of CO2, nutrients and light on coastal plankton. II. Metabolic rates." Aquatic Biology 22: 43-57.
  52. Kotabova, E., J. Jaresova, R. Kana, R. Sobotka, D. Bina and O. Prasil (2014). "Novel type of red-shifted chlorophyll a antenna complex from Chromera velia. I. Physiological relevance and functional connection to photosystems." Biochim Biophys Acta 1837(6): 734-743.
  53. Kong, W., W. Li, I. Romancova, O. Prasil and R. M. Morgan-Kiss (2014). "An integrated study of photochemical function and expression of a key photochemical gene (psbA) in photosynthetic communities of Lake Bonney (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica)." FEMS Microbiol Ecol 89(2): 293-302.
  54. Kirilovsky, D., R. Kaňa and O. Prášil (2014). Mechanisms Modulating Energy Arriving at Reaction Centers in Cyanobacteria. Book chapter in “Non-Photochemical Quenching and Energy Dissipation in Plants, Algae and Cyanobacteria”. Dordrecht, Springer Science+Business: 471-501.
  55. Kana, R., E. Kotabova, M. Lukes, S. Papacek, C. Matonoha, L. N. Liu, O. Prasil and C. W. Mullineaux (2014). "Phycobilisome Mobility and Its Role in the Regulation of Light Harvesting in Red Algae." Plant Physiol 165(4): 1618-1631.
  56. Bina, D., Z. Gardian, M. Herbstova, E. Kotabova, P. Konik, R. Litvin, O. Prasil, J. Tichy and F. Vacha (2014). "Novel type of red-shifted chlorophyll a antenna complex from Chromera velia: II. Biochemistry and spectroscopy." Biochim Biophys Acta 1837(6): 802-810.
  57. Vredenberg, W. and O. Prasil (2013). "On the polyphasic quenching kinetics of chlorophyll a fluorescence in algae after light pulses of variable length." Photosynth Res 117(1-3): 321-337.
  58. Lawrenz, E., G. Silsbe, E. Capuzzo, P. Ylostalo, R. M. Forster, S. G. Simis, O. Prasil, J. C. Kromkamp, A. E. Hickman, C. M. Moore, M. H. Forget, R. J. Geider and D. J. Suggett (2013). "Predicting the electron requirement for carbon fixation in seas and oceans." PLoS One 8(3): e58137.
  59. Janouskovec, J., R. Sobotka, D. H. Lai, P. Flegontov, P. Konik, J. Komenda, S. Ali, O. Prasil, A. Pain, M. Obornik, J. Lukes and P. J. Keeling (2013). "Split photosystem protein, linear-mapping topology, and growth of structural complexity in the plastid genome of Chromera velia." Mol Biol Evol 30(11): 2447-2462.
  60. Ferimazova, N., K. Felcmanova, E. Setlikova, H. Kuepper, I. Maldener, G. Hauska, B. Sediva and O. Prasil (2013). "Regulation of photosynthesis during heterocyst differentiation in Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120 investigated in vivo at single-cell level by chlorophyll fluorescence kinetic microscopy." Photosynthesis Research 116(1): 79-91.
  61. Vredenberg, W., M. Durchan and O. Prasil (2012). "The analysis of PS II photochemical activity using single and multi-turnover excitations." J Photochem Photobiol B 107: 45-54.
  62. Quigg, A., E. Kotabova, J. Jaresova, R. Kana, J. Setlik, B. Sediva, O. Komarek and O. Prasil (2012). "Photosynthesis in Chromera velia represents a simple system with high efficiency." PLoS One 7(10): e47036.
  63. Obornik, M., D. Modry, M. Lukes, E. Cernotikova-Stribrna, J. Cihlar, M. Tesarova, E. Kotabova, M. Vancova, O. Prasil and J. Lukes (2012). "Morphology, Ultrastructure and Life Cycle of Vitrella brassicaformis n. sp., n. gen., a Novel Chromerid from the Great Barrier Reef." Protist 163(2): 306-323.
