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Colorectal cancer: towards a diagnostic test

Researchers from Masaryk University are also participating in international research into new options for non-invasive colorectal cancer testing.

Archaeological excavations abroad

Teams of experts from the Faculty of Arts are carrying out exceptional and long-term archaeological research in Oman, Bulgaria, France and Greece.

Jakub Hlávka: The fact that we are living longer is good news

The project “Ageing of the Population and Related Challenges for Health and Social Systems” (AGEING-CZ), led by principal investigator Jakub Hlávka from the Faculty of Economics and Administration, aims to study the economic, fiscal, and social risks associated with population ageing.

Brain lymphomas can now be detected without a scalpel

Scientists from CEITEC Masaryk University have come up with an innovative solution that can detect traces of a tumor by analyzing cerebrospinal fluid.

CEITEC scientist investigates protein that helps repair brain damage

Valentina Lacovich Strašil from CEITEC MU discovered that a protein known as amyloid precursor protein, associated with Alzheimer's disease, is essential for the brain to respond to injury.

University awards nine MASH grants for young scientists

The MUNI Award in Science and Humanities StG/CoG grant was awarded to nine promising scientists from seven faculties in its first year.

Why did Mojmir Moravia remain only a frontier of Charlemagne's empire

Thanks to an EXPRO grant, historian David Kalhous from the Faculty of Arts will explore how the relationship of the Carolingian Empire to the regions on its borders evolved.

Faculty strategic planning to be strengthened through contracts with MU

Starting this year, Masaryk University has introduced a groundbreaking innovation: contracts with its faculties and institutes. The contracts will be linked to the funding of research at MU.

Postdocs succeed in EU grant schemes and can do research abroad and at MU

Masaryk University confirms that it is the most successful institution of its kind in the Czech Republic in obtaining support from the European Union; currently within the framework of calls for postdoctoral projects.

Changes of language in course of human life

A Lifetime with Language: the Nature and Ontogeny of Linguistic Communication (LangInLife) is the name of an interdisciplinary project that has received nearly 150 million crowns from the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme (OP JAK). Pavel Caha is the head of the project to be carried out mainly at the Faculty of Arts.

Scientists investigate non-coding parts of genome and their impact on leukaemia and lymphoma

Thanks to the EXPRO grant, Marek Mráz from CEITEC MU and the University Hospital Brno will investigate the importance of non-coding RNAs in cancers arising from B lymphocytes.

MASH holder: I didn’t get into stellar research until I was an undergraduate

Tereza Jeřábková, winner of last year’s MUNI Award in Science and Humanities, has been working at the Faculty of Science since February. Her decision to return to the Czech Republic was strategic and motivated by her desire to contribute to the development of the local scientific environment. The astronomer seeks to link the physical processes of star formation and evolution with the broader context of the galaxies where the stars are born.