News

1 Sep

Barbora Lujka joined our team as a new PhD student

A warm welcome to our lab. We wish Barbora inspiration and joy in her scientific journey!

1 Sep

Co-author research articles published in 2025

Siatkowska et al. Tropomyosin isoforms encoded by TPM2 control the actin-bundling activity of fascin-1. Biol Res 2025. doi: 10.1186/s40659-025-00640-3

Jansova et al. Absence of CDK12 in oocyte leads to female infertility. Cell Death Dis 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41419-025-07536-w

14 May

Visit and MUNI Life Science Seminar Lecture by prof. Lubor Borsig

In April, we were visited by our long-time collaborator, Prof. Lubor Borsig from the University of Zurich. During the visit, we discussed our ongoing projects, and at the end, Prof. Borsig gave a lecture on the role of the endothelium in the formation of metastases at the MUNI Life Science Seminar Series.

4 Apr

Małgorzatas' erasmus internship visit

In March, we had a very pleasant visit from Polish Łódź. Dr. Małgorzata Gałdyszyńska was with us as an intern for a week, getting inspiration and sharing her experiences. It was a really nice and interesting enrichment for our working days.

10 Dec 2024

President of the Czech Republic appointed Petr Benes as a new professor.

President Petr Pavel and Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Mikuláš Bek presented appointment decrees to new professors at the Karolinum in Prague. Among the new appointees was Petr Beneš, our colleague.

14 Nov 2024

Kamila received Masaryk University Vice-Rector’s Award for excellent results in doctoral studies

Kamila was awarded along with her supervisor and consultant for their work on signalling pathways involved in bone development that are deregulated in bone tumours.

13 Oct 2024

Teambuilding in Radostín

All together we spent refreshing weekend in this beautiful region with a lot of lakes, rocks and forests.

4 Oct 2024

Researchers´ night 2024 in our lab

Members of our team participated in Researchers’ Night again. We hope that everyone enjoyed the visit in our lab.

2 Jul 2024

Cdk13 is important in craniofacial morphogenesis

New publication in Disease Models & Mechanisms co-authored by Jiří Kohoutek describes the role of Cdk13 in formation of cleft lip/palate and midfacial cleft.

24 Jun 2024

Viktor and Lucia defended their diploma theses

Viktor Kostohryz and Lucia Krahulcová defended successfuly their diploma theses. Congratulations and thank your for your effort. It was great to have you both in our team.

24 Jun 2024

Kamila Říhová awarded the Dean's Award 2024 for the Best Doctoral Student

Based on the decision of the Dean’s Board, our former student Kamila Říhová was awarded the Dean’s Award of the MU Faculty of Science 2024. Congratulations!

16 May 2024

MUNI RUN 2024 by LCD team members

The longest 5 km in the history of our laboratory :-)

Organizational structure:
Masaryk University › Faculty of Science › Department of Experimental Biology › Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology › Laboratory of Cell Differentiation