Afternoon with Chemistry or Chemistry Café: HOW PROTEINS EXIST AND HOW WE KNOW IT

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

We invite you to Afternoon with Chemistry with Prof. Lukáš Žídek, from CEITEC MU and the National Centre for Biomolecules Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University.

Research talk: Reverse Translation of Multi-Omic Cancer Profiling

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Handling Laboratory Animals (basic course)

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Gain practical skills in handling experimental fish, amphibians, and birds, including their embryonic stages. The course is FREE and is intended for researchers and PhD students – apply by May 18, 2025.

6th Hands-on Computational Enzyme Design Course

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Do you need to engineer your protein of interest? Do you wish to employ user-friendly one-stop-shop software tools for the design of mutations and libraries, but do not want to spend time on tedious installations or use the Unix command-line? This interactive course will provide essential theory on different areas of enzyme engineering and hands-on experience with several software tools suitable for mining new enzymes, and engineering the activity, specificity, enantioselectivity, stability, and solubility of enzymes. 

Carnivorous Plants Are Back

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

You’re invited to the traditional Carnivorous Plant Sales Exhibition, taking place from Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 8 in the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno. Open daily from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. 

Sleep and Brain Health: Interactions and Opportunities (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

CLAUDIO L. A. BASSETTI

Lecture will be held in English

120 seconds: Meet Brnoregion Microscopy

3:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Microscopy in a flash: big ideas, one afternoon, countless connections

Is microscopy part of your daily work? Then join an event on 29 May, from 15:00 to 18:30, in the atrium of CEITEC for 120 Seconds: Meet Brnoregion Microscopy – a fast-paced gathering of the Brno microscopy community!

Expect two-minute project pitches, the latest updates from across the field, and plenty of time to connect with fellow researchers and professionals.

Radim Čtvrtlík – Silicon carbide: evolution or revolution in semiconductors?

5:00 PM

172nd Physics Café offers a lecture by Radim Čtvrtlík from onsemi companyfrin Rožnov pod Radhoštem. The topic is silicon carbide and its evolution or revolution in semiconductors.

Controlling Transcription Of Coding And Non-coding RNAs (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

KAREN ADELMAN

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Bayesian Modeling in Data Science: a Practical Approach using R and BUGS/JAGS (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Pablo-Emilio Verde

Lecture by professor Konrad Young

11:00 AM

Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Advanced Chip Design and Research Center invites (ACDRC) you to the lecture of prof. Konrad Young, who was an R&D director at TSMC responsible for developing sub-micron technologies for chip production.

Centrophilic Retrotransposons in Eukaryotic Genomes (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

 IAN HENDERSON

Lecture will be held in English

Miroslava Vázlerová | Biochemist in the service of the police

12:00 PM

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Miroslava Vázlerová from the Police Presidium of the Police of the Czech Republic on the topic Biochemist in the service of the police: investigation of crimes.

CEITEC: Sip of Science

3:30 PM

Join us on 14 May at 15:30 in the CEITEC Atrium for a special MUNI Day edition of Sip of Science!
Denys Biriukov studies interactions between biological membranes and proteins. In his talk, he will take you on a fairy-tale journey through the centuries towards molecular simulations – all packed into a short, 20-minute TED-talk–style presentation.

MUNI Day 2025

7:00 AM – 11:00 PM

Sports activities and entertainment for students and staff of all MU faculties.

Transformations of Kotlářská Street and its surroundings in the 19th and 20th centuries

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Enemy Within - How Does The Immune System Sense DNA As A Danger Signal? (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

ZHIJIAN ‘JAMES’ CHEN

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

3-Czech-Slovak-apidological-conference-beeconnected-2025

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

The Department of Experimental Biology cordially invites you to a professional conference focused on research on bees, bee products and everything related to bees.

Gaining Insight Into Pre-mRNA Splicing By The Spliceosome (Seminar Series)

REINHARD LÜHRMANN

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Biochmelie

3:00 PM

You're warmly invited to Biochmelie – an event organized by students, for students!
Come learn more about the biochemistry Master’s programs, ask anything you're curious about, and get to know fellow students from different years. There will also be some light refreshments waiting for you!

THz magnetic resonance ellipsometry: Bloch equations, paramagnetic Lyddane-Sachs-Teller relation, and magnetic susceptibility sum rules (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Mathias Schubert

Workshop: Strong business foundations: the key to long-term sustainability

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Every successful business is built on a solid foundation. How do you build a business that lasts for decades? Why are the right decisions at the beginning of a business critical to long-term sustainability? And what principles and values can help businesses grow in a changing world?

Michal Daniel, a member of the top management of Notino, one of the largest e-commerce companies in Europe, will share his experience, practical examples and valuable advice from the world of business.

Registration for the event can be found here.

Additions to the flora of the Czech Republic

4:00 PM

Botanical seminar

Speaker: Jan Doležal & Pavel Lustyk

Structure-guided Development of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Solutions for Chagas’ Disease (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

IVAN CAMPEOTTO

Lecture will be held in English

Laser-Driven Innovations at INESC TEC: Exploring Applications in LIBS, Spectral Imaging, and Sensor Technology (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Pedro Jorge

Open Shell Intermediates - Structure, Reactivity and Application in Modern Chemistry (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM – 12:00 PM

Ullrich Jahn

Mobile Cartography: mobile-first and responsive maps & visualizations (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

3:00 PM

Robert Emmet Roth

Beyond the Surface: Decoding Ancient Ceramics through Petrography (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Simona Raneri

Jiří Zlatuška – Artificial intelligence is penetrating Nobel Prize disciplines

5:00 PM

The Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists, Brno division, and Physics departments at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, invite you to the members' meeting and the associated lecture:

Prof. Jiří Zlatuška – Artificial intelligence is penetrating Nobel Prize disciplines

The ecology of parasitic plants, nitrogen-fixers and their interaction

4:00 PM

Botanical seminar | in English

Speaker: Nina Fahs

Tumor Endothelium as a Modulator of Immune Responses in Cancer Metastasis (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

LUBOR BORSIG

Lecture will be held in English

INNOLEC Lecture: Peter Rogl

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Department of Plasma Physics and Technology cordially invites you to the first INNOLEC lecture from Prof. Dr. Peter Franz Rogl from Universität Wien:

Peter Rogl – Crystal Symmetry and X-ray Crystallography III.

Crystal Symmetry and X-ray Crystallography (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Peter Franz Rogl

Gaining Insight Into Pre-mRNA Splicing By The Spliceosome - CANCELLED! (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

REINHARD LÜHRMANN

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Vegetation and charcoal burning

4:00 PM

Botanical seminar | in English

Speaker: Anna Varga

ORPHEUS - Led Online Mentorship Workshop

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

We have prepared an online mentoring workshop aimed at improving the quality of doctoral supervision. This workshop, organized by Alliance4Life in collaboration with ORPHEUS, will offer supervisors and mentors practical tools for effective and responsible supervision of doctoral students.

Afternoon with Chemistry or Chemistry Café: Lectins: the Key to Molecular Communication of Cells

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Proteins are not just a component of the diet, but they perform a number of vital functions. This lecture will focus on lectins – proteins that are not very well known to the public, but are very interesting. Capacity is limited, you need to register in advance.

Regulatory considerations of C&G Therapies

4:00 PM

Spark Europe Webinar Series 2025 |in English

Speaker: Suzanne Einmahl

Meet NCBR

3:00 PM

Are you interested in biomolecules? Come and talk to those who study them and learn more about their study. In addition, you can participate in competitions, scientific and social activities, and get a glimpse of the NCBR labs.

