Current news

5 Sep 2023

Professor Jana Šmardová has passed away. She gave one the feeling that there was a point in wondering about things and not stopping ask.

It gives us great sadness to share the news that Professor Jana Šmardová, who worked at the Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Department of Experimental Biology, has left us. She will remain in our memories forever.

1 Sep 2023

The Department of Physical Electronics will change its name from September 1

As of September 1, 2023, the name of the Faculty of Science’s Department of Physical Electronics will change. The new Czech name is the Ústav fyziky a technologií plazmatu (abbreviation ÚFTP), while the English equivalent is the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology (or DPPT).

31 Aug 2023

The Smoking Gun for Supermassive Binaries in Active Galactic Nuclei

An international research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has investigated blazars, accreting supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. An important member of the team was astrophysicist Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science...

31 Aug 2023

100 years of Martin Černohorský

The date of 31 August 2023 belongs to the celebration of the 100th birthday of the eminent physicist, Martin Černohorský, who connected his student and professional life with our faculty. His jubilee will be commemorated on September 7, 2023 with a seminar filled with lectures and reminiscences. This...

Dean Kašparovský officially opens the new entrance gate at Kotlářská

From Monday, 21st August 2023, students and empoyees can enter our faculty campus on Kotlářská Street using the new gate from Veveří Street, which is located near the library building. The new entrance will allow easier access to the campus for all those who get off at the nearby tram stop Konečného...

11 Aug 2023

Our Limnologists collaborated on the river biodiversity study published in the NATURE

Four Limnologists from Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science MU participate in the important international study, analyzing biodiversity recovery in European rivers during last 50 years, published on August 9 in the NATURE journal.

1 Aug 2023

Final results of elections to the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University 2023-2026

in individual constituencies and the minutes of the Electoral and Mandate Committee of the AS SCI MU.

27 Jul 2023

Our scientists are studying how the temperature of watercourses is rising as the climate of southern Moravia gradually changes to Mediterranean

Our scientists are studying how the temperature of watercourses is rising as the climate of southern Moravia gradually changes to Mediterranean

26 Jul 2023

Graduation ceremony

Updated. In mid-June, we hold another graduation ceremonies for our successful graduates. We would like to congratulate the new masters, engineers and bachelors and wish them much professional and personal success!

14 Jul 2023

Taller and thicker. Brno scientists have developed software to measure the proportions of Czech people. The clothing industry is interested in the findings.

A team of scientists from Masaryk University developed the software Adapt, or Anthropological Database of Body Proportions. It measures and records the body proportions of different population groups in the Czech Republic. The results are in the interest of the clothing and automotive industries and...

10 Jul 2023

Evidence from four continents: the planet's climate is changing radically

The world is facing the impacts of climate change. In addition to record heat waves, they are bringing rising global ocean temperatures, melting glaciers or changing the shape of hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme events. In today's episode of 5:59, Daniel Nývlt from our Faculty of Science talks...

4 Jul 2023

QUVIK – The first Czech space telescope

The QUVIK (Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonovae surveyor) satellite project aims to develop the first Czech space telescope optimised for the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. The telescope’s primary goal is to observe so-called kilonovae, which result from mergers of neutron stars. The observations will provide...