Invitations to events, articles: gender and science

19 Oct 2022

Václav Moravec Focus: Science as Salvation

Health emergency, climate emergency, food emergency. What can scientists cope with and what is the human brain short of? Watch the 72nd episode of Václav Moravec's monthly Fokus, filmed at the CEITEC MU research centre. Guests included Jana Klánová, Head of RECETOX, Karel Říha, Deputy Director for Research

12 Oct 2022

Hana Svatoňová: Marketing should be understood as a professional discipline built on data

Hana Svatoňová has held the role of Vice-Dean for external relations, communication and marketing at the faculty since spring of this year. She graduated in mathematics and geography at the Faculty of Science, majoring in cartography, geoinformatics and remote sensing.

11 Aug 2022

Brno is a great place to live and do research

After finishing her master's degree in Brazil, Marina Grossi was looking for a Ph.D. opportunity abroad. Luckily, she found a Ph.D. offer at RECETOX, and she applied for it. She has been studying at RECETOX for three years.

5 Aug 2022

Tumours teach us how to live well and survive, says microbiologist Šmardová

Cancer arises from cells that violate the basic rules of coexistence and cooperation. Altogether, there are eleven typical characteristics that distinguish tumours from healthy tissues. Molecular biologist Jana Šmardová believes that these features reflect more general principles that underlie the proper...

4 Aug 2022

I'm not a lab person, but I want to change legislation as a scientist

Natálie Šelleová is a second-year bachelor's student in Environment and Health. Although she does not want to work in a lab in the future, human health and environmental issues are her top-of-mind priorities. After her studies, she desires to be a person explaining complex scientific issues to the public...

27 Jun 2022

Markéta Munzarová, one of the new Vice-Deans, is ready to support the disadvantaged

For his second term, the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Tomáš Kašparovský, has expanded his team through the inclusion of the holder of the Rector’s Award for Outstanding Teachers, Markéta Munzarová. In the following interview, Munzarová from the Faculty of Science’s Department of Chemistry presents her...

3 May 2022

A pioneer in energy transformation through microbiology

The Regensburg-based start-up Microbify will produce climate-neutral gas using micro-organisms and contribute to the energy transition with this innovative approach. The good cooperation between the University of Regensburg and Masaryk University in Brno was decisive for the establishment of the start-up....

19 Apr 2022

For three months, she measured the stress of scientists on an expedition to Antarctica: I bribed them with chocolate.

"The prototype device we tested in Antarctica can measure stress. It could be used by pilots, astronauts, medics, but also by patients. It could help them to heal faster," says anthropologist Lucie Ráčková in an interview with Martin Veselovský for DVTV. (Available in Czech only.)

11 Apr 2022

Studying isolation and stress in Antarctica. Next stop, space?

Ph.D. student Lucie Ráčková, working at the Environmental Physiology research group, RECETOX, studies the relationship between isolation and acute and chronic stress. As a polar expedition member to the J.G. Mendel Station on James Ross Island, Antarctica, she investigated how polar explorers perceive separation...

Jana Šmardová receives the medal for extraordinary creative achievement

The medal for extraordinary creative achievement has been awarded to Jana Šmardová for her new book ‘What Tumours Teach Us - Parallels in the Behaviour of Cells and Humans’. The award was presented by Dean Tomáš Kašparovský during the recent meeting of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Science.

24 Feb 2022

Monika Kuncová: I want to get to the bottom of things

Monika is a third-year bachelor’s student in the Environment and Health study program. In the interview, Monika explains why she chose science and what she has enjoyed the most as a student at RECETOX. As the primary coordinator of IBIS, an interactive biology seminar, she popularizes science among high...

3 Feb 2022

From studies at RECETOX to dream job in Düsseldorf, Germany