Newsletters
Newsletters for Early Stage Researchers
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 10/2026
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 9/2026
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 6/2026
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 5/2026
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 4/2026
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 3/2026
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 2/2026
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 12/2025
Events of the Week
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Eliška Janíčková: Events of the Week 26 October – 2 November
26 Oct Mon Interactive Azteca Workshop at CEITEC: Negotiation skills SPEAKER: Frank van Bommel WHERE: University Campus, Building E35 WHEN: 13:00–16:00 26 Oct Mon MUNI SCI Jr First Meetup WHERE: Brno, Café Práh, Vaňkovka WHEN: 18:00–20:00 27 Oct Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: The Use of CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout Screen to Study Regulation of CD20 in B-Cell Malignancies SPEAKER: Lenka Dostálová WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 09:30–10:30 27 Oct Tue Plant Science Seminar TOPIC: Rethinking the Trigger of LTR Retrotransposons Mobilization in Plants SPEAKER: Zdeněk Kubát WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 305 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 29 Oct Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Single-Molecule Imaging of Telomere Maintenance in Living CellsSPEAKER: Tomáš Janovič WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 29 Oct Thu Auxology – Basics in the Study of Child Growth and Development SPEAKER: Michael Hermanussen WHERE: Faculty of Science, Kotlářská 2, Room 01026 WHEN: 15:00 29 Oct Thu Life Sciences Seminar TOPIC: Light as Architect: How Plants Read Their Environment to Build Their Bodies SPEAKER: Ullas Pedmale WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 16:00 29 Oct Thu Botanical Seminar TOPIC: Centromere Architecture and Chromosome Size EvolutionSPEAKER: Klára Panda WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 306 WHEN: 16:00 2 Nov Mon Down the Cremation Rabbit hole: multi-faceted approach to the analyses of Late Bronze Age cremated remains from the Netherlands SPEAKER: Barbara Veselka WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 305 WHEN: 13:00 2 Nov Mon Rock slope deformation and rock slope failures in Norway through time SPEAKER: Reginald Leonhard Hermanns WHERE: Faculty of Science, Kotlářská 2, Room G1 WHEN: 16:00 26 Oct Mon WHERE: Brno, Café Práh, Vaňkovka WHEN: 18:00–20:00 Save the Date: * MendelNet 2026, 4 November * Education Course Neuroimaging: Mapping the Function and Structure of Brain, 4-6 November * ADDIT-CE NeuroConnect Meetup, 5 November * XXV. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, 10-11 November * Science Matchmaking, 11 November * Mendel Lecture: The Evolution of Human Psychology, 12 November * Mendel Lecture: Telomerase and TERRA: RNA Machines at Chromosome Ends, 19 November * Vědecké jednohubky: po stopách neviditelného, 19 November * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Eliška Janíčková: Reminder: CEITEC Seminar Series
Dear colleagues, Please note that the CEITEC Seminar Series will take a short break over the next two weeks. Our next lecture will take place on Thursday, 5 November: Human eIF3 and eIF5 Coordinate AUG Recognition to Sustain Energy Homeostasis by Leoš Valášek (Microbiology Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences) WHEN: Thursday, 5 November, at 13:00 WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium HOST: Štěpánka Vaňáčová No registration is needed. We look forward to seeing you there! Best regards, CEITEC Seminar Organizers
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 19–26 October
