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Jan Honored with the Dean’s Award
Our doctoral student, Jan Mican, has been honoured with the Dean’s Award from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University! Jan’s work includes a fellowship at the University of Cambridge, where he contributed to developing drugs for stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. He’s also co-authored several publications in top journals and received the Brno PhD Talent […]
Barbecue Party
First barbecue of the year at Loschmidt Laboratories in the books! Thanks to Irena and Martina for organising and the LL Band for the cultural flair. Perfect way to welcome summer! Photo by Karolina Sedlackova
Open Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Protein Research and Engineering
We seek a new team member – Postdoctoral Researcher in Biomedical Protein Research and Engineering. Are you passionate about proteins and biomedical innovations? Join our dynamic, interdisciplinary research team tackling fundamental and translational protein engineering challenges.Get more information here.
Our Hands-on Computational Enzyme Design Course Started
The 6th edition of the Hands-on Computational Enzyme Design Course is underway! We warmly welcomed 35 participants from nearly 20 countries. Participants are about 75% from academia — including Delft University of Technology, Denmarks Technical University, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Graz University of Technology — and […]
Success at RECETOX 2025 Doctoral Conference
Our students, Naina Verma (supervisor: Prof. Lenka Hernychova), Diego Capelli (supervisors: Prof. Zbynek Prokop and Dr. Jan Vilim), and Daniel Pluskal successfully passed their State Doctoral Exams during the RECETOX 2025 Doctoral Conference. Additionally, Martin Sitte, supervised by Martin Marek and supported by Brno PhD Talent, received the Best Poster Award at the conference! His […]
Alan, Daniel and Jana Attended Interdisciplinary Meeting in Milovy
Our PhD students, Alan Strunga, Daniel Pluskal, and Jana Horackova, attended the 24th Interdisciplinary Meeting of Young Life Scientists in Milovy from May 18-21, 2025. Alan showcased his work on developing new protein thrombolytic drugs. Daniel and Jana delivered lectures focused on bioluminescence — Daniel introduced a versatile tool for biological imaging based on the […]
Martin to Participate in International Post-Graduate Course
Congratulations to our doctoral student, Martin Sitte, for being selected to participate in the International Post-Graduate Course on protein quality control (ICPQC Siena 2025)! This course aims to equip participants with techniques for working with purified proteins, improving the reliability and reproducibility of data in various downstream applications.
Pharmaceutical Excursions
Přemýšlíš, co si zaregistrovat na další semestr? Chceš se podívat do praxe a zjistit, jak probíhá vývoj a výroba potravinových doplňků a léčiv pro humánní i veterinární použití? Právě pro tebe je tady náš nový předmět Bi8181 Farmaceutické exkurze.
Rayyan Successfully Defended His Doctoral Thesis
Congratulations to Rayyan Tariq Khan on successfully defending his PhD thesis, “In Silico Techniques to Design Proteins and Predict Their Properties.” He has officially completed his PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics at the Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Thanks to his supervisors, Jiri Damborsky and David Bednar, for […]
Seminar on Discovering Bioluminescence in the Brittle Stars with Wendy-Shirley Bayaert
Join us for a fascinating talk with Wendy-Shirley Bayaert from the University of Mons, Belgium, as she explores the dazzling world of bioluminescence in brittle stars! Wendy, a PhD student supervised by Dr. Jerome Delroisse, will present her research on studying the evolution and functional diversity of luciferase-like genes: a pathway to unravelling echinoderm bioluminescence. […]