Biologický ústav

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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1 Sep

Biology Department organizes a new series of BIOTOP seminars

Biology Department is traditionally preparing a series of BIOTOP seminars that aim to introduce students to career opportunities outside of academia. The seminars are intended for bachelor, master and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral fellows.

30 Jul

The collective of authors from the Biology Department published the second volume of the textbook Medical Biology II

The second volume of the biology textbook covers topics from the role of genetics in modern medicine or Mendel's laws and monogenically inherited diseases, to selected areas of molecular medicine or evolutionary biology.

28 Jun

A new research group was established at the Biology Department

Thanks to the support of the National Institute for Cancer Research, a new research group was opened at the Biology Department of the Faculty of Medicine. The group will be led by Dr. Lenka Bešše. With her team, she will conduct research in the field of cancer immunotherapy.

29 May

Researchers discovered link between intestinal bacteria and development of colorectal cancer

Research group of professor David Šmajs succeeded to point out a possible role of Escherichia coli bacterium in the development of colorectal cancer.

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