15 Feb 2023

I learn to see the world in context

Although many people imagined Aneta Vrzalová as a medical student, she preferred to study Environment and Health at the MU Faculty of Science. In her undergraduate studies, she has already been actively involved in the FireExpo research project - investigating how the firefighter profession negatively affects their physical health. She enjoys being part of the "real" science that impacts people's lives.

14 Feb 2023

Brno scientists have a revolutionary discovery on their hands. They want to sustainably light up using sea glowworms

Imagine turning on a light one day without needing electricity and without the side effect of releasing heat. Scientists at the Loschmidt Laboratories at MU Faculty of Science are a little closer to this revolutionary innovation. They have described and explained the mechanism of the glowing of the sea urchin Renilla violet. Moreover, the mechanism can also be imitated artificially. Read more at Novinky.cz (article available in Czech only).

13 Feb 2023

The faculty has invested a lot in me. I want to return to the Czech Republic in the future and pass on the benefits of that investment

As a postdoctoral researcher at the Moffitt Cancer Center, NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center based in Tampa, Florida, Stanislav Drápela is investigating the processes by which cancer cells “fall asleep” and “reawaken”. In this interview, he explains how the focus of his early studies – the ability to design research programmes – has helped him early in his career as a scientist.

10 Feb 2023

MUNI Mendel Doctorandus welcomes the new semester with new students and a brand-new logo

The MUNI Mendel Doctorandus programme for talented PhD students opened another admission procedure in January 2023. A total of 14 students across the faculties of the Bohunice Campus and CEITEC applied, and members of the MMD Committee reviewed their applications. After the evaluation, all applied students were admitted to the programme.

8 Feb 2023

Why plants live together and how an intruder can most easily penetrate them

Functional and phylogenetic relationship of plant species helps Zdeňka Lososová, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno, to determine which plants can live together in one plant community. Thanks to this, for example, it is possible to estimate whether the introduced non-native species will take hold in the place, or even if it will not become a danger to the native plants. Associate Professor Lososová's research project was nominated for the Award of the Chairman of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic last year. (Article available in Czech only.)

7 Feb 2023

Czech Antarctic Research Program presents its activities in the Campus Corridor Gallery

Come to campus to see 15 posters about the unique research activities of the Czech Antarctic Research Program.

6 Feb 2023

Barrande Fellowship Programme

The French Institute in Prague and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports support international educational exchange programmes and scientific cooperation between French and Czech scientific teams. They provide a scholarship for PhD students in the Cotutelle programme as well as a scholarship for short-term research stays.

6 Feb 2023

From the Library Director: “We try to make students feel like they are in their own living room here”.

For more than thirteen years, Taťána Škarková has been running the Faculty of Science’s Central Library on Kotlářské Street. Before that, she also worked for thirteen years at the Municipal Library in Moravsky Krumlov, where she originally comes from. After thirteen years she is definitely not thinking of another change, despite commuting over two hours a day to work. Working in the library still keeps her fulfilled and amused, and she happy to have a great team of colleagues to work with.