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1 Nov 2023

PhD Day 2023: PhD is Just Beginning – Start Your Career!

Traditionally, PhD Day was held at the beginning of the autumn semester, this year, under the theme "PhD is just beginning - start your career!" Under this slogan, leaders of MU, representatives of the MU Rectorate, faculties and CEITEC Institute, as well as current PhD students shared their experiences...

24 Oct 2023

With the help of bioengineering, we can process waste and turn it into substances of higher value, such as bioplastics

Our goal is to modify the metabolism of microorganisms so that they can produce useful substances, such as bioplastics, biofuels or biopharmaceuticals. Read more in the interview with Pavel Dvořák.

23 Oct 2023

Opinion of Faculty Employees Matters

In the previous week, all faculty employees received an email on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty of Science asking for their opinion on the people strategy via a questionnaire that can be filled in until 31 October 2023. This questionnaire is anonymous and it takes a maximum of 10 minutes to fill it...

23 Oct 2023

New brochure presents the Faculty as an attractive and modern institution

At the beginning of the semester, a new brochure was published, providing comprehensive information about the Faculty and its departments both in the Czech and English versions.

20 Oct 2023

In his role as Director of the Department of Chemistry, Petr Táborský’s aim is to create a forward-looking team that will be both competitive and respected throughout Europe

Openness and a close connection between quality teaching and excellent science are important to him. You can read more about this chemist, who studies luminescence methods, in the summary below.

18 Oct 2023

As head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Petr Hasil wants to strengthen the importance of Brno mathematics on a global scale.

At the Department, he would like to strengthen the level of communication between disciplines, as well as between academics and students. You can read more about this mathematician, whose main scientific interest is equations, in the summary below.

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...

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.

13 Oct 2023

The Book Quiz excited visitors of the first meeting of the Brno libraries

At the beginning of October, the Central Library of the Faculty of Science presented itself together with 18 other Brno libraries at the first edition of the Book Quiz, a day with Brno libraries. The meeting took place as part of Library Week in the gardens of the National Resistance and attracted hundreds...

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...

11 Oct 2023

Scientists have observed the Galactic Center for the first time thanks to the JWST

An international team of scientists, including astrophysicist Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, has identified a young stellar cluster in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the center of our Galaxy. Scientists were surprised by the age of observed...