Model Theory, Exponentiation and Quasiminimality (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM – 11:00 AM

Jonathan Kirby

Wandering for the White Violet to the surroundings of Radějov in White Carpathians

9:10 AM

Start at 9.10 a.m. in Radějov, at the bus stop.

End according to the situation and interest. Either ca 14:30 (bus to Strážnice 14:43) or ca 18:30 (bus to Strážnice 18:43).

Is physics a hero or a villain?

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

A lecture by dr. Jana Jurmanová with a quiz and experiments - Do you like physics? No? We do get it. Physics can be pretty snarky and sneaky. But its laws apply to everyone. See electron microscopy through the eyes of physics! The lecture will be accompanied by spectacular images, interesting experiments, and the chance to compete in a quiz. Stand up to treacherous physics and thrash it! Remember to bring your cell phones.

3D Screening: Villains or Heroes in Microverse 3D

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University, the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology with the CEPLANT Centre invites you to the 3D screening "Villains or Heroes of Microverse 3D". The narrated projection will be screened every hour on the hour between 9AM to 5PM at the entrance to the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden. To enter the greenhouses, a standard entrance ticket is required. The entrance from Veveří Street will be open for the duration of the event. The event is sponsored by TESCAN GROUP, a.s. Registration is not necessary. Suitable for the general public and families with children.

Electron microscope laboratory and plasma physics labs

Zlata Kelar Tučeková – Microverse villains or heroes undre the electron microscope​

5:00 PM

171th Physics Café offers a lecture for the event Days of Electron Microscopy 2025. The topic is electron microscopy as a tool revealing the villains and heroes in the microworld.

How perennials exploit vegetation season in temperate climates. A new look at their growth strategies

4:00 PM

Botanical seminar | In English

Speaker: Tomáš Herben

Molecular Signature Fetal Astrocyte Evolution in Primates (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ALEKSANDRA PEKOWSKA

Lecture will be held in English

A message from a workshop or a messenger from outer space? Searching for micrometeorites

6:00 PM

We invite you to a talk by graduate university student Štěpán Březovják about  micrometeorites, the common myths surrounding them, and the challenges involved in locating them. The lecture will take place at the Brno Observatory and Planetarium's digital dome within the event Days of Electron Microscopy 2025. Save yourself a seat at a planetarium webpage.

Asian hornet under electron microscope

5:00 PM

We invite you to a talk by graduate university student Michal Gerža about Asian hornet and its lethal weapons under the electron microscope. The lecture will take place at the Brno Observatory and Planetarium's lecture room within the event Days of Electron Microscopy 2025. Save yourself a seat at a planetarium webpage.

Certainty in Uncertain Times – From Hilbert’s Dream to Chaos (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

EVA MIRANDA

Lecture hall nr. 200, Komenského náměstí 220/2

Days of Electron Microscopy 2025

We invite you to the Days of Electron Microscopy 2025! Take a look at what is planned. The rich program offers something for everyone. Activities at the MU Faculty of Science are organized by the CEPLANT Centre, the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology, the Botanical Garden and for the new study program "Microscopy" the Department of Condensed Matter Physics.

Bryological excursion to Lomnicko

9:00 AM

During the excursion we will explore bryoflora of the forests and rock outcrops on the slopes to the valley Besének in PP Luzichová.

Impact of Air Pollution on Species Composition of Epiphytic Bryophyte Communities under Different Macroclimates and Bark Chemistry

4:00 PM

Botanical seminar | in English

Doctoral Thesis Defence

Speaker: Jana Procházková

Microbial Communication Colloquium Stars: Natural Products from Interacting Microorganisms and Ancient Microbiomes (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PIERRE STALLFORTH

Lecture will be held in English

INNOLEC Lecture: Gregorz Greczynski

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Department of Plasma Physics and Technology cordially invites you to a INNOLEC lecture from prof. Gregorz Greczynski from Linköping University, Sweden.

Gregorz Greczynski – Benefits of metal-ion irradiation for nanostructure and phase control during thin film growth by magnetron sputtering

Benefits of metal-ion irradiation for nanostructure and phase control during thin film growth by magnetron sputtering (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Grzegorz Greczynski

Illuminating The Beginning Of Life (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

MELINA SCHUH

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Macroecology of Plant Invasions. A story of data rabbit holes & flexible project planning & policy relevance & An introduction to iDiv, an exciting work place & science funder for biodiversity research (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Marten Winter

Present and Future of MIA-LAB: The microbiota-immunity axis on human diseases (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Amedeo Amedei

Seminars with the chairman of the Czech Science Foundation, prof. Milan Jirsa

10:00 AM

• What competitions does GA ČR offer this year and for whom are they intended?
• What does GA ČR plan for the future?
• Who is involved in the evaluation process?
• Presentation of news

From profiling to biochemical insights - Bioinformatics & Mass Spectrometry (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

9:00 AM

Steffen Neumann

Applied Health Economics Online Open Day #3

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Shape the data-driven future of healthcare! Join us on 27 February for an online Open Day to find out all about the new Master's degree programme in Applied Health Economics (www.econ.muni.cz/ahe). We'll discuss the admissions procedure, the curriculum, internships or graduate jobs. You will also find out about the possibility of applying for a scholarship to cover a large part of the tuition fees.

Valentine‘s night in the greenhouses

4:30 PM – 9:00 PM

MUNI Health Innovation Days 2025

Student competition for the best innovations in healthcare

We invite all current university students of all faculties to the two-day IDEATON! Join us and work with professionals from pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, academic and government institutions to solve real problems in healthcare.

Skleněnka

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

An exhibition of objects made of glass

PI_Forum Brno #4: Science communication & self-promotion

5:00 PM

A space for meeting, networking, and sharing of experience among Principal Investigators working in Czechia, open for anyone holding an independent Research Group Leader position in any scientific discipline regardless of age, experience, institution, or nationality.

Applied Health Economics Online Open Day #2

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Do you want to learn how economics can contribute to a better healthcare system? Join us on 16 January for an online Open Day to find out all about the new Master's degree programme in Applied Health Economics. We'll discuss the admissions procedure, the curriculum, internships or graduate jobs.

The Microglial Niche in Neurodegeneration – Understanding Pathology and Targeting for Immunotherapy

4:00 PM

Join us for an insightful lecture of Professor Robert A. Harris from Karolinska Institutet.

Petr Ponížil – Star of Bethlehem

5:00 PM

169th Physics Café offers a lecture by Petr Ponížil from Tomas Bata University in Zlín about the Star of Bethlehem.

Advancing LA-ICP-MS: Breaking Free from Conventional Calibration (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Martin Šala

From soil to bioagents: Entomopathogenic nematodes as key players in integrated pest management strategies (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Anna Garriga Oliveras

Bringing Omics and new quality parameters together to improve the EPNs industrial performance (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Carlos Molina

Self-medication in insects (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Dalial Freitak

Politicising violence - an isotopic case study of human sacrificial rituals in Bronze Age China (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

3:00 PM

Christina Cheung

A Birds' Eye View on the Evolution and Inheritance of Germline/Soma Genome Differences (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ALEXANDER SANG-JAE SUH

Lecture will be held in English

Advantages and disadvantages of being poikilohydric in the context of lichen sensitivity to adverse habitat factors (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Piotr Osyczka

Applied Health Economics Online Open Day #1

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Learn more about the new Master's degree programme Applied Health Economics at MUNI! This English-taught programme is led by experts from six MUNI schools as well as industry professionals and is designed for both recent graduates and professionals looking to expand their knowledge in the industry.

