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An introductory word from the Dean
The pleasant, warm weather, which surprisingly lasted until the middle of October this year, certainly pleased not only the winemakers but also everyone else who used these days for various events or meetings.
At the beginning of September, we held a seminar celebrating the 100th birthday of our emeritus professor of physics and rector of the University of Silesia in Opava, Martin Černohorský. His personality and vital energy can be a great inspiration for all of us.
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Success Stories
Our goal is to modify the metabolism of microorganisms so that they can produce useful substances, such as bioplastics, biofuels or biopharmaceuticals.
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In his new role, V. Bryja plans to further improve communication and infrastructure sharing across the biomedical sciences on campus. You can read more about this biologist, whose research includes cell signalling, in the summary below.
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At the Department, he would like to strengthen the level of communication between disciplines, as well as between academics and students. You can read more about this mathematician, whose main scientific interest is equations, in the summary below.
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J. Cempírek wants to maintain a friendly working environment at the department, in an atmosphere of mutual respect. You can read more about this geologist, whose research is closely related to deposits of technologically key elements, in the summary below.
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Openness and a close connection between quality teaching and excellent science are important to him. You can read more about this chemist, who studies luminescence methods, in the summary below.
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At the beginning of the semester, a new brochure was published, providing comprehensive information about the Faculty and its departments both in the Czech and English versions.
The 32-page colour brochure serves as a first introduction to the entire Faculty. It is presented in the form of concise, readable texts and striking full-page pictures with captions.
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The hidden secrets in nature and mathematics attracted crowds of young and old visitors to both campuses of the MU Faculty of Science as part of the Night of Scientists. On Friday, October 6 2023, more than 5,000 children, parents and senior citizens took advantage of this popular annual event and filled both our campuses, at Kotlářská and at the Bohunice University Campus from 6 p.m. to midnight.
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Peter Fabian’s project wins a prestigious ERC Starting grant
Biologist Peter Fabian from Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science has received a prestigious award, being the first young scientist of this faculty to receive the highly valued ERC Starting grant. The grant is awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) with the aim to support the best young scientists start new ambitious research projects.
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In the previous week, all faculty employees received an email on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty of Science asking for their opinion on the people strategy via a questionnaire that can be filled in until 31 October 2023. This questionnaire is anonymous and it takes a maximum of 10 minutes to fill it in.
Let us thank all, who have already participated in the questionnaire survey, for their help and contribution in determining further priorities on the faculty people strategy within the HR Award SCI MUNI project, and remind this opportunity to those who have not used it yet.
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As of September 1, 2023, the name of the Faculty of Science’s Department of Physical Electronics has changed. The new Czech name is the Ústav fyziky a technologií plazmatu (abbreviation ÚFTP), while the English equivalent is the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology (or DPPT).
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We bring you information about the new directive, Education and Development of Employees at the Faculty of Science MU, which came into effect on 1st September 2023. We would also like to inform you about the new section of the SCI MUNI Employee Portal which provides clear and simple information about training and development offers at the Faculty of Science MU as well as the entire Masaryk University.
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Green light has been given to QUVIK (Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonovae Surveyor), which will become the first Czech space telescope. The scientific part of the project will be managed by astrophysicists from Masaryk University. Experts from the Czech Ministry of Transport and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected two out of seven Czech space projects proposed, one of which was QUVIK, a space telescope optimised for the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, which will focus on sources of gravitational waves that arise from collisions of black holes and neutron stars. The project will be led by the Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLÚ).
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An international team of scientists, including astrophysicist Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, has identified a young stellar cluster in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the center of our Galaxy. Scientists were surprised by the age of observed objects and for the first time published the spectrum of the center of our galaxy taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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On 6 October 2023, the Academic Senate of the MU Faculty of Science (AS SCI MUNI) met for the first time in a new composition. The main item of the constituent meeting was the election of new board: Professor Vít Kudrle was elected Chairman of the AS SCI MUNI, Professor Jan Slovák became the Chairman of the AS SCI MUNI Academic Staff Chamber, and Tomáš Brom was elected Chairman of the AS SCI MUNI Student Chamber.