  64. Kana, R., E. Kotabova, R. Sobotka and O. Prasil (2012). "Non-Photochemical Quenching in Cryptophyte Alga Rhodomonas salina Is Located in Chlorophyll a/c Antennae." Plos One 7(1).
  65. Kana, R., E. Kotabova, O. Komarek, B. Sediva, G. C. Papageorgiou, Govindjee and O. Prasil (2012). "The slow S to M fluorescence rise in cyanobacteria is due to a state 2 to state 1 transition." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1817(8): 1237-1247.
  66. Hill, R., A. W. D. Larkum, O. Prasil, D. M. Kramer, M. Szabo, V. Kumar and P. J. Ralph (2012). "Light-induced dissociation of antenna complexes in the symbionts of scleractinian corals correlates with sensitivity to coral bleaching." Coral Reefs 31(4): 963-975.
  67. Suggett, D. J., E. Lawrenz, G. Silsbe, E. Capuzzo, P. Ylostalo, R. M. Forster, S. Simis, O. Prasil and J. C. Kromkamp (2011). "Towards Predicting the Minimum Quantum Requirement for Carbon Fixation in European Seas." European Journal of Phycology 46: 54-54.
  68. Kotabova, E., R. Kana, J. Jaresova and O. Prasil (2011). "Non-photochemical fluorescence quenching in Chromera velia is enabled by fast violaxanthin de-epoxidation." FEBS Letters 585(12): 1941-1945.
  69. Suggett, D. J., O. Prasil and M. Borowitzka eds. (2010). Book “Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences: Methods and Applications”. Book series “Developments in Applied Phycology”, Springer, 323 p.
  70. Masojidek, J. and O. Prasil (2010). "The development of microalgal biotechnology in the Czech Republic." Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology 37(12): 1307-1317.
  71. Levitan, O., S. A. Kranz, D. Spungin, O. Prasil, B. Rost and I. Berman-Frank (2010). "Combined Effects of CO2 and Light on the N-2-Fixing Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium IMS101: A Mechanistic View." Plant Physiology 154(1): 346-356.
  72. Kranz, S. A., O. Levitan, K. U. Richter, O. Prasil, I. Berman-Frank and B. Rost (2010). "Combined Effects of CO2 and Light on the N-2-Fixing Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium IMS101: Physiological Responses." Plant Physiology 154(1): 334-345.
  73. Komarek, O., K. Felcmanova, E. Setlikova, E. Kotabova, M. Trtilek and O. Prasil (2010). Microscopic Measurements of the Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Kinetics, Book Chapter in “Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences Methods and Applications”. Book series “Developments in Applied Phycology”, Springer, 91-101.
  74. Vredenberg, W. and O. Prasil (2009). Modeling of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Kinetics in Plant Cells: Derivation of a Descriptive Algorithm. Photosynthesis in Silico: Understanding Complexity from Molecules to Ecosystems. A. Laisk, L. Nedbal and X. Govindjee. 29: 125-137.
  75. Vredenberg, W., M. Durchan and O. Prasil (2009). "Photochemical and photoelectrochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence in photosystem II." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1787(12): 1468-1478.
  76. Suggett, D. J., N. Stambler, O.Prasil, Z. Kolber, A. Quigg, E. Vázquez-Dominguez, T. Zohary, T. Berman, D. Iluz, O. Levitan, T. Lawson, E. Meeder, B. Lazar, E. Bar-Zeev, H. Medova and I. Berman-Frank (2009). "Nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of oceanic microbial growth during spring in the Gulf of Aqaba." Aquatic Microbial Ecology 56: 227-239.
  77. Rehakova, K., E. Zapomelova, O. Prasil, J. Vesela, H. Medova and A. Oren (2009). "Composition changes of phototrophic microbial communities along the salinity gradient in the solar saltern evaporation ponds of Eilat, Israel." Hydrobiologia 636(1): 77-88.
  78. Prasil, O., D. Bina, H. Medova, K. Rehakova, E. Zapomelova, J. Vesela and A. Oren (2009). "Emission spectroscopy and kinetic fluorometry studies of phototrophic microbial communities along a salinity gradient in solar saltern evaporation ponds of Eilat, Israel." Aquatic Microbial Ecology 56(2-3): 285-296.
