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12 Jul 2021

New protein engineering method showcased in the editor’s Highlights of Nature Communications

Thanks to the newly developed method, researchers were able to modify the luciferase protein.

19 Mar 2021

What was the M17+ research evaluation about?

What was included in the evaluation of MU research and its social impact according to the national methodology? The secretary of the evaluation panel Petr Kalíšek introduces the Masaryk University evaluation which has just been completed as part of the evaluation of all research universities in the Czech Republic. The process was designed in accordance with the 2017+ Methodology with the aid of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (“MEYS”) institutional support of research, and affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. I will be a page-turner.

19 Feb 2021

Scientists Call: Chemical Pollution is a Global Threat

An international group of scientists is calling for a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing policymakers, business, and the public about reducing harm from chemical pollution.

17 Feb 2021

MU archaeologists reveal oldest writing system among Slavs to be Germanic runes

A one-of-a-kind discovery has been made by archaeologists from Masaryk University. At the Lány-Břeclav site in the Czech Republic, they found an inscribed animal rib alongside pottery of the Prague type, associated with the Early Slavs.

1 Feb 2021

Pavel Tomancak Becomes New Director of CEITEC Consortium

The Brno-based multidisciplinary research centre CEITEC has a new executive director. Pavel Tomancak, renowned evolutionary biologist, who has been leading his own research group at the prestigious Max-Planck Institute in Dresden for fifteen years, became the new director on 1 February 2021.

19 Jan 2021

MU Rector Martin Bareš appointed to European University Association expert group

The European University Association (EUA) has appointed Martin Bareš, Rector of Masaryk University, into an 8-member expert group that will serve as an advisory body to the European Commission in the process of preparing the European strategy for the global approach to research, innovation and education.

4 Jan 2021

University spin-off to focus on developing new cancer drugs

A new spin-off company, CasInvent Pharma, a.s., has been established by Masaryk University (MU) in cooperation with its investment partner, i&i Prague, s.r.o. (Ltd), in order to facilitate further development of new compounds that could be used to treat certain types of leukaemia, lymphoma and solid tumours.

21 Dec 2020

MUNI Scientist Awards 2020

Selected scientists from Masaryk University were awarded for their outstanding research results and significant achievements in the field of research from 2019 to 2020 by the Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies prof. Šárka Pospíšilová.

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Masaryk University invites to Brno recognized speakers from abroad to present and to discuss current issues, trends, and challenges in science.

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