Authors: Martin Bilej
Publish Date: 2010/11/18
Volume: 37, Issue: 12, Pages: 1225-1226
Abstract
The history of the Institute of Microbiology began in 1948 when Professor Ivan Málek moved from Prague to the Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University at Hradec Králové He formed a working group there that later became the basis of the Department of Microbiology of the Central Institute of Biology After the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was founded in 1952 the group moved from Hradec Králové to PragueDejvice Fleming Square and the Department of Microbiology of the Institute of Biology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was thus established The independent Institute of Microbiology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was founded in 1962 In 1963 it moved to the new building in PragueKrč In the beginning the excellent reputation of the Institute of Microbiology was closely associated with Ivan Málek its founder and first director At the Institute of Microbiology Málek’s research focused mainly on continuous cultivation of microorganisms
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