Page 3: NCBR (National Centre for Biomolecular Research)

The National Centre for Biomolecular Research (NCBR) is a department at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno. Our research centre is located in the modern premises of the University Campus Bohunice, with the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) and the Faculty of Medicine. This unique synergy and state-of-the-art equipment allows us to conduct cutting-edge research in the fields of bio-omics and structural biology. Our research integrates experimental techniques with computer simulations and bioinformatic analyses. At the Centre, we support talented students at all levels of study (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral), including mentoring secondary school students in Students` Professional Activity (SPA) projects.

Upcoming events

13 Dec 2022

PhD defence of Life Sciences student

10:00 AM

PhD defence of Life Sciences student Mgr. Věra Dosedělová

News

13 Dec 2022

Dominik Hrebik was awarded by the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports

The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic Vladimir Balas awarded outstanding personalities from academia and research in five categories. Among the awardees was also Dominik Hrebík, recent alumni of PhD programme Biomolecular chemistry and Bioinformatics, who received the award for outstanding students and graduates and their spectacular achievements in the year 2022.

9 Dec 2022

The prize for excellent results was awarded to PhD students and their supervisors

Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies Šárka Pospíšilová awarded the prize for excellent results in doctoral studies at MU to 33 graduates and their supervisors. PhD students from our programmes Abigail Cuyacot Franczyk (Life Sciences), Ludmila Moráňová (Genomics and Proteomics) and Hana Kuchaříková (Genomics and Proteomics) are among the awardees. Congratulations!

2 Dec 2022

The MUNI Scientist award was received by scientists across MU disciplines

The Grant Agency of Masaryk University (GA MU) organized the annual conference on Wednesday, November 30, in the premises of the Augustinian Abbey at Mendel Square in Brno. MUNI Scientist awards were presented for the third time and several NCBR scientists succeeded. Congratulations to prof. Radek Marek, prof. Zbyněk Zdráhal, Dr. Lumír Krejčí, Dr. David Sehnal, and Dr. Mário Špírek.

21 Nov 2022

Darja Klementová won the national ‘České hlavičky’ (Little Czech Mind) award

Darja Klementová, who comes from an artistic family, has also been interested in nature and the human body since she was a child. For her work under the supervision of Marek Šebesta, which has been focused on the role of kinases from the CK1 family in the Wnt/β-catenin cell signalling pathway, and the potential application of these findings in the treatment of leukaemia, she won the national ‘České hlavičky’ (Little Czech Mind) award.

4 Nov 2022

How Dicer Works: RNA Scissors in Mammals

This discovery offers a new way of defence against RNA viruses in humans. David Zapletal, Karel Kubíček, and Richard Štefl from NCBR and CEITEC Masaryk University (MU) and Petr Svoboda from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IMG CAS) and their colleagues have revealed the unique mechanism of action of mammalian Dicer. The research results were published on 3 November 2022 in the prestigious scientific journal Molecular Cell.

11 Oct 2022

An interview with Dr. Dominik Hrebik, NCBR alumni

Right after graduating, he took off to Germany to join the John Briggs lab at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Munich. He works within the research department Cell, and Virus Structure and his research is focused on the structural description of the virus life cycle within the cellular context. He is passionate about working with an electron microscope, cryo-EM data processing, and analysing the resulting structural models.