Press Releases

Press release, Brno, January 16, 2018

Alliance4Life aims at addressing the existing gap in health research and innovation performance between EU15 and EU13. This new initiative has been supported by the European Commission in the frame of Horizon 2020 Health Working Programme as it is expected that outcomes and recommendations of the Alliance4Life could bring useful suggestions for science policy at both European and Member States level.

Press release, Brno, December 19, 2017
A new software application that works as a virtual microscope for molecules and molecular complexes was developed by David Sehnal from Jaroslav Koča’s research group at CEITEC MU and NCBR of the Faculty of Science. This breakthrough software is called LiteMol suite. It enables users to study molecules in detail - for example examine how drugs bind to receptors, or show an individual iron atom in haemoglobin.

At the CEITEC BUT in Brno, another ERC grant, one of the most prestigious grants awarded by the European Commission, will be resolved in January. Petr Neugebauer, with a support of EUR 2 million, will develop a revolutionary method of paramagnetic resonance, which would mean a significant shift in a wide range of disciplines such as physics, chemistry or medicine.

Press release, Brno, December 3, 2017

Karel Škubník has recently become the holder of a prestigious prize awarded in the Czech Republic for science and research. He received the Doctorandus Prize for natural sciences, in particular for his research on the structure of bee viruses.

BRNO, November, 13 – Highly original, visionary, essential for society's needs and development. These are the conditions which must be met by the project submitted to the prestigious Future Emerging Technology (FET) research project category. The team from CEITEC BUT in this category, with 2 to 3percent chance of success, they not only succeeded, but also for the first time in Czech history will be its coordinators. With budget 2.89 mil. EUR it will focus on the unique innovation of electron paramagnetic resonance.

Press release, Brno, 10th October 2017
Scientists from CEITEC Masaryk University (MU) studied how the cell recognises the end of the genes during transcription of genetic information. The scientists have discovered what is the structure of the molecules responsible for finding the right end of the genes. Thanks to this discovery, they can better understand the functioning of the transcription of the genetic information as well as the influence of this process on e.g. the development of some diseases. Their findings have been just published in a prestigