The first department, which officially set up research groups, is the Department of Biology MF MU. Besides standard research groups, there was set up a junior and a joint research group which connects the Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC MU. Within the department following research groups can be found:
Research Groups:
- Lumír Krejčí Research Group – Recombination and DNA Repair
- Pavel Krejčí Research Group – Cell Signaling
- Vladimír Rotrekl Research Group – Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell
- Nicola Silva Research Group – Meiotic DNA repair and Genome Stability
- David Šmajs Research Group – Bacterial Genetics and Genomics
- Stjepan Uldrijan Research Group – Cancer Biology
Junior Research Group:
- Michaela Bosáková Research Group – Cilia and signalling
Joint Research Group (MF MU + CEITEC):
- Ondřej Slabý Research Group – Non-coding RNAs