Department of Chemistry | Faculty of Science

News

1 Oct

Researchers` Night 2022

This year we again participated in the Researchers` Night on the theme of all the senses. A program Experimental Chemistry Show included recognition of different scents and colorful and loud chemical experiments. Watch the video from Researchers` Night at the Department of Chemistry.

Alumni

27 Sep

Vojtěch Kundrát: Doing science is a permanent oscillation between the ecstasy of the new and the frustration of the unfinished

Vojtěch Kundrát graduated in material chemistry under the supervision of prof. Jiří Pinkas. He is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science in the working group of prof. Reshef Tenne, the discoverer of inorganic nanotubes and fullerenes from WS2 and MoS2.

Research achievements and awards

22 Sep

A new mechanism regulating RNA splicing was discovered by a team led by Dalibor Blazek

The scientific journal NATURE has just published the discovery of the research team led by Dalibor Blazek from CEITEC MU that describes a previously unknown mechanism regulating RNA splicing – an essential process for the control of gene expression. Labs of Kamil Paruch from the Department of Chemistry at Masaryk Universitycontributed by performing the chemical-biology characterization of OTS964.

Research achievements and awards

22 Sep

Our Spin-off CasInvent Pharma Raises €1.3 Million from Foreign Investors

A unique investment has been made in the university spin-off company CasInvent Pharma, which is developing compounds with anticancer properties. The KHAN Technology Transfer Fund I and i&i Biotech Fund invested €1.3 million in the company. With this funding, CasInvent Pharma will be strengthening the development and preclinical testing of a compound for the treatment of leukaemia.

Invitation

14 Sep

Chemistry Café

You are cordially invited to attend the Chemical Café lectures in autumn 2022.

News

5 Sep

Summer Science Internships

Call for proposals for prospective supervisors to join the Summer Science Internships programme for international students, focused on scientific research and laboratory work, organized by the MU Centre for International Cooperation
(CZS).

News

Researchers` Night 2022

Vojtěch Kundrát: Doing science is a permanent oscillation between the ecstasy of the new and the frustration of the unfinished

A new mechanism regulating RNA splicing was discovered by a team led by Dalibor Blazek

Our Spin-off CasInvent Pharma Raises €1.3 Million from Foreign Investors

Chemistry Café

Summer Science Internships

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