Newsletters
Newsletters for Early Stage Researchers
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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
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 11/2025
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 10/2025
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Newsletter for PhD students and Postdocs of the Faculty of Science MU 9/2025
Events of the Week
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 11–18 May
12 May Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: An Unexpected Twist in m6a-Mediated mRNA Metabolism SPEAKER: Praveenkumar Rengaraj WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 9:30–10:30 12 May Tue Mendel Centre Seminar TOPIC: Exploiting DNA Repair Mechanisms for (Plant) Genome Engineering SPEAKER: Marcel Tijsterman WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 13 May Wed MUNI DAY 2026 WHERE: University Campus Bohunice, Various Locations 13 May Wed NTK Coffee Lecture TOPIC: Data Authorship & Credit - What Constitutes Authorship? That Is the Question. WHERE: Online WHEN: 12:30–13:00 13 May Wed Sip of Science TOPIC: A Tale of Tails SPEAKER: Maryna Zlatohurska & Lucie Nepovímová WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 15:30–17:30 13 May Wed What Is Fake About a Fake Rembrandt? WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 17:00–19:00 14 May Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Studying Biomolecular Structures, Interactions, and Molecular Mechanisms Using Advanced NMR Techniques (habilitation lecture) SPEAKER: Konstantinos Tripsianes WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00 14 May Thu Innovation Lecture (INNOLEC) TOPIC: Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis: Insights and Developments Through Reaction Monitoring SPEAKER: Jana Roithová WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 14:00–15:00 14 May Thu Mendel Lectures TOPIC: Ubiquitination and Autophagy – Quality Control of Life Processes SPEAKER: Ivan Đikić WHERE: Brno, Mendel Square 157/1, Augustinian Abbey, Chapter Hall WHEN: 17:00 Save the Date: * Doctoral Thesis Defence: Novel Biological Roles of ADAR Proteins, 19 May * Life After PhD Special Workshop Edition With Jan Neuman, 22 May * Doctoral Thesis Defence: Structure, Dynamics and Interactions Of Mycobacterial Transcription Factors, 27 May * 120 Seconds: Meet Brnoregion Microscopy, 28 May * EUROPIC 2026, 31 May–4 June * Doctoral Thesis Defence: Functional Characterization Of ADAR in Drosophila, 5 June * Konference podnikavosti: Jak rozvíjet podnikavost napříč univerzitou, 17 June * Start Your Business Live: Slavnostní vyhlášení studentské soutěže, 17 June * Fundamentals of Light Microscopy, 23–25 June * COST Action CA22157 RECROP Workshop: Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation for Stress Response and Memory During Plant Reproduction, 30 June–1 July * Mendel Festival, 18 July * Multimodal Microscopy Workshop 2026, 31 August–1 September * INSTRUCT Course on Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules, 7–11 September * Summer School on Molecular Diagnostics and Biomarkers in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, 7–11 September * Advanced Light Microscopy Methods 2026, 8–11 September * MUNI HR DAY 2026, 7 October * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 4–11 May
5 May Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: IFNγ/IL21-JAK-STAT1 Signaling Axis Drives T-Cell–Mediated CLL Proliferation and Venetoclax Resistance SPEAKER: Miroslav Boudný WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 9:30–10:30 6 May Wed CERPEK Kurz TOPIC: Smysluplná komunikace: Umění naslouchat – základ důvěry a respektu SPEAKER: Miloslav Zimmermann WHERE: Brno, Komenského náměstí 2, CERPEK, Room 328 WHEN: 13:00–16:00 6 May Wed Bioinformatics Seminar Series TOPIC: Hidden in the Genome: The Bioinformatic Revolution in Natural Product Research SPEAKER: Stanislava Bezdíček Králová WHERE: Online WHEN: 16:00–17:00 7 May Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: 14-3-3 Interactions with Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Implications for Amyloid Formation SPEAKER: Jozef Hritz WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00 7 May Thu Life Sciences Seminar TOPIC: The Evolution of Wnt/beta-catenin Signaling: A View From the Bottom SPEAKER: Mark Q. Martindale WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 16:00 Save the Date: * MUNI DAY 2026, 13 May * Mendel Lecture: Ubiquitination and Autophagy - Quality Control of Life Processes, 14 May * Doctoral Thesis Defence: Novel Biological Roles of ADAR