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12 Dec 2022

HR Excellence in Research SCI MUNI: HR Award in 2022

In the past year 2022, from the perspective of the HR Award project at the Faculty of Science MU, we have enjoyed in-person meetings at trainings, discussion groups and the opportunity to exchange best practices among institutions in the area of HR management and building the European Research Area allowing...

7 Dec 2022

MUNI SCIENTISTS 2022 award for scientists from the Faculty of Science

The Grant Agency of Masaryk University presented the MUNI Scientist Awards. In total, fifty-one scientists were awarded, seventeen of them are associated with our Faculty of Science. Congratulations to all of them!

7 Dec 2022

Faculty of Science actively participated in SPACE WEEK 2022 EVENT BRNO

The Faculty of Science was actively involved in the Space Week 2022 Event Brno, hosted by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium at the end of November. The aim of the event was to present the potential of Czech universities in the field of space education and research. The Brno event was part of the programme...

5 Dec 2022

Gregor Johann Mendel Meteorologist

Even though Johan Gregor Mendel achieved the greatest fame in genetics, his merits in the field of meteorology cannot be overlooked either. He did not only measure the air temperature, but also the amount of precipitation, air pressure, and the amount of ozone, he also carried out phenological observations,...

2 Dec 2022

Project on biotechnological metal recycling from slag and fly ash wins international award

The project IRAS ATCZ183 realized by biochemists from our Faculty of Science and Austrian colleagues was awarded as "Best Practice" at an international conference focused on the outputs of the European INTERREG V-A AT-CZ programme. As part of the project, scientists have been looking for suitable ways...

30 Nov 2022

Employees and their children enjoyed an Advent gathering around the tree

On Monday , 28 November , around one hundred employees and thirty children came to enjoy the atmosphere of Advent and the lighting of the Christmas tree in the park on the grounds of the Faculty of Science at Kotlářská Street.

29 Nov 2022

President Zeman appointed new professors

On Monday, 28 November 2022, on the proposals of the scientific and artistic boards of universities, President Miloš Zeman signed the appointment decrees for the university professors. Among the newly appointed professors are Petr Skládal, Tomáš Řezník a Michal Hájek from our Faculty of Science....

23 Nov 2022

Bacteriophages can be highly effective in the treatment of many infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, says Jiří Doškař

Jiří Doškař graduated in 1974 with a Degree in Biology from our faculty. He has been working here since 1978 and his research deals with the genetics and molecular biology of pathogenic staphylococci and their bacteriophages. Specifically, he studies the genetic basis of bacterial resistance to antibiotics...

21 Nov 2022

Darja Klementová, winner of the ‘České hlavičky’ (Little Czech Mind) award, visited the university laboratory for the first time at the age of 13

Darja Klementová, who comes from an artistic family, studies clarinet. However, she has also been interested in nature and the human body since she was a child, so finally decided to devote herself fully to molecular biology, choosing to study at the laboratories of MU Faculty of Science. For her work,...

16 Nov 2022

"I looked at it like this − it didn’t work out for my mother and her generation, so it’s our turn now" says Eva Sýkorová about the events surrounding 11/17/1989

Experience with us the events at our faculty during the Velvet Revolution, in an interview with Eva Sýkorová, a member of the faculty's strike committee at the time. Take a look at unique period photographs directly from the faculty and from Brno, which are being presented to the public for the very...

14 Nov 2022

Invitation to the CEITEC CF DAY MEETING

State-of-the-art research infrastructures and cutting-edge scientific discoveries go hand in hand. Since its foundation, CEITEC Masaryk University (MU) has placed great emphasis on scouting emerging technologies and has been striving to add to its instrument portfolio novel pieces that are desired even...

10 Nov 2022

Statement of the Association of Deans of Faculties of Science on the current situation at the Faculty of Science of Palacký University

The Association of Science Faculty Deans supports Martin Kubala, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Palacký University in Olomouc, in his long-term efforts to separate the faculty from the actions of individuals whose actions do not comply with the ethical rules of scientific work.