National EOSC CZ Conference 2024

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Online

Are you interested in the latest trends in data management and storage? The EOSC CZ initiative conference is a unique opportunity for scientists, researchers, and academic staff to gain an up-to-date overview of the possibilities for supporting and utilizing the national data infrastructure for research activities. Expand your knowledge and discover new opportunities!

Jindřiška Svobodová – Earth under the magnifying glass of satellites

5:00 PM

168th Physics Café offers a lecture by Jindřiška Svobodová from the MU Faculty of Pedagogics of Defence about the long distance Earth exploration.

Multi-scale Control of Structural Functionality in Plant (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ANJA GEITMANN

Lecture will be held in English

Fragile Freedom 2024

3:30 PM

Klub První patro, Šilingrovo nám. 7, Brno

How Variants in The SORL1 Gene, Encoding an Endosome Sorting Receptor, Can Cause Alzheimer’s Disease (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

OLAV ANDERSEN

Lecture will be held in English

Vladimír Sklenář in Strasbourg: Origins of Watergate and Other Adventures (1992-1995) (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

3:30 PM

Vladimír Saudek

Advantages and disadvantages of being poikilohydric in the context of lichen sensitivity to adverse habitat factors (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

3:00 PM

Stephan Naji

Machine Learning in Banking & Finance (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

JOSEF TEICHMANN

What was Kotlářská Street like in the 19th and 20th centuries?

4:00 PM

A narrated series of historical photographs of Kotlářská Street and its surroundings.

Lecture by Ing. Jiří Holík, a resident of Kotlářská.

Synthetic Biotechnology: From Avidin-biotin to Designer Cellulosome Technology (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

EDWARD A. BAYER

Lecture will be held in English

Synthetic biology for people and planet health (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:30 PM

Michael C. Jewett

JobChallenge 2024

9:30 AM – 5:00 PM

JobChallenge is the most popular and most diverse job fair in Moravia. Every year it is visited by 2 000+ students and university graduates.

Infrared Spectroscopy in Geology (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

12:00 PM

Eugen Libowitzky

CANCELLED LECTURE (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PIERRE STALLFORTH

Lecture will be held in English

Developmental Origin and Evolution of Childhood Cancers (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

FRANK WESTERMANN

Lecture will be held in English

Teodor Baláž – Night vision

5:00 PM

167th Physics Café offers a lecture from Teodor Baláž from the University of Defence about the night vision.

What Do We Know About (Your) Antibodies? (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

ALBERT HECK

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

A hitchhiker’s guide to antiviral RNAi in mosquitoes (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Alain Kohl

Bohatství Země

CRISPR-Cas: From Bacterial Immunity Towards Genome Editing And Beyond (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

   VIRGINIJUS ŠIKŠNYS
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Networking nutrients: integrating nutrients into networks to investigate the drivers and structures of entomological interactions (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Jordan Cuff

Wellbeing day

9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Conference on wellbeing and mental health care during studies

In Czech

Sign patterns of the Mobius function (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

TAMAR ZIEGLER

Defects in DNA Repair Genes Associated with Human Diseases (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

HANA HANZLÍKOVÁ

Lecture will be held in English

MUNI HR Day 2024

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

We would like to invite you to attend the 2nd MUNI HR Day Conference organised on Thursday October 3 at the University Campus Library by the RMU Department of Personnel Management Office. Our aim is to gain inspiration and practical tips from HR professionals from different work spheres as well as to create a space for interesting networking. Let's talk together about the topics that move the HR world.

The event will be held in Czech

Structure-property relationship in binary blends: Tuning the photophysics of molecular materials (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Frank Schreiber

ETUR 2024 – CaviPlasma for the sustainable use of water resources

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Lecture by Dr. Jan Čech from the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology will present a unique patented technology for water purification to the general public during the European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW). CaviPlasma combines the world of fluid engineering and the physics of electrical discharges. Learn about the potential of this environmentally and economically friendly technology.

The Effects of Magnetism on Stellar Winds (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Asif ud-Doula

Garden party at Kotlářská 2024

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The event has been cancelled due to the current situation.

OPENAIR setkání sběratelů minerálů a fosIlií

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Photochemistry of vision

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

We invite you to Afternoon with chemistry with doc. Dominik Heger from the Department of Chemistry, MU Faculty of Science.

Seminar on TTO No. 01–24

2:30 PM

Focus of the call: verification of applied research results in terms of their practical application and preparation of their commercial use or use for the needs of society. The call is not thematically limited.

5th Conference on Slope Tectonics

Targeting the mitochondria for the therapy of MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Melinda Halasz

Using frog Xenopus embryos for biomedicine research (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Alice Helena dos Reis Ribeiro

ESCAMPIG 2024

Conference ESCAMPIG (Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Ionized Gases) will be held in Czechia for the first time in Brno at Božetěchova campus of Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology. Department of Plasma Physics and Technology of Masaryk University, the CEPLANT center, and the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists are the event organizers.

A functional role for the surface of protein and RNA-protein condensates (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Frédéric Allain

Research Breakfast with Lenka and Andrej Bešše

8:00 AM

Tomas Kasparek will be interviewing a married couple, Lenka Bešše and Andrej Bešše. 
Don't miss the welcoming atmosphere, the scientific energy and the tips and tricks from experienced colleagues.

Open Science Workshop 2024

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

The University-wide Open Science Workshop will take place on Tuesday, 18 June 2024 from 10:00 to 16:00 in person at the FSS MU and online via MS Teams.

The workshop is held in Czech language only.

Fundamental aspects of reactive sputtering (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Diederik Depla

Cancer cell plasticity as a therapeutic target

11:00 AM

Speaker: Mgr. Karel Souček, Ph.D.

In English

120 Seconds: Meet brnoregion microscopy

3:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Do you deal with electron microscopy or work indirectly with its results? Come to the Brnoregion Microscopy Community biannual meeting to meet old friends, get new contacts, inspiration and introduce your work to partners.

Student Geological Conference

The Making of MicroRNA (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

  NARRY KIM
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Elucidating the functional impact of the tumour microenvironment on mTOR signalling in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

10:00 AM

Speaker: prof. Alison Michie

In English

Tereza Schmidtová: How to introduce plasma as a state of matter to students?

5:00 PM

Transcription of the Genome: Molecular Mechanism and Cellular Regulation (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

PATRICK CRAMER
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

State of Knowledge of African bats: systematics and conservation (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Ara Monadjem

Round table: The Future of Scientific Publishing

10:00 AM

Speaker: Bernd Pulverer
ChiefEditor | EMBO Reports & Head of EMBO Scientific Publications

An Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis with R and BUGS III. (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Pablo-Emilio Verde

An Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis with R and BUGS II. (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

8:00 AM

Pablo-Emilio Verde

An Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis with R and BUGS I. (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Pablo-Emilio Verde

Ion Channels as an Inspiration for Synthetic Chemists (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

DIRK TRAUNER

The lesson has been moved to the Autumn semester 2024

From Antarctic to Mars: Studying Mars from the field to remote sensing data (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Miguel Angel de Pablo

Probing the Dynamics and Interactions of Disordered Proteins with Single-molecule Spectroscopy: From Disordered Complexes to Phase Separation (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

BEN SCHULER

That Magical Strand, RNA (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

THOMAS R. CECH
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Luminescent lanthanides – Evolution of eporter systems for immunoassays (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Tero Soukka

Intercellular Transfer of Proteins and RNA (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

RANDY W. SCHEKMAN
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Topological Perspectives on Networks (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

KATHRYN HESS BELLWALD

Meeting room nr. 300, Komenského náměstí 220/2  

Topological perspectives on networks (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

KATHRYN HESS

The evolving continental crust: contributions from the mineral archive. (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Emilie Bruand

Course

9:00 AM

Marek Ruščák: Small modular reactors: the future of nuclear energetics?