Proteins, 19 May * Life After PhD Special Workshop Edition With Jan Neuman, 22 May * Doctoral Thesis Defence: Structure, Dynamics and Interactions Of Mycobacterial Transcription Factors, 27 May * 120 Seconds: Meet Brnoregion Microscopy, 28 May * EUROPIC 2026, 31 May–4 June * Doctoral Thesis Defence: Functional Characterization Of ADAR in Drosophila, 5 June * Konference podnikavosti: Jak rozvíjet podnikavost napříč univerzitou, 17 June * Start Your Business Live: Slavnostní vyhlášení studentské soutěže, 17 June * Fundamentals of Light Microscopy, 23–25 June * COST Action CA22157 RECROP Workshop: Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation for Stress Response and Memory During Plant Reproduction, 30 June–1 July * Mendel Festival, 18 July * Multimodal Microscopy Workshop 2026, 31 August–1 September * INSTRUCT Course on Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules, 7–11 September * Summer School on Molecular Diagnostics and Biomarkers in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, 7–11 September * Advanced Light Microscopy Methods 2026, 8–11 September * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 30 March – 6 April
30–31 Mar Mon–Tue Off the ADAR Radar Conference WHERE: Brno, Mendel Square 157/1, Augustinian Abbey, Chapter Hall 1 Apr Wed NTK Webinar Searching for and Evaluating Journals and Conferences WHERE: Online WHEN: 10:00–11:00 1 Apr Wed Bioinformatics Seminar Series TOPIC: Data Management for Bioinfomaticians - How Not to Get Lost in Your Data and Give Them a Second Life SPEAKER: Jan Vališ WHERE: Brno, Faculty of Informatics, Botanická 68a, Room A319 & Online WHEN: 16:00–17:00 2 Apr Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Replication and Repair of Structure-Forming Repeats: Role of Repositioning to the Nuclear Periphery SPEAKER: Catherine Freudenreich WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00 2 Apr Thu Webinář Knihovny univerzitního kampusu (KUK) TOPIC: Základy psaní odborného článku: příprava na psaní a redakční proces SPEAKER: Jiří Kratochvíl WHERE: University Campus, Library, Building B09, Room 119 WHEN: 15:00–16:30 2 Apr Thu Botanical Seminar TOPIC: Chile Expedition 2024 SPEAKER: Jan Doležal WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 114 WHEN: 16:00 Save the Date: * PI Forum Brno #8: Financing Your Research, 7 April * Life after PhD with John Mitchels, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 17 April * * Kurz Mikroskopie Materiálů 2026, 20–24 April * 5th Soft Skills Workshop: The AI-Enhanced Scientist: Practical Use of Large Language Models in Research and Coding, 21 April * JobNEST: Conference of Public Administration and Non-Profit Organisations, 22 April * IRONMAN or Fe-MALE?: Resources for All of Us 2026, 22 April * Mendel Lecture: Gaining Insight Into Pre-mRNA Splicing by the Spliceosome, 23 April * MUNI DAY 2026, 13 May * Mendel Lecture: Ubiquitination and Autophagy - Quality Control of Life Processes, 14 May * EUROPIC 2026, 31 May–4 June * Fundamentals of Light Microscopy, 23–25 June * COST Action CA22157 RECROP Workshop: Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation for Stress Response and Memory During Plant Reproduction, 30 June–1 July * INSTRUCT Course on Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules, 7–11 September * Advanced Light Microscopy Methods 2026, 8–11 September * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 27 April – 4 May
27 Apr Mon Invitation to a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Daniel Nývlt TOPIC: Postglacial Climatic and Environmental Evolution of James Ross Archipelago, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula Based On Deglaciation Chronologies and Palaeolimnological Records SPEAKER: Daniel Nývlt WHERE: Brno, Kotlářská 2, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Building 5, Lecture Room Z4 & Online WHEN: 11:00 28 Apr Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: From Sequence to Insights: Developing Bioinformatics Workflows for Ngs Data Analysis SPEAKER: Alejandro Antonio Medaglia Mata WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 9:30–10:30 29 Apr Wed How to ERC and Beyond WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 234 WHEN: 10:00–11:00 29 Apr Wed Science ON F5210 Popularizace fyziky SPEAKER: Aleš Pilgr WHERE: Brno, Kotlářská 2, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Building 6, Lecture Room Fs1 WHEN: 13:00–15:00 29 Apr Wed Sip of Science TOPIC: Ancient Proteins: Rotten, but Not Forgotten SPEAKER: Eva Chocholová WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Atrium WHEN: 15:30–17:30 29 Apr Wed Bioinformatics Seminar Series TOPIC: Unlocking Barley’s Genetic Diversity: Pangenomics and GWAS for a Resilient Future SPEAKER: Radim Čegan WHERE: Brno, Faculty of Informatics, Botanická 68a, Room A319 WHEN: 16:00–17:00 30 Apr Thu EMBL Skills & Careers Webinar - Illuminating the Dark Forest: How to Bring Your Community Together WHERE: Online WHEN: 11:00–12:00 30 Apr Thu Innovation Lecture (INNOLEC) TOPIC: Tough Threads, Ballistic Webs and Bungee-Jumps: Evolutionary Biomechanics of Spider Extended Phenotypes SPEAKER: Jonas Wolff WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 114 WHEN: 13:00 30 Apr Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Ribosome Assembly Regulation SPEAKER: Gabriel Demo WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00 30 Apr Thu Life Sciences Seminar TOPIC: Exploiting the Polyamine Dependency of MYC-driven Tumors SPEAKER: Michael Hogarty WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 16:00 Save the Date: * MUNI DAY 2026, 13 May * Mendel Lecture: Ubiquitination and Autophagy - Quality Control of Life Processes, 14 May * 120 Seconds: Meet Brnoregion Microscopy, 28 May * EUROPIC 2026, 31 May–4 June * Fundamentals of Light Microscopy, 23–25 June * COST Action CA22157 RECROP Workshop: Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation for Stress Response and Memory During Plant Reproduction, 30 June–1 July * Mendel Festival, 18 July * Multimodal Microscopy Workshop 2026, 31 August–1 September * INSTRUCT Course on Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules, 7–11 September * Summer School on Molecular Diagnostics and Biomarkers in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, 7–11 September * Advanced Light Microscopy Methods 2026, 8–11 September * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 7–13 April
7 Apr Tue PI Forum Brno #8: Financing Your Research WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 17:30 8 Apr Wed NTK Webinar Introduction to Research Data Management WHERE: Online WHEN: 10:00–11:30 8 Apr Wed F5210 - Popularization with ÚDiF II. WHERE: Brno, Kotlářská 2, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Building 6, Room Fs1 WHEN: 13:00–15:00 9 Apr Thu TTO Seminar Research Commercialisation through Spin-off Companies WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 13:00–14:00 9 Apr Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: On the Crosstalk Between Transcription and DNA Repair SPEAKER: Marek Šebesta WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00 9 Apr Thu Webinář Knihovny univerzitního kampusu (KUK) TOPIC: Recenzní řízení a příprava recenzního posudku SPEAKER: Jiří Kratochvíl WHERE: University Campus, Library, Building B09, Room 119 WHEN: 15:00–16:30 9 Apr Thu CERPEK Online kurz TOPIC: Umělá inteligence při výuce a studiu na MU: pravidla, etika a dobrá praxe SPEAKER: Jakub Havlíček WHERE: Online WHEN: 15:00–16:00 9 Apr Thu Life Sciences Seminar TOPIC: Decoding Embryonic Fates: Lineages, Mechanisms, and Spatial Context SPEAKER: Emma R. Andersson WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 132 WHEN: 16:00 9 Apr Thu Innovation Lecture (INNOLEC) TOPIC: Understanding the Impact of Anthropogenic Stressors on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning SPEAKER: Marc Cadotte WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 114 WHEN: 16:00 10 Apr Fri Principal Investigator Seminar TOPIC: From Egg to Embryo: Cellular Mechanisms Guiding the Beginnings of Human Life SPEAKER: Zuzana Holubcová WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 13:00–14:00 11 Apr Sat Botanical Excursion 50 Years of the Pálava Protected Landscape Area: A View from Děvín WHERE: Bus stop „Klentnice, rozcestí“, Klentnice, Mikulov na Moravě WHEN: 10:00 12–17 Apr Sun–Fri UPCON 2026 WHERE: Brno, Kounicova 680/6, Hotel Continental Brno 13 Apr Mon CERPEK Online kurz TOPIC: AI obrázky ve vzdělávání SPEAKER: Vítězslav Kříž & Kateřina Balíková WHERE: Online WHEN: 09:00–12:00 13 Apr Mon Advanced Materials and Nanotechnologies Seminar TOPIC: Dissecting the Mechanisms of Sensory Encoding to Develop Biomimetic Electrical Stimulation Therapies SPEAKER: Beatrice Barra WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 145 & Online WHEN: 13:00–14:30 13 Apr Mon Advanced Materials and Nanotechnologies Seminar TOPIC: A Multi-Scale Dissection of Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation SPEAKER: Theo Lemaire WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 145 & Online WHEN: 14:30–16:00 Save the Date: * Life after PhD with John Mitchels, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 17 April * * Kurz Mikroskopie Materiálů 2026, 20–24 April * 5th Soft Skills Workshop: