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February 2025 in Science at our faculty
We bring you a selection of the most interesting things in science and research at our faculty in the shortest month of 2025
Professor Ophir Klein lectured on the development, renewal and plasticity of oral and gastrointestinal epithelium
In September 2022, Professor Ophir Klein, a leading American expert on tooth development, as well as stem cells, craniofacial development and cell signalling, gave a lecture at MU Faculty of Medicine.
In September 2022 Professor Ophir Klein visited the Faculty of Medicine of MU at the invitation of Mgr. Jan Křivánek, Ph.D. from the Department of Histology and Embryology. This leading American expert on tooth development, as well as stem cells, craniofacial development and cell signalling is based at the University of California, San Francisco and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Professor Klein gave a faculty lecture on Development, renewal and plasticity in oral and gastrointestinal epithelia, in which he outlined the projects his research team is working on. The lecture was followed by a lively discussion with the audience.
During his three-day visit to Brno, Professor Klein met several research teams from the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science in the informal setting of Brno's theatres, cafés and museums. At these meetings, joint projects were discussed and existing collaborations with the Dental Development and Regeneration research group team led by Dr Křivánek and with the team led by Associate Professor Marcela Buchtová from the Faculty of Science were expanded.
The teams of scientists agreed on practical aspects of intensive research cooperation, on projects focused on tooth development and growth control, on the preparation of joint publications and on future student exchanges.
The visit was funded by Masaryk University's internal development project to promote internationalisation.
