ODP Yewubnesh Seifu Wendimu

9:00 – 11:00

Srdečně Vás zveme na obhajobu dizertační práce naší kolegyně Yewubnesh Seifu Wendimu, DSP Life Sciences. Tématem její práce je Biochemical and structural insights into PIN-mediated auxin transport

Gaudeamus Praha 2025

8:30 – 16:00

Jako každý rok se i letos budeme účastnit Evropského veletrhu pomaturitního a celoživotního vzdělávání. Naleznete nás 21.–23. 1. 2025 na PVA EXPO Praha. Přijďte se s námi pobavit o možnostech studia na MUNI. Rádi zodpovíme všechny vaše dotazy!

Like every year, we will participate in the European Fair for Post-Secondary and Lifelong Learning. You will find us on 21-23 January 2025 at PVA EXPO Prague. Come and talk to us about study opportunities at MUNI. We will be happy to answer all your questions!

Den otevřených dveří na Přírodovědecké fakultě MUNI/ Open Day at the Faculty of Science MUNI

9:00 – 17:00

Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykovy univerzity srdečně zve zájemce o studium v akademickém roce 2025/2026 na den otevřených dveří, který se uskuteční v sobotu 25. ledna 2025.

Ze života vědkyň

9:00 – 12:00

Neformální a přátelské setkání, které organizujeme pod záštitou mezinárodní výzvy IUPAC global women´s breakfast. Toto setkání je tak jedním z mnoha, které se po celém světě konají na podporu rovných příležitostí.

Illuminating The Beginning Of Life (Seminar Series, Mendel lectures)- Melinda Schuh

17:00

Melina Schuh is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany, where she leads the Department of Meiosis.

Gaining Insight Into Pre-mRNA Splicing By The Spliceosome (Seminar Series, Mendel lectures)- REINHARD LÜHRMANN

17:00

Reinhard Lührmann has led pioneering studies to determine the composition, function and architecture of the spliceosome, the mega-Dalton RNP machine that catalyses pre-mRNA splicing. His work has, over several decades, revealed how the main building blocks of the spliceosome, the snRNPs, together with numerous auxiliary factors, assemble dynamically onto a nascent pre-mRNA molecule to generate a catalytically active machine. A major concept that emerged from this work is that the spliceosome's RNP structure undergoes continual remodelling during the splicing cycle, with dramatic exchanges of proteins occurring at multiple intermediate assembly stages of the splicing process. Lührmann’s discoveries in the field of pre‐mRNA splicing have provided foundational knowledge for understanding both splicing regulation, a process that is essential for human cellular function, and the mis-regulation of splicing, which contributes to numerous human diseases.

The Enemy Within - How Does The Immune System Sense DNA As A Danger Signal? (Seminar Series, Mendel lectures)- ZHIJIAN ‘JAMES’ CHEN

17:00 – 18:00

Zhijian ‘‘James’’ Chen is an Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He is also Director of Inflammation Research Center and George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science at UT Southwestern. Prior to moving to Dallas, Chen was a senior scientist at ProScript Inc. where he helped discover the proteasome inhibitor VELCADE, a medicine used for the treatment of multiple myeloma.Zhijian ‘‘James’’ Chen is an Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He is also Director of Inflammation Research Center and George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science at UT Southwestern. Prior to moving to Dallas, Chen was a senior scientist at ProScript Inc. where he helped discover the proteasome inhibitor VELCADE, a medicine used for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Centrophilic Retrotransposons in Eukaryotic Genomes (Seminar Series, Mendel lectures]- IAN HANDERSON

16:00 – 17:00

Centromeres are critical for cell division, loading CENH3/CENPA histone variant nucleosomes, directing kinetochore formation, and allowing chromosome segregation. Despite their conserved function, centromere size and structure are diverse across species, termed the ‘centromere paradox’. However, the mechanisms of centromeric sequence change, and the evolutionary drivers are unclear. We have assembled the Arabidopsis thaliana pancentromere, which has revealed extreme intraspecies diversity, where the satellite repeats have undergone extensive recombination and concerted evolution.