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If we can’t all act together against climate change, it would be better to adapt to a new world rather than try to change it

Read the interview with polar explorer Daniel Nývlt, Head of the Czech Antarctic Research Programme. Daniel Nývlt leads the Department of Geography’s Polar-Geo-Lab scientific group at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science. For the past twenty years, he has been undertaking intensive research in the...

9 May 2022

Kotlářská Campus then and now: Exhibition on the staircase of the dean's office

On the staircase of the Dean's Office at Kotlářská Campus, you can see an exhibition of 15 posters, which represent in pictures and words the transformation of the first ever campus of our faculty. The exhibition presents selected photographs from the Masaryk University Archives.

Time off for employees and students

There will be Dean’s time off on May 19, 2022 for all students in connection with the celebration of the Dies academicus 2022 ceremony and Campus day activities. Classes will not be held during this day. Employees participating in these events will be excused from their job duties.

3 May 2022

A pioneer in energy transformation through microbiology

The Regensburg-based start-up Microbify will produce climate-neutral gas using micro-organisms and contribute to the energy transition with this innovative approach. The good cooperation between the University of Regensburg and Masaryk University in Brno was decisive for the establishment of the start-up....

2 May 2022

What kind of person was Gregor Johann Mendel?

Welcome to our series of articles Mendel, the Man . The Faculty of Science of Masaryk University wants to contribute to the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel, which we commemorate in 2022.

FNUSA-ICRC and the Faculty of Science MU have signed a cooperation agreement

On Tuesday, January 26 2022, with the participation of the Director of St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA-ICRC), Ing. Vlastimil Vajdák, the Dean of the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University (PřF MU), Prof. Mgr. Tomáš Kašparovský PhD, and the Director of the International Centre for Clinical...

19 Apr 2022

For three months, she measured the stress of scientists on an expedition to Antarctica: I bribed them with chocolate.

"The prototype device we tested in Antarctica can measure stress. It could be used by pilots, astronauts, medics, but also by patients. It could help them to heal faster," says anthropologist Lucie Ráčková in an interview with Martin Veselovský for DVTV. (Available in Czech only.)

A special admissions procedure for applicants from Ukraine

The MU Faculty of Science opens a  special admissions procedure for Bachelor’s and Follow-up master’s studies for applicants with Ukrainian citizenship or permanent residence in Ukraine. Applications can be submitted from April 15 to May 21 2022.

12 Apr 2022

International Pea Cook Book

Peas are not only a plant on which the foundations of heredity were discovered but also a tasty crop. And as the saying goes, love passes through the stomach. We have many nationalities at the University, and each cuisine has something specific. What do you cook with peas?

12 Apr 2022

As to quote: citation styles

New online handbook not only for students (in Czech).

Grow a pea like Mendel

In 2022, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel, known worldwide as the Father of Genetics. He discovered the basics of heredity while growing peas in the Abbey of Old Brno.

11 Apr 2022

Studying isolation and stress in Antarctica. Next stop, space?

Ph.D. student Lucie Ráčková, working at the Environmental Physiology research group, RECETOX, studies the relationship between isolation and acute and chronic stress. As a polar expedition member to the J.G. Mendel Station on James Ross Island, Antarctica, she investigated how polar explorers perceive...