Masaryk University | IN: 00216224
Central European Institute of Technology
Kamenice 753/5, CZ-62500 Brno, Czech Republic
www.ceitec.muni.cz | info@ceitec.muni.cz
	
  
MU	
  Life	
  Sciences	
  Seminar	
  Series	
  sponsored	
  by	
  CEITEC	
  and	
  ICRC	
  	
  
	
  
Executive	
  summary	
  
	
  
The	
  goal	
  of	
  the	
  MU	
  Life	
  Sciences	
  Seminar	
  is	
  to	
  become	
  an	
  ongoing	
  prestigious	
  seminar	
  series	
  at	
  UKB	
  in	
  
the	
   interconnected	
   and	
   complementary	
   fields,	
   collectively	
   called	
   "Life	
   Sciences".	
   The	
   seminar	
   series,	
  
expanding	
   already	
   successfully	
   implemented	
   CEITEC	
   Structural	
   Biology	
   Seminar	
   Series,	
   is	
   focused	
   on	
  
currently	
   growing	
   fields,	
   which	
   combine	
   modern	
   methods	
   of	
   biophysics,	
   computational	
   modelling,	
  
imaging,	
  biochemistry	
  and	
  molecular	
  biology	
  with	
  "more	
  classical"	
  disciplines	
  such	
  as	
  microbiology,	
  cell	
  
biology,	
  physiology,	
  genetics,	
  toxicology,	
  developmental	
  and	
  evolutionary	
  biology	
  and	
  medicine.	
  
	
  
Purpose:	
  The	
  purpose	
  of	
  the	
  seminar	
  series	
  is	
  to	
  (i)	
  invite	
  to	
  Brno	
  renowned	
  speakers	
  from	
  abroad	
  to	
  
establish	
  and	
  develop	
  professional	
  contacts,	
  (ii)	
  create	
  a	
  Seminar	
  Series	
  of	
  excellence,	
  which	
  will	
  inspire	
  
and	
   motivate	
   both	
   scientists	
   and	
   students	
   at	
   MU,	
   and	
   (iii)	
   finally,	
   to	
   promote	
   mutual	
   contacts	
   and	
  
interaction	
   between	
   individual	
   labs/departments	
   working	
   at	
   UKB.	
   This	
   seminar	
   series	
   includes	
   the	
  
Mendel	
  lectures.	
  
	
  
Community:	
   All	
   Departments	
   and	
   PhD	
   programs,	
   whose	
   research	
   encompass	
   “Life	
   Sciences”	
   and	
   are	
  
situated	
  at	
  UKB,	
  are	
  very	
  welcome	
  to	
  join	
  the	
  Seminar	
  Series.	
  
	
  
Format:	
  One	
  hour	
  talk	
  takes	
  place	
  each	
  Thursday	
  during	
  the	
  semester	
  at	
  15:00	
  in	
  lecture	
  hall	
  114/A11,	
  
followed	
   by	
   happy	
   hour	
   for	
   the	
   audience	
   at	
   the	
   bridge	
   of	
   A35	
   pavilion	
   or	
   outside	
   the	
   pavilion	
   A11	
  
(weather	
  depended).	
  Host	
  (a	
  person,	
  which	
  nominated	
  the	
  speaker)	
  together	
  with	
  the	
  administrator	
  are	
  
responsible	
  to	
  arrange	
  the	
  program	
  of	
  visit	
  for	
  the	
  speaker	
  with	
  the	
  aim	
  to	
  maximize	
  the	
  interaction	
  with	
  
interested	
  local	
  scientists.	
  
	
  
Nominations/selection:	
   Nominations	
   for	
   the	
   speakers	
   are	
   collected	
   once	
   a	
   year	
   from	
   all	
   group	
  
leaders/postdocs/PhD	
   students.	
   Only	
   speakers	
   from	
   abroad	
   are	
   considered	
   with	
   the	
   exception	
   of	
   the	
  
Czech	
   scientists	
   with	
   recent	
   significant	
   achievements	
   (e.g.	
   received	
   prestigious	
   international	
   grant	
   or	
  
award,	
  made	
  a	
  breakthrough	
  discovery).	
  Nominations	
  shall	
  include	
  the	
  name,	
  affiliation,	
  contacts	
  and	
  a	
  
few	
  sentences	
  as	
  to	
  why	
  this	
  speaker	
  should	
  be	
  invited	
  and	
  selected	
  recent	
  papers.	
  This	
  information	
  
should	
   be	
   sent	
   to	
   Seminar	
   administration.	
   A	
   Selection	
   committee	
   comprising	
   of	
   all	
   the	
   involved	
  