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The Rector's Award for Excellence in Teaching was awarded to internal teachers of Masaryk University. In the field of natural sciences and medicine, Iva Dřímalová from the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University received this recognition in the form of a bronze medal and a diploma. This year, for the first time, the presentation of the Rector's Awards for Outstanding Teachers of the Year became part of the Opening of the Academic Year and the announcement of the University Wine for 2023/2024.
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NATO Science and Technology Board (NATO STB) awarded the prestigious Early Career Scientist Event 2023 Award for best presentation to Barbora Hrnčířová, a student of the doctoral study program at the Faculty of Science, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Microbiology. Barbora was selected as one of four from nationwide selection of candidates and NATO Science and Technology Organization invited only thirteen nominees from 31 NATO nations, four partner nations and NATO organization implementing research and development.
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The Masaryk University (MU) Faculty of Science Awards for 2023 were presented to 13 personalities. Excellent teachers of natural sciences and mathematics, faculty graduates and cooperating schools and institutions were all awarded on the basis of nominations from the various Faculty of Science Departments. The Awards were presented by Dean of the Faculty of Science Tomáš Kašparovský, together with MU Rector Martin Bareš, as part of the Garden Festival at Kotlářská on 18 September 2023.
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This year, an exceptional seminar full of physics, memories and congratulations took place on the 100th birthday of Martin Černohorský, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Masaryk University’s (MU) Faculty of Science and Emeritus Rector of the University of Silesia in Opava. The seminar was jointly organised by the Brno branch association of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists and departments of physics of the MU Faculty of Science. Symbolically, 101 guests accepted the invitation to come to the hall at Kotlářská, where the celebratory meeting took place.
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The new series Behind Nature’s Curtain highlights the research of “green biologists” at MUNI
From Saturday, September 9, 2023, 9:30 a.m, Czech Television at ČT2 programme presents a new series of five natural history films entitled ‘Behind Nature’s Curtain’ (Za oponou přírody). This popular science series shows stories of research into bogs, parasites, Carpathian meadows, bats and the secrets of insect mimicry. How was the series created? You can find out in the double interview with Jan Roleček and Marián Polák below.
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Students from the faculties located on the Bohunice campus (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Sports Studies) gathered on Tuesday 10 October for an informal Deans’ Barbecue. There was grilled food, sports activities and lots of student socialising.
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At a two-day meeting in Olomouc, members of the Association of Deans of Science Faculties, along with representatives from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS, MŠMT in Czech), discussed the main changes planned under the framework of reforms in the training of secondary school teachers and changes in the funding of science and natural sciences. They also granted patronage for the publication of a Photographic Atlas of Plants of the Czech Republic.
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The traditional Garden Party at Kotlářská, with which the Masaryk University (MU) Faculty of Science officially starts the new academic year, took place on Monday, September 18, 2023, on the faculty’s premises at Kotlářská. There, 350 visitors from the ranks of students, employees and invited guests took advantage of the opportunity to meet in a pleasant informal atmosphere. The program this year also included presentations of the new Masaryk University Faculty of Science Award.
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From Monday, 21st August 2023, students and empoyees can enter our faculty campus on Kotlářská Street using the new gate from Veveří Street, which is located near the library building. The new entrance will allow easier access to the campus for all those who get off at the nearby tram stop Konečného náměstí.
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This year, green tents, green balloons and dozens of smiling natural scientists in green T-shirts “painted” the Brno Science and Technology Festival, which took place on September 8-10 in and around Pavilion A of the Brno Exhibition Centre, green. Over the course of three days, more than a hundred students and employees of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science presented their various fields of study at 10 stands. In addition, those interested in mathematics could also enjoy a fun performance in the “Theatre of Science”.
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An international research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has investigated blazars, accreting supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. An important member of the team was astrophysicist Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. Their findings are presented in the Astrophysical Journal.
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In September, an international symposium focused on leadership in an academic environment took place in Prague. At this event, the following experts had the opportunity to present their perspectives: Gergely Kováts from Corvinus University Budapest, Daniela Pauknerová from the University of Economics, Bohumil Rezek from the Czech Technical University and Barbora Wahlová from the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. As part of her presentation, Barbora Wahlová introduced employee evaluation as a management tool.
