Life Sciences Seminar Series

Autumn 2017

October

Holger Stark, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical chemistry, Munich, Germany
WHEN: October 5, 2017, from 16:00
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion A11, University Campus Bohunice, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Erich Nigg, University of Basel, Switzerland 
WHEN: October 12, 2017, from 17:00
WHERE: Mendel Museum of Masaryk University, Mendel Square, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Shizuo Akira, Osaka University, Japan
WHEN: October 19, 2017, from 17:00
WHERE: Mendel Museum of Masaryk University, Mendel Square, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Victor Tybulewicz, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
WHEN: October 26, 2017, from 16:00
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion A11, University Campus Bohunice, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

November

Martin Blackledge, Institut de Biologie Structurale, CNRS, Grenoble, France
WHEN: November 2, 2017, from 16:00
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion A11, University Campus Bohunice, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Magda Konarska, Center for New Technologies, Warsaw University, Poland
WHEN: November 9, 2017, from 16:00
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion A11, University Campus Bohunice, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Jernej Ule, The Francis Crick Institute and UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
WHEN: November 16, 2017 from 16:00
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion A11, University Campus Bohunice, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Julius Lukes, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
WHEN: November 23, 2017 from 16:00
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion A11, University Campus Bohunice, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Jan Vilcek, New York University School of Medicine /Vilcek FOundation, USA
WHEN: November 30, 2017, from 17:00
WHERE: Mendel Museum of Masaryk University, Mendel Square, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

December

Wolfgang Nentwig, Bern Universty, Switzerland 
WHEN: December 7, 2017, from 16:00
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion A11, University Campus Bohunice, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Greg Hannon, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
WHEN: December 13, 2017, from 17:00
WHERE: Mendel Museum of Masaryk University, Mendel Square, Brno
More information can be found HERE.

Vítězslav Bryja, Faculty of Science - bryja@sci.muni.cz, MU Life Science Seminar Series coordinator

Ľubomíra Anderková, Applied Neurosciences, CEITEC MU - lubomira.anderkova@ceitec.muni.cz

Jiří Damborský, Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science  MU - jiri@chemi.muni.cz

Lumír Krejčí, ICRC and Faculty of Medicine - lkrejci@med.muni.cz

Mary O´Connell, ERA Chair, Molecular Medicine, CEITEC MU - mary.oconnell@ceitec.muni.cz

Stanislav Pekár, Dept. of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science MU - pekar@sci.muni.cz

Karel Říha, Genomics and Proteomics of Plant Systems, CEITEC MU - karel.riha@ceitec.muni.cz

Vladimír Sklenář, Structural Biology, CEITEC MU and Faculty of Science vladimir.sklenar@ceitec.muni.cz

Administrator contact:

Lucie Nesvadbová, Faculty of Science - lus@sci.muni.cz

MU Life Sciences Seminar (MU LSS) program is created for the Life Sciences academic community in Brno and is fully dependent  on the collaboration and co-participation of individual scientists across faculties and institutes.

MU LSS committee would like to encourage you to nominate speakers for MU LSS series: autumn 2018/spring 2019.
The deadline for nominations for autumn 2018 is November 15, 2017.
The speakers for autumn 2018 will be decided at the beginning of December 2017, you will be informed about the results.

Who can be a suitable candidate?  For example any of the following:

• Leader of your field
• Somebody who inspired you by a talk at the international meeting
• Person who changes paradigm by combining various approaches
• Scientist who recently published breakthrough results in the top tier journals
• Pioneer of your field
• Somebody you always wanted to meet bud was shy to ask
• Respected colleague with whom you consider to collaborate

For an example of the quality and topics of the previous speakers you can go to our web pages. Please indicate clearly if you want to have your nominee considered only for Mendel Lectures. If you have question and/or want to nominate, send the name and contact address of scientists whom you would like to nominate with a short justification to lus@sci.muni.cz.

Please note, that if your nomination is selected by the MU LSS Committee and speaker accepts to come to Brno, then MU LSS Committee expects your assistance during the guest´s visit. The MU LSS will fully cover accommodation per 2 nights and travel costs including per diems of selected speakers.

Thank you very much for your cooperation and we are looking forward to receive your nominations.

MU LSS Committee