Location
The Institute of Physics of Materials of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., is located near the Brno city centre. More about city history you can find here.

By city transport
City transport in Brno will bring you from the city centre to the Institute for details see http://www.dpmb.cz/ the close tram stations are "Konečného náměstí" - trams 12, 13 and "Rybkova" - trams 3, 11.

By train
The most suitable is main railway station situated near the city centre. Information about train connections is accessible in http://www.cd.cz/

By bus
There is a several bus stations located near city centre. The most frequent is "Zvonařka" - main bus station and "Hotel Grand" for travellers mainly from Prague.

By plane
There are several nearby airports suitable to reach Brno.

Brno
http://www.airport-brno.cz

Praha
-distance from Brno is about 200km and there is frequent direct train and bus connection
http://www.prg.aero/

Bratislava
-distance form Brno is about 130km there is bus and train connection
http://www.airportbratislava.sk/

Viena
-distance form Brno is about 160km there is bus and train connection
http://www.viennaairport.com/

To find optimal way you can use http://www.jizdnirady.cz/