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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14 May

Ondřej Slabý participated in the Neuron Club discussion panel on the topic of how tumors arise and what weapons we have against them

Prof. Ondřej Slabý, Dr. Kateřina Rohlenová, Prof. Radek Špíšek, Dr. Zuzana Kečkešová and Dr. Pavel Majer presented how modern research is changing the rules of the game. Whether it's personalised treatment, new drugs, or how cancer abuses our immune system.

30 Apr

A team of scientists from the Biology department described the importance of the tyrosine kinase receptor FGFR2 in primary cilia

An international team of scientists has described the importance of the tyrosine kinase receptor FGFR2 in primary cilia. Scientists from the Michaela Bosáková Lab and the Pavel Krejčí research group from the Institute of Biology have made a significant contribution.

18 Mar

Nicola Silva's team adds another piece to the mosaic of research into the causes of sterility

A team of scientists led by the head of the research group at the Department of Biology, Nicola Silva, has made a significant achievement in research into the reduced or impaired function of the Synaptonemal complex, which may be one of the causes of sterility. The paper by an international team of authors was published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Communications in March 2025.

28 Feb

Ondřej Slabý in the podcast "Mezi buňky"

NICR - National Institute for Cancer Research - the largest academic oncology project in the Czech Republic has published a new episode of the Mezi buňky podcast entitled "How precision medicine is sewn".In this episode, prof. Jaroslav Štěrba, head of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the Brno FN and Faculty of Medicine MU and NICR scientific director , and prof. Ondřej Slabý, head of the Precision Medicine Center FN Brno, head of the Translational Tumor Genomics research group at the NICR and head of the Biology department at the Faculty of Medicine MU talk about the benefits of precision medicine in oncology.

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