Current news

2 Jun 2022

Andreas Eckart received the Ernst Mach Medal of Honour

Professor Andreas Eckart from the University of Cologne received the Ernst Mach Medal of Honour for his lifelong contribution to the physical sciences yesterday at the Brno Observatory as part of the CPB meeting 2022, a three-day meeting of experts on the dynamics and physics of black holes and star...

New faculty t-shirts SCITEM PRO… VĚDU

From May, the faculty will be introducing new promotional materials, including a new T-shirt in the faculty’s green colour with the inscription ‘MUNI SCITEM PRO VĚDU’, i.e. ‘MUNI WITH THE SENSE FOR SCIENCE’, complemented with graphics related to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel....

16 May 2022

Career Development Workshops for PhD Students and Postdoctoral Fellows of MU Faculty of Science

During April and May 2022, as part of the implementation of the faculty action plan of the HR Award project, we have organised three English workshops for Early Stage Researchers of the Faculty of Science of MU.

16 May 2022

G. J. Mendel: inquisitive, talented and ambitious

Welcome to the second part of our series Mendel, the Man, presenting a personal portrait of the “father of genetics”. Enjoy the podcast with the title G. J. Mendel: inquisitive, talented and ambitious.

16 May 2022

Experts on stars and supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei will meet in Brno

A meeting of experts on the dynamics and physics of black holes and star formation in galactic nuclei will be hosted by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium at the beginning of June. 

13 May 2022

European PARC partnership helps protect Europeans' health from the effects of chemical substances.

Representatives of the European Commission, its agencies, and national ministries for research, health, and environment met in Paris to launch the PARC project - Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals. This European partnership has begun after two years of preparation and is supported...

If we can’t all act together against climate change, it would be better to adapt to a new world rather than try to change it

Read the interview with polar explorer Daniel Nývlt, Head of the Czech Antarctic Research Programme. Daniel Nývlt leads the Department of Geography’s Polar-Geo-Lab scientific group at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science. For the past twenty years, he has been undertaking intensive research in the...

9 May 2022

Kotlářská Campus then and now: Exhibition on the staircase of the dean's office

On the staircase of the Dean's Office at Kotlářská Campus, you can see an exhibition of 15 posters, which represent in pictures and words the transformation of the first ever campus of our faculty. The exhibition presents selected photographs from the Masaryk University Archives.

Time off for employees and students

There will be Dean’s time off on May 19, 2022 for all students in connection with the celebration of the Dies academicus 2022 ceremony and Campus day activities. Classes will not be held during this day. Employees participating in these events will be excused from their job duties.

3 May 2022

A pioneer in energy transformation through microbiology

The Regensburg-based start-up Microbify will produce climate-neutral gas using micro-organisms and contribute to the energy transition with this innovative approach. The good cooperation between the University of Regensburg and Masaryk University in Brno was decisive for the establishment of the start-up....

2 May 2022

What kind of person was Gregor Johann Mendel?

Welcome to our series of articles Mendel, the Man . The Faculty of Science of Masaryk University wants to contribute to the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel, which we commemorate in 2022.

FNUSA-ICRC and the Faculty of Science MU have signed a cooperation agreement

On Tuesday, January 26 2022, with the participation of the Director of St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA-ICRC), Ing. Vlastimil Vajdák, the Dean of the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University (PřF MU), Prof. Mgr. Tomáš Kašparovský PhD, and the Director of the International Centre for Clinical...