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.

21 Nov 2024

Interview with Ondřej Slabý about the BabyFox project

In September this year, the team of Prof. Slabý launched The BabyFox project. Its primary goal is to obtain the results of rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) in patients with genetic diseases in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units in the shortest possible time, within seven days at the latest.

15 Nov 2024

Treatment for melanoma works quickly, but for a short time. The discovery of the team from MU indicates where to go in the development of new drugs

Scientists from the Biology department at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University discovered new mechanisms controlling the division of tumor cells while studying skin melanomas. Their findings represent an important springboard for future drug development.

25 Oct 2024

The Annual PhD Conference in Biomedical Sciences 2024 is approaching

This year, the Biology Department is traditionally organizing the Annual PhD Conference in Biomedical Sciences, which will take place on the 6th-8th of November at the University Campus in Brno. More than 50 PhD students from various departments of the Faculty of Medicine MU, CEITEC MU and FNUSA-ICRC will present the results of their dissertations in the field of Biomedicine.

16 Sep 2024

Dr. Pavel Krejčí received an extraordinary award from the chairman of the AZV CR

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Agency for Health Research of the Czech Republic (AZV ČR), its chairman Ondřej Slabý awarded special prizes to nine scientists, the main areas of which were chosen as the most successful during the entire existence of the agency. The laureates include Dr. Pavel Krejčí for the project Identification of new treatment options for achondroplasia through the analysis of the interaction between FGFR3 and the adapter protein Frs2.

16 Aug 2024

Guests of the June Breakfast with a Scientist were Mr. and Mrs. Bešše

On June 25th, the last pre-vacation Breakfast with a scientist took place. The invitation was accepted by a lovely married couple of researchers, Lenka and Andrej Bešše, who shared their fascinating story of their trip to Switzerland and back to the Czech Republic and offered valuable insights from their careers in medical research.

5 Aug 2024

The head of the reserach group Lumír Krejčí is a new member of the scientific organisation EMBO

The European Molecular Biology Association (EMBO) published today the names of the newly elected members. Among them is also the biologist Lumír Krejčí, who works at the Faculty of Medicine and Natural Sciences at the Masaryk University.

29 Jul 2024

The head of the Biology department Ondřej Slabý in an interview with Lucie Výborná

Professor Ondřej Slabý is the head of the Biology department at the Faculty of Medicine MU, the head of the Precision Medicine Center of the Brno University Hospital and also works as a scientific director in the management of the National Institute for Cancer Research. He is an expert in tumor biology, on which modern targeted treatment is based. Thanks to it, it is possible to significantly improve the quality of life and prognosis of patients.

7 Jun 2024

The Presidium of the GA CR ranked the results of Dr. Nicola Silva´s research project as outstanding

In the standard GAČR project, which was completed in 2022, the research team of Dr. Nicola Silva from the Biology department of the Faculty of Medicine MU studied the complexity of DNA repair dynamics in the germline. At the final evaluation by the chairmanship of the GA CR, the research results were rated as excellent. Congratulations!

26 May 2024

The head of the research group Lenka Bešše in an interview with Stethoscope

In the 63rd episode of the stethoscope podcast, dr. Lenka Bešše shares her experiences from research and life in Switzerland, and talks about the challenges of balancing a scientific career and family life. Her research team, which focuses on the study of protein homeostasis and immunotherapy at the MU Faculty of Medicine, is also a new member of the largest project in the field of cancer in the Czech Republic - the National Institute for Cancer Research.