19–22 Oct Mon–Thu Kurz základů vědecké práce AV ČR WHERE: Brno, Čechyňská 19, Association of Moravian Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences 20–22 Oct Tue-Thu CELLIM: Lifetime-based Bioimaging Across Cells and Tissues: Applied FLIM, FLIM-FRET and Quantitative Imaging WHERE: University Campus, Building C02, CELLIM CF 20–21 Oct Tue-Wed Annual PhD Conference in Biomedical Sciences WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 16:00 20 Oct Tue NTK Webinar TOPIC: AI Essentials for Academia 2026 SPEAKER: Adam Urban & Eliška Skládalová WHERE: Online WHEN: 10:00–11:00 20 Oct Tue Plant Science Seminar TOPIC: Plant Hormone Dynamics Up To the Cellular Level SPEAKER: Ondřej Novák WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 20 Oct Tue Jak na rétorické dovednosti (prezenční kurz MU Career Centre) SPEAKER: Otakar Fišer & Radek Petráš WHERE: Brno, Komenského náměstí 220/2, Carrer Centre MU WHEN: 16:00–17:30 21 Oct Wed NTK Coffee Lecture Obrázkové a jiné přílohy v práci: co do popisku a kam s citací? WHERE: Online WHEN: 12:30–13:00 21 Oct Wed Kurz KUK TOPIC: Otevřená věda v praxi: úvod do tématu SPEAKER: Lukáš Plch WHERE: University Campus, Building B09, Room 119 WHEN: 15:00–16:30 22 Oct Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Harnessing Natural Products as Supramolecular Building Blocks in Pharmacy and BeyondSPEAKER: Ondřej Jurček WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 22 Oct Thu Life Sciences Seminar TOPIC: Optimal Advertising and The Fallacy of Honest Signalling SPEAKER: Wolfgang Forstmeier WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 16:00 22 Oct Thu Botanical Seminar TOPIC: Bryophytes, the Oldest Terrestrial PlantsSPEAKER: Vítězslav Plášek WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 306 WHEN: 16:00 22 Oct Thu Mathematics Colloquium: Lenka Přibylová (Fall 2026) WHERE: Brno, Kotlářská 2, Building 08, Lecture Room M1 WHEN: 16:00 23 Oct Fri Budgeting in Horizon Europe – tips, rules, and common pitfalls, Workshop with Božena Čechalová WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 145 & Online WHEN: 15:00–17:00 26 Oct Mon Interactive Azteca Workshop at CEITEC: Negotiation skills SPEAKER: Frank van Bommel WHERE: University Campus, Building E35 WHEN: 13:00–16:00 26 Oct Mon MUNI SCI Jr First Meetup WHERE: Brno, Café Práh, Vaňkovka WHEN: 18:00–20:00 Save the Date: * MendelNet 2026, 4 November * Education Course Neuroimaging: Mapping the Function and Structure of Brain, 4-6 November * ADDIT-CE NeuroConnect Meetup, 5 November * XXV. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, 10-11 November * Science Matchmaking, 11 November * Mendel Lecture: The Evolution of Human Psychology, 12 November * Mendel Lecture: Telomerase and TERRA: RNA Machines at Chromosome Ends, 19 November * Vědecké jednohubky: po stopách neviditelného, 19 November * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 12–19 October
13 Oct Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: Functional Genomics as a Tool for Studying the Molecular Mechanisms of Rare Diseases in Pediatrics SPEAKER: Viktor Kostohryz WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 09:30–10:30 13 Oct Tue Plant Science Seminar TOPIC: Micro-Computed Tomography in Biology: Advanced Methods and Applications SPEAKER: Tomáš Zikmund WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 13 Oct Tue Kurz KUK TOPIC: Základy publikační a citační etiky SPEAKER: Jiří Kratochvíl WHERE: University Campus, Building B09, Room 119 WHEN: 15:00–16:40 13 Oct Tue EMBL Entrepreneurial minds TOPIC: Beyond the Structure: My Journey Through Science, Innovation, and Life Choices SPEAKER: Ilaria Ferlenghi WHERE: online WHEN: 15:00–16:00 14–18 Oct Wed–Sun Exhibition of Citrus Fruits and Other Subtropical and Tropical Useful Plants WHERE: Brno, Kotlářská 267/2, Pavilion 13, Room 01021 WHEN: 09:00–17:00 14 Oct Wed Sip of Science TOPIC: A Perfect Fit - Tailoring Plant Genomes with CRISPRSPEAKER: Pavel Kolodin WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 15:30–17:30 15 Oct Thu Speed dating Brnoregion Microscopy + 120 seconds: Meet Brnoregion Microscopy WHERE: Brno, Purkyňova 