Department of Biology

About department

Department of Biology is one of the oldest theoretical departments at Masaryk University. It was established in 1919. The first chair of the Department Edward Babák is an author of the General Biology teaching concept for all medical faculties. Currently, the Department provides both theoretical and practical education of Medical Biology for Czech and International students. As a centre of excellent international biomedical research it also coordinates a PhD school in Biomedical Sciences.

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16 Sep

Scientists have discovered new links in the regulation of melanoma growth

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Stjepan Uldrijan from the Department of Biology and his PhD student Natálie Vadovičová, in collaboration with CEITEC MU, the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and FNUSA-ICRC, has published new findings on the molecular mechanisms that regulate the growth of malignant melanoma cells.

11 Jun

Scientists from the Department of Biology Receive Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Research Achievements

Researchers from the Department of Biology were among the recipients of the 2025 Dean’s Awards presented during the Faculty’s Research Day. The awards recognize exceptional scientific publications and outstanding research projects carried out by faculty members and researchers.

1 Jun

A young researcher is investigating how human cells copy their DNA and why this process fails in disease

A new international research project, ReG4CoRe – From Licensing to Firing: How RECQ4-G4 Condensates Control Replication in Human Cells, has recently been launched at our faculty. Supported by the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships programme under Horizon Europe, the project has brought researcher Debopriya Bose to the research group of Lumír Krejčí at the Department of Biology.

28 May

Stjepan Uldrijan's project received an excellent final evaluation from the Czech Science Foundation

A project focused on researching new treatment options for melanoma, carried out by Stjepan Uldrijan’s research group at the Department of Biology, was rated “excellent” by the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR) in its final evaluation.

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