Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:44:32 +0200https://english.radio.cz/brno-celebrates-bicentenary-mendels-birth-grand-style-8756503© 2026 Radio Prague International The Moravian metropolis of Brno is paying tribute to its most famous citizen – the Augustinian monk, mathematician and biologist, widely known as “the father of genetics” – Johann Gregor Mendel, born 200 years ago. The city is celebrating the anniversary with numerous events: a mass at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the reconstruction of Mendel’s greenhouse at St. Thomas’ Abbey where he conducted his genetic research on pea plants and an international Mendel Genetics Conference at the university that bears his name. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/1c33e0d2677cddbe78e6ff1146808fe8.jpg?timestamp=1659402002 https://english.radio.cz/brno-celebrates-bicentenary-mendels-birth-grand-style-8756503 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9