Invitations to events, articles: gender and science

In this section, we publish invitations to current lectures, seminars, workshops and other events related to gender and science, the position of women in science and the possibility of combining professional and family life of scientists.

8 Feb 2023

Why plants live together and how an intruder can most easily penetrate them

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...

6 Feb 2023

From the Library Director: “We try to make students feel like they are in their own living room here”.

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...

21 Nov 2022

Darja Klementová, winner of the ‘České hlavičky’ (Little Czech Mind) award, visited the university laboratory for the first time at the age of 13

Darja Klementová, who comes from an artistic family, studies clarinet. However, she has also been interested in nature and the human body since she was a child, so finally decided to devote herself fully to molecular biology, choosing to study at the laboratories of MU Faculty of Science. For her work,...

16 Nov 2022

"I looked at it like this − it didn’t work out for my mother and her generation, so it’s our turn now" says Eva Sýkorová about the events surrounding 11/17/1989

Experience with us the events at our faculty during the Velvet Revolution, in an interview with Eva Sýkorová, a member of the faculty's strike committee at the time. Take a look at unique period photographs directly from the faculty and from Brno, which are being presented to the public for the very first...

19 Oct 2022

Václav Moravec Focus: Science as Salvation

Health emergency, climate emergency, food emergency. What can scientists cope with and what is the human brain short of? Watch the 72nd episode of Václav Moravec's monthly Fokus, filmed at the CEITEC MU research centre. Guests included Jana Klánová, Head of RECETOX, Karel Říha, Deputy Director for Research

12 Oct 2022

Hana Svatoňová: Marketing should be understood as a professional discipline built on data

Hana Svatoňová has held the role of Vice-Dean for external relations, communication and marketing at the faculty since spring of this year. She graduated in mathematics and geography at the Faculty of Science, majoring in cartography, geoinformatics and remote sensing.

11 Aug 2022

Brno is a great place to live and do research

After finishing her master's degree in Brazil, Marina Grossi was looking for a Ph.D. opportunity abroad. Luckily, she found a Ph.D. offer at RECETOX, and she applied for it. She has been studying at RECETOX for three years.

5 Aug 2022

Tumours teach us how to live well and survive, says microbiologist Šmardová

Cancer arises from cells that violate the basic rules of coexistence and cooperation. Altogether, there are eleven typical characteristics that distinguish tumours from healthy tissues. Molecular biologist Jana Šmardová believes that these features reflect more general principles that underlie the proper...

4 Aug 2022

I'm not a lab person, but I want to change legislation as a scientist

Natálie Šelleová is a second-year bachelor's student in Environment and Health. Although she does not want to work in a lab in the future, human health and environmental issues are her top-of-mind priorities. After her studies, she desires to be a person explaining complex scientific issues to the public...

27 Jun 2022

Markéta Munzarová, one of the new Vice-Deans, is ready to support the disadvantaged

For his second term, the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Tomáš Kašparovský, has expanded his team through the inclusion of the holder of the Rector’s Award for Outstanding Teachers, Markéta Munzarová. In the following interview, Munzarová from the Faculty of Science’s Department of Chemistry presents her...

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....

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.)