Department of Biology

About department

Department of Biology is one of the oldest theoretical departments at Masaryk University. It was established in 1919. The first chair of the Department Edward Babák is an author of the General Biology teaching concept for all medical faculties. Currently, the Department provides both theoretical and practical education of Medical Biology for Czech and International students. As a centre of excellent international biomedical research it also coordinates a PhD school in Biomedical Sciences.

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11 Dec

Scientists of the Biology department succeeded in AZV ČR and GAČR Grant Calls

In the latest grant calls of the Czech Health Research Council (AZV ČR) and the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) for 2026, a total of eight projects by researchers from the Biology department, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, were supported.

2 Dec

Experts in personalized medicine met in Brno

The first joint conference of the European Partnership for Personalized Medicine and the International Consortium for Personalized Medicine took place in Prague at the end of November. The Czech Republic was represented at the conference by Ondřej Slabý, Head of the Biology department, Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Center for Precision Medicine, Brno University Hospital, Masaryk University, and Chairman of the Agency for Health Research of the Czech Republic, and Pavel Doleček, Member of the Board of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

7 Nov

Childhood Oncology Fundraising Event

The Andrysik Lab from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, partnered with The Krtek Children's Oncology Endowment Fund to host a successful fundraising event benefiting children with cancer.

23 Oct

Young Scientists Present Their Discoveries: PhD Conference in Biomedical Sciences 2025

The Biology department is once again organizing the Annual PhD Conference in Biomedical Sciences, which will take place on the 5th - 6th of November 2025 at the University Campus in Brno.
More than 60 PhD students from various departments of the Faculty of Medicine, CEITEC MU, and FNUSA-ICRC will present the progress and results of their doctoral research in the field of biomedicine.

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