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It gives us great sadness to share the news that Professor Jana Šmardová, who worked at the Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Department of Experimental Biology, has left us. She will remain in our memories forever.
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Four Limnologists from Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science MU participate in the important international study, analyzing biodiversity recovery in European rivers during last 50 years, published on August 9 in the NATURE journal.
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The RECETOX Centre has studied the relationship between humans and the environment for 40 years. The celebration of this event, which will take place throughout the autumn and summer semesters of 2023/2024, began on 21 September with the opening of an exhibition presenting the history of the Centre. The exhibition can be viewed in the Bohunice campus corridor until mid-December.
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At the beginning of October, the Central Library of the Faculty of Science presented itself together with 18 other Brno libraries at the first edition of the Book Quiz, a day with Brno libraries. The meeting took place as part of Library Week in the gardens of the National Resistance and attracted hundreds of students from secondary schools.
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Professor Jiří Příhoda has passed away
It is with sadness that we announce that Professor Jiří Příhoda, who worked at the Department of Anorganic Chemistry (later at the Department of Chemistry) of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science from 1972, has left us forever, having died at age of 73.
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Ongoing Competitions and Awards
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9 May
DIRK TRAUNER
The lesson has been moved to the Autumn semester 2024
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12 – 17 May
The STARMUS festival is a festival of science, art and music and will take place for the first time in Central Europe from 12.5. until May 17, 2024, in Bratislava. The academic partner of the festival is also the Masaryk University, Faculty of Science.
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15 May
Ceremonial gathering with the participation of representatives of the Czech government and parliament, the city of Brno, the South Moravian Region and representatives of Czech and foreign universities and the professional public
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15 May
Speaker: Bernd Pulverer
ChiefEditor | EMBO Reports & Head of EMBO Scientific Publications
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15 May
Lecturer: Dr. Joel Parker (Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), University of Colorado, USA)
In English
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15 May
Lecturer: Prof. Damien Barcelo (Catalan Institute for Water Research, Girona, Spain)
In English
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16 May
Sports activities and entertainment for students and staff of all MU faculties.
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16 May
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16 May
 PATRICK CRAMER
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno
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23 May
Speaker: prof. Alison Michie
In English
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23 May
 NARRY KIM
Mendel´s refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno
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27 – 31 May
The joint scientific conferences are held under the auspices of the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, prof. Tomáš Kašparovský and the Czech Commission for UNESCO.
Part of the 18th CSSK is the microsymposium Recent progress in Vibrational Spectroscopy – 50 Years of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. The microsymposium is connected with the 65th anniversary of the death of the prominent physicist Adolf Smekal, who theoretically predicted the Raman effect.
The program also includes awarding important scientific personalities. The Medals bear the names of famous historical scientific personalities: Ioannes Marcus Marci of Kronland and Nicolaus Konkoly-Thege.
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31 May – 9 Jun
Sales exhibition Carnivorous Plants, during which you will also be welcome to attend interesting lectures on carnivorous plants.
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31 May
Speaker: Mgr. Karel Souček, Ph.D.
In English
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3 – 4 Jun
We would like to invite you to the international workshop Climate and Migration: Historical and Present Perspectives. The workshop will be held on 3-4 June 2024 at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, MU. The event is organized by GÚ PřF MU and research group CRIAS PAGES. In addition to the director of the GÚ, the Czech Geographical Society also granted patronage.
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12 Jun
Dean Tomáš Kašparovský will present awards to the best students of the Faculty of Science of MU. This year's Dean's Awards will be presented to the winners in the category of the Best Bachelor's and Master's Student and to promising scientists in the category of the Best Doctoral Student. It will also recognize a collective of outstanding students.
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9 – 13 Jul
Conference ESCAMPIG (Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Ionized Gases) will be held in Czechia for the first time in Brno at Božetěchova campus of Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology. Department of Plasma Physics and Technology of Masaryk University, the CEPLANT center, and the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists are the event organizers.
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The editorial deadline for the next employee newsletter is November 30, 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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