She currently teaches courses focused on molecular & cell biology and on bioethics at the Institute of Experimental Biology of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Having been interested in the area of ethical aspects of biomedical research since her studies, Renata co-founded the University Centre for Bioethics. She won a Fogarty International Center of the NIH scholarship thanks to which she participated in the educational programme Research Ethics in Central and Eastern Europe.
Renata Veselská graduated from the Faculty of Science (FS), Masaryk University (MU), with a M.Sc. and later Ph.D. in molecular biology & genetics. She worked at the Faculty of Medicine teaching medical biology and specialising in the cell biology research for ten years. Currently, Renata is the head of the Laboratory of Tumor Biology that focuses on solid tumors in children. Having been interested in the area of ethical aspects of biomedical research since her studies, Renata co-founded the University Centre for Bioethics. In 2005, she won a Fogarty International Center of the NIH scholarship thanks to which she participated in the educational programme Research Ethics in Central and Eastern Europe. Later, she studied bioethics at the Union Graduate College a Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY, USA). Renata currently teaches courses focused on molecular & cell biology and on bioethics at the Institute of Experimental Biology of the FS MU.
