27 Sep 2023

Open Day of the Brno Living Lab

The RECETOX Centre has studied the relationship between humans and the environment for 40 years. The celebration of this event, which will take place throughout the autumn and summer semesters of 2023/2024, began on 21 September with the opening of an exhibition presenting the history of the Centre. The exhibition can be viewed in the Bohunice campus corridor until mid-December.

26 Sep 2023

QUVIK will become the first Czech space telescope Astrophysicists from Masaryk University lead the scientific part of the project.

Green light has been given to QUVIK (Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonovae Surveyor), which will become the first Czech space telescope. The scientific part of the project will be managed by astrophysicists from Masaryk University. Experts from the Czech Ministry of Transport and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected two out of seven Czech space projects proposed, one of which was QUVIK, a space telescope optimised for the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, which will focus on sources of gravitational waves that arise from collisions of black holes and neutron stars. The project will be led by the Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLÚ).

26 Sep 2023

The Garden Party at Kotlářská attracted 350 visitors, with students, employees and winners of the new Masaryk University Faculty of Science Award all enjoying the informal meeting.

The traditional Garden Party at Kotlářská, with which the Masaryk University (MU) Faculty of Science officially starts the new academic year, took place on Monday, September 18, 2023, on the faculty’s premises at Kotlářská. There, 350 visitors from the ranks of students, employees and invited guests took advantage of the opportunity to meet in a pleasant informal atmosphere. The program this year also included presentations of the new Masaryk University Faculty of Science Award.

22 Sep 2023

A young microbiologist from Masaryk University impressed NATO experts with her research on the decomposition of waste plant biomass

NATO Science and Technology Board (NATO STB) awarded the prestigious Early Career Scientist Event 2023 Award for best presentation to Barbora Hrnčířová, a student of the doctoral study program at the Faculty of Science, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Microbiology.

21 Sep 2023

The Deans of Science Faculties discuss changes in the training of future teachers

At a two-day meeting in Olomouc, members of the Association of Deans of Science Faculties, along with representatives from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS, MŠMT in Czech), discussed the main changes planned under the framework of reforms in the training of secondary school teachers and changes in the funding of science and natural sciences. They also granted patronage for the publication of a Photographic Atlas of Plants of the Czech Republic.

19 Sep 2023

101 well-wishers took part in the seminar celebrating the 100th birthday of the physicist Martin Černohorský

This year, an exceptional seminar full of physics, memories and congratulations took place on the 100th birthday of Martin Černohorský, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Masaryk University’s (MU) Faculty of Science and Emeritus Rector of the University of Silesia in Opava. The seminar was jointly organised by the Brno branch association of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists and departments of physics of the MU Faculty of Science. Symbolically, 101 guests accepted the invitation to come to the hall at Kotlářská, where the celebratory meeting took place.

12 Sep 2023

The University Campus Library offers a journal checkout service

Under the overarching of the MU Open Science team, the University campus library is expanding the service of compliance with the principles of transparency and best practices in scholarly journals to the whole MU.

The new series Behind Nature’s Curtain highlights the research of “green biologists” at MUNI

From Saturday, September 9, 2023, 9:30 a.m, Czech Television at ČT2 programme will be presenting a new series of five natural history films entitled ‘Behind Nature’s Curtain’ (Za oponou přírody). This popular science series will show stories of research into bogs, parasites, Carpathian meadows, bats and the secrets of insect mimicry. How was the series created? You can find out in the double interview with Jan Roleček and Marián Polák below.