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Marika Awarded Martina Roeselova Memorial Fellowship
Our doctoral student, Marika Majerova, has been awarded the prestigious Martina Roeselova Memorial Fellowship 2026! This year, the IOCB Tech Foundation recognized 15 young researchers who successfully combine early scientific careers with caring for young children across a wide range of disciplines. The award is designed to help Marika restart her scientific career after parental […]
Jana and Jan Earn Doctoral Degrees
Big congratulations to Jana Horackova, PhD, and Jan Velecky, PhD! They both completed the Environmental Health Sciences doctoral degree programme at RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Jana defended her doctoral thesis, entitled “Analysis of luciferase enzymes by molecular modeling,” under the supervision of David Bednar. Jan focused on “Predicting mutational properties of proteins with […]
Saltuk Gave a Lecture at CLARA Days 2025
Our postdoctoral researcher, Saltuk M. Eyrilmez, gave a lecture during the CLARA Scientific Presentations at CLARA Days 2025, organized by the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics and the International Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Center. The topic of Saltuk’s speech was “Recent progress in drug screening for apolipoprotein E,” a crucial protein in brain physiology […]
Czech-Swiss Scientific Partnership Strengthened: Zbynek Meets with Swiss Ambassador
Our team leader, Zbynek Prokop, attended an important meeting organized by Urs Bucher, the Swiss Ambassador to the Czech Republic. The primary objective of the meeting was to foster and deepen Czech-Swiss cooperation in the fields of science and innovation. The meeting took place at a symbolic moment: just one day after Switzerland signed an […]
JCCM: Interview with Dan
Check out Daniel Pluskal‘s profile and listen to his latest interview! Although Daniel has already won several prestigious awards, including the Government Prize for Talented Students for 2024 and the Rector’s Award for the Best Students in MU Master’s Programs, he still places special value on his first-place win in the national SOC competition. As […]
Plenary Lecture Invitation: Zbynek at IMTB 2026
Our team leader, Zbynek Prokop, has been invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the 8th International Conference on the Implementation of Microreactor Technology in Biotechnology. This prestigious event will take place in Bled, Slovenia, from June 14 to 17, 2026, bringing together leaders from industry and academia in the fields of microfluidics, life sciences, […]
Joint Workshop with CIIRC
Excellent science, stimulating discussions, and a fantastic atmosphere! That perfectly sums up the joint two-day workshop held at the end of October between the research teams of Loschmidt Laboratories and CIIRC in Brno. Thank you to our speakers, all participants, and the Horizon Europe CLARA for making it possible! Photo by Jiri Damborsky
Invited Lecture of Prof. Fraaije
Our guest, Prof. Marco Fraaije from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, presented a lecture as part of the MU Life Sciences Seminar. His talk provided a brief overview of how enzymes rely on cofactors—molecular partners, such as metal ions or organic molecules—to facilitate the diverse chemical reactions essential for life. In front of a […]
Halloween Party
The Halloween party is over! It was the perfect chance to welcome new faces to the labs and enjoy some spooky fun together after work. This time, we went full Halloween mode! We had scary costumes, great food, drinks, table football, prizes for the best costumes, and lots of fun. A big thanks to Martin […]
Daniel’s Research Internship at University of Exeter
Our doctoral student, Daniel Pluskal, spent three weeks at the Vollmer Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Biosensing at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. The focus was on gaining hands-on experience with their single-molecule biosensing technology, which can characterize enzyme kinetics and protein dynamics on previously inaccessible timescales — tracking even the movements […]