Bioinformatics

study programme

The National Centre for Biomolecular Research, in collaboration with the Faculty of Informatics, offers a unique programme combining biology, biochemistry and molecular biology with computer science, at both bachelor and master level.

Summer School

Multiscale Modelling Methods

JULY 14 to JULY 25 2025

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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

23 Sep 2024

MUNI PhD Day 2024

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Event designed to equip you with with essential information and support as you start and continue your PhD study.

20 Sep–25 Oct 2024

Advanced Methods in Current Genomics and Proteomics

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

The course for external candidates was developed within the NPO project by a team of leading experts in the field of Proteomics and Genomics. It is held in six four-hour blocks. More info here.

19 Sep 2024

NCBR PhD Info Day

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

We cordially invite you to the NCBR PhD Info Day. You will learn a lot of helpful information essential for the smooth progress of your studies and you will have a unique opportunity to ask anything you need to know.

16 Sep 2024

Garden party at Kotlářská 2024 - CANCELLED

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

CANCELLED

12–13 Sep 2024

NTK Doctoral Summer School 2024 and conference

The Academic Services of the NCIP R&DaI project and the National Technical Library (NTK) offer you to join their traditional Doctoral Summer School 2024 for early career researchers.

4 Sep 2024

PhD obhajoby DSP Life Sciences students

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

PhD obhajoby DSP Life Sciences students: Petra Itterheimová

3 Sep 2024

D-GEPR Genomics and Proteomics: PhD Defences

10:00 AM – 2:30 PM

PhD defences of DSP GEPR students Anna Jennerová, Ondřej Hesko, Marcel Hubinský

22 Aug 2024

Meeting of Brno Bioelectronics

11:59 PM

This event aims to bring together the Brno community of experts working in areas such as bioelectronics, biomedical engineering, electrophysiology, bioelectronic medicine and applied neuroscience.

Registration until 22 August.

News

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.