3 Dec Petr Malý was awarded at MendelNet 2025 conference The award for the best presentation in the Animal Production section at the MendelNet 2025 conference was granted to PhD student Petr Malý from the Secondary Metabolites group. Congratulations!
30 Oct Invitation for a lectury by prof. Schepdael As part of the C9002 Biochemistry seminar, Prof. Ann Van Schepdael will give her INNOLEC Lecture on November 27, 2025, 12:30, on the topic of Beneficial aspects of CE for the biomedical, pharmaceutical and biochemical field.
27 Oct Invitation for a lectury by prof. Wätzig As part of the CECE Junior 2025 conference, Prof. Dr. Hermann Wätzig will give his INNOLEC Lecture on November 11, 2025, 9:15, entitled Capillary electrophoresis - unnecessary due to AI?
23 Oct Martin Kopecký succeeded at NANOCON 2025 Our student Martin Kopecký from doc. Farka's research group received the Dr. Tasilo Prnka Prize at NANOCON conference. Congratulations!
10 Oct Biochemistry and Our Changing Climate A workshop led by professor Karla Neugebauer from Yale University, a distinguished scientist and leading expert in RNA biology and molecular biophysics, where students will learn to apply biochemical thinking to climate issues.
6 Oct Jan Lochman became the new director of our department As the new director, Jan Lochman aims to recruit junior researchers capable of securing prestigious grants
1 Oct The Election of a New Dean On 31st January 2026, the current Dean's term of office will expire. The Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science MU has announced the election of a new Dean. The public debate at the academic community assembly will then take place on October 6, 2025 at 12:30 in the Auditorium, Kotlářská st.
20 Aug Open position | PhD student at MBL The research group of Pavel Dvořák, Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory (Section of Microbiology, Department of Experimental Biology), is seeking a motivated student for a Ph.D. position, topic: Unlocking the unused capacity of bacterial metabolism through the rational design of substrate transporters.
9 Jul Dean’s Awards 2025 The dean presented awards to the best students of the Faculty of Science MU. Among the best doctoral students was Jakub Máčala from the Department of Biochemistry. Congratulations to all awardees!
20 Jun Hans-Heiner Gorris gained professorship in Analytical biochemistry The Department of Biochemistry congratulates Hans-Heiner Gorris for gaining a professorship in the field of Analytical biochemistry. He received the appointment decree from president Petr Pavel in Prague's Karolinum.
23 May Our Students Succeeded in the Start Your Business 2025 Competition Lenka Jurasová together with Zdenka Vilhanová and Marko Mećava, students of the Department of Biochemistry MUNI SCI, achieved great success in this year’s Start Your Business competition. Their innovative projects received recognition from the expert jury and were awarded funding for further development.
7 May Open position | Instructor or Assistant Professor of the Department of Biochemistry A full-time position is open at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, MU: Assistant/Assistant or Assistant/Associate Professor. The deadline for signing up is June 4th 2025.
30 Apr Earth Day 2025 This year, to celebrate Earth Day, the Botanical Garden of SCI MUNI prepared an engaging program on the theme Poison or Cure?, and once again, we were part of it! Children and adults alike had the opportunity to try out games, quizzes and learn interesting facts as well as the latest insights from scientific research.
18 Apr Open Days 2025 Over 1000 students visited the Open Days of the Faculty of Science of MU this year, which took place on Saturday 27 and Tuesday 30 January at the University Campus in Bohunice and at the Kotlářská campus. The doors of our institute were of course open too!
TIP 8 Apr Biochmelie 2025 Are you thinking about where to do your master's degree? Come to the event organized by biochemistry students! You will learn information about the master's degree program, you can ask any questions and meet classmates from other years. You can also look forward to light refreshments and we look forward to you joining us for this friendly meeting!
9 Mar I trust people and give them autonomy, says prof. Michaela Wimmerová What does it mean to delve into the intricate world of molecular phenomena? How does adhesion therapy play a crucial role in the field of glycobiochemistry? Answers Michaela Wimmerová, professor at the Department of Biochemistry and director of NCBR at the Faculty of Science of MU.
5 Mar Students beware – Senate by-election! Students, run for the by-election to the Student Chamber of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Arts! Submit your candidacy by March 23rd. Don't forget to vote in the by-election in April!
