13 Dec 2023

Brno announces its PhD talents for 2023

We would like to share the great news from the Brno PhD Talent Competition, which already knows its winners. In this year's competition, in which SCI MUNI has traditionally had a great success rate, 12 of our PhD students out of 130 registered students succeeded.

12 Dec 2023

MUNI SCIENTISTS 2023 award for scientists from the Faculty of Science

The Grant Agency of Masaryk University presented the MUNI Scientist Awards. In total, forty-six scientists were awarded, twenty-one of them are associated with our Faculty of Science.

Congratulations to all of them!

28 Nov 2023

Martin Toul wins the Doctorandus Prize in this year’s Česká hlava Awards

This year, Martin Toul from Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science was one of the winners of the highest Czech award for scientists and their patents and discoveries, Česká hlava 2023 (Czech Mind 2023). He received the Doctorandus prize, which is awarded to young scientists for research in the natural sciences, for his work on the functions of the staphylokinase protein, which is used to treat stroke patients.

28 Nov 2023

Research on light-emitting enzymes impresses at TTDay 2023

Research on light-emitting enzymes undertaken by scientists at Masaryk University was recognised by an expert jury composed of representatives of investors and scientific research institutions at the Transfer Technology Day event 2023. During the event, the expert jury assessed both the innovativeness and commercial potential of the 12 finalists.

27 Nov 2023

Dr. Martin Toul receives the Ministry of Education Award for outstanding students and graduates.

This year, the MU Faculty of Sciences was one of the recipients of a Ministry of Education Award in the field of higher education, science and research. Along with 10 other winners from across the Czech Republic, Dr. Martin Toul, who successfully graduated this year from the Doctoral study program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genetics, received the award for excellent students and graduates and for extraordinary activity by a student.

9 Nov 2023

TA CR has awarded a price to our research on the environmental impact of snow-making

For the eleventh time the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) has awarded prices to the best projects in applied research for the past year. The price in the category GOVERNANCE was awarded to a unique project of researchers from Masaryk University looking into the effects of snow-making on biological components of the natural environment in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše) National Park and its buffer zone.

1 Nov 2023

PhD Day 2023: PhD is Just Beginning – Start Your Career!

Traditionally, PhD Day was held at the beginning of the autumn semester, this year, under the theme "PhD is just beginning - start your career!" Under this slogan, leaders of MU, representatives of the MU Rectorate, faculties and CEITEC Institute, as well as current PhD students shared their experiences and interesting tips with younger students and future PhD applicants.

24 Oct 2023

With the help of bioengineering, we can process waste and turn it into substances of higher value, such as bioplastics

Our goal is to modify the metabolism of microorganisms so that they can produce useful substances, such as bioplastics, biofuels or biopharmaceuticals. Read more in the interview with Pavel Dvořák.