Celebration of Our Latest Scientific Achievements

Today, we celebrated several exciting achievements together over a glass of champagne.

Newly accepted publications:

• Rosinska, M., et al. (2026) — EnzymeMiner 2.0: advancing automated enzyme discovery with expansive sequence mining and smart property analysis, Nucleic Acids Research
• Majerova, M., et al. (2026) — Structural Insights into the Evolution of Alpha/Beta-Hydrolase Fold Luciferases, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
• Toul, M., et al. (2026) — Molecular Trick to Reverse SN2 Step in a Haloalkane Dehalogenase, Chem Catalysis
• Marques, S. M., et al. (2026) — Mobilizing the Biocatalysis Community for Reproducible and Reusable Data Collection, ACS Catalysis
• Legrand, A., et al. (2026) — Taurine Inhibits Apolipoprotein E4 Aggregation, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
• Cima, V., et al. (2026) — Experimentally Validated Deep Learning Control of Protein Aggregation, Communications Chemistry

Awards:

• Rector’s Award of Masaryk University 2026 for David Bednar
• Dean’s Award of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University 2026 for Martin Havlasek

During the celebration, Monika Rosinska, Marika Majerova, Martin Havlasek, and Sergio Marques each gave a short speech, highlighting that these accomplishments are the result of strong teamwork, a supportive environment, and a great team spirit.

As a sweet finale, Sergio — who is also celebrating 13 years at Masarykova univerzita — brought a delicious Marlenka cake.

Photo by Sarka Nevolova