  79. Kana, R., O. Prasil and C. W. Mullineaux (2009). "Immobility of phycobilins in the thylakoid lumen of a cryptophyte suggests that protein diffusion in the lumen is very restricted." FEBS Letters 583(4): 670-674.
  80. Kana, R., O. Prasil, O. Komarek, G. C. Papageorgiou and Govindjee (2009). "Spectral characteristic of fluorescence induction in a model cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp (PCC 7942)." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1787(10): 1170-1178.
  81. Kupper, H., I. Setlik, S. Seibert, O. Prasil, E. Setlikova, M. Strittmatter, O. Levitan, J. Lohscheider, I. Adamska and I. Berman-Frank (2008). "Iron limitation in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium reveals new insights into regulation of photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation." New Phytologist 179(3): 784-798.
  82. Komenda, J., J. Nickelsen, M. Tichy, O. Prasil, L. A. Eichacker and P. J. Nixon (2008). "The cyanobacterial homologue of HCF136/YCF48 is a component of an early photosystem II assembly complex and is important for both the efficient assembly and repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803." Journal of Biological Chemistry 283(33): 22390-22399.
  83. Kana, R., E. Kotabova and O. Prasil (2008). "Acceleration of plastoquinone pool reduction by alternative pathways precedes a decrease in photosynthetic CO2 assimilation in preheated barley leaves." Physiologia Plantarum 133(4): 794-806.
  84. Bonnet, S., C. Guieu, F. Bruyant, O. Prasil, F. Van Wambeke, P. Raimbault, T. Moutin, C. Grob, M. Y. Gorbunov, J. P. Zehr, S. M. Masquelier, L. Garczarek and H. Claustre (2008). "Nutrient limitation of primary productivity in the Southeast Pacific (BIOSOPE cruise)." Biogeosciences 5: 215-225.
  85. Vredenberg, W., M. Durchan and O. Prasil (2007). "On the chlorophyll a fluorescence yield in chloroplasts upon excitation with twin turnover flashes (TTF) and high frequency flash trains." Photosynthesis Research 93(1-3): 183-192.
  86. Levitan, O., G. Rosenberg, I. Setlik, E. Setlikova, J. Grigel, J. Klepetar, O. Prasil and I. Berman-Frank (2007). "Elevated CO(2) enhances nitrogen fixation and growth in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium." Global Change Biology 13(2): 531-538.
  87. Komenda, J., M. Tichy, O. Prasil, J. Knoppova, S. Kuvikova, R. de Vries and P. J. Nixon (2007). "The exposed N-terminal tail of the D1 subunit is required for rapid D1 degradation during photosystem II repair in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803." Plant Cell 19(9): 2839-2854.
  88. Koblizek, M., M. Masin, J. Ras, A. J. Poulton and O. Prasil (2007). "Rapid growth rates of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the ocean." Environmental Microbiology 9(10): 2401-2406.
  89. Vredenberg, W., V. Kasalick, M. Durchan and O. Prasil (2006). "The chlorophyll a fluorescence induction pattern in chloroplasts upon repetitive single turnover excitations: Accumulation and function Of Q(B)-nonreducing centers." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1757(3): 173-181.
  90. Setlikova, E., I. Setlik, H. Kupper, V. Kasalicky and O. Prasil (2005). "The photosynthesis of individual algal cells during the cell cycle of Scenedesmus quadricauda studied by chlorophyll fluorescence kinetic microscopy." Photosynthesis Research 84(1-3): 113-120.
  91. Claustre, H., M. Babin, D. Merien, J. Ras, L. Prieur, S. Dallot, O. Prasil, H. Dousova and T. Moutin (2005). "Toward a taxon-specific parameterization of bio-optical models of primary production: A case study in the North Atlantic." Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 110(C7).
  92. Bumba, L., O. Prasil and F. Vacha (2005). "Antenna ring around trimeric Photosystem I in chlorophyll b containing cyanobacterium Prochlorothrix hollandica." Biochim Biophys Acta 1708(1): 1-5.
