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Nenechte si ujít
The MU Association of Scientists (Spolek přírodovědců MU) in cooperation with the Faculty of Science of MU would like to to invite all students, staff, faculty supporters and other distinguished guests to the traditional Representative Ball of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University.
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#MUNICHALLENGE
More than 900 students and 200 parents from all over the Czech Republic and Slovakia visited the Open Days of the Faculty of Science of MU, which took place on Saturday, January 21 and Tuesday, January 24 at the University Campus in Bohunice and the Kotlářská campus. All our institutes opened the doors of their halls, lecture halls and laboratories. The guarantors of all disciplines prepared their own program, presentations and discussions with students.
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Rozhovor
As a postdoctoral researcher at the Moffitt Cancer Center, NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center based in Tampa, Florida, Standa is investigating the processes by which cancer cells “fall asleep” and “reawaken”. In this interview, he explains how the focus of his early studies – the ability to design research programmes – has helped him early in his career as a scientist.
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Vítězslav Otruba receives the Bronze Medal of MU
The Masaryk University Bronze Medal for Lifetime Achievement was officially presented to Professor Emeritus Vítězslav Otruba by the Dean of the Faculty Tomáš Kašparovský.
Vítězslav Otruba is the founder of research and teaching in the field of atomic spectrometry at the Analytical Chemistry Unit (today's Department of Chemistry) at Masaryk University's Faculty of Science. His scientific and pedagogical activities are associated with achievements that represent a significant contribution to the field of analytical chemistry on an international scale.
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Science and Research
Hans Kluge, Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, sent a notification of the appointment of the RECETOX Centre of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University as the fourth WHO Collaborating Centre in the Czech Republic.
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Interview
Students from Czech universities do have the chance to achieve the best scientific results and work in top international teams under the guidance of Nobel Prize winners. However, young people should build international contacts during their studies abroad and improve their language skills, says Ctirad Hofr, Vice Dean for Internationalisation. He personally completed an international internship with Nobel Prize winner Thomas R. Cech, with whom he has been friends ever since.
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Interview
For more than thirteen years, Taťána Škarková has been running the Faculty of Science’s Central Library on Kotlářské Street. Before that, she also worked for thirteen years at the Municipal Library in Moravsky Krumlov, where she originally comes from. After thirteen years she is definitely not thinking of another change, despite commuting over two hours a day to work. Working in the library still keeps her fulfilled and amused, and she happy to have a great team of colleagues to work with.
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Science and Research
A light bulb. A simple device converting electricity into light. Thomas Edison's revolutionary invention has made our daily lives easier for over 140 years. But can the light bulb be replaced? Yes, it can. Scientists Martin Marek and Martin Toul from the Loschmidt Laboratories, RECETOX, Faculty of Science, MUNI have described an innovative and sustainable way to produce light. They have clarified the mysterious illumination mechanism of the sea cnidarians' luciferase, Renilla reinformis, which could light up our streets in the future.
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Science and Research
On 27 January, researchers from Masaryk University left on this year’s expedition to Antarctica. They first headed to Chile, where they then flew to King George Island. Part of the Czech Antarctic Research Program expedition will spend two months at the Czech J. G. Mendel Scientific Station on James Ross Island. A second smaller group will spend more than two weeks working on Nelson Island.
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Science and Research
Functional and phylogenetic relationship of plant species helps Zdeňka Lososová, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno, to determine which plants can live together in one plant community. Thanks to this, for example, it is possible to estimate whether the introduced non-native species will take hold in the place, or even if it will not become a danger to the native plants. Associate Professor Lososová's research project was nominated for the Award of the Chairman of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic last year.
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PhD
MUNI Mendel Doctorandus welcomes the new semester with new students and a brand-new logo
The MUNI Mendel Doctorandus programme for talented PhD students opened another admission procedure in January 2023. A total of 14 students across the faculties of the Bohunice Campus and CEITEC applied. There are, therefore, now a total of 57 students who are members of the MMD family. The next round of admissions will be open in September 2023.
Another innovation in the new semester is a dedicated logo for the MMD programme, which has been created in collaboration with the MU Rector's Office to identify the programme from the outset and link it to J. G. Mendel as the father of genetics.
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Involving PhD students in the teaching of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology in secondary and primary schools will help address the risk of a shortage of teachers for these subjects. Representatives of science faculties and representatives of the ministry agreed on the preparation of a programme that will motivate doctoral students in relevant fields to supplement their teaching qualifications while studying at science faculties at a meeting of the association on 10-11 January 2023 in Prague.
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The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Vladimír Balaš, and the Deputy of the Higher Education, Science and Research Section, Radka Wildová, have presented a series of awards to outstanding scientists, educators and students. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports presented awards to 18 laureates in five categories. Dominik Hrebík, a graduate of our faculty, received the Medal of the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports for ‘outstanding students and graduates in a study program and an extraordinary deeds by students’. Congratulations!
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Invitation
Breathtaking images from 10 years of research with the Mira3 SEM microscope at CEPLANT: Exhibition on the dean's office staircase
Want to see breathtaking images captured by a scanning electron microscope? Come and see the gallery on the staircase of the dean's office at Kotlářské, where you can see an exhibition presenting the research of the CEPLANT center.
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Do you have an IT problem or a general tech question? Contact the OIKT (Office for Information and Communications Technologies) via the new email it@sci.muni.cz.
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Invitation
Czech Antarctic Research Program presents its activities in the Campus Corridor Gallery
Come to campus to see 15 posters about the unique research activities of the Czech Antarctic Research Program.
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Sustainability
At Kotlářská, we have a new collection box for used original toners and ink cartridges. This box is used for charitable purposes, and you can get involved too.
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Did you know that there is a simple app where you can quickly and easily create a visual MU-style signature for use in your work e-mails? The app automatically loads all your contact details from the IS database. And it can even handle English. Update your e-mail signature today!
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Ongoing Competitions and Awards
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Wed 22 Feb 2023
In Czech
from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
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Sat 25 Feb 2023
MU Association of Scientists (Spolek přírodovědců MU) in cooperation with the Faculty of Science of MU would like to to invite all students, staff, faculty supporters and other distinguished guests to the traditional Representative Ball of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University.
from 7:30 PM
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The editorial deadline for the next employee newsletter is April 7, 2023. Please send your articles in Czech and English to pr@sci.muni.cz and we will be happy to publish them.
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