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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.

10 Nov 2022

Mendel and the Legacy of Protestant Schools

Gregor Johann Mendel as an Augustinian abbot is clearly associated with the Catholic confession. It is forgotten that, like František Palacký, for example, he came from the Enlightenment environment created by the Brno evangelicals on the Kunín estate, and was in contact with this environment for a long...

9 Nov 2022

Worldwide experts in spectroscopy and analytical chemistry visited Brno

From September 4 to 9, 2022, an international scientific meeting of experts in the field of spectroscopy and analytical chemistry took place in Brno as part of a combination of two conferences: European Symposium on Analytical Spectrometry (ESAS) &17th Czech-Slovak Spectroscopic Conference.

7 Nov 2022

Graduation ceremony

UPDATED. In October, we held another graduation ceremony for our successful graduates. Congratulations to the fresh bachelors and we wish them much professional and personal success!

3 Nov 2022

Physics café shows how to calculate the potential of renewable energy sources

Using simple examples that can be included in physics lessons in secondary and primary schools, physicists are able to estimate realistic values for renewable energy potential. To do this, they need to know the starting parameters, such as the efficiency of the processes. Everything else is just a matter...