5:00 PM

Mechanisms of Vertebrate DNA Replication and Repair (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

JOHANNES C. WALTER
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Deciphering Speciation Processes while Disentangling the Diversity, Endemism, and Geography of Southeast Asian Small Mammals (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

JACOB A. ESSELSTYN

Biodiversity, Biomes, and Beliefs – the Impacts of Conservation and Global Change on BaAka Hunter-gatherers in the Central African Republic (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

CAROLYN A. JOST ROBINSON

Cross-species extrapolation in (eco-)toxicity testing – lessons learnt from the ERGO project (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

9:00 AM

Lisa Baumann

Jana Jurmanová: Microverse villains – searching with the electron microscope

5:00 PM

A special Physics Café organized within the Electron Microscopy Days 2024 event. The topic is the physical basics of electron microscopy and its use in physics education. There will be villains of all kinds, from microscopic ones to large macroscopic ones.

Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

SARAH A. TISHKOFF
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Elemental mass spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy join forces to characterise single particles (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

David Clases

Random embeddings of graphs in surfaces (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

BOJAN MOHAR

Days of Electron Microscopy 2024

We invite you to Days of Electron Microscopy 2024! For the first time, the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and CEPLANT center, together with the Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, are participating. Take a look at the offered program!

On the Machines that Make and Repair our Chromosomes (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

DANA BRANZEI

V4+ Conference on Environment and Health in Central and Eastern Europe

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

The conference will provide a platform for exchanges of knowledge and discussions on potential collaborations towards healthier and more sustainable CEE region. The meeting is open to scientists, experts from Ministries of Health and Ministries of Environment as well as other entities addressing environmental impacts on human health.

The potential of humanitarian and AI-assisted mapping in OpenStreetMap and their effect on representation bias and data quality (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Benjamin Herfort

Global changes in insect biodiversity – trends, causes, solutions (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Roel van Klink

Symposium on sustainable water management

12:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Innovative UV-LED applications for drinking and wastewater treatment

The Hidden Functions and Power of Telomeric Repeats

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Your are cordially invited to the habilitation lecture of our colleague Petra Procházková Schrumpfová.

In English

Organosilicon coatings made by a dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure: toward a better understanding of the fragmentation processes (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Jacopo Profili

Signal integration by CD8 T cells during activation (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Jens Stein

Trait-based approaches in plant functional ecology: concepts and applications (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

9:00 AM

Gianluigi Ottaviani

Funeral Mass for the victims of the attacks at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University

3:00 PM

The calculus of analytic functors (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Nicola Gambino

Energetický potenciál ČR

Artificial Intelligence in Precision Agriculture/Viticulture and Intelligent Monitoring (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

5:00 PM

Joaquim João Moreira de Sousa

Structural Biochemistry and Mechanisms (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

CHARI ASHWIN

The impact of new scientific methods in our understanding of what happened when Neanderthals met modern humans (and Denisovans) (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

3:00 PM

Thomas Higham

Konference 28. Kvartér

9:00 AM

De Novo Generation of Cell Polarity and the Generation of Stem Cell Niches (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

LIAM DOLAN

Postglaciální klimatický a environmentální vývoj souostroví Jamese Rosse

4:00 PM

How can technology improve the study of animals, and how can the study of animals improve technology (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Massimo De Agrò

How Salmonella Enteritidis evades the innate immunity mechanisms using the length of lipopolysaccharide molecules (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Jacek Rybka

SoDS CL: Thriving or just surviving? Promoting psychological resilience in doctoral students – lecture (eng)

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Lecture in support of doctoral studies at SCI MUNI.

In English

Immune priming in honey-bees – the way towards to the vaccine (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Dalial Freitak

On the Machines that Make and Repair our Chromosomes (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

!!Cancelled!!
DANA BRANZEI

NMR relaxation – path to dynamics and entropy (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Frans A. A. Mulder

Continuities and Discontinuities in Science and Doctoral Studies

5:00 PM

Three consecutive Vice-Rectors of MU have accepted the invitation to the debate with PhD students, prof. Šárka Pospíšilová, prof. Petr Dvořák, prof. Jana Musilová will discuss the role of scientific knowledge in the structure and organizational framework of doctoral studies.

The discussion will be held in Czech.

SoDS CL: Doctoral student as an author of an assessment on a qualification thesis

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Lecture in support of doctoral studies at SCI MUNI.

Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová,(Ph.D. Assistant professor, Department of Information and Library Studies)

In Czech

Elucidating the molecular determinants of vector tropism of bunyaviruses (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Alexandra Wilson

Analyzing Causation in Climate and Environmental History (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Samuel White

New Frontiers in PKA Signaling (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

SUSAN S. TAYLOR

Fragile freedom

3:00 PM

Masaryk University commemorates November 1989. 

The programme is free of charge upon prior reservation of a seat.

Analysis of solid materials with resolution in the microscale – easy task or challenge? (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Carla Vogt

SoDS CL: Making career planning work – talk (cze)

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Talk in support of doctoral studies at SCI MUNI.

In Czech

Of Mice And Men: Fundamental Insights Resulting From Long-Term Field Studies With Rodents Destroying Crops Or Carrying Infections (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

HERWIG LEIRS

The human archaeome - new insights into the role of archaea in the course of life (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

12:00 PM

Christine Moissl-Eichinger

SoDS CL: Have you flipped your teaching yet? – seminar (cze)

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Seminar in support of doctoral studies at SCI MUNI.

In Czech

Technology transfer as an opportunity

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Join us for a mini-conference that will give you an overview of the potential of technology transfer, how to move from science to the real use of research results, and how to prepare for meetings with investors. The event is prepared by the MU Technology Transfer Office in cooperation with the MU Faculty of Medicine.

Application of organic matter microscopy in environmental studies (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

8:00 AM

Magdalena Misz-Kennan

Application of organic matter microscopy in environmental studies

8:00 AM

Harnessing Nanoscale Communication for Next-Generation Anticancer Therapy (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

TANMOY SAHA

Monogeneans, microbes, molecules and fish: multiple players involved in parasite-host specificity (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Yves Desdevises

Leadership Basics

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Workshop for international employees of Faculty of Science MU

Workshop in English | Sign up by 23. 10. 2023

Mendel's Days 2023

This year's Mendel Days will focus on the broader context of Mendel's legacy. Lectures and workshops will present not only new research results on Mendel's remains and period artefacts, but also the importance and contribution of natural sciences to Czech and European society. The main theme of the Mendel Days will be a thematic lecture block called The Four Elements: a prayer for water.

Biology of Bedtime: Understanding the Basis of Sleep (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

AMITA SEHGAL

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Supramolecular Lego with Cucurbiturils, Lanthanides and More (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Eric Masson

Assisting Electrophoresis and then Looking at Photophoresis (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

12:00 PM

Professor Chung, Doo Soo

Opening the Black Box of Predatory Publishing

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Speaker: Emanuel Kulczycki
The lecture will be held in English.

On 23.-24.10. two lectures will take place at MU as part of the Open Science Week international campaign, this time on the subject of predatory journals.

How (not) to recognize a quality mathematical journal?

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Speaker: Daniel Kráľ
The lecture will take place in the Czech language.

