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25 Sep 2023

Outstanding alumni and teachers have received the Masaryk University Faculty of Science Award. Collaborating schools and institutions also received awards.

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....

22 Sep 2023

A young microbiologist from Masaryk University impressed NATO experts with her research on the decomposition of waste plant biomass

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.

21 Sep 2023

The Deans of Science Faculties discuss changes in the training of future teachers

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...

19 Sep 2023

101 well-wishers took part in the seminar celebrating the 100th birthday of the physicist Martin Černohorský

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...

12 Sep 2023

The University Campus Library offers a journal checkout service

Under the overarching of the MU Open Science team, the University campus library is expanding the service of compliance with the principles of transparency and best practices in scholarly journals to the whole MU.

8 Sep 2023

Rules for Education and Development of Employees and Training Offer in the New Section of the Faculty Portal

We bring you information about the new directive, Education and Development of Employees at the Faculty of Science MU and the new section of the SCI MUNI Employee Portal.

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 will be presenting a new series of five natural history films entitled ‘Behind Nature’s Curtain’ (Za oponou přírody). This popular science series will show stories of research into bogs, parasites, Carpathian meadows, bats...

5 Sep 2023

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...

5 Sep 2023

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.

5 Sep 2023

Professor Jana Šmardová has passed away. She gave one the feeling that there was a point in wondering about things and not stopping ask.

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.

1 Sep 2023

The Department of Physical Electronics will change its name from September 1

As of September 1, 2023, the name of the Faculty of Science’s Department of Physical Electronics will change. 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).

31 Aug 2023

The Smoking Gun for Supermassive Binaries in Active Galactic Nuclei

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...