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21 Mar 2023

Getting practice into teaching means not lecturing phone books but getting students to look for solutions

Biochemist Vladimír Velebný, whose company Contipro is one of the three most successful hyaluronic acid producers in the world, will participate in teaching the subject of biotechnological processes as part of the follow-up Master's degree in Biotechnology at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University....

The faculty management have had talks with the student body about relations between students and teachers.

On Monday 13 March, student representatives from the Programme Board and the Academic Senate discussed ways to improve relations between students and staff with representatives of the Faculty. The meeting was initiated by Dean Tomáš Kašparovský in response to increasing cases of inappropriate behaviour...

13 Mar 2023

To study and play top-level sport you need careful preparation and perseverance

Reconciling studies at Masaryk University’s (MU) Faculty of Science with top-level training requires good planning and continuous preparation. Anežka Hlaváčová is in her second year of studying Experimental and Molecular Biology and represents the Czech Republic in ski orienteering, also known as Ski-O....

11 Mar 2023

Open positions - Director of the departments

Dear colleagues, I want to inform you about the current Director of the department opening at our faculty. Open positions are at the departments.

10 Mar 2023

Prof. Jaroslav Jonas passed away

With deep regret, we have to announce that Prof. Jaroslav Jonas, Professor Emeritus of Masaryk University, has passed away. Prof. Jaroslav Jonas worked for many years at the Department of Organic Chemistry of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science; he was vice dean from 1991 and dean of the Faculty...

7 Mar 2023

The Masaryk University has a genius loci for me. It is a place that has given me optimism and a sense of life for 55 years

Libuše Trnková studied Chemistry and Physics as a teacher. After graduation in 1970 she was accepted for a postgraduate course at the Research Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry. She is currently a professor at the Department of Chemistry. Her research work is oriented in the field of biophysical...

1 Mar 2023

Mendel, a passionate beekeeper

In addition to his genetic research, Johann Gregor Mendel also devoted himself to the care of bees. His father, Anton, who had an apiary in Hynčice, first introduced him to beekeeping, and this soon became his hobby; however, first he had to find a suitable place for breeding these hard-working insects....

15 Feb 2023

I learn to see the world in context

Although many people imagined Aneta Vrzalová as a medical student, she preferred to study Environment and Health at the MU Faculty of Science. In her undergraduate studies, she has already been actively involved in the FireExpo research project - investigating how the firefighter profession negatively...

14 Feb 2023

Brno scientists have a revolutionary discovery on their hands. They want to sustainably light up using sea glowworms

Imagine turning on a light one day without needing electricity and without the side effect of releasing heat. Scientists at the Loschmidt Laboratories at MU Faculty of Science are a little closer to this revolutionary innovation. They have described and explained the mechanism of the glowing of the sea...

13 Feb 2023

The faculty has invested a lot in me. I want to return to the Czech Republic in the future and pass on the benefits of that investment

As a postdoctoral researcher at the Moffitt Cancer Center, NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center based in Tampa, Florida, Stanislav Drápela is investigating the processes by which cancer cells “fall asleep” and “reawaken”. In this interview, he explains how the focus of his early studies – the ability...

10 Feb 2023

MUNI Mendel Doctorandus welcomes the new semester with new students and a brand-new logo

The MUNI Mendel Doctorandus programme for talented PhD students opened another admission procedure in January 2023. A total of 14 students across the faculties of the Bohunice Campus and CEITEC applied, and members of the MMD Committee reviewed their applications. After the evaluation, all applied students...

8 Feb 2023

Why plants live together and how an intruder can most easily penetrate them

Functional and phylogenetic relationship of plant species helps Zdeňka Lososová, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno, to determine which plants can live together in one plant community. Thanks to this, for example, it is possible to estimate whether the introduced...