12 Feb Faculty to expand opportunities for funding doctoral students by combining grants and employment, says Luděk Bláha An amendment to the Higher Education Act improves conditions for doctoral studies. The main changes concern the income and status of doctoral students. Luděk Bláha, Vice Dean for Doctoral Studies at SCI MUNI, describes how our Faculty is preparing for the changes.
29 Jan XXIII. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists Once again, the traditional meeting of biochemists and molecular biologists took place in Brno. The conference included, of course, a section of youth where PhD students are refining their data presentation skills.
22 Jan Vladimír Sklenář Scholarship A scholarship of 100,000 CZK is intended for doctoral students at universities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia who are working in the field of NMR spectroscopy. It can be used to cover expenses related to their studies and scientific work on their dissertation project.
18 Dec 2024 Dean Tomáš Kašparovský receives the Silver Commemorative Medal from Charles University Faculty of Science The Dean of the Charles University Faculty of Science, Vladimír Krylov, awarded the Faculty’s Silver Commemorative Medal to Tomáš Kašparovský, Dean of Masaryk University Faculty of Science, during a ceremony at the Karolinum, Prague.
11 Dec 2024 The DNA diagnostics laboratory investigates infections transmitted by wild animals in Brno The DNA Diagnostics Laboratory under the leadership of Prof. Omar Šerý is involved in a project together with Mendel University and SocioFactor s.r.o., whose partial aim is DNA diagnostics of the causative agents of serious infectious diseases that can be transmitted by wild animals.
10 Dec 2024 Petr Lapčík received the Josef Chmelík Award for 2023 The Josef Chmelík Prize for 2023 for the best publication in the field of proteomics in the Czech Republic was awarded to Petr Lapčík from the Cancer Proteomics Research Group.
21 Nov 2024 MU honours PhD students for their outstanding work Lucia Janáčová from Pavel Bouchal's research group received the Masaryk University Vice-Rector's Award for Excellence in Doctoral Studies. Congratulations!
18 Nov 2024 Petr Malý's succcess at MendelNet 2024 Petr Malý from the Laboratory of Secondary Metabolites succeeded at the MendelNet 2024 conference and won first place for his presentation "The application of gas chromatography for the evaluation of technological and health indicators of bovine milk fat after dietary changes."
17 Oct 2024 Visit by prof. Alber Heck from Utrecht University Professor Albert Heck, one of the VIPs in proteomics, visited Masaryk University before his Mendel Lecture and had a great PI meeting about proteomics in cancer with Pavel Bouchal and his lab members.
17 Oct 2024 New Bachelor's degree programme Bioinformatics Bioinformatics ends as a specialization within the Bachelor's program in Biochemistry and begins as a newly accredited Bachelor's degree program in Bioinformatics in collaboration with the Faculty of Informatics and the Faculty of Science.
TIP 5 Sep 2024 Invitations to the XXIII. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists We cordially invite you to the annual XXIII. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists. The Young Scientists' Section in English is of course an integral part of it! The deadline for registration is October 10, 2024.
5 Sep 2024 Lecture for the expert public by Hans H. Gorris We cordially invite you to the lecture for the professional public doc. Hans Gorris on Taking analytical biochemistry to the single molecule level by photon-upconverting nanoparticles and femtoliter arrays on October 3 at 12:00 in lecture room B11/205.
26 Jun 2024 Dean’s Awards 2024 The dean presented awards to the best students of the Faculty of Science MU. From the Department of Biochemistry were awarded Robin Durník, Jitka Vechetová, Július Zemaník and Veronika Farková. Congratulations to all the awardees!
19 Jun 2024 Matěj Pastucha Thesis Defence We invite you to a PhD thesis defence of Mgr. Matěj Pastucha with the topic Biochips for affinity assays. Thursday June 27th, B11/305.
TIP 17 Jun 2024 Replacing Bachelor's theses in with a final project! The Faculty of Science at Masaryk University is introducing an innovative method for completing bachelor's studies, replacing traditional bachelor's theses with final projects. This change mainly affects students of the Departments of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and RECETOX.
22 May 2024 Lucia Janáčová Thesis Defence We invite you to a PhD thesis defence of Mgr. Lucia Janáčová with the topic Local and distant metastasis in breast cancer: molecular characteristics and therapeutic targets.
10 May 2024 Trieste Next Festival 2024 Applications are now open for the Trieste Next International Academy fellowships, a 3-day intensive program that will take place in Trieste on September 27–29, 2024, on the occasion of the 2024 Edition of the Festival of Scientific Research.
