
Vedoucí, Oddělení biochemie a fyziologie
Vedoucí, Laboratoř diapauzy hmyzu
Diapauza a chladová odolnost hmyzu
Košťál V., Šimek P., Zahradníčková H., Cimlová J., Štětina T. (2012) Conversion of the chill susceptible fruit fly larva (Drosophila melanogaster) to a freeze tolerant organism. PNAS USA 109: 3270-3274.
Košťál V., Korbelová J., Rozsypal J., Zahradníčková H., Cimlová J., Tomčala A., Šimek P. (2011) Long-term cold acclimation extends survival time at 0°C and modifies the metabolomic profiles of the larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS ONE 6: e25025.
Ditrich T., Košťál V. (2011) Comparative analysis of overwintering physiology in nine species of semi-aquatic bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha). Physiological Entomology 36: 261-270.
Košťál V., Zahradníčková H., Šimek P. (2011) Hyperprolinemic larvae of the drosophilid fly, Chymomyza costata, survive cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108: 13041-046.
Košťál V., Doležal P., Rozsypal J., Moravcová M., Zahradníčková H., Šimek P. (2011) Physiological and biochemical analysis of overwintering and cold tolerance in two Central European populations of the spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. J. Insect Physiol. 57: 1136-1146.