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1 Feb 2024

Open Days at SCI MUNI attracted thousand of students

More than 1 000 students, not only final year students, visited the Open Days of the Faculty of Science of MU, which took place on Saturday 27 January and Tuesday 30 January at the University Campus in Bohunice and the Kotlářská campus. All our institutes opened the doors of their halls, lecture halls...

1 Feb 2024

Watch the video from the launch of the English edition of Jana Šmardová’s book "What Tumors Teach Us"

The launch of the English edition of Jana Šmardová’s book What Tumors Teach Us – Parallels in Cell and Human Behavior took place in the refectory of the Mendel Museum 17. 1. 2024, as we informed here. You can watch the recording of the book launch, which was created by MUNI TV, here (in Czech...

29 Jan 2024

How is biodiversity developing in running waters? Research undertaken by our hydrobiologists is providing answers

The diversity of species is one of the fundamental topics of research carried out at the Department of Botany and Zoology. In this article, we present their surprising results on the biodiversity of running waters at both Czech and European scales.

26 Jan 2024

Scientists have discovered the essence of nanoluciferase, now it can shine more brightly

Research into the luminescent enzyme nanoluciferase, being carried out by experts from Brno’s Masaryk University and the International Centre for Clinical Research (ICRC), opens new possibilities for its use in the fields of drug testing and tumour research.

25 Jan 2024

Teachers let us do practical tasks, praises Serbian student

Serbian student Tijana Joksić visited Brno for the first time when she came to see her boyfriend who had moved to work for a local IT company. She was so impressed by the student city, its architecture, and the modern facilities of Masaryk University that she immediately started looking if the university...

24 Jan 2024

A multi-layered personality, Jana Šmardová. Jana’s book, ‘What Tumours Teach Us’, has now been published in English

On January 17, 2024, the English edition of the book ‘What Tumors Teach Us: Parallels in the Behaviour of Cells and People’ by Jana Šmardová († August 31, 2023) was launched. In this article, you will also learn that the teaching of her course, ‘Tumor Biology for Everyone − or Cell Philosophy’, continues...

24 Jan 2024

Results of the MUNI Faculty of Science Questionnaire Survey conducted in October 2023

In connection with an important milestone in the implementation of the Faculty HR strategy - the Renewal of the HR Excellence in Research Award, which the Faculty is expecting in 2024, we addressed the employees of the Faculty with a request to fill in an anonymous online questionnaire. You can now have...

19 Jan 2024

Security at MU: early warning and police cooperation in prevention

Masaryk University has established an emergency communication and management system and is now working on increasing security. These issues are being addressed by the MU management and the Rector’s Board, whose members include deans as the highest representatives of individual faculties.

18 Jan 2024

Crisis Management Beyond the Arctic Circle

The Crisis Management Beyond the Arctic Circle training took place at the Faculty Science of MU.

17 Jan 2024

Scientists are heading to Antarctica on Masaryk University’s 20th expedition

A total of 24 participants, including three women, will take part in Masaryk University’s 20th expedition to Antarctica. Most of the expedition (around two months) will be spent at the J.G. Mendel Czech Antarctic Station on James Ross Island. During their stay, as well as their normal research activities,...

17 Jan 2024

Tomáš Kašparovský, Dean of the MU Faculty of Science, has been elected as the new chairperson of the Council of Higher Education Institutions

The Assembly of the Council of Higher Education Institutions has elected Tomáš Kašparovský, Dean of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science, as its new chairperson for the period 2024 to 2026. He received 163 out of a total of 189 votes.

15 Jan 2024

The deans of the faculties of science discuss the training of future teachers

At a two-day meeting in Hradec Králové, members of the Association of Deans of Science Faculties discussed the lack of science teachers in primary and secondary schools.