9 May 2024 MUNI Day 2024 A sporting and social gathering across the entire university for all employees and students, that is MUNI DAY. With your help, we will fill the Bohunice University campus with sports, culture, entertainment and knowledge! MUNI DAY will be back in style. PLEASE REGISTER.
17 Apr 2024 Tero Soukka about lanthanoides and photon upconversion luminiscence prof. Tero Soukka from University of Turku gives two talks; Luminescent lanthanides - Evolution of reporter systems for immunoassays a Photon-upconversion luminescence in ultrasensitive assays. Tuesday, April 23rd, 1 pm, B11/335.
10 Apr 2024 Congratulations to new PhD talents! We congratulate all PhD students who managed to win a prestigious three-year scholarship in the PhD Talent 2024 competition, especially our PhD student Dorota Sklenárová (pictured with her supervisor) and our graduates Daniel Pluskal and David Zimčík.
1 Apr 2024 Hanka Urbancová succeeded at GAMU Our student Hanka Urbancová, under the guidance of her supervisor Kateřina Dadáková, has received support from GAMU Excellent diploma thesis. Hanka's thesis deals with the determination of thermal heterocyclic aromatic amines in processed cheese. Congratulations!
TIP 15 Mar 2024 Get to know UBCH and NCBR You have a unique opportunity to get to know two of the SCI departments, NCBR and ÚBCH. On Wednesday, April 3 at 3 p.m. at buildings C04 and C05, you can meet students from master's and doctoral studies in bioinformatics, biomolecular chemistry, genomics and proteomics, biochemistry and biotechnology. You can look forward to casual atmosphere, games, refreshments and the opportunity to have a pleasant chat with people from NCBR and ÚBCH.
13 Mar 2024 Rudolf Lukeš Prize 2024 The Experientia Foundation, in cooperation with the Czech Chemical Society, supports the prestigious Rudolf Lukeš Prize for outstanding chemists. The Rudolf Lukeš Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding collection of original work in the field published in prestigious international journals in the last 5 years.
TIP 6 Feb 2024 Open Days 2024 Over 1000 students visited the Open Days of the Faculty of Science of MU this year, which took place on Saturday 27 and Tuesday 30 January at the University Campus in Bohunice and at the Kotlářská campus. The doors of our institute were of course open too!
11 Jan 2024 Lecture for the expert public by Danuse Tarkowska We cordially invite you to the lecture from 12:00 in auditorium B11/205 for the expert public Mgr. Danuše Tarkowská, Ph.D., on the topic HOW TO FIND A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK – ULTRA-TRACE ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT PLANT SIGNALLING MOLECULES
5 Jan 2024 Competition for the best doctoral thesis in the field of structural biology 2023 The Council of the Czech Society for Structural Biology has resolved to extend the support for young researchers in the field of structural biology in the form of a Competition for the best doctoral thesis in the field of structural biology in 2023.
7 Dec 2023 Doctoral conference 2023 We briefly look back at the first year of the institute's doctoral conference in 2023. All doctoral students of the Institute of Biochemistry presented the topics and results of their dissertations, either in the form of posters or lectures.
6 Dec 2023 XXI. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists Once again, the traditional meeting of biochemists and molecular biologists took place in Brno. The conference included, of course, a section of youth where PhD students are refining their data presentation skills.
1 Dec 2023 23rd Interdisciplinary Meeting of Young Life Scientists Let us invite you to the Interdisciplinary Meeting of Young Researchers and Students from chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and biomaterial-related fields. The deadline for registration is January 31st.
TIP 2 Oct 2023 Invitations to the XXII. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists We cordially invite you to the annual XXII. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists. The Young Scientists' Section in English is of course an integral part of it! The deadline for abstract submission is October 22, 2023.
1 Sep 2023 BioVendor Academy has its first successful graduates! Jiří Doseděl worked on his master thesis in Biotechnology at BioVendor, where he is now starting his further career as an employee of BioVendor and at the same time continuing as a PhD student in Biochemistry at our institute. Fingers crossed!
7 Jun 2023 Dean’s Awards 2023 Dean Tomáš Kašparovský has presented awards to the best students of the MU Faculty of Science. Congratulations to all the winners, especially Dorota Sklenárová and Petr Lapčík from our department!
