Ústav chemie a biochemie Mendelovy univerzity v Brně

Two student teams from the institute won prestigious MENDELU grants

22 Apr

This year, Mendel University in Brno announced for the first time the Student Grant Competition “Igráček“, the primary goal of this grant is to increase the quality of teaching connected with research within doctoral studies with two years of financial support for projects. The solver of the student grant is not only the student of the doctoral study program, but also his team, which also includes mentors from the ranks … Read More »

We Appreciate That We Are a Bridge Between Life and Material Sciences, Says New Leader of the Research Group Vojtěch Adam

9 Oct

Professor Vojtěch Adam became the new leader of the Smart Nanodevices research group at CEITEC BUT in September. The head of the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry of Mendel University in Brno and the holder of the prestigious ERC grant plans to maintain the existing multidisciplinarity of the … Read More »

UV Radiation in fight against adulterated wines

7 Nov

In the beginning, there was light… actually, more like UV radiation. And it enables the chemists from Brno to differentiate among hundreds of samples of various wines. And they want everybody to be able to do the same thing. Just … Read More »

Wastewater without carcinogens? The Brno Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry is developing methods to achieve this

18 Oct

Azo dyes are the most numerous and most significant group of organic dyes. Although many of them have been shown to be carcinogenic or cause urticaria or allergies, they are still used to dye everything from textiles to plastics or … Read More »

Conference Multi-disciplinary research to increase application potential of nanomaterials in agricultural practice

20 Aug

Research within the SOMOPRO project is going to be finished

19 Aug

Výzkum v rámci projektu SOMOPRO spěje ke zdárnému konci

Mass spectrometry, electrochemistry or labelled nanoparticles. All these methods are used by Ing. Lucie Pompeiano Vaníčková, Ph.D., a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in her research. The result of her project, entitled Metallothionein as a Prognostic Marker … Read More »

EGNSS, one of the pilars for the farm 4.0

4 Jun

How can we use Satellite Technologies to Improve Agriculture and Reduce Environmental Impact? This is the motto of this presentation with special emphasis to promote the prize announced by Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System. We’re looking for new ideas and … Read More »