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Events calendar

5 Mar

NGO Fair – accompanying program of the One World Festival Brno

from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

5 Mar

Opening of the exhibition The Mystery of the Plant Surface

from 5:00 PM

5 Mar

Chat with MUNI HELPS

from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

6 Mar

Macroecology of Plant Invasions

from 4:00 PM

Botanical seminar | In English Speaker: Marten Winter A story of data rabbit holes & flexible project planning & policy relevance & An introduction to iDiv, an exciting work place & science funder for biodiversity...

13 Mar

MUNI HELPS is 5 years old!

from 4:00 PM

15 Mar

Ball of the MU Faculty of Science

from 7:00 PM

Faculty of Science, in cooperation with the Society of Natural Scientists, cordially invites you to the Faculty of Science Ball! Come and enjoy an unforgettable evening filled with music, dancing, and surprises.

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News

20 May 2024

Scientists from MUNI look under the hood of bacterial evolution and bring bacteria closer to further use in modern technologies

Some microorganisms, such as lactic acid bacteria or yeasts, have been helping humans since time immemorial. Since the last century, they have helped humans as a kind of cellular factories to produce important medicines, some industrial chemicals, biofuels, food ingredients or promising new materials. For this production they need sugar, most often glucose from plants. Scientists have now explored how bacteria can "learn" to process new groups of sugars, for example from waste plant biomass.

25 Apr 2024

Biochemist Thomas R. Cech and mathematician Peter W. Michor were awarded honorary doctorates from Masaryk University

Honorary doctorates were awarded, by decision of the Scientific Council of Masaryk University, to Professor Thomas Robert Cech, who made a significant contribution to the formation of the field of biological sciences; and Professor Peter Wolfram Michor, who made a significant contribution to the development of mathematics.

25 Apr 2024

Many native species of Czech flowering plants decline, while thermophilous and non-native species spread

A team of botanists has revealed significant changes in the distribution of species in the Czech flora. Their study, published in the international scientific journal Biological Conservation, analyzed the decline and increase of individual plant species in the Czech Republic since 1960.

22 Apr 2024

To address the feedback from the course opinion poll, it helps me talk to the students, says Vice-Dean Markéta Munzarová.

In March, meetings were held between faculty representatives and students who are members of the programme councils. Why are they essential for addressing feedback from the course opinion poll? We asked Vice-Dean Markéta Munzarová.

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