On 23.-24.10. two lectures will take place at MU as part of the Open Science Week international campaign, this time on the subject of predatory journals.

Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation via Temporally Interfering Electric Fields (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

NIR GROSSMAN 
Lecture start at 17:00!

CÍNOVEC - ZNOVUZROZENÍ LOŽISKA

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Setkání projektové podpory na MU - interní akce (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Molecular Genetics of the Immune and Nervous Systems-Antibody Diversity and Memory Engrams (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

SUSUMU TONEGAWA

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Untangling signaling crosstalk during animal development (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Giovanna Collu

Ontology: conversations between anthropology and philosophy (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

9:00 AM

Julia Joanna Turska

Heterogeneous catalysis as a key tool for sustainability (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Damien P. Debecker

Design meets evolution: Theory and practice (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Víctor de Lorenzo

Generation of nanoparticles by spark discharge: In-situ tailoring of the electrode surface with a 3D positioning device (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Mamas Prodromidis

Autumn botanical excursion around Žďár nad Sázavou

9:35 AM

The programme includes the peat bog at Babín pond, grazed lawns and a set of ponds southwest of Žďár.
Leader: Tomáš Peterka
The group will meet at the train station in Žďár n. S. at 9:35 a.m. (train departure from Brno at 8:20 a.m., arrival at Žďár at 9:28 a.m.). 

Resilience & Leadership - Hybrid Symposium

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

The primary objective of this symposium is to convene an assembly of subject matter experts from the realms of academia and higher education. We intend to engage in a nuanced exploration of academic leadership and management, with a specific focus on identifying best practices that empower us to navigate through crises and meet the demands of the modern academic landscape.

At this symposium, the Faculty of Science MU will share its experience with evaluation of performance and work behavior of academic and non-academic employees, as a management and development tool.

Held in English

Brno Living Lab Open Day

3:00 PM – 7:00 PM

We would like to invite you to the Brno Living Lab Open Day.

OPENAIR SETKÁNÍ SBĚRATELŮ MINERÁLŮ A FOSÍLIÍ

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Science festival 2023

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

From Friday, September 8 to Sunday, September 10, let yourself be drawn into the attractive world of science, technology and history. Trials and experiments across various scientific fields await you. In this way, everyone can experience for themselves that science is not just a dry theory, but very often a practical, useful and fun thing.

Entry to the event is free.

XXVI. Biological days

On September 8, 2023, the XXVI. Biological days with the title WONDERFUL WORLD OF INFORMATION MOLECULES: FROM BIOINFORMATIVES TO BIOMEDICINE will be held by the Czech-Slovak Biological Society.

Raw Materials of the Czech Republic

8:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Seminar focused on energy raw materials of the Czech Republic.

Dana Drábová, Juraj Franců and Jaromír Leichmann will give lectures on the topics of uranium, oil, coal and gas.

Settling in: Taking Root as a Researcher

1:00 PM

Czexpats in Science invite you to a networking event for researchers and everybody interested in science. Come and meet scientists from different backgrounds to share research and personal experiences with settling in and taking root as a researcher. Open to all nationalities, disciplines and career phases.

The event will be conducted in English, and is thus particularly suited for foreign researchers coming from abroad to Czechia.

Brunch pro začínající vědkyně

9:30 AM

Female PhD students and scientists currently in the early stages of their careers across all disciplines are invited to a collaborative brunch to create a safe environment for sharing experiences and networking among women in science.

The invitation to the brunch this time was accepted by Eva Brichtová, Deputy Head of Neurosurgery at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University.

The event will be held in the Czech only.

Multiplexed Biosensing on the Nanoscale Using Time-Resolved Luminescence (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Niko Hildebrandt

How Coordination Between Transcription and RNA Processing Tunes Gene Expression (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

KARLA NEUGEBAUER

AZV 2024 - workshop for researchers (MU only) (Improve)

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Architecture and Mechanistic Interplay of Promoters and Enhancers in Controlling Gene Expression (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

JOHN T. LIS

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Physella acuta ecogenomics and snail population fitness (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Coen M. Adema

Dies academicus 2023

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

A formal assembly of the academic community will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2022.

Behavioral neurobiology of Drosophila (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Ezequiel Axel Gorostiza

Site-controlled quantum dots and engineering of quantum dot states (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Emanuele Pelucchi

Floristic competition of the Czech Horticultural Association Brno

10:00 AM

We will observe the work of the contestants in two thematic areas, namely a pricked bowl for welcoming new baby citizens and a round bouquet for Mother's Day.

Regulation of Mammalian Transcription: Insights from Cryo-EM (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

CARRIE BERNECKY

Adventures in Natural Product Synthesis (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Thomas Magauer

Latest developments in 3D X-ray microscopy (XRM) technique

9:30 AM

Seminar | in English

Lorentz geometry and contact topology (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

STEFAN NEMIROVSKI

Steklov Mathematical Institute & Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Structural Insights Into G Protein Coupled Receptor Activation (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

BRIAN K. KOBILKA

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Latent Nucleophiles in Lewis Base Catalysis (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Ivan Vilotijevic

Development and deterministic nanofabrication of single quantum dot devices for applications in photonic quantum technologies (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Stephan Reitzenstein

New insights into the nutrient balancing of apes and monkeys

3:00 PM

How the monkeys and apes meet their nutritional needs when faced with social and ecological constraints in the wild?
Speaker: prof. Jessica Rothman
In English

Determinants of early life trajectories in children in low and middle-income countries: opportunities for collaboration (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

9:00 AM

Gerard Bryan Gonzales

Genome Stability in Reproduction and Aging: New Insights Form C. Elegans (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

BJÖRN SCHUMACHER

Glaciers in the Anthropocene: the needs of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the decline of the glaciers and its consequence. How are melting glaciers, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, archaeological heritage protection, ecology, biodiversity conservation and climate change all interconnected? (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Daniel Gaudio

Sustainable Energy for Remote Polar Regions (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Magnus De Witt

TEDxMasarykUniversity

The third year of TEDxMasarykUniversity will happen on Thursday, April 27, 2023, in the University Cinema Scala. It is a local, self-organized event within the global TED conference that aims to promote ideas worth spreading.

Business Research Forum 2023

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

The aim of the event is to connect the university environment with the application sphere and to present Masaryk University's readiness for mutual cooperation.

Off-grid Sustainable Energy Planning (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

12:00 PM

Magnus De Witt

Zdeněk Bochníček – Green Deal, hope or threat?

4:00 PM

Department of Physical Electronics with the Student section of the Academic Senate of Masaryk University Faculty of Science cordially invites you to a lecture of Assoc. Prof. Zdeněk Bochníček - Green Deal, hope or threat?

Label-free functional assays to study membrane proteins in living animal cells (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Joachim Wegener

Neglected Diseases in a Global World and the Unexpected Impact of Going Local (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ANNE LAUDISOIT

Mineralogický kurz

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

The Making of MicroRNA (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

NARRY KIM *Lecture Cancelled* (NEW DATE IN SPRING 2024! 23 May, 2024)

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Collection and analysis of anthropometric data for ergonomic design processes - Basic ideas and current research activities of the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Alexander Ackermann

Diversity, biogeography, and evolution of European freshwater gastropods over the past 200 million years (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Thomas Neubauer

Sedimentary Tablelands – Landforms, Evolution and Controls (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Piotr Migoń

Nefinanční reporting ESG v praxi - PŘESUNUTO NA ŘÍJEN 2023

9:30 AM – 2:00 PM

How Interactive Maps Work: The Science of Cartographic User Experience (UX) Design (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

4:00 PM

Robert E. Roth

Oka manifolds and applications 4 (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

1:00 PM

Franc Forstneric

Oka manifolds and applications 3 (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Franc Forstneric

Making Mapping for a Sustainable World (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

10:00 AM

Robert E. Roth

Oka manifolds and applications 2 (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Franc Forstneric

Oka manifolds and applications 1 (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Franc Forstneric

Why don’t we have a framework agreement for chemicals at the global level? (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

9:00 AM

Jill Hanna

Exkurze Za dávnými moři do Líšně

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Rewiring DNA Repair for Genome Stability or Genome Haploidization (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

JOAO MATOS

Student-centered course planning

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

The PROFFORMANCE+ consortium cordially invites you to the first occasion of the PROFFORMANCE Thematic Webinars webinar series.