  93. Bruyant, F., M. Babin, B. Genty, O. Prasil, M. J. Behrenfeld, H. Claustre, A. Bricaud, L. Garczarek, J. Holtzendorff, M. Koblizek, H. Dousova and F. Partensky (2005). "Diel variations in the photosynthetic parameters of Prochlorococcus strain PCC 9511: Combined effects of light and cell cycle." Limnology and Oceanography 50(3): 850-863.
  94. Kana, R., M. Spundova, P. Ilik, D. Lazar, K. Klem, P. Tomek, J. Naus and O. Prasil (2004). "Effect of herbicide clomazone on photosynthetic processes in primary barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves." Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 78(3): 161-170.
  95. Havelkova-Dousova, H., O. Prasil and M. J. Behrenfeld (2004). "Photoacclimation of Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae) under fluctuating irradiance." Photosynthetica 42(2): 273-281.
  96. Behrenfeld, M. J., O. Prasil, M. Babin and F. Bruyant (2004). "In Search of a Physiological Basis for Covariations in Light-Limited and Light-Saturated Photosynthesis" Journal of Phycology 40(1): 4-25.
  97. Tichy, M., L. Lupinkova, C. Sicora, I. Vass, S. Kuvikova, O. Prasil and J. Komenda (2003). "Synechocystis 6803 mutants expressing distinct forms of the Photosystem II D1 protein from Synechococcus 7942: relationship between the psbA coding region and sensitivity to visible and UV-B radiation." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1605(1-3): 55-66.
  98. Lindell, D., D. Erdner, D. Marie, O. Prasil, M. Koblizek, F. Le Gall, R. Rippka, F. Partensky, D. J. Scanlan and A. F. Post (2002). "Nitrogen stress response of Prochlorococcus strain PCC 9511 (Oxyphotobacteria) involves contrasting regulation of ntca and amt1." Journal of Phycology 38(6): 1113-1124.
  99. Kupper, H., I. Setlik, M. Spiller, F. C. Kupper and O. Prasil (2002). "Heavy metal-induced inhibition of photosynthesis: Targets of in vivo heavy metal chlorophyll formation." Journal of Phycology 38(3): 429-441.
  100. Kana, R., D. Lazar, O. Prasil and J. Naus (2002). "Experimental and theoretical studies on the excess capacity of Photosystem II." Photosynthesis Research 72(3): 271-284.
  101. Steglich, C., M. Behrenfeld, M. Koblizek, H. Claustre, S. Penno, O. Prasil, F. Partensky and W. R. Hess (2001). "Nitrogen deprivation strongly affects Photosystem II but not phycoerythrin level in the divinyl-chlorophyll b-containing cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1503(3): 341-349.
  102. Komenda, J., M. Koblizek and O. Prasil (2000). "Characterization of processes responsible for the distinct effect of herbicides DCMU and BNT on Photosystem II photoinactivation in cells of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp PCC 7942." Photosynthesis Research 63(2): 135-144.
  103. Sprtova, M., M. V. Marek, L. Nedbal, O. Prasil and J. Kalina (1999). "Seasonal changes of photosynthetic assimilation of Norway spruce under the impact of enhanced UV-B radiation." Plant Science 142(1): 37-45.
  104. Setlikova, E., D. Sofrova, O. Prasil, P. Budac, M. Koblizek and I. Setlik (1999). "Integrity and activity of photosystem 2 complexes isolated from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus using various detergents." Photosynthetica 37(2): 183-200.
  105. Samson, G., O. Prasil and B. Yaakoubd (1999). "Photochemical and thermal phases of chlorophyll a fluorescence." Photosynthetica 37(2): 163-182.
  106. Sukenik, A., J. C. Schneider, P. G. Roessler, A. Livne, T. Berner, Z. Kolber, K. Wyman, O. Prasil and P. G. Falkowski (1998). "Photosynthetic characterization of a mutant of Nannochloropsis deficient in the synthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid." Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 46(2): 101-108.
