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On 1 September, Masaryk University opened the Elánek MUNI children’s group in its building on Komenského náměstí. The nursery school will mainly serve the university employees’ children.

On 13 September, MU will be receiving a prestigious award in Barcelona.

The EDUC Alliance, of which Masaryk University is a member, has been awarded a new European Commission grant valued at 12.8 million euros that will support the alliance’s activities for the next four years. More than 52 consortiums applied for a grant, but only 20 were awarded.

Masaryk University achieved an important success when it rose by about 200 positions in the latest edition of the ARWU comparative ranking of world universities and was placed among the top 500 universities in the world.

The success of the Faculty of Economics and Administration and its DiMiC project aimed at the digitisation of manufacturing systems in circular economy is an opportunity to boost the image of the Czech Republic in science and research.

Three scientists and experts in genetics from Ukraine could attend Mendel Genetics Conference thanks to the Cyril Napp stipend.

Thomas R. Cech who won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of catalytic properties of RNA gave an interview to Magazín M before the conference.

Geneticist and biochemistry professor Kim Nasmyth and his wife Anna, who are currently attending the Mendel Genetics Conference, will be bringing home to Oxford one of the most prestigious recognitions of Masaryk University.

Applying state-of-the-art scientific technologies, experts led by Šárka Pospíšilová attempted to obtain as many facts as possible from his genetic code in order to update Mendel’s biography and contribute to the promotion of his life and work and the field of genetics as such.

Gregor Johann Mendel, the founder of the laws of inheritance, was born two hundred years ago, on 20 July 1822. Masaryk University has joined the celebrations of the 200th anniversary by its numerous events and activities.

Professor Emeritus of genetics from Masaryk University Jiřina Relichová is an expert in Mendel’s life and work. Having studied his personal correspondence, testimonies of people who knew him or his biography or his own poetry she can explain in detail the personality of this giant of science.

The Czech Rectors Conference issued today its reaction to the current situation in Ukraine.