In English | online

Setkání projektové podpory na MU - interní akce (Improve)

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Engineering Complex Agronomic Traits in Crops (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

DIRK INZÉ

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Cytonemes in cell signalling - Spreading Wnt signals in development and disease (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

2:00 PM

Steffen Scholpp

Muon Spin Rotation Spectroscopy Utilizing Muons in Solid State Physics (INNOLEC | MUNI SCI)

11:00 AM

Andreas Suter

Dissecting the Interplay Between Genetic Lesions and the Tumor Microenvironment in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

DIMITAR EFREMOV

The phase transition phenomena in combinatorial structures (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

TOMASZ ŁUCZAK

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

The Night of Law

2:00 PM – 11:59 PM

An evening and night full of lectures, theater performances, film screenings and tours of courthouses and other public institutions. Everything will revolve around the law, but it certainly won't be just for lawyers. Quite the opposite - we organize the Law Night to bring the law closer to the people. 

All you wanted to know about ERC but were afraid to ask. (Improve)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Information session for researchers considering applying for ERC grants.

1) Info about the calls, panels, evaluation process and criteria.

2) Workshops of the National Expert Group on ERC.

3) Support at MUNI and its faculties.

4) Q&A - individual consultations open to on-site participants!

Please register so that we can tailor the information that we will deliver.

The Non-gradual Nature of Explosive Diversification in African Cichlid Fishes (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

WALTER SALZBURGER

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Jak na Žádost o posouzení projektu Etickou komisí pro výzkum? - interní seminář MU (Improve)

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

GA ČR 2024 - workshop for researchers (MU only) (Improve)

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

MSCA-PF seminar for future supervisors of MSCA-PF Fellows - REGISTRACE UZAVŘENA (Improve)

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

CEITEC PhD School

3:00 PM

Information Session for Prospective PhD Students

Gaudeamus Prague 2023

This year we will be participating in the European Post-Graduation and Lifelong Education Fair. You can find us 21 - 24 January 2023 at PVA EXPO Prague (Hall 4). Come and chat with us about study opportunities at MU. We will be happy to answer all your questions!

A view from the Bridge – Drug development from the perspective of a Venture Capital fund bridging the gap between Academic research and Industry

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

SPARK Europe Webinar Series
Speaker: Dr. Ariel Kamsler
Online

Computational Mathematics between Dynamics, Geometry and Algebra (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

Hans Zanna Munthe-Kaas,  University of Bergen

REGON - prosinec 2022: CZARMA (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

MUNI HELPS thank you

In the run up to Christmas, we want to thank all our volunteers for helping us out! You are cordially invited to a celebration of volunteering!

27. Kvartér

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Books in the cinema

8:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Masaryk University Literary Festival

We cordially invite you to the university's Scala cinema for the first annual pre-Christmas meeting with authors, publishers and translators, to see the new books of the co-organizing institutions and even to buy Christmas gifts.

The Developmental Basis of Biological Diversity - Cancelled! (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

RICARDO MALLARINO

Systems Analyses of Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ROGER GEIGER

Taming the Monster of Independence (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

Menachem Magidor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

MUNI PhD Career Days

The aim of the event is to provide young researchers with an overview of their career options after their PhD studies.

CF Day Meeting

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Join us during CF Day, where all twelve CEITEC MU Core Facilities will be presented. Each CF will have 20 min slot to give you an update on their services, training, user rules, new instrumentation, and other important information for users.

Fragile Freedom: A Commemoration of the Velvet Revolution at MU

4:00 PM

This year's anniversary of the Velvet Revolution will be commemorated by Masaryk University on 16 November from 4 pm at the University Cinema Scala, where a cultural programme entitled Fragile Freedom will be held, dedicated not only to the events of 1989, but also to current events in Europe and the world.

Science and Clinical Trials - How it works and why it matters

6:00 PM

with Eva Rodrigues PhD

Masaryk University tribute assembly

3:45 PM

The events of November 1939 will be commemorated by Masaryk University on November 14 at a reverent meeting at the memorial in the Kounice dormitories.

Gaudeamus Nitra 2022

This year we will be participating in the European Post-Graduation and Lifelong Education Fair. You can find us on 14 November2022 at Aggrokomplex Nitra. Come and chat with us about study opportunities at MU. We will be happy to answer all your questions!

Hormonal Regulation of Plant Adaptive Responses to Environmental Signals (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

EVA BENKOVA

Communications and Consulting in Pharmaceutical Industry

5:00 PM

BIOTOP Seminars FALL 2022 - Session 2

Speaker: Andrii Buvailo PhD, Co-Founder and Editor of BioPharma Trend and Head of Digital Marketing at Enamine Ltd.

Supramolecular Latch: a New Chemical Tool for Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

KIMOON KIM

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

Technology Transfer – How to deal with Inventions and what Technology Transfer has to do with your day-to-day business

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

SPARK Europe Webinar Series
Speaker: Dr. Sabina Heim (Ascenion)

REGON - listopad 2022: CZARMA (PS Open Science) (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Mendel Days 2022

This year's annual Mendel Days brings both expert lectures focused on the contribution of Mendel's versatile personality and his scientific work and a rich cultural and educational programme for the general public.

Gaudeamus Brno 2022

This year we will be participating in the European Post-Graduation and Lifelong Education Fair. You can find us 1 - 4 November 2022 at BVV Trade Fairs Brno. Come and chat with us about study opportunities at MU. We will be happy to answer all your questions!

Current and Future Treatment of Alzheimer Disease (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

BENGT WINBLAD

Expanders in higher dimensions (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

Irit Dinur, Weizmann Institute of Science

Coffee Afternoon

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Tasting FairTrade coffee and different flavours of coffee from Gill's Coffee Espresso Bar. The programme will be enriched by performances of members of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra.

Exploring the Underground of the RBP World: Riboregulation (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

MATTHIAS HENZE

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

International Conference on Research Infrastructures 2022

ICRI 2022 is a global forum promoting collaboration and strategic discussion on the importance of research infrastructures. It will also include an accompanying programme that will open it to the wider public for the first time.

Role of the Antigen Receptor in Normal and Malignant B Cell Development (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

KLAUS RAJEWSKY

Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno

MFF EKOFILM 2022

48th Environmental Film Festival.

Computational Modeling Reveals Central Parameters for Brassinosteroid-regulated Cellular Processes Linked to Elongation Growth in the Arabidopsis Root (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

KLAUS HARTER

REGON - říjen 2022: Program TA ČR SIGMA (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Cake for Hospice event

On October 5, Masaryk University will join the charity event Cake for the Hospice organized by the Brno Diocesan Charity.

Gaudeamus - Akadémia Bratislava 2022

8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

This year we will be participating in the European Post-Graduation and Lifelong Education Fair. You can find us 4 - 6 October 2022 at Incheba Expo Bratislava. Come and chat with us about study opportunities at MU. We will be happy to answer all your questions!

