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1 Feb 2021

the same point of view: The MU Faculty of Science then and now

T wo low greenhouses were built on the right and left sides of building no.  4 f or the  Department  of Physiology and ,  later ,  the Department of Plant Physiology and the Department of Genetics  at the  Faculty of Science, Masaryk University .  The se  were entered from the cellar or through the English...

29 Jan 2021

The first scientists have received a GAMU Career Restart grant

Six researchers from Masaryk University (two of them from our faculty!) have now received a Career Restart grant, which was announced by the MU Grant Agency in September. This is a grant for scientists who have interrupted their career in research, perhaps due to parental leave or for other reasons,...

27 Jan 2021

Training and Teaching Innovation Course on Virtual Exchange based on the COIL model

The Compostela Group of Universities provides free training on virtual exchanges based on the COIL model to the teaching staff of its member institutions through an online course, to be taught from 22 February to 5 April 2021.  

22 Jan 2021

Scientific expedition “Antarctica 2020−2021” has arrived to the J.G. Mendel Czech Antarctic Station

After more than a month's journey (thanks to strict quarantine measures), this year’s Masaryk University expedition has arrived to the Johann Gregor Mendel Czech Antarctic Station in James Ross Island, located close to the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

21 Jan 2021

The chilling testimony of Bečva. “Key water samples are missing”, says expert

“I simply do not have the information needed to determine the specific culprit in the Bečva poisoning”, said chemist Ivan Holoubek from the Faculty of Science at MU, who is evaluating samples taken after the accident for the Czech Environmental Inspectorate.

19 Jan 2021

Interview with the immunologist Vojtěch Thon

“We must distinguish between infection and the course of the disease.  In reality, we can always become infected, it does not depend on the dose”, immunologist Vojtěch Thon of Masaryk University’s RECETOX research centre told Radiožurnál.

19 Jan 2021

My personal scientific challenge is to understand how cells communicate at the molecular level

In his experimental-biological laboratory,  Vítězslav  focuses on the detection and description of intercellular communication and the possibilities of using this knowledge in the treatment of leukaemia and other types of  tumours. Read the interview about molecular biology, projects involving students...

18 Jan 2021

The first scientists have received the MUNI Scientist Award for excellent results in their field

For the first time, the Grant Agency of Masaryk University has presented awards in the new MUNI Scientist competition, which recognises those scientists who have achieved excellence and significant achievements in their research. The first 37 scientists, along with their research teams from workplaces...

15 Jan 2021

EDUC Thematic Seminars

14 Jan 2021

MU and FNUSA-ICRC will cooperate in the field of science and research

Representatives of both institutions recently signed a memorandum of cooperation. They are already closely linked in the field of research.

14 Jan 2021

Researchers from Brno use plasma to remove microorganisms and chemical residues from water

Researchers from our faculty participated in the development of a new technology for water purification using low-temperature plasma. The device can remove chemical residues such as oestrogens from contraceptive products and kill pathogenic microorganisms such as cyanobacteria and bacteria.

14 Jan 2021

Conversations about the universe - part 2

In the second part of the ‘Conversations on Space’, filmed by colleagues from our Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Norbert Werner and Samuel Kováčik talked about the results of the SRG / eROSITA X-ray satellite, the return of the Hayabusa 2 and Chang'e 5 missions and the future of...