3rd Offsite Meeting of the Department of Histology and Embryology: Advancing Science and Collaboration

Follow our latest research in this year Abstract Book from the "3rd Offsite Meeting of ÚHE: Advancing Science and Cooperation" that was held in Pavlov, Czech Republic, June 4–6th, 2025!

26. 2.

Unraveling the Impact of High Glucose on the Retina: Insights from Human Retinal Organoids

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) remains a leading cause of vision loss worldwide, yet despite significant advancements in ophthalmology and diabetes research, there is still much to uncover about its early onset and progression. Traditionally viewed as a vascular disease, recent studies—including ours—suggest that neurodegeneration may occur even before vascular damage. But what exactly happens at a cellular and molecular level when the retina is exposed to high glucose?

29. 10. 2024

Invitation: Growing old and Making New Human Eggs: In Vitro Growth and In Vitro Derivation

30. 8. 2024

2. Offsite Meeting of the Department of Histology and Embryology (ÚHE): Advancing Science and Collaboration

Follow our latest research in this years Abstract Book from the "2. Offsite Meeting of ÚHE: Advancing Science and Cooperation" that was held in Pavlov, Czech Republic, June 5–7th, 2024!

6. 8. 2024

Zygotic spindle orientation defines cleavage pattern and nuclear status of human embryos

At the end of July, scientists from the Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with their partners from IVF clinic Reprofit International, published the results of their joint research on early embryonic development in the prestigious journal Nature Communications.

5. 12. 2023

We attended ISSCR meeting "Elucidating Principles of Development with Stem Cells" in Vienna

Tereza Krivska, my bachelor (!!!) student presenting her data. And my PhD student Francisco Molina Gambin, presenting his BBS syndrome story at ISSCR meeting "Elucidating Principles of Development with Stem Cells" in Vienna in Hofburg

30. 11. 2023

Illuminating the mechanism and allosteric behavior of NanoLuc luciferase

Grateful to see our small contribution to the big story "Illuminating the mechanism and allosteric behavior of NanoLuc luciferase" published in Nature Communications today! @Science_MEDMUNI @sci_muni. Congrats to Loschmidt Laboratories and all the authors!

18. 10. 2023

We attended Organoids: modelling organ development and disease in 3D culture organized by EMBO

On our way to #EESOrgan Check posters from my group #74, #94, and #174. Canan (poster #74) will have a flash talk on 19th Oct

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8. 8. 2023

Nová metoda detailně sledující rychlost, dynamiku růstu a regeneraci zubní tkáně

Nedávno vyvinutá metoda jménem BEE-ST, popsána Marcosem Gonzalezem Lopezem a publikována v odborném žurnálu Science Advances jako první dokázala popsat a kvantifikovat růstovou dynamiku v mikrometrových měřítkách.

18. 6. 2023

Success in the national round of the competition soč

Štěpánka Keprtová from our lab was awarded a beautiful third place in the national round of high school competition in biology

28. 3. 2023

CiteAb Image of the Year Award

The image of our talented PhD student Josef Lavicky, illustrating the beauty of dentin tubules, which was also on the cover, has now been awarded the "CiteAb Image of the Year Award"!

15. 3. 2023

New article about Plasticity of Dental Cell Types in Development, Regeneration, and Evolution

The topic of the extraordinary cellular plasticity inside teeth during their development, regeneration and evolution is the subject of a new summary article by a collaboration between our lab, the Academy of Sciences, the Medical University of Vienna and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden

14. 2. 2023

Light-Responsive MicroRNAs in Human Retinal Tissue are Differentially Regulated by Distinct Wavelengths of Light

Did you know that humans possess #microRNAs that respond to #light regulation? And that these molecules exhibit a differential sensitivity to various wavelengths of light?

14. 1. 2023

TV report on our scientific work

Our team's research on continuously growing teeth was featured on national television

16. 11. 2022

Success at XXI. meeting of biochemists and molecular biologists

Josef Lavický was awarded at a meeting of biochemists and molecular biologists under the auspices of the Faculty of Science of Masary University for his presentation "Differentiation of pluripotent stem cells using odontoblasts-specific transcription factors" a beautiful 3rd place. Vladislav Rakultsev, Marcos Gonzales Lopez, Vendula Fridrichová and Jan Křivánek from our lab also participated in the work.