Molecular Mechanisms of RNA Dependent DNA Damage Response (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

MONIKA GULLEROVA

NCURA Global Workshop (Improve)

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Grants Week 2022 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Setkání sběratelů minerálů a fosílií

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

CZARMA - 1. členská schůze (Improve)

9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Brno PhD talent 2022

Brno PhD. Talent is a competition for students of doctoral study programmes that offer long-term financial support and career development support to 25 talented postgraduate students in the form of a scholarship of up to CZK 110,000 per year for three years.

Jazz evening for the 100th anniversary of the botanical garden

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Mendels festival in botanical garden

Mendel festival in the botanical garden - full day, tour of the garden with activities, guided tour of greenhouses - reservation required at mendelfestival@gmail.com. Event only in the Czech language.

MSCA Workshop to support your MSCA-PF proposal preparation - SECOND RUN (Improve)

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Spending these three days of concentrated effort with us will save you a lot of hard times during proposal preparation.

You should bring your project proposal synopsis – broader text than an abstract including brief insights on the impacts of your project – and your CV.

How to Write a Competitive Proposal (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Funding Landscapes (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

REGON - červen 2022: Předsednictví České republiky Radě EU (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

MSCA Workshop to support your MSCA-PF proposal preparation (Improve)

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Understanding the multiple functions of human telomeres (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

JAYAKRISHNAN NANDAKUMAR

Dies academicus

10:00 AM

Traditional celebratory meeting of the academic community where awards will be given by the rector of Masaryk University will take place on May 19 at 10 a.m. at the auditorium of the Faculty of Law, Veveří 70, Brno.

Colors of women

Exhibition of illustrations and pictures by Barbora Brůnová. Barbora Brůnová is an illustrator and comic book artist, she specializes in book and advertising illustration.

Personalizing the treatment of Parkinson’s disease using a multi-sensor integrated midbrain organoid-on-a-chip platform (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PETER ERTL

MSCA-PF candidates‘ training hour – regular event (Improve)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

From Hedgehog Signalling to Myogenesis (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PHILIP WILLIAM INGHAM

Exhibition 100 years of the Botanical Garden

This year, the Botanical Garden at Kotlářská street is celebrating 100 years of its existence. For this anniversary, garden has prepared an exhibition full of interesting historical photographs and information describing the foundation and development of the garden to this day.

MSCA Hackathon for MSCA-PF candidates - ON IMPACT (Improve)

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

City Nature Challenge

Started in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the City Nature Challenge (CNC) has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in their cities.

The Internet of Animals (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

MARTIN WIKELSKI   !!!!!! Lecture Cancelled !!!!!!!

Plagiarism and application of similarity search in IS MU

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

10:00-10:30 Plagiarism and unethical practices in academia (Tomáš Foltýnek, FI)

10:30-11:30 Practical presentation of similarity search application in IS MU (Jitka Brandejsová, FI)

Online seminar in Czech

PhD Student Scientific Conference MUNI PHARM 2022

9:00 AM

The conference is intended for all MUNI PhD students (full-time and combined studies) whose research focus is at least somewhat related to such a broad field as pharmacy.

The deadline for registration and abstract submission is April 8, 2022.

The sustainability of safety, security and privacy (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

Ross Anderson, Cambridge University

Analysis of Inter-individual Variation in Population-scale scRNA-seq Studies (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PETER KHARCHENKO

Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

SARAH TISHKOFF   !!!!!! Lecture Cancelled !!!!!!!

Excursion to the Biovendor

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Life Sciences 4.0 in cooperation with USF, under the auspices of MUNI and RHK Brno, invites you to an excursion to Biovendor Group.

World Quantum Day

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

16:00 - 20:00 SCIENCE OF PLAYERS

18:00 - 18:30 "Quantum technologies - the big topic of the future"(prof. Ing. Josef Lazar, Dr., Director of the ISI CAS)

18:40 - 19:25 "What is quantum physics" (prof. Mgr. Tomáš Tyc, Ph.D. from the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University and member of the scientific group of Complex Photonics, ISI CAS)

Tetrahelical Nucleic Acids: 3D Structure and Dynamics in Relation to Function and Disease (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

JANEZ PLAVEC

REGON - duben 2022: Výzkum v oblasti rakoviny (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Reconstituting Cytoskeleton - One Molecule at a Time (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ZDENĚK LÁNSKÝ

New Dimensions in Drug Development by Targeting Motor Enzymes (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ANDRAS MALNASI-CSIZMADIA

Afternoon with Chemistry

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Is it still valid Like teacher - like pupil?

The lecture will be held by Ing. Květoslava Stejskalová, CSc. from J.Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The lecture will be in Czech language.

The Art of Building Small (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

BEN FERINGA

MSCA seminar for future supervisors of MSCA Fellows (Improve)

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Benefit concert (Mozart's Requiem)

7:00 PM

The Brno Philharmonic Choir BB would like help to Ukraine via the benefit concert (Mozart's Requiem)

The lesson has been cancelled (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

MONIKA GULLEROVA

A New Era for the Elucidation of Protein Complexes in Physiology and Disease by Experimental Methods in Structural Biology (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

SAVVAS SAVVIDES

REGON - březen 2022: Finanční pravidla a administrativní aspekty Horizontu Evropa (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

OPAKOVÁNÍ AKCE - Jak identifikovat a oslovovat vhodné supervizory a kandidáty pro MSCA-PF (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expo 2020 Dubai

The exhibition will feature a special DNA Fiber Wall, which will simulate DNA fibers and the microworld. Visitors will be able to walk through this wall and through an imaginary time gate to the time when Gregor Johann Mendel, the founder of genetics and discoverer of the basic laws of heredity, lived.

Exhibition on the ancient landscapes of Moravi

During the month of March, the Central Library of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University is hosting an exhibition on the ancient landscapes of Moravia. The exhibition was created by geographers from the Institute of Geonics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, based on several years of research on the historical landscapes of Moravia. There are examples of landscapes of Brno and Drahansko region on display. Come and discover sites whose structure has been virtually unaffected by social development for two centuries!

REGON - únor 2022: Program DIOSCURI (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

REGON - leden 2022: Evropský výzkumný prostor (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Jak identifikovat a oslovovat vhodné supervizory a kandidáty pro MSCA-PF (Improve)

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Applied Research Funding Landscapes (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

REGON - prosinec 2021 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

MathRace

MathRace is a mathematical competition organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and organizers of the Brno Correspondence Seminar for high school students.

Remote Sensing course for Educators

This course will be of interest to Geography, Biology and Science teachers. We will teach you how to incorporate Remote Sensing into your study program and make the learning process more fun for students.

Wnt/Frizzled Planar Cell Polarity Signaling in Development and Disease (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

MAREK MLODZIK

How to Write a Competitive Proposal (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Botanical seminar

4:00 PM

Hidden part of a plant (in Czech)

Speaker: Jitka Klimešová

High Molecular-Weight Complexes in The Regulation of Gene Expression: A View by Integrative Structural Biology (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

TERESA CARLOMAGNO

Reverential assembly of the academic community of Masaryk University

3:45 PM – 5:30 PM

The aim of the event is to honour the memory of the imprisoned, tortured and executed members of the MU academic community and all other victims of Nazi oppression.

Funding Landscapes (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Business Research Forum of Masaryk University

The largest event presenting Masaryk University’s readiness to collaborate with both the industry and the public sector. 

