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!
"In the field of science, perhaps even more than anywhere else, it is true that good examples lead; and you, today’s awardees, are great motivators for your younger colleagues, and also proof that even during your studies, you can succeed in international competition, actively participate in publishing activities, make your mark in prestigious high-impact journals or attract attention with your presentations at international conferences,“ said Tomáš Kašparovský in his speech.
a student of the Master’s study programme in Biochemistry
Dorota Sklenárová has shown great interest in her studies and scientific research since the beginning of her tenure at the university, and her results are well above average. The data obtained during her diploma thesis helped her in the preparation of a publication in the high-impact journal ‘Analytical Chemistry’, in which she was second author. Dorota is currently preparing another original publication. She is the recipient of the Karel Štulík Award for the best student scientific work in the field of analytical chemistry, and received an honourable mention under the Tasila Prnka Award for the best lecture at the Nanocon 2022 conference. In addition to her scientific work, Dorota participates in the popularisation of science, contributing to the Night of Scientists and the Biochemist Junior event for high school students. She is author of the article and podcast “Mendel, the Passionate Beekeeper”, written to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel. Dorota is also involved in educational practice as a consultant for Bachelor theses.
a graduate of the Doctoral study programme in Biochemistry
During his Doctoral studies, Petr Lapčík focused on molecular interactions supporting tumour metastasis that could potentially be influenced therapeutically. He has clearly demonstrated his ability to undertake independent scientific work solving serious biological and clinical questions, leading to above-standard published outputs in a series of very high-quality original scientific papers. He is first author of papers published in the high-impact journals ‘Cancers and Proteomics’ and co-author of several other articles in prestigious professional media. He has also presented his work at both domestic and foreign professional conferences. Petar has been a member of several research projects, including one from the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and GAČR.
This year’s Dean’s Awards were presented to a total of nine laureates in the Best Student category in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme, and to eleven promising scientists in the Best Student category of the Doctoral study programme. Moreover, the award was also presented to a team of seven outstanding students of the pregraduate and postgraduate programmes. About all the other laureates you can read on the faculty website.
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.
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.
