In 2022, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel, known worldwide as the Father of Genetics. He discovered the basics of heredity while growing peas in the Abbey of Old Brno. Mendel devoted himself not only to heredity but also to the cultivation of fruit trees and bulbs, beekeeping, meteorology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and observed spots on the sun. He was a complex scientist whose legacy we are still developing at MU Faculties, even though many do not know it.
Like all living things, peas (Pisum sativum) need care to grow and reach the pod. Mendel, too, struggled with adversity before achieving a satisfactory result. Let's try to plant a plant together and get acquainted with what Mendel worked with in practice - what the plant needs for healthy growth, what conditions are the best – flower pot, garden, lots of sun, little sun, how much water...
For further details, please contact Martina Petříková (hrach@sci.muni.cz)
According to Dean Tomáš Kašparovský, the faculty faces a number of challenges over the new year, including setting up a new system of doctoral income, space missions, joining the chip cluster and electing a new dean.
Astrophysicists from Masaryk University contributed to research published in the journal Nature that first revealed intergalactic wind. Using the cutting-edge Resolve spectrometer onboard the Japanese XRISM satellite, they analysed the X-ray spectrum of the centre of the Centaurus cluster of galaxies....
