VIDEO: An astrophysicist reassures us “an artificial black hole would only create a small cavity”

Without Albert Einstein and his theory of relativity, we would be unable to use GPS today. Astrophysicist Norbert Werner from our faculty explains why it pays to explore the universe. Norbert is a world-renowned expert on black holes and would like to get to know extra-terrestrial life. Norbert was recently interviewed by the actor Tomáš Matonoha in the first part of an iDNES.cz project, called ‘Svedu vědu’ or ‘I can do science’. (in Czech only).

16 Jun 2021

Tomáš Němec wins the Živa magazine award

On June 14, 2021, the popularisation magazine ‘Živa’ awarded a prize for the best articles in 2019 at a solemn ceremony at the Lanna villa in Prague. The winners included David Storch, Jiří Kolbek, Barbora Křížová and Tomáš Němec from our Department of Botany and Zoology, whoses article focused on contemporary terrestrial snails as food for different groups of predators, including ground beetles. The award was also given posthumously to the important zoologist, Jan Zima.

10 Jun 2021

Rector Bareš praised the extraordinary achievements of our scientists

On the occasion of the academic holiday ‘Dies academicus’ on Thursday, June 10, 2021, the Rector of Masaryk University, Martin Bareš, presented the Rector’s Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Science and Research, Teaching Activities, Art and Civic Activities to four scientists from the MU Faculty of Science.

10 Jun 2021

University city par excellence. Brno will again support Doctoral students

 ‘Project Brno Ph.D. Talent’, under the auspices of the South Moravian Centre for International Mobility (JCMM), will continue to provide financial support to Doctoral students. More than 9 million crowns, provided by the city of Brno, will be distributed among promising scientists studying technical and scientific postgraduate programs.

9 Jun 2021

Invitation to the Statistical Methods Summer School

Come and learn, and have fun at the same time. You will gain knowledge on the planning of experiments and, what is more, you will get a professional consultation on your own dissertation or research on site.

4 Jun 2021

Workshop for the development of teaching competency

This workshop is designed for all teachers at Masaryk University, regardless of their workload, teaching load or length of practice. The program is also open to Doctoral students who participate in teaching.

24 May 2021

Top scientific centre in Brno: We will change medicine one day!

Not everything important takes place in Prague. Top scientific and medical excellence can also be found in the second largest Czech city. The International Centre for Clinical Research (ICRC) has been in operation for ten years and is constantly proving its potential. One of the most important research groups as regards the number of members is the ‘Protein Engineering group’, which is led by Jiří Damborský from our Loschmidt laboratories.

Scientists want to use bacteria to recycle important metals

While most people associate bacteria with disease, many can be useful, not only for human health but also for protecting the environment. Biochemists from Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science, together with their Austrian colleagues, want to use bacteria to help solve the problem of metals that accumulate in fly ash and slag during waste incineration and go on to harm the environment.