For students

8 Sep 2020

List of COVID-19 testing centres in Brno (in Czech only)

4 Sep 2020

We are looking for volunteers to EMIL OPEN

Masaryk university is the partner of the 9th Summer European Youth Games for the Disabled Emil Open. Organizers still look for the volunteers, students and employees can apply here and help.

1 Sep 2020

Peatlands are among the most endangered habitats in the whole country

Peat bogs, i.e. swamp ecosystems that are home to water-loving plants, are among the most endangered habitats in the Czech Republic. Biologists from Masaryk University in Brno found this out during preparation of the Red List of Endangered Habitats in the Czech Republic.

31 Aug 2020

Ticks are full of disease. They also carry toxoplasma

While it is generally known that ticks carry tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease, these are far from the only diseases that ticks can cause in humans. In Brno and its surroundings, scientists have identified six different pathogens in ticks, including anaplasma, babesia and toxoplasma.

A successful publication from our faculty is one of the most influential articles in ACS Catalysis

An article on the topic of machine learning for protein engineering, prepared for the journal ACS Catalysis of the American Chemical Association by Dr. Stanislav Mazurenko from our Loschmidt laboratories, was selected as amongst the 25 most influential articles in the 10 years journal history.

26 Aug 2020

Julie Dobrovolná: A certain amount of anxiety is quite reasonable

Doctor Julie Dobrovolná from our RECETOX centre has been undertaking research on stress for a long time. Read an interview with Julie in Lidové noviny (in Czech only).

24 Aug 2020

Tomáš Starý – a biochemist who founded a company making vegetable spreads

Tomáš, who obtained a Doctorate in biochemistry at our faculty, now works as the development project manager in a successful biotechnology company with his brother-in-law, Tomáš Novák, producing vegetable spreads based on their own recipes. Read an interview with Tomáš Starý (and Tomáš Novák) in Mladá Fronta DNES.

13 Aug 2020

Czech Television report: a world-class astrophysicist moves to Brno

An astrophysicist of world renown will be undertaking research at Masaryk University in Brno since this summer. Originally from Slovakia, Norbert Werner is coming to south Moravia thanks to a special grant. He will be researching intergalactic gases here and wants to cooperate with Brno companies focused on the space industry.