Science

Cooperation between the academic sector and the private sector and especially the practical implementation of the scientific and research know-how were among the topics of this year’s Business Research Forum at CEITEC which culminated in the presentation of the MUNI Innovation Awards.

How to present scientific knowledge to the general public and how to cooperate with mass media in bringing science closer to masses? Czech Television’s science section presenter Daniel Stach discussed these issues with young scientists at a panel hosted by CEITEC.

More than one hundred doctoral study programme graduates from all ten faculties received their diplomas at the doctoral graduation ceremony at the Faculty of Law on 24 March.

The study of malignant growth processes of melanoma or improved utilisation of biomass were among the topics of interest of MU doctoral students who received financial support for their further research from the City of Brno.

Every year since the 1990’s the Czech Academy of Sciences organises “The Brain Week” in March, joining the global “Brain Awareness Week” campaign which aims to raise awareness about the achievements and benefits of neurological research. Indeed, MU’s CEITEC studies how stress is passed down from one generation to the next because of experiences in war.

The purpose of the project financed within the HORIZON Europe programme is to develop and support institutional open access publishing.

The RECETOX research centre is one of the fourth WHO Collaborating Centre in the Czech Republic.

This year’s Masaryk University expedition to Antarctica will have 23 members divided into two teams. Part of the expedition will head to Johann Gregor Mendel Czech Antarctic Station, where they will spend about two months, while a smaller team of nine people will work on Nelson Island for over two weeks.

Cross-border cooperation between three universities and one start-up brought Masaryk University significant success in technology transfer at the end of the year 2022. A contract worth 441,000 euros will enable a new technology to be put into practice that significantly increases the success rate of assisted reproduction.

Following the example of other world universities, Masaryk University has established its own International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB). The body of international scientific advisors increases the prestige of the university and brings a much-needed outside perspective.

Vice-rector for Research and Doctoral Studies Šárka Pospíšilová presented to 33 doctoral study programme graduates and their supervisors their awards for excellent achievements.

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.