The award ceremony and the presentation of cheques took place on March 19 in the Assembly Hall of Brno's New Town Hall, coinciding with the announcement of the Brno Ph.D. Talent. Twenty-five promising young scientists from Brno universities were awarded a cheque for CZK 360,000, which will support them over the course of three years in their doctoral studies. The Brno Ph.D. Talent Competition, funded by the City of Brno, has been organized in collaboration with the JCMM (South Moravian Centre for International Mobility) since 2009. Congratulations to all the recipients!
Recipients of the Brno Ph.D. talent 2024 scholarship from the Faculty of Science of MU and the names of their awarded projects:
Josef Bryja, Faculty of Science MU
Animal Physiology, Immunology and Developmental Biology – A model of Robinow syndrome in zebrafish: Association of wnt5a skin fibroblasts with skeletal malformations
Marianna Dafčíková, Faculty of Science MU:
Physics – Astrophysics – Gamma-ray research using miniature satellites
Zuzana Krátka, Faculty of Science MU
Animal Physiology, Immunology and Developmental Biology – Matrix metalloproteinase 9: a critical regulator of disease severity in tick-borne encephalitis
Kristýna Kuklová, Faculty of Science MU:
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology – Paleoparasitology
Milinda Lahiri, Faculty of Science MU, CEITEC MU:
Life Sciences – Regulation of stress granules in plant response to abiotic stress
Martin Sitte, Faculty of Science, RECETOX:
Environmental and Health Sciences – Exploring the light apparatus of luminous marine pens
Michaela Vykypělová, Faculty of Science, RECETOX:
Environmental Sciences and Health – An Innovative Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluating the Health Consequences of Bisphenol A Substitutions
Areej Fatima, PřF MU:
Plasma Physics – Bio-Inspired Spider-Like Nanofibers for Enhanced Photocatalytic Removal of Micropollutants from Wastewater
Jakub Hruška, CEITEC MU:
Life Sciences – Visualization of cellular dynamics of label-free nanoparticles using correlation microscopy
Photo: Jiří Salik Sláma
Ice, snow, endless horizons, and equally endless waiting. And with them, countless scientific samples and data sets. Were the scientific goals met? Absolutely. Was patience tested? To the limit. In late March, the main part of the 2025 expedition — the “Mendel” team — began its adventurous return journey from Antarctica. So how did it all unfold?
Peter Fabian is part of an international team that has received a prestigious Human Frontier Science Program grant to study the evolution of fish respiratory strategies. In this interview, you’ll learn about the fascinating labyrinth organ of the paradise fish, as well as other topics from the Fabian Lab through the lens of experimental biology.
