18 Nov 2020

Our experts will sit on the governing bodies of the Czech grant agencies

Jaroslav Koča, Director of the National Centre for Biomolecular Research at the Faculty of Science, MU, and Scientific Director of the CEITEC MU centre, will chair the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic from 10 December. In mid-October, Jana Klánová, Director of the RECETOX Centre of the MU Faculty of Science, was elected as a member of the Research Council of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

17 Nov 2020

The letter of the Dean to students

Dear students, these days we are commemorating two events in our history connected with the date of November 17 and university students’ protests against totalitarian regimes. Two events that are exactly half a century apart. In both cases, these protests led to changes in society. Fortunately, for the better in the latter, and thanks to that, you can enjoy freedom and democracy today. But it was not free.

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16 Nov 2020

Noc vědců 2020 online

Enjoy the non-traditional Researchers' Night, this time on the theme of "Humans and Robots". This year we have prepared a program for you completely online.

14 Nov 2020

“It was like a revelation. Suddenly you could get in a car and go abroad at any time”.

Interview with Eduard Fuchs on November 17, 1989 and the period before and after him. About the atmosphere at the faculty under socialism, stormy November and the first trips abroad.

9 Nov 2020

I would like to run my own laboratory one day

Are you considering to study at our faculty? You may get inspired by the interview with Hana Sedláčková, our very successful graduate of genomics and proteomics, who is continuing her doctoral studies at the University of Copenhagen. Make your dreams come true and apply for studies at the Faculty of Science, MU!

6 Nov 2020

Elections to the Academic Senate MU – List of Candidates

Dear colleagues, dear academic staff and students of the Faculty of Science, As you may already know, the elections to the Academic Senate of Masaryk University were announced a month ago. Recently, the submission of candidacy's notices has been completed.

28 Oct 2020

Immunologist Thon: "Talking about a collective immunity was not a mistake. It is one of the pillars that will help stopping the pandemic."

"It is possible that we currently have many more people in the population who have encountered coronavirus. We just don't know about that yet," admits immunologist Vojtěch Thon from the RECETOX research center at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in the Czech Radio Plus Special. "But it's not necessarily negative news," he adds. Listen to an audio recording of the entire Jan Bumba Special (in Czech only).

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20 Oct 2020

"We are testing how our modification of nanofibre filters will withstand industrial use," says David Pavliňák

Our experts have devised a technique that facilitates the production of nanofibre mask filters. Now, with the help of a grant from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR), they are verifying how the plasma-treated surface of the filter handles temperature fluctuations, storage and other "pitfalls" of commercial production.