Mendel days 2025
Mendel Days 5.–6. 11. 2025
The Four Elements: Fire
Mendel Days 2025 will build on previous editions of the Four Elements series, which have focused on water and earth, and will again focus on commemorating Mendel in the full breadth of his interests. The central theme of this year's Mendel Days will be a thematic lecture block entitled The Four Elements: Fire. The element "fire" will be explored from the perspective of natural sciences, with lectures by scientists from Masaryk University and other expert guests focusing on local and global issues related to this element.
Gregor Johann Mendel
Masaryk University and its Mendel Museum are committed to the legacy of Gregor Johann Mendel, a native of Hynčice, and commemorate this vital scientist every autumn during Mendel Days. In 1843, Johann Mendel entered the Augustinian Order in the monastery in Old Brno, which was at that time the center of Moravian education, and took the religious name Gregor. Mendel was educated in the natural sciences and learned the techniques of scientific work. His experiments and research led to the scientific conclusions now known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity. Mendel thus became the founding father of one of the most important disciplines of our time - genetics.