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16 Jun 2022

Looking back at Biomania Student Scientific Meeting 2022

The Biomania Student Scientific Meeting 2022 conference focused on biotechnology, bioengineering and biomedicine took place in the Brno Observatory and Planetarium on Kraví hora from 28th to 29th April, 2022.

13 Jun 2022

Gain more experience abroad

Academic and non-academic staff of Masaryk University can go on an up two-week teaching or training placement at a foreign university outside the European Union through the following two programmes, which we would like to draw your attention to.

9 Jun 2022

Academic Stress Inventory

College students may experience academic stress that is burdensome, however it can also be a tool to increase their performance. Finding out students' opinions, understanding their feelings, together with their experience with academic workload are very important for defining approaches in the university...

9 Jun 2022

Development Training for Supervisors of the Faculty of Science MU

In May 2022, as part of the implementation of the action plan of the HR Award project, we organised two training sessions for supervisors of the Faculty of Science of MU. Both trainings were funded by the project of the Ministry of Education, Human Resources Development and International Orientation...

Dean’s Awards 2022

Dean Tomáš Kašparovský has presented awards to the best students of the MU Faculty of Science. This year’s Dean’s Awards were presented to a total of eight laureates in the Best Student category in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme, and to sixteen promising scientists in the Best Student category...

The fate of man, according to G. J. Mendel

Do you know that G. J. Mendel also wrote poetry? In the poem you will read in the 3rd episode of the podcast Mendel, The Man, you will find his life's credo that it is man's destiny to strive for high goals and to use all his abilities to achieve them. Enjoy the science by listening!

2 Jun 2022

Andreas Eckart received the Ernst Mach Medal of Honour

Professor Andreas Eckart from the University of Cologne received the Ernst Mach Medal of Honour for his lifelong contribution to the physical sciences yesterday at the Brno Observatory as part of the CPB meeting 2022, a three-day meeting of experts on the dynamics and physics of black holes and star...

New faculty t-shirts SCITEM PRO… VĚDU

From May, the faculty will be introducing new promotional materials, including a new T-shirt in the faculty’s green colour with the inscription ‘MUNI SCITEM PRO VĚDU’, i.e. ‘MUNI WITH THE SENSE FOR SCIENCE’, complemented with graphics related to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel....

16 May 2022

Career Development Workshops for PhD Students and Postdoctoral Fellows of MU Faculty of Science

During April and May 2022, as part of the implementation of the faculty action plan of the HR Award project, we have organised three English workshops for Early Stage Researchers of the Faculty of Science of MU.

16 May 2022

G. J. Mendel: inquisitive, talented and ambitious

Welcome to the second part of our series Mendel, the Man, presenting a personal portrait of the “father of genetics”. Enjoy the podcast with the title G. J. Mendel: inquisitive, talented and ambitious.

16 May 2022

Experts on stars and supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei will meet in Brno

A meeting of experts on the dynamics and physics of black holes and star formation in galactic nuclei will be hosted by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium at the beginning of June. 

13 May 2022

European PARC partnership helps protect Europeans' health from the effects of chemical substances.

Representatives of the European Commission, its agencies, and national ministries for research, health, and environment met in Paris to launch the PARC project - Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals. This European partnership has begun after two years of preparation and is supported...