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21 Jul 2022

Thanks to Mendel, Brno is a Mecca for geneticists

A visit to the Augustinian Abbey in Old Brno, where Johan Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, lived and worked, is the same as visiting Mecca for world-renowned scientists in the field of genetics and related fields. Nobel Prize laureates and other scientists who came to Brno for the major international...

20 Jul 2022

G. J. Mendel: generous, charitable, selfless

Mendel loved his family very much and was grateful to them. His warm emotional relationship with his family, and especially his mother, can be seen in the surviving letters he wrote home from Brno or Vienna. He addresses his parents as ‘Dearest Parents’ or ‘Beloved Parents’, and his mother and sister...

13 Jul 2022

Michal Zajaček: the level of images from the Webb telescope has exceeded expectations. New ones may be coming out every week

The Webb Telescope provided a glimpse into the history of the universe like never before. After the first full-color image of a galaxy-filled galaxy in unprecedented sharp resolution, which NASA unveiled on Tuesday after midnight our time, the office released a set of four more photos. Michal Zajaček,...

12 Jul 2022

Astrophysicists discover record-breaking star

The record-breaking star at the centre of the Galaxy has been discovered by scientists from Masaryk University, the University of Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. (The M Magazine article available only in Czech.)

4 Jul 2022

Silkworm at the Faculty of Science

Scientists from the Department of Experimental Biology of the MU Faculty of Science have the largest silkworm breeding in the country. For now, it is mainly used for teaching students, but in the future it could help in finding cures for serious diseases. Watch the Ceska televize report and find out...

4 Jul 2022

Deans of science faculties discuss the lack of teachers

At a recent meeting in Pilsen, the Deans of the various science faculties discussed the lack of science teachers, which is starting to cause significant problems in Czech primary and secondary education and is likely to lead to staff shortages in key professions.

30 Jun 2022

The European Space Agency has given green light for preparations for a Czech space telescope

Recently, astrophysicists from Masaryk University’s (MU) Faculty of Science began a detailed study for the construction of the first Czech space telescope, which will be optimised for the ultraviolet part of the spectrum.

30 Jun 2022

Participate in the evaluation of PhD studies at SCI MUNI!

If you are an active student of the PhD programme at SCI MUNI, if you are interested in participating in a (roughly one-hour) meeting of students with three evaluators in an international evaluation panel, if you can formulate your opinions and discuss in English the quality of doctoral studies, we would...

29 Jun 2022

Life Science Seminar Series

As the semester draws to a close, it is appropriate to take a look back at how the Life Science Seminar Series was able to meet our aspirations and goals this past semester. So let's take a brief look back at the past six months, filled with interesting lectures and renowned speakers!

29 Jun 2022

MU Application Regulations Agreement

We bring you information about a new application that simplifies sending regulations with which employees of the Faculty of Science MU should acquaint themselves on the basis of their work assignment and in relation to the obligations arising from the Labour Code. All employees will be requested to acquaint...

29 Jun 2022

Dominik Madea was awarded the scientific prize of the French Embassy

Dominik Madea, a student of the PhD programme in Chemistry at the Faculty of Science of MU, scored in the competition of young scientists for prizes awarded by the Embassy of France in the Czech Republic, when he took third place in the Chemistry category and won the Jean-Marie Lehn Prize 2022....

27 Jun 2022

Markéta Munzarová, one of the new Vice-Deans, is ready to support the disadvantaged

For his second term, the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Tomáš Kašparovský, has expanded his team through the inclusion of the holder of the Rector’s Award for Outstanding Teachers, Markéta Munzarová. In the following interview, Munzarová from the Faculty of Science’s Department of Chemistry presents...