Departments/PhD	
  schools	
  will	
  select	
  the	
  speakers.	
  Nominations	
  for	
  2016	
  should	
  be	
  sent	
  to	
  any	
  of	
  the	
  
scientific	
   contacts	
   listed	
   bellow	
   and	
   to	
   the	
   MU	
   Life	
   Science	
   seminar	
   series	
   administrator	
   Gita	
  
Jančaříková	
  preferably	
  before	
  May	
  1,	
  2015.	
  
	
  
Involvement	
  in	
  the	
  teaching	
  curriculum:	
  A	
  novel	
  subject	
  MU	
  Life	
  Science	
  Seminar	
  with	
  the	
  code	
  CC060	
  
(spring	
  semester)	
  and	
  CB060	
  (fall	
  semester)	
  is	
  available	
  in	
  IS.	
  Individual	
  Master	
  and	
  PhD	
  programs	
  can	
  
decide	
  to	
  what	
  extent	
  they	
  want	
  to	
  have	
  this	
  seminar	
  mandatory	
  for	
  students.	
  The	
  aim	
  is	
  to	
  synchronize	
  
the	
  seminar	
  with	
  the	
  seminars	
  of	
  different	
  departments	
  to	
  avoid	
  time	
  conflict.	
  
	
  
Masaryk University | IN: 00216224
Central European Institute of Technology
Kamenice 753/5, CZ-62500 Brno, Czech Republic
www.ceitec.muni.cz | info@ceitec.muni.cz
Communication:	
   IS	
   MUNI	
   system	
   will	
   be	
   used	
   to	
   publicize	
   this	
   seminar	
   series	
   to	
   the	
   respective	
  
academics/PhD	
   students	
   together	
   with	
   the	
   individual	
   mailing	
   lists	
   handled	
   by	
   the	
   seminar	
   series	
  
administrator.	
  A	
  poster	
  for	
  each	
  semester	
  will	
  be	
  published	
  ahead	
  of	
  time.	
  	
  
	
  
Funding:	
  In	
  2015	
  the	
  Seminar	
  Series	
  will	
  be	
  funded	
  from	
  funds	
  of	
  the	
  Central	
  CEITEC	
  office	
  allocated	
  for	
  
the	
  CEITEC	
  Focus	
  Area	
  activities	
  and	
  by	
  ICRC	
  from	
  the	
  ICRC-­‐ERA-­‐HumanBridge	
  project.	
  In	
  future	
  years	
  it	
  is	
  
planned	
  that	
  it	
  will	
  become	
  part	
  of	
  one	
  of	
  upcoming	
  OP	
  VVV	
  project	
  for	
  2016-­‐2020.	
  
	
  
Scientific	
  contacts:	
  	
  
Vítězslav	
  Bryja,	
  Faculty	
  of	
  Science	
  (bryja@sci.muni.cz)	
  	
  
Alena	
  Damborská,	
  Brain	
  and	
  Mind	
  Research,	
  CEITEC	
  (alena.damborska@ceitec.muni.cz)	
  	
  
Lumír	
  Krejčí,	
  Faculty	
  of	
  Medicine	
  (lkrejci@med.muni.cz)	
  	
  
Mary	
  O’Connell,	
  ERA	
  Chair,	
  Molecular	
  Medicine,	
  CEITEC	
  (mary.oconnell@ceitec.muni.cz)	
  	
  
Karel	
  Říha,	
  Genomics	
  and	
  Proteomics	
  of	
  Plant	
  Systems,	
  CEITEC	
  (karel.riha@ceitec.mun.cz)	
  	
  
Vladimír	
   Sklenář,	
   Structural	
   Biology,	
   CEITEC	
   (vladimir.sklenar@ceitec.muni.cz),	
   MU	
   Life	
   Sciences	
  
Seminar	
  Series	
  coordinator	
  	
  
	
  
Administrator	
  contact:	
  	
  
Gita	
  Jančaříková,	
  Structural	
  Biology,	
  CEITEC	
  (gita.jancarikova@ceitec.muni.cz)