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29 Sep 2022

Genetic conference of the Gregor Mendel Genetic Society (GMGS) will be held this year under the auspices of the Dean of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science

The Gregor Mendel Genetic Society (hereafter GMGS), which brings together scientific research and teaching staff from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is organising a genetics conference on the 5-7th October 2022 at Slavkov castle near Brno.

27 Sep 2022

A Look Back at PhD Day 2022

On 14 September 2022, the Bohunice Campus became the host of the inter-faculty PhD day. The event was designed as an information session for new PhD students, providing them with the necessary information regarding doctoral studies, interdisciplinary training opportunities, student competitions, and...

27 Sep 2022

Challenge Lab 2022

According to Kokoza's sources, up to 45 kg of ready-to-eat food and leftovers are thrown away daily in gastroprojects. In UGO Salaterias, this is over 100 kg of bio-waste and UGO wants to reduce this amount. Work with us to find innovative solutions to use the leftover organic waste from juice and salad...

Visitors will experience Researchers’ Night at MU with all their senses

After two years, the Researchers' Night programme at Masaryk University will once again be held online in person. On Friday, 30 September, visitors will be able to attend science lectures, experiments, workshops, exhibitions and games.

22 Sep 2022

MUNI Mendel Doctorandus programme offers new benefits

As part of inter-faculty cooperation within Masaryk University, four faculties and one research facility have signed an agreement on common standards for doctoral studies.

MUNI Mendel Doctorandus is a new developmental programme for the most active students of doctoral studies.

Bike room on Kotlářská campus

Dear cyclists, we are very happy that you are cycling to school and saving the environment. THANK YOU for using the bike room behind building 4 to park your bikes.

16 Sep 2022

The Rector's Award for Outstanding Teachers was awarded to Jan Šmarda

On Thursday, the Rector of Masaryk University (MU) Martin Bareš opened the new academic year 2022/2023 at the Augustinian Abbey in Brno. During the ceremony, he presented the Rector's Awards to outstanding teachers. The Masaryk University Rector's Award for outstanding teachers in the field of natural...

15 Sep 2022

Faculty celebrated the 99th birthday of physicist Martin Černohorský with a seminar

The seminar filled with lectures and reminiscences commemorated this year's 99th birthday of Martin Černohorský, emeritus professor of physics at the Faculty of Science and emeritus rector of the Silesian University in Opava. The seminar was jointly organized by three physics departments of our faculty...

Garden festival at Kotlářská enjoyed by students and employees

On Monday, 12 September 2022, an event called "Garden Party on Kotlářská Campus" took place, which officially opened the new academic year at the Faculty of Science of MU (SCI MUNI). More than 350 visitors from among students, staff and other guests arrived in the park in front of the Dean's Office of...

5 Sep 2022

G. J. Mendel: modest, patient and principled

Although Mendel suffered from a protracted and painful illness, he rarely complained in the last days of his life. In one of his last letters, 18 days before his death, he wrote to his personal friend, the meteorologist prof. J. Líznar that he is so ill that he can no longer even read meteorological...

24 Aug 2022

Brno PhD talent 2022

The Brno City Council and the South Moravian Centre for International Mobility have prepared a competition for students in first-year of PhD studies, offering long-term financial and career support for 25 talented PhD students in the form of a scholarship of up to CZK 110,000 per year for three...

22 Aug 2022

How to teach geography in the age of the internet and navigation

New trends in teaching geography, when pupils can find a lot of geographic data on the Internet and use mobile phone navigation to find their way, are the topic of this year's Summer Geography School in Brno. Experts warn against the opinion that teaching geography is useless in view of the development...