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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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.

29 Jan

The former head of the Biology Department was awarded a gold medal

On the occasion of its 106th anniversary, MU once again honored the personalities who contributed to its development. Among the awardees was the former head of the Biology Department, scientist Petr Dvořák, who was awarded a gold medal for his lifelong contribution to scientific research and the development of MU.

18 Jan

We will welcome new doctoral students at the PhD Welcome Day

In the spring semester, we will welcome five new students to the Biomedical Sciences PhD program, two of whom will join the research groups at the Department of Biology.

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