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Unravel the mysteries of chemical and biological processes in living systems. Tame organisms and biomolecules in the service of mankind!

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Artist's rendering of a yeast cell. Col Ford and Natasha de Vere/National Botanic Garden of Wales (CC-BY 2.0)

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.

What is about to happen?

15 Sep

Garden party 2025

All students and employees of MUNI SCI are invited to the Garden party in the park on Kotlářská Street. Welcome the new academic year in a pleasant atmosphere!

14–25 Jul

Summer school: Exploring Microbial Processes 2025

Discover microbial techniques in biotechnology through hands-on experiments, including aerobic and anaerobic cultivation, gas chromatography, and next-generation sequencing.

27 Jun

Thesis defence – Veronika Juráková

PhD thesis defence and the final state exam of Mgr. Veronika Juráková with the topic Advancing Disease Models: Integration of hiPSC-Derived Astrocytes and Microbial Studies

20 Jun

Thesis defence – Tereza Deissová

PhD thesis defence and the final state exam of Mgr. Tereza Deissová with the topic Application of microbiome and molecular biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of gastrointestinal tract disorders.

What is the Department of Biochemistry?

For over 70 years we are part of the Faculty of Science at MUNI. In the field of biochemistry we provide both education and research. You can discover the wonders of life with us! Learn who are we and what we do.

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