14. 9. 2022

We are hiring - PhD position

We are seeking a talented and motivated PhD student to join a research team headed by Dr. Tomas Barta at Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine

11. 9. 2022

Our article was awarded the prize of the Czech anatomical society

Jan Křivánek was awarded with the article "The Development of Dentin Microstructure Is Controlled by the Type of Adjacent Epithelium" written by our lab.

3. 7. 2022

Tooth Morphogenesis & Differentiation Conference

Josef Lavicky and Marcos Gonzalez Lopez were awarded for their scientific contributions

27. 4. 2022

LuminoCell: Versatile and Affordable Platform for Real-Time Monitoring of Luciferase-Based Reporters

Our paper "LuminoCell: Versatile and Affordable Platform for Real-Time Monitoring of Luciferase-Based Reporters" has been published in Life Science Journal

Great collaboration between Bryja lab and Krejčí lab

25. 3. 2022

Dean's Awards of the Faculty of Medicine

As part of the Dean's Awards of the Faculty of Medicine, Magdaléna Koloušková from our research team was awarded 2nd place for her scientific performance

12. 1. 2022

"She touched things that are unrecognizable" podcast about us

"She touched things that are unrecognizable" is the title of the JCMM podcast episode in which Jan Křivánek and Magdaléna Koloušková were invited as guests

7. 12. 2021

Lucie Pešková was awarded with the price "The award for excellent achievements from Vice-rector for research and doctoral studies"

Congratulations to Lucie Peskova my former PhD student, now at

@viennabiocenter, for receiving The award for excellent achievements from Vice-rector for research and doctoral studies of

@muni_cz

srpen 2021

The extraordinary journey of a Spanish student to Czech

About member of our team Marcos Gonzalez Lopez was written article in magazine KrajinyCestiny

23. 6. 2021

Jana Šebestíková has been awarded with the price “Dean's Award for Master and Bachelor Students”

Jana Šebestíková has been awarded with the price “Dean's Award for Master and Bachelor Students” for her research achievements during her undergraduate studies.

Congrats!

1. 4. 2021

New PhD student Canan Celiker joined our team.

11. 3. 2021

Studying abroad? Euro-BioImaging can enhance your experience!

This is the story of Marcos González López, a Master’s student in “Cell and Gene therapies” from Spain, who became a Euro-BioImaging user at the state-of-the-art CELLIM facility, part of our Advanced Light Microscopy and Medical Imaging Node Brno CZ, while pursuing his Master’s degree research

4. 1. 2021

New PostDoc Kamila Weissová joined our team

New PostDoc Kamila Weissová joined our team. She will study how light and magnetic filed may influence molecular circadian clock machinery.

11. 12. 2020

Scientists have an atlas of dental cells, teeth could heal themselves

Instead of drills, the sound of which scares many patients, dentists could in the future use dental cells to treat tooth decay. They are newly described in detail in the atlas of dental cells, which was created with the contribution of the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University

17. 9. 2020

Our paper has been published in Stem Cell journal

Our paper entitled "miR-183/96/182 cluster is an important morphogenetic factor targeting PAX6 expression in differentiating human retinal organoids" has been published in Stem Cell journal.

11. 5. 2020

Hledáme PhD studenty

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5. 5. 2020

Article indentifying kinesin KIF14 as a new regulator of cilia formation and function

Study led by Petra Pejšková from a group of Lukas Cajanek, entitled: KIF14 controls ciliogenesis via regulation of Aurora A and is important for Hedgehog signaling has been accepted for publication in Journal of Cell Biology

7. 4. 2020

Phosphorylation of multiple proteins involved in ciliogenesis by Tau Tubulin kinase 2

Study led by Ondrej Bernatik from a group of Lukas Cajanek, entitled: Phosphorylation of multiple proteins involved in ciliogenesis by Tau Tubulin kinase 2 has been accepted for publication in Mol Biol Cell. This work identifies several novel substrates and many new target sites of TTBK2 and hence provides valuable insight into the molecular control of cilia formation.

2. 4. 2020

miR-183/96/182 cluster is an important morphogenetic factor targeting PAX6 expression in differentiating human retinal organoids

Our new preprint on miR-183/96/182 cluster in retinal organoids is out!

5. 3. 2019

Mouse incisors show how to treat human teeth

Human teeth could be much more durable than they are now. Reducing the number of caries, thereby limiting toothaches and achieving that they are like pearls even in old age could be possible thanks to mice. An article about our scientific work in a popular news server

4. 3. 2019

The university has supported frontier research on enzyme evolution and tooth regeneration

Martin Marek and Jan Křivánek succeeded in the challenge of the Grant Agency of Masaryk University