We are a team of dedicated enthusiasts, proud of our roots and apple varieties rising from them. Get to know us better.
Ing. Radek Černý, PhD. – head of our team
cerny@ueb.cas.cz
(+420 ) 225 106 492
Radek gained invaluable experience with fruit growing and breeding abroad. While working in Germany, he accidentally visited our station in 2007. After joining our team two years later, he learned a lot from our founder J. Tupý over time and in 2016 became the head. Besides leading our team, Radek is responsible for communication with our German-speaking business partners, managing breeding and research projects, applying newselections for PVR, drafting license agreements, and takes part in promotional and commercialisation activities. He is also a proud member of the expert committee Fachkommission Kernobst.
Seat of IEB in Prague
Rozvojová 313 (Building B2)
CZ-165 02 Prague 6 - Lysolaje
Czech Republic
Ing. Miloslav Juříček, CSc. – researcher
juricek@ueb.cas.cz
(+420 ) 225 106 410
Miloslav draws upon his long-term experience in a broad array of molecular techniques gained at several universities abroad. He therefore plays an invaluable role in our research and common analyses that help us with breeding and evaluating our newselections. He has also made use of his skills and knowledge in several of our projects.
Mgr. Věra Forejtová – administration
forejtova@ueb.cas.cz
(+420 ) 225 106 493
In cooperation with other colleagues, Věra is engaged in a number of administrative, IPR, commercialisation, and promotional tasks that are all integral to our work. She is also a member of the Managing Board of Jaroslav Tupý Endowment Fund that was established in honour of the remarkable scientist, breeder, and founder of our station J. Tupý.
Mgr. Veronika Janečková – administration
maternity leave
Before going to maternity leave, Veronika was mainly responsible for various administrative activities and tasks related to commercialisation, applying for PVR, promotion, and outreach. She also helped to establish and was engaged in Jaroslav Tupý Endowment Fund.
Květoslava Rabochová – lab technician
rabochova@ueb.cas.cz
(+420 ) 225 106 491
Květoslava's domain is various lab tasks, which are essential to a range of subsequent analysis that partly help us in the evaluation of promising apple selections.
Breeding Station Střížovice
Střížovice 20
CZ-463 45 Pěnčín
Czech Republic
RNDr. Dimitrij Tyč, PhD. – researcher, breeder, and deputy head
tyc@ueb.cas.cz
(+420 ) 485 177 430
Dimitrij has participated in many projects focused on mapping and determination of apple varieties. Being originally a molecular biologist, he plays an important role in our research, but is mainly engaged in breeding and promotional tasks. One of his strong suits is also communication with our English-speaking partners. As deputy head, he assumes responsibility for managing the activities at the station in Střížovice.
Ing. Zuzana Jelínková (Krčková), PhD. - researcher
maternity leave
Currently on maternity leave, Zuzana used to be specialised in carrying out various analyses and other laboratory and research tasks. Thanks to her good organisational skills, she also helped to manage the activities at our breeding station in Střížovice.
Ing. Jan Zima - grower and breeder
ueb.strizovice@seznam.cz
(+420 ) 485 177 430
Jan has impressive knowledge of everything that revolves around apples, gardening, and even more. Thanks to his decades-long experience, he is particularly helpful when it comes to growing and breeding.
Ing. Otto Louda (Jr.) - grower and breeder
ueb.strizovice@seznam.cz
(+420 ) 485 177 430
Otto inherited passion for apples from his father Otto Louda Sr., who established a breeding station in his home village of Střížovice in 1955 and bred several famous varieties (e.g. Rubín, Shampion) here. Otto Jr. later became part of the team himself and - as a grower and co-breeder of a few dozen varieties - has already been with us for several decades.
Mgr. Jaroslav Kozák - grower and technician
ueb.strizovice@seznam.cz
kozak@ueb.cas.cz
(+420 ) 485 177 430
Jaroslav takes part in much of the fieldwork revolving around apple growing. Also, maintenance of machines that are indispensable in our orchard is partly down to him.
Zdeněk Haleš, DiS. - grower and breeder
ueb.strizovice@seznam.cz
hales@ueb.cas.cz
(+420 ) 485 177 430
Zdeněk (together with others from our station in Střížovice) carries out a great deal of tasks related to growing, selection and evaluation of apple saplings and trees. He also has the critical responsibility for making sure that the seedlings in our modern greenhouse are well catered for.
Zdeněk Mikula - technician
ueb.strizovice@seznam.cz
(+420 ) 485 177 430
Zdeněk is responsible for many activities that are not always apparent at first sight though also crucial to our work, such as maintenance of machines and equipment and overall technical support.