Research News from MU
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Research News
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Thanks to successful interdisciplinary cooperation, we are closer to finding drugs against COVID-19
Successful interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of research of new drugs is bearing fruit. The CaverDock software, developed by Jiří Filipovič's team, significantly helps to speed up simulations of the protein, which is key in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Karel Riha From CEITEC Was Elected as a New EMBO Member
The prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation, EMBO, has bestowed upon 63 leading scientists the lifetime honour of EMBO membership, in recognition of their remarkable achievements in the field of life sciences.
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Depression during pregnancy causes atypical ageing of children’s brains
Neuroscientist Klára Marečková from Masaryk University has discovered a connection between depression in mothers and anxiety in their children when they reach young adulthood.
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Werner: Instead of Reading Fairy Tales, My Dad Showed Me Astronauts On the Moon
The astrophysicist Norbert Werner has been recently awarded a unique grant by Masaryk University – MUNI Award in Science and Humanities.
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Weakness of tumour cells could be protein CDK11
Dalibor Blazek's Research Group from CEITEC Masaryk University described the importance of a specific protein and indicated why it could become a possible target for cancer therapy.
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The Faculty of Science against COVID-19
The idea of producing nanofiber filters for veils sewn by volunteers during the coronavirus crisis came from the Institute of Chemistry. The original idea belongs to MSc. Vojtěch Kundrát, a doctoral student of material chemistry with rich volunteer experience
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Can Stress Be Inherited?
An international team of scientists, led by Czech neuroscientist, Professor Ivan Rektor from CEITEC Masaryk University, recently confirmed that the elevated mitochondrial DNA copy number is not inherited by the second and the third generations of Holocaust survivors.
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Coronavirus Is Putting Us Under Wartime-like Levels of Stress. How to Deal With It?
At Masaryk University in Brno, Julie Dobrovolná leads a team of fifteen researchers in the study of stress. In her opinion, what we are currently experiencing due to the coronavirus outbreak has some similarities to a state of war.
Event Calendar
September 2020
Ph.D. Day (ENG)
Info day for fresh PhD students and senior Master students.
More information & registration soon.
2. 9.
REGON (CZ)
Meeting of representatives of grant agencies involved in international R&D projects.
More information & registration here.
13.–15. 10.
Save the Date: GRANTS WEEK
Grants Week aims to support researchers, PhD students and research support staff to get ready for Horizon Europe.
More information & registration soon.
Lectures by Excellent Scientists
Masaryk University invites to Brno recognized speakers from abroad to present and to discuss current issues, trends, and challenges in science.
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