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Jana’s Research Internship
Our PhD student Jana Horackova is currently visiting the University of Bristol in the UK, where she’s gaining invaluable insights into molecular simulation methods from the renowned expert Dr. Marc Van der Kamp. Jana shares that both the city and its people are wonderful, but sadly, her time there is flying by!
Offer for a PhD Student at the Masaryk Institute of Oncology
LoopGrafter Will Be Showcased at IEEE VIS 2024
Our collaborative project on visual support for the protein design tool LoopGrafter with the Faculty of Informatics at the Masaryk University will be showcased at IEEE VIS 2024, taking place from October 13-18, 2024. Our collaborator, Katarina Furmanova, will present interactive visualizations of loop grafting, an innovative approach for transferring desired functions between proteins. Additionally, […]
Pavel Attended ISMB 2024 in Montreal
Our doctoral student Pavel Kohout had the opportunity to attend the 32nd Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2024) this summer! With over 1,900 attendees from around the globe, both in-person and online, the event was a fantastic chance to network and discover new ideas in computational biology. Reflecting on the experience, Pavel […]
Linda and Alan’s Research Internship
Our doctoral students and winners of the Brno PhD Talent Award 2022, Alan Strunga and Linda Kasiarova, are currently visiting the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. With the guidance of Professor Philipp Kukuru, they are exploring biomolecular interactions to enhance protein therapeutics using mass photometry.
New Web Server Aids Research into Neurodegenerative Diseases
A team of researchers from Masaryk University & International Clinical Research Centre, and IT4Innovations at VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava have just launched AggreProt, a new web server that predicts protein aggregation propensity!This user-friendly tool is now available for free to researchers worldwide, enabling them to identify regions in proteins that are prone to […]
New Baby in LL
Congratulations to Tadeja Gao and her husband on the birth of their son Izak (3rd July 2024, 2720 g and 49 cm)!
Dean’s Awards for Matej and David
Congratulations to Matej Berezny and David Lacko, our talented theoretical team members, who received the Dean’s Award of the Faculty of Information Technology at Brno University of Technology for their outstanding diploma theses. Special thanks to their supervisors Jan Velecky, Milos Musil, and Stanislav Mazurenko for their guidance and support! 1st photo – David Lacko, […]
Honza Defended His Doctoral Thesis Succesfully
Huge congratulations to Honza Dvorsky (Stourac) on successfully defending his PhD thesis, “Development of Bioinformatics Tools and Databases for Protein Engineering”! He’s officially completed his PhD studies at RECETOX, Masaryk University! Special thanks to his supervisors David and Stas, as well as the entire team for their guidance and support throughout his journey.
Invitation to Prof. Bayer’s Lecture
We’re thrilled to announce that Prof. Ed Bayer from the Weizmann Institute of Science will be visiting Masaryk University in Brno! This renowned expert from the Department of Biomolecular Sciences is known for his exceptional scientific insights and captivating presentations.Join us on November 7th, 2024, at 4 pm on the University Campus Bohunice, Brno, as […]