Latest news from #brnoregion

Exploring new materials for chip production and enabling their analysis directly in the production environment – these are the tasks of two scientific teams from #brnoregion – from Thermo Fisher Scientific and Brno University of Technology. Electron microscopes play a key role in their efforts. Thanks to them, as part of the three-year European ALL2GaN project, we can look forward to a solution that has enormous potential to save energy and thus mitigate the climate crisis by reducing CO2 emissions. Indeed, the gallium nitride chips being developed will be used in a wide range of applications including telecommunications and e-mobility.

We celebrated 200 years since the birth of father of genetics – Gregor Johann Mendel, who lived in worked in Brno, our innovation capital of #brnoregion. To spread the fascinating tale of his work and life, we offered young and talented researchers from all over Europe to win a trip to follow in his footsteps. How did our winner Emanuele enjoy her journey?

Every creative person understands how difficult it is to come up with genuinely good ideas. They, like mushrooms in the wild, require the correct conditions to develop into something remarkable. To find those conditions, a growing number of people have been moving out of classic offices and into unique places where they can get inspired by others. What are the top coworking spaces in Brno?

Supporting innovations is crucial for regional development, which is why Petr Chládek, CEO at the JIC innovation agency, believes that innovations will be key to restoring Ukraine after the war. Here’s an interview on how #brnoregion may benefit from our support.

Brno University Hospital and St. Anne’s University Hospital have won a grant for several projects dealing in the research of covid-19. They are searching for preconditions for serious symptoms, the role of immunity in myocardium damage, and diagnostics of superinfections for ventilated patients.

Determining a person’s sex, age, height, or mood – all from a voice recording? Speech technologies can do that and so much more, especially when paired with AI. And #brnoregion knows exactly how to do it.

Despite having Afghani parents and being born and raised in Iran, the Czech Republic is the place Javad has been calling home for over a decade now. Javad Cihlář produces suits, coats, and trousers tailored to the needs of customers from #brnoregion as well as Vienna.

He came to Brno from Ukraine 20 years ago, and despite his university degree, his career here started with a shovel and a spade. He quickly worked his way up from there, though, and is now the owner of a successful construction company. He returns to the Ukraine regularly to visit his parents, but he says his beloved Brno will remain his home forever.

In 2017, the Brno FabLab joined a global network of open workshops as the first registered workshop in the Czech Republic. In just three years, while still successfully running the workshop, the team also created the best mobile FabLab in the world. Now there are plans for a FabLab university for students as well as teachers, and the team is organizing a FabLab conference in 2024.