JobChallenge

Start Your Career! JobChallenge job fair allows students and graduates to meet interesting employers and to identify directions their career may take.

REGON - listopad 2021 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

A Fly Model for Epithelial Tumors: Problems at Both Ends! (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ULRICH THEOPOLD

Base-Modified Nucleic Acids for Applications in Diagnostics or Chemical Biology (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

MICHAL HOCEK

PARP Inhibition - from Idea to Registration, a Personal Perspective (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ZDENĚK HOSTOMSKÝ

Erasmus days

Deciphering Functional Mechanisms of Enzymes and Molecular Chaperones by Integrated NMR Spectroscopy (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PAUL SCHANDA

REGON - říjen 2021 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Battle Against Viruses: Towards New Approaches for the Prevention and Therapy of Viral Infections (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

DANIEL RŮŽEK

Mechanisms of Longevity, from Naked Mole Rats to Bowhead Whales (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

VERA GORBUNOVA

Launch of the MUNI spin-off platform

3:30 PM

Rise of the Micromachines: Biology on the Small Scale (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

ANDREW deMELLO

MSCA-PF Sharing & Feedback Workshop (Improve)

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

This event is aimed at MSCA-PF applicants from MUNI who apply for MSCA-PF with the deadline on 12.10.2021, and it is also open to all interested research support managers of the faculties.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARYSCHOOL IRIS

The IRIS “University without Walls” workshop program originally from the DukeUniversity, Durham, USA, is the problem-based training approach on developing skillsto prepare and carry out research project and to collaborate on common projects ininterdisciplinary teams.

REGON - září 2021 (Improve)

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Festival of Science

Science in Brno is not boring! Come to the Festival of Science at the Riviera Brno Transport Playground. 

MSCA-PF Open Science practices (Improve)

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Information seminar on MSCA-DN (Improve)

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

On-line WORKSHOP to support your MSCA-PF proposal preparation - BLOCK 3 - CV, Tips & examples, updates for 2021 call (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

On-line WORKSHOP to support your MSCA-PF proposal preparation - BLOCK 2 - IMPACT & IMPLEMENTATION (Improve)

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

On-line WORKSHOP to support your MSCA-PF proposal preparation - BLOCK 1 - EXCELLENCE (Improve)

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Workshop to support your MSCA-IF proposal preparation (UKB location) (Improve)

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

REGON - červen 2021 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Open Science Roadshow

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

The Open Science Roadshow goal is to present the draft of the Open Science Strategy MUNI 2022–2028 at individual Faculties and Institutes and to obtain feedback from academics and researchers. The feedback will help the University Open Science Team finalize the strategy draft and prepare it for university management approval in autumn 2021.

From Single Molecules to Live Cells: Imaging Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

DAVID RUEDA

Science for Society

9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Online

Clinical research seminar

You can look forward to lectures and interesting personalities from the world of clinical research, to a meeting with equally motivated students or a competition that will cross the entire seminar and which will bring the work of the researcher a little closer.

REGON - květen 2021 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Protein Hydration and Dynamics Seen by Fluorescence: Studies on Haloalkane-Dehalogenases (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

MARTIN HOF

Writing Gab #6: Avoid the Research Rabbit Hole!

3:00 PM

The Writing Gab returns on Thursday, April 29! This time, Abbie and Joe will talk about the genre of Literature Review. It’s a common assignment at university, and an essential part of a thesis - but writing it can be very frustrating and mysterious. 

MSCA-PF INFODAY (Improve)

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

For postdocs and supervisors who consider application.

How to Write a Competitive Proposal (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The training may help you formulate just about any kind of funding proposal, but the main focus will definitely be European collaborative projects from the perspective of coordinator.

Sweet Taste of Heavy Water (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PAVEL JUNGWIRTH

Funding Landscapes (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

European Union Studies

EDUC Thematic Seminars

University of Cagliari (Italy)

Deadline: 31^st January

MUNI JobNEST

Online Fair - a state administration field and a non-profit organization

Molecular Principles of Epigenetic Reprogramming in Vivo (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PETRA HÁJKOVÁ

Cytotoxic T Cells in Immunity and Self-Tolerance (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ONDŘEJ ŠTĚPÁNEK

Mobility / Smart cities

EDUC Thematic Seminars

University of Rennes 1 (France)

Deadline: 31^st January

REGON - duben 2021 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

How to Build a Clathrin-Coated Vesicle: Switches, Timers & Scaffolding (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

ZUZANA KADLECOVÁ

Study at a university in the US!

2:00 PM

Are you thinking about spending some time studying in the US? Do you wonder what options you might have? Are you curious about how the prestigious Fulbright scholarship programs work? Do you want to know about the visa process?

Small RNAs in the Mammalian Germline: a Lesson from Hamsters (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

PETR SVOBODA

Justice, inequality and inclusion

EDUC Thematic Seminars

University of Paris Nanterre (France, online event)

Deadline: 22^nd January 2021

Culture and heritage

EDUC Thematic Seminars

University of Paris Nanterre (France, online event)

Deadline: 22^nd January 2021

Life Long Health and Wellbeing

EDUC Thematic Seminars

University of Pècs (Hungary, online event)

Deadline: 22^nd January 2021

Fifty Shades of Green Alias where Do the Predators Keep the Plants Flourish? (Seminar Series)

4:00 PM

KATEŘINA SAM

REGON - březen (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

OP JAK MSCA-PF (Improve)

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

This structural funds scheme is expected to be a rare and extremely convenient access to postdoctoral funding.

REGON - únor (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Submit projects that are easy to manage!

8:30 AM – 3:15 PM

Jan Žák is the project manager of the Brno iD project, Sylva Žáková Talpová currently leads an applied research project at ESF MU. Both are certified project managers (IPMA, Prince2 Practitioner, ITIL, Scrum Master, PMI) and have a lot of experience with project management in the private and public spheres.

REGON - leden (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Barande Fellowship Program

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Online Event via Zoom

REGISTRATION UNTIL DECEMBER, 14^th

Improve your Academic Writing

2:00 PM – 5:15 PM

The MU Language Center has organized an English writing course specifically aimed at doctoral students of all fields. This course introduces the essentials of academic writing that can be effectively adopted in writing project and grant proposals. The course consists of a group online session for all participants, an individual one to one online session with the instructor and personalized feedback on a writing task of your choice.

Transfera Technology Day

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Transfera.cz, in cooperation with The Business and Investment Development Agency CzechInvest, is organizing the first Transfer Technology Day on 7^th December 2020 from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm. The partner of the event is the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

Writing Gab #5: How to revise your paper – whether you have a week, or 5 minutes

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

REGON - prosinec (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Hanan Samet lecture - CANCELLED (Seminar Series)

Hanan Samet, University of Maryland, USA

Student Scientific Conference 2020

The Student Scientific Conference (SSC) is a regular event organised by the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the University of Chemical Technology (FCHI ICT) in Prague. A novelty of this year's conference is that it will be open to students of other Czech and Slovak universities.

Online Lecture: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality

4:00 PM

Speaker: David Sweeney, ředitel Research England

The lecture is organized by the Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences. Everyone is cordially welcome irrespectively of his/her research field.

David Gamarnik lecture - CANCELLED (Seminar Series)

David Gamarnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Applied Research Funding Landscapes (Improve)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Introduction to the diverse national programmes of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, ministries and opportunities for funding applied research in Horizon 2020.

REGON - listopad 2020 (Improve)

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Exhibition of pictures by pupils of the Art School of J. Kvapil

Unfortunately, due to the epidemiological situation, the exhibition will not take place on the given date.