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.
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.
An international team of scientists from Lenka Bešše's laboratory at the Department of Biology and colleagues from German and Swiss institutions have published joint research results on the effects of proteasome inhibition in multiple myeloma. These results offer new possibilities for using already approved and clinically available drugs.
