News and events calendar

5 Sep 2023

Peter Fabian’s project wins a prestigious ERC Starting grant

Biologist Peter Fabian from Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science has received a prestigious award, being the first young scientist of this faculty to receive the highly valued ERC Starting grant. The grant is awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) with the aim to support the best young scientists start new ambitious research projects.

1 Sep 2023

The Department of Physical Electronics will change its name from September 1

As of September 1, 2023, the name of the Faculty of Science’s Department of Physical Electronics will change. The new Czech name is the Ústav fyziky a technologií plazmatu (abbreviation ÚFTP), while the English equivalent is the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology (or DPPT).

31 Aug 2023

The Smoking Gun for Supermassive Binaries in Active Galactic Nuclei

An international research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has investigated blazars, accreting supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. An important member of the team was astrophysicist Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. Their findings are presented in the Astrophysical Journal.

Dean Kašparovský officially opens the new entrance gate at Kotlářská

From Monday, 21st August 2023, students and empoyees can enter our faculty campus on Kotlářská Street using the new gate from Veveří Street, which is located near the library building. The new entrance will allow easier access to the campus for all those who get off at the nearby tram stop Konečného náměstí.