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.

15 Apr 2024

The Head of Department, Prof. Slabý, was elected by the medical students as the Faculty of the Year!

The Head of the Department of Biology, Prof. Ondřej Slabý, has been elected Academician of the Year for preclinical teaching in a student poll organized by the Medical Students Association. The award ceremony occurred during the 26th Faculty of Medicine and Medical Students Association Representative Ball. Congratulations 😊.

5 Apr 2024

Head of the research group Pavel Krejci in an interview with the Medical Tribune

The head of the research group, Dr. Pavel Krejčí, spoke to Medical Tribune about developing a new drug for patients with achondroplasia, which is now in the phase 2 clinical trial.

15 Mar 2024

The Werner von Siemens award was won by Kateřina Snopková with David Šmajs and doctoral student Veronika Kamenská

For the 26th time, the Werner von Siemens Prizes were awarded to the best students, young scientists and teachers. On Wednesday 13 March, the award for the best dissertation was presented to RNDr. Kateřina Snopková, Ph.D. and prof. MUDr. David Šmajs, Ph.D. from the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University.

23 Feb 2024

New junior research group will be established at the Department of Biology

The Internal Grant Agency of the FM MU supported establishing another junior research group in January 2024. Thus, a research group of Zdeněk Andrysík is being established at the Department of Biology, which will focus on molecular mechanisms of cancer.

16 Feb 2024

We will welcome new doctoral students at the PhD Welcome Day

In the spring semester, we will welcome seven new students to the Biomedical Sciences PhD program, two of whom will join the research group of Dr. Nicola Silva at the Department of Biology.

31 Jan 2024

Team of Professor Šmajs described a new strategy for characterizing the human pathogen that causes yaws disease

At the beginning of this year, scientists from the group of Professor David Šmajs in international cooperation published their results in the journal Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. In the publication, they described a new method for characterizing the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which causes severe yaws disease. These results could help make the ongoing eradication program more efficient.

21 Dec 2023

Success of our PhD student at the International medical doctoral conference 2023

Natália Vadovičová - a PhD student from the research group of Dr. Stjepan Uldrijan - won the award for the second best lecture at the International medical doctoral conference 2023 for the results of her dissertation focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of resistance in melanoma cells.

24 Oct 2023

The Annual PhD Conference in Biomedical Sciences is comming soon

This year, the Biology Department is also organizing the Annual PhD Conference in Biomedical Sciences, which will take place on the 8th-10th of November at the University Campus in Brno. More than 50 PhD students from various departments of the Faculty of Medicine, CEITEC MU and FNUSA-ICRC will present the results of their dissertations in the field of Biomedicine.