Courses
HARD SKILLS COURSES
at least 4 core subjects related to the student's research project must be successfully finished (finishing within the first two years is recommended).
Lists of hard skills courses and soft skills courses are only indicative, as students can select from all relevant courses offered in the Course Catalogue of Masaryk University.
Indicative list of hard skills courses offered within the study field:
Code | Course Title | Semester | Teacher |
Chemical properties, stucture and interactions of nucleic acids | Autumn | Miroslav Fojta | |
Chemical properties, structure and interactions of nucleic acids – practical course | Autumn | Miroslav Fojta | |
Structural and molecular biology of RNA | Autumn | Richard Štefl | |
Methods for structural characterization of biomolecules | Autumn | Michaela Wimmerová | |
Theoretical Concepts of Biological Magnetic Resonance | Spring | Vladimír Sklenář | |
Doing structural biology with the Electron Microscope | Spring | Jiří Nováček | |
| S1091 | Integrated methodologies and approaches for structural biology | Spring 2019 | |
Methods for Characterization of Biomolecular Interactions – Classical versus Modern | Autumn | Michaela Wimmerová | |
Methods for characterization of biomolecular interactions – classical versus modern, practice | Autumn | Michaela Wimmerová | |
Trends in bioanalytical instrumentation | Autumn | František Foret | |
Nanobiotechnology | Spring | Petr Skládal | |
NMR Spectroscopy of Biomolecules I | Spring | Lukáš Žídek | |
NMR Spectroscopy of Biomolecules II | Spring | Lukáš Žídek | |
Structural biology methods – offered each 3 years (autumn 2017) | Autumn | Pavel Plevka | |
Structural biology methods practical – offered each 3 years (autumn 2017) | Autumn | Pavel Plevka | |
Practical NMR Spectroscopy of Biomolecules | Autumn | Radovan Fiala | |
Computational Chemistry for Structural Biology | Spring | Jaroslav Koča | |
Structure and Function of Protein Complexes | Spring | Jan Paleček | |
FA602 | Biophysical aspects of Structural Biology | Spring | Lukáš Trantírek |
Bi5050 | Structural Virology – offered each 3 years (autumn 2018) | Autumn | Pavel Plevka |
SOFT SKILLS COURSES
at least 3 soft skills courses must be successfully finished (finishing within the first three years is recommended)
Indicative list of soft skills courses
Code | Course Title | Semester | Teacher |
International Performance | Autumn | Libor Štěpánek | |
Law, Ethics and Philosophy of Science | Autumn | Jan Havliš | |
| S4010 | Science Communication Course: Present Your Research Results with Confidence | Spring 2019 | Jan Hejátko |
UNIX and programming (in English offered each 2 years - autumn 2018) | Autumn | Petr Kulhánek | |
Academic English Composition | Spring 2019 | Jan Beneš | |
Academic Presentation Skills in English | Spring 2019 | Jan Beneš | |
PREFEKT | Spring | Petr Dvořák | |
D01 | Publish or perish: The art of research and scientific writing | Autumn | Pavel Plevka |
S5040 | Publish or perish: The art of research and scientific writing | Autumn | Pavel Plevka |
CORE SUBJECTS
List of compulsory core subjects
Code | Course Title | Registration Requirement |
Field seminar-Structural Biology | Compulsory in Structural Biology/ To be enrolled each semester | |
Field seminar / Bio-omics | Compulsory in Bio-omics / To be enrolled each semester | |
Lecture for the scientific community | Compulsory /To be enrolled at least once | |
Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory / To be enrolled repeatedly (credit value two thirds of the minimum credit value of the studies, i.e. 160 credits out of the minimum 240 credits) | |
| S5008 | Scientific publication | Compulsory / Can be enrolled once |
Teaching assistance | Compulsory / To be enrolled 4 times | |
Friday CEITEC Ph.D. seminary | Compulsory / To be enrolled 4 times (each semester in 1st and 2nd year of study) | |
Internship (in Czech Republic) Placement Abroad | One of these two courses is compulsory / To be enrolled at least once (details in the part Travel&Internships) | |
Handling chemical substances | Compulsory / To be enrolled each Autumn semester |
PERIPHERAL SUBJECTS
Code | Course Title | Registration Requirement |
Thematic study | Optional / Can be enrolled twice | |
Scientific data presentation | Optional | |
Literature research | Optional |
STUDY AFTER THE FOURTH YEAR OF STUDY
- Finishing the remaining compulsory subjects
- Completing the repeated courses
- S5007 Ph.D. Thesis
- C7777 Handling chemical substances (each autumn semester)
- Meeting the requirements of an individual study plan
- Attending seminaries only in case of interest - not compulsory (S5003 5005, 5010, etc.)
- Completing any subject in agreement with the supervisor
- Meeting the credit requirement (MU Study and examination regulations, section 12, subsection 2)