The AI-Enhanced Scientist: Practical Use of Large Language Models in Research and Coding, 21 April * Dny dobrovolnictví 2026: Cítíte to v kostech? Přijďte darovat naději!, 21 April * JobNEST: Conference of Public Administration and Non-Profit Organisations, 22 April * IRONMAN or Fe-MALE?: Resources for All of Us 2026, 22 April * Mendel Lecture: Gaining Insight Into Pre-mRNA Splicing by the Spliceosome, 23 April * MUNI DAY 2026, 13 May * Mendel Lecture: Ubiquitination and Autophagy - Quality Control of Life Processes, 14 May * EUROPIC 2026, 31 May–4 June * Fundamentals of Light Microscopy, 23–25 June * COST Action CA22157 RECROP Workshop: Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation for Stress Response and Memory During Plant Reproduction, 30 June–1 July * INSTRUCT Course on Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules, 7–11 September * Advanced Light Microscopy Methods 2026, 8–11 September * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Reminder: Today's Principal Investigator Seminar
We are reminding you about the next seminar, Study of Electrophysiology on the Cellular and Tissue Level as a Source of Essential Clinically Relevant Databy Markéta Bébarová (MUNI MED). WHEN: Friday, 24 April, at 13:00 WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 Best regards, CEITEC MU, Events Team
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Kristýna Šárková: Events of the Week 20–27 April
20–24 Apr Mon–Fri Kurz Mikroskopie Materiálů 2026 WHERE: Prague, Various Locations 21 Apr Mon Dny dobrovolnictví 2026: Cítíte to v kostech? Přijďte darovat naději? WHERE: Brno, Arne Nováka 1, Čítárna FF WHEN: 09:00–17:00 21 Apr Tue CERPEK Workshop TOPIC: AI Toolbox for Teaching SPEAKER: Kateřina Chudová WHERE: Brno, Komenského náměstí 2, CERPEK, Room 328 WHEN: 09:00–13:00 21 Apr Tue Molecular Medicine Seminar TOPIC: RNA Demethylation Protects Genome Integrity in Mammalian Cells SPEAKER: Shwetha Krishna WHERE: University Campus, Building E35, Room 211 WHEN: 9:30–10:30 21 Apr Tue 5th Soft Skills Workshop TOPIC: The AI-Enhanced Scientist: Practical Use of Large Language Models in Research and Coding SPEAKER: Michal Gala & Filip Németh WHERE: Online WHEN: 11:00–13:00 22 Apr Wed IRONMAN or Fe-MALE? Resources for All of Us 2026 WHERE: Brno, Purkyňova 123, CEITEC VUT, Building S, Meeting Room S2.02 & Online WHEN: 09:00 22 Apr Wed NTK Webinar TOPIC: Dataset Preparation and Publishing – Zenodo and Other Repositories SPEAKER: Jan Vališ WHERE: Online WHEN: 10:00–11:30 22 Apr Wed JobNEST Conference of Public Administration and Non-Profit Organisations WHERE: Brno, Údolní 19, Kumst WHEN: 10:00–16:00 22 Apr Wed The Evening About Physics and Life With Tomáš Tyc WHERE: Brno, Moravian Library, Kounicova 996/65a WHEN: 19:00–21:00 23 Apr Thu Structural Biology Seminar TOPIC: Structural Basis of Eukaryotic Ribosome Assembly SPEAKER: Matthias Thoms WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 14:00 23 Apr Thu Botanical Seminar TOPIC: Impacts of Observation Error on Estimates of Vegetation Dynamics and Biodiversity Change WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 114 WHEN: 16:00–18:00 23 Apr Thu New Directions in Cosmology SPEAKER: Rikard von Unge WHERE: Brno, Kotlářská 2, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Building 6, Room F2 WHEN: 17:15–18:30 24 Apr Fri Principal Investigator Seminar TOPIC: Study of Electrophysiology on the Cellular and Tissue Level as a Source of Essential Clinically Relevant Data SPEAKER: Markéta Bebarová WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 WHEN: 13:00–14:00 Save the Date: * MUNI DAY 2026, 13 May * Mendel Lecture: Ubiquitination and Autophagy - Quality Control of Life Processes, 14 May * EUROPIC 2026, 31 May–4 June * Fundamentals of Light Microscopy, 23–25 June * COST Action CA22157 RECROP Workshop: Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation for Stress Response and Memory During Plant Reproduction, 30 June–1 July * Multimodal Microscopy Workshop 2026, 31 August–1 September * INSTRUCT Course on Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules, 7–11 September * Advanced Light Microscopy Methods 2026, 8–11 September * Processing and Analysis of Biological Images 2026, 1–4 December
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Kristýna Šárková: Reminder: Today's Principal Investigator Seminar
We are reminding you about the next seminar, Fluffy Is Fun! Novel Insights Brought Along by Substitution of the Cyanines‘ Polymethine Chain by Peter Šebej (RECETOX MU). WHEN: Friday, 17 April, at 13:00 WHERE: University Campus, Building B11, Room 205 Best regards, CEITEC MU, Events Team