  107. Lardans, A., B. Forster, O. Prasil, P. G. Falkowski, V. Sobolev, M. Edelman, C. B. Osmond, N. W. Gillham and J. E. Boynton (1998). "Biophysical, biochemical, and physiological characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants with amino acid substitutions at the Ala(251) residue in the D1 protein that result in varying levels of photosynthetic competence." Journal of Biological Chemistry 273(18): 11082-11091.
  108. Kolber, Z. S., O. Prasil and P. G. Falkowski (1998). "Measurements of variable chlorophyll fluorescence using fast repetition rate techniques: defining methodology and experimental protocols." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1367(1-3): 88-106.
  109. Durnford, D. G., O. Prasil, J. M. Escoubas and P. G. Falkowski (1998). Assessing the potential for chloroplast redox regulation of nuclear gene expression. Photosynthesis: Molecular Biology of Energy Capture. 297: 220-234.
  110. Behrenfeld, M. J., O. Prasil, Z. S. Kolber, M. Babin and P. G. Falkowski (1998). "Compensatory changes in Photosystem II electron turnover rates protect photosynthesis from photoinhibition." Photosynthesis Research 58(3): 259-268.
  111. Prasil, O., Z. Kolber, J. A. Berry and P. G. Falkowski (1996). "Cyclic electron flow around photosystem II in vivo." Photosynthesis Research 48(3): 395-410.
  112. Polivka, T., J. Psencik, P. Kroh, D. Engst, J. Komenda, O. Prasil, P. G. Falkowski and J. Hala (1996). "Hole-burning study of energy transfer in antenna proteins of Dunaliella tertiolecta affected by iron-limitation." Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section a-Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 291: 111-117.
  113. Zer, H., O. Prasil and I. Ohad (1994). "Role Of Plastoquinol Oxidoreduction In Regulation Of Photochemical-Reaction Center Iid1 Protein-Turnover In-Vivo." Journal of Biological Chemistry 269(26): 17670-17676.
  114. Vassiliev, I. R., O. Prasil, K. D. Wyman, Z. Kolber, A. K. Hanson, J. E. Prentice and P. G. Falkowski (1994). "Inhibition Of Ps-Ii Photochemistry By Par And Uv-Radiation In Natural Phytoplankton Communities." Photosynthesis Research 42(1): 51-64.
  115. Komenda, J., J. Masojidek, J. Bocek and O. Prasil (1993). "Reversible And Irreversible Changes Of Fluorescence Parameters During Photoinhibition In The Synechococcus-Elongatus Cells." Photosynthetica 28(2): 249-251.
  116. Prasil, O., N. Adir and I. Ohad (1992). Dynamics of photosystem II: mechanism of photoinhibition and recovery processes. The Photosystems: Structure, function and Molecular Biology. J. Barber, Elsevier Science. 11: 295-348.
  117. Komenda, J., J. Masojidek, O. Prasil and J. Bocek (1992). "2 Mechanisms Of Photosystem-2 Photoinactivation - Do They Exist In-Vivo." Photosynthetica 27(1-2): 99-108.
  118. Hala, J., M. Vacha, J. Dian, O. Prasil and J. Komenda (1992). "Spectral Hole-Burning Of Pea Chloroplast Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes In Gel." Photosynthetica 26(3): 429-436.
  119. Hala, J., M. Vacha, J. Dian, M. Ambroz, F. Adamec, O. Prasil, J. Komenda, L. Nedbal, F. Vacha and J. Mares (1991). "Structure And Function Of Photosynthetic Systems Studied By Hole Burning Spectroscopy." Journal of Luminescence 48-9: 295-298.
  120. Nedbal, L., J. Masojidek, J. Komenda, O. Prasil and I. Setlik (1990). "3 Types Of Photosystem-Ii Photoinactivation .2. Slow Processes." Photosynthesis Research 24(1): 89-97.
  121. Prasil, O. and J. Stepanek (1989). "Device For Differential Measurement Of Raman-Scattering." Chemicke Listy 83(9): 990-995.

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