18 Oct 2023

Nanoluciferase research at Masaryk University brought the high school student the Young Czech Mind Award

Tereza Šustrová won the prestigious Young Czech Mind award for talented youth in the category GENUS “Nature around us”. A student at Brno grammar school, Tereza, who has been studying the structural and biochemical analysis of nanoluciferase, carried out her research in Masaryk University’s laboratories as part of her secondary school vocational activity (SOČ). In June, her work won her the national SOČ competition under the category Molecular Biology.

17 Oct 2023

As Director of the Department of Geological Sciences, Jan Cempírek wants to increase the Department's involvement in international projects.

J. Cempírek wants to maintain a friendly working environment at the department, in an atmosphere of mutual respect. You can read more about this geologist, whose research is closely related to deposits of technologically key elements, in the summary below.

16 Oct 2023

As Director of the Department of Experimental Biology, Vítězslav Bryja wants to strengthen the international prestige of both the Department and the faculty.

In his new role, V. Bryja plans to further improve communication and infrastructure sharing across the biomedical sciences on campus. You can read more about this biologist, whose research includes cell signalling, in the summary below.

12 Oct 2023

The Faculty of Science revealed its secrets during the Night of Scientists

The hidden secrets in nature and mathematics attracted crowds of young and old visitors to both campuses of the MU Faculty of Science as part of the Night of Scientists. On Friday, October 6 2023, more than 5,000 children, parents and senior citizens took advantage of this popular annual event and filled both our campuses, at Kotlářská and at the Bohunice University Campus from 6 p.m. to midnight.

10 Oct 2023

The Academic Senate elected new board

On 6 October 2023, the Academic Senate of the MU Faculty of Science (AS SCI MUNI) met for the first time in a new composition. The main item of the constituent meeting was the election of new board: Professor Vít Kudrle was elected Chairman of the AS SCI MUNI, Professor Jan Slovák became the Chairman of the AS SCI MUNI Academic Staff Chamber, and Tomáš Brom was elected Chairman of the AS SCI MUNI Student Chamber.

27 Sep 2023

Open Day of the Brno Living Lab

The RECETOX Centre has studied the relationship between humans and the environment for 40 years. The celebration of this event, which will take place throughout the autumn and summer semesters of 2023/2024, began on 21 September with the opening of an exhibition presenting the history of the Centre. The exhibition can be viewed in the Bohunice campus corridor until mid-December.

26 Sep 2023

QUVIK will become the first Czech space telescope Astrophysicists from Masaryk University lead the scientific part of the project.

Green light has been given to QUVIK (Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonovae Surveyor), which will become the first Czech space telescope. The scientific part of the project will be managed by astrophysicists from Masaryk University. Experts from the Czech Ministry of Transport and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected two out of seven Czech space projects proposed, one of which was QUVIK, a space telescope optimised for the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, which will focus on sources of gravitational waves that arise from collisions of black holes and neutron stars. The project will be led by the Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLÚ).

26 Sep 2023

The Garden Party at Kotlářská attracted 350 visitors, with students, employees and winners of the new Masaryk University Faculty of Science Award all enjoying the informal meeting.

The traditional Garden Party at Kotlářská, with which the Masaryk University (MU) Faculty of Science officially starts the new academic year, took place on Monday, September 18, 2023, on the faculty’s premises at Kotlářská. There, 350 visitors from the ranks of students, employees and invited guests took advantage of the opportunity to meet in a pleasant informal atmosphere. The program this year also included presentations of the new Masaryk University Faculty of Science Award.