22 May 2023 MUNI SCI AS 2023 Elections We would like to encourage you to actively participate in the ongoing collection of nominations for the election to the Academic and Student Chamber of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University if you are interested in what is happening at the Faculty and its future direction.
28 Apr 2023 Doctoral conference 2023 The Department of Biochemistry announces the first annual conference for PhD students of the Biochemistry and Bioanalytical Chemistry PhD programs on June 1, 2023! Registration is mandatory for all Department of Biochemistry PhD students until May 15, 2023.
25 Mar 2023 Student Scientific Conference MUNI PHARM 2023 We would like to invite you to participate in the Student Scientific Conference MUNI PHARM 2023. The conference is intended for all MUNI students whose research can be applied in the field of pharmacy.
TIP 13 Mar 2023 Selection Procedure for the Director of the Department of Biochemistry Dean of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, announces an open position for the Director of the Department of Biochemistry. The deadline for application is April the 4th 2023.
10 Mar 2023 By-elections to the Dormitory Councils 2023 Based on the decision of the MU Accommodation Committee from February 27, 2023, the Director of the SKM announces additional elections to the Dormitory Councils in dormitories where Dormitory Councils have not yet been established.
29 Jan 2023 Open position | Funded PhD position at WEAVE project The research group of doc. Hans-Heiner Gorris aimed at Bioanalytical chemistry on the micro- and nanometer scale seeks to fill the PhD position for the bilateral (Czech-Polish) WEAVE project. POSITION FILLED
9 Dec 2022 Award for excellent results in doctoral studies Vice-rector for research and doctoral studies Šárka Pospíšilová awarded PhD students and supervisors their for their excellent results. Big congratulations to Petr Lapčík and Pavel Bouchal from the Department of Biochemistry!
5 Dec 2022 Scientists across MU fields accept MUNI Scientist awards The Grant Agency of Masaryk University held its annual conference in the Augustinian Abbey last Wednesday, 30 November. It included, for the third time, the MUNI Scientist Award ceremony. Big congratulations to Zdeněk Farka from our department!
21 Nov 2022 XXI. Meeting of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists Once again, the traditional meeting of biochemists and molecular biologists took place in Brno. The conference included, of course, a section of youth where PhD students are refining their data presentation skills.
31 Oct 2022 CF Day Meeting We invite you to the second year of CF Day, where all CEITEC Core Facilities will be presented. You will get an update on CF services and new instruments, training, access rules, and other important information for users.
1 Sep 2022 Field Seminar syllabus for autumn 2022 The up-to-date syllabus for the field seminar in the autumn semester of 2022.
1 Apr 2022 PhD Student Scientific Conference MUNI PHARM 2022 The Faculty of Pharmacy MU organises an annual Student scientific conference. All PhD students from Masaryk University researching topics connected to pharmaceuticals are invited.
29 Mar 2022 Mendel Genetics Conference To pay tribute to the father of genetics Johan Gregor Mendel a conference held in his name will take place in Brno on 20–23. July 2022.
28 Mar 2022 Open lecturer position at the Department of Biochemistry The department seeks a lecturer dedicated to the preparation and management of laboratory courses and seminars.
5 Jan 2022 21st Interdisciplinary meeting of young scientists 16th to 19th May 2022, Milovy, hotel Devět skal, all young biologists, biochemists and chemists are welcome!
24 Nov 2021 doc. Velebný received an honorary medal The dean of the Faculty of Science honoured several influential figures at the faculty, including our graduate doc. Velebný.
10 Nov 2021 Meet our new assistant professor The department welcomes our new assistant professor Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Heiner Gorris!
17 Sep 2021 Talented high-school students experienced biochemistry up-close The Department of Biochemistry hosted a practical course for talented high-school students called Junior Biochemist.
19 Jul 2021 Our successful students – Barrande Fellowship Congratulations to Mgr. Adam Janotík for succeeding in several rounds of selection procedures and was awarded the Barrande Fellowship for the so-called cotutelle doctorate.
8 Jul 2021 New course – Internet of Things for analytical biochemistry C3003 Internet of Things for analytical biochemistry is a new course aimed at students wanting to tackle basic principles of electronic useful for recording and understanding data from bioanalytical systems.
1 Jul 2021 Our successful students – Dean´s Awards The dean Tomáš Kašparovský awarded last week the best students of the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University. Three of the awards were given to our students!
25 Jun 2021 Biochemical research for talended high school students – 2021 Practical course for high schoolers with interest in biochemistry, biology and chemistry.