127, JIC Startup Hub WHEN: 13:00–14:30 15 Oct Thu CEITEC Seminar Series TOPIC: Novel Modes-Of-Action of Anticancer Metal Drugs: Focus On Metabolic Targeting and Immune Activation SPEAKER: Walter Berger WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 13:00–14:00 15 Oct Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Cell*: Bringing Web-Based Structural Biology from Molecules to Whole Cells SPEAKER: David Sehnal WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 15 Oct Thu Mapping Species Richness in the Czech Republic & Daniel Szokala: A Journey to the Lesser Caucasus SPEAKER: Barbora Klímová WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 306 WHEN: 16:00 15 Oct Thu Mendel Lecture TOPIC: Induced Proximity Drug Modalities: Hijacking Mother Nature to Control Protein Function SPEAKER: Craig M. Crews WHERE: Brno, Mendlovo náměstí 907/1a, Mendel Museum, Augustian Abbey Refectory WHEN: 17:00 16 Oct Fri Principal Investigator Seminar TOPIC: Unlocking The Tumor-suppressive Power of The p53 SPEAKER: Zdeněk Andrysík WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 13:00 17 Oct Sat Bryological Field Trip to the Pilské Valley Near Boskovice SPEAKER: Pavel Dřevojan & Svatava Kubešová WHERE: Boskovice, bus stop Sušilova ZŠ II WHEN: 8:15 Save the Date: * CELLIM: Lifetime-based Bioimaging Across Cells and Tissues: Applied FLIM, FLIM-FRET and Quantitative Imaging, 20-22 October * MendelNet 2026, 4 November * Education Course Neuroimaging: Mapping the Function and Structure of Brain, 4-6 November * ADDIT-CE NeuroConnect Meetup, 5 November * XXV. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, 10-11 November * Mendel Lecture: The Evolution of Human Psychology, 12 November * Mendel Lecture: Telomerase and TERRA: RNA Machines at Chromosome Ends, 19 November * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Reminder: CEITEC Seminar Series
Dear colleagues, Thank you for your participation in yesterday’s CEITEC Seminar. We are pleased to invite you to next week’s lecture: Novel Modes-Of-Action of Anticancer Metal Drugs: Focus On Metabolic Targeting and Immune Activation by Walter Berger (Center for Cancer Research, Medical University Vienna, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna) WHEN: Thursday, 15 October, at 13:00 WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium HOST: Radek Marek No registration is needed. We hope to see you there! Best regards, CEITEC Seminar Organizers
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 5–12 October
6 Oct Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: Comprehensive Genomic and Epigenomic Analysis Using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing: A Multi-Project Approach in a Core Facility Setting SPEAKER: Lucie Chládková WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 145 WHEN: 09:30–10:30 6 Oct Tue PI Forum #10: Authorship and the Future of Publishing WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 17:30 7 Oct Wed Core Facility Day Life Sciences 2026: How can we support your research? WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 & Atrium WHEN: 08:30–16:30 7 Oct Wed MUNI HR DAY 2026 WHERE: University Campus Library, Building B09WHEN: 09:00–15:00 7 Oct Wed Brno Science Connect - Propojujeme vědce, myšlenky a objevy WHERE: Brno, Veveří 967/97, Ústav analytické chemie AV ČR, v.v.i. WHEN: 09:00–12:00 7 Oct Wed EMBL Skills & Careers Webinar - ProtVista Hackathon: Integrate and Visualise Your Protein Data WHERE: Online WHEN: 10:30–18:30 7 Oct Wed Kurz KUK: Citační databáze Web of Science a Scopus (jak si vyhledávat, jak si najít časopis, jak zjistit impakt faktor) SPEAKER: Lukáš Plch WHERE: University Campus, Building B09, Room 119 WHEN: 15:00–16:30 8 Oct Thu Machine Learning in Processing and Analysis of Neuroimaging Data WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 145 WHEN: 09:00 8 Oct Thu CEITEC Seminar Series TOPIC: Publishing with Nature Communications and the Nature Portfolio SPEAKER: Manuel Breuer WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 13:00–14:00 8 Oct Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Advanced Data Modelling for Protein Engineering SPEAKER: Stanislav Mazurenko WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 8 Oct Thu Life Sciences Seminar TOPIC: Genome Engineering To Model Diseases And Characterize Human Genes SPEKAER: Mazhar Adli WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 16:00 Save the Date: * Mendel Lecture: Induced Proximity Drug Modalities: Hijacking Mother Nature to Control Protein Function, 15 October * MendelNet 2026, 4 November * ADDIT-CE NeuroConnect Meetup, 5 November * XXV. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, 10-11 November * Mendel Lecture: The Evolution of Human Psychology, 12 November * Mendel Lecture: Telomerase and TERRA: RNA Machines at Chromosome Ends, 19 November * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Reminder: CEITEC Seminar Series
Dear colleagues, Thank you for your participation in yesterday’s CEITEC Seminar. We are pleased to invite you to next week’s lecture: Publishing with Nature Communications and the Nature Portfolio by Manuel Breuer (Cell & Developmental Biology, Nature Communications) WHEN: Thursday, 8 October, at 13:00 WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium HOST: Karel Říha/Jakub Harnoš No registration is needed. We hope to see you there! Best regards, CEITEC Seminar Organizers
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 28 September – 5 October
29 Sep Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: Transcription Factor C/EBPβ Orchestrates Microenvironment-Driven Proliferation and Survival in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia via NF-κB and c-MYC SPEAKER: Josef Večeřa WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 09:30–10:30 29 Sep Tue Plant Science Seminar TOPIC: The Role of Chromatin Assembly in DNA and Repairand Maintenance of Repetitive DNA SPEAKER: Martina Dvořáčková WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 30 Sep Wed Sip of Science TOPIC: Small Changes, Changing Life - The Dynamic Life of RNA SPEAKER: Praveenkumar Rengaraj & Maria Zlobina WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 15:30–17:30 30 Sep Wed Seminar Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Professor Otakar Borůvka's Solution to the Minimum Problem SPEAKER: Jaroslav Nešetřil & Robert Tarjan WHERE: Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, Karel Engliš Great Hall WHEN: 16:00–19:00 1 Oct Thu CEITEC Seminar Series TOPIC: Visualizing the Human Spliceosome in Action: Structural Mechanisms of Alternative Splice-Site Selection SPEAKER: Sebastian Fica WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 13:00–14:00 2 Oct Fri CERPEK Workshop: Gamification in Teaching: Create Your Own Online Escape GameSPEAKER: Kateřina Chudová WHERE: Brno, Komenského náměstí 2, CERPEK, Room 33 WHEN: 09:00–13:00 2 Oct Fri Habilitation lecture TOPIC: Prickle Proteins in Vertebrate Neurulation and Beyond SPEAKER: Jakub Harnoš WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 306 WHEN: 10:00–11:30 2 Oct Fri Principal Investigator Seminars TOPIC: Linkage of Healthcare and Social Data in the Czech Republic SPEAKER: Jiří Jarkovský WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 13:00–14:00 Save the Date: * PI Forum #10: Authorship and the Future of Publishing, 6 October * MUNI HR DAY 2026, 7 October * Core Facility Day Life Sciences 2026: How can we support your research?, 7 October * Brno Science Connect, 7 October * Mendel Lecture: Induced Proximity Drug Modalities: Hijacking Mother Nature to Control Protein Function, 15 October * MendelNet 2026, 4 November * ADDIT-CE NeuroConnect Meetup, 5 November * XXV. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, 10-11 November * Mendel Lecture: The Evolution of Human Psychology, 12 November * Mendel Lecture: Telomerase and TERRA: RNA Machines at Chromosome Ends, 19 November * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December