Graduation ceremony
This week, 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!
During the recent Business Research Forum, Masaryk University (MU) presented its new MUNI Innovation Award for innovative achievement for the first time. Several experts from the Faculty of Science MU received the award for projects completed over the past six years. Congratulations!
Awarded for unique research in the field of casein kinase 1 inhibition, which included the synthesis of new highly selective and patentable compounds. The work led to the establishment of the university spin-off company CasInvent Pharma, the main aim of which is to bring selected compounds up to the clinical trial stage.
Awarded for the invention of innovative diagnostic methods in various fields of medicine, especially oncology. A patented method for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, developed in cooperation with the Masaryk Cancer Institute, has been licensed to BioVendor and will soon be available for oncological practice.
Awarded for the creation of a unique data model for soil information, the Global Soil Information System (GloSIS), which enables the interconnection and modelling of data across different countries at a global level. The system is not only innovative in the novel means of modelling soil information developed but also in the complexity of the resulting data model.
Awarded for the application of plasma treatment of nanostructured surfaces in the field of flexible and printed electronics and the use of plasma to produce large printed solar cells, which resulted in the development of new plasma technology and its successful implementation in the production of flexible perovskite solar cells by the foreign company Saule Technologies.
Awarded for long-term research on Lyme disease and its impact on society, related media and other important educational activities for the lay and professional public, which included direct cooperation with patients suffering from Lyme disease, especially in the case of chronic forms that are difficult to treat.
Awarded to Loschmidt Laboratories for the long-term development of computer programs and microfluidic technologies for protein engineering, which resulted in the co-authorship of an international patent application to produce stabilised fibroblast growth factor (FGF2). The method has been successfully commercialised through Enantis, a spin-off company of Masaryk University.
Awarded for the development of several prototype biosensors and analytical devices for determining the presence of specific substances in liquid samples, three of which have now been patented. Development of the biosensors was undertaken in cooperation with several commercial partners, including GeneProof, Seant, Velza and Umana Medical.
More about the Muni Innovation Awards.
This week, 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!
During their 20th Antarctic expedition to the Czech J.G. Mendel Station on James Ross Island, young scientists experienced an average weight gain. This surprising finding comes from body measurements and 3D full-body and facial scans conducted before and after the expedition by Masaryk University, Faculty of Science anthropologists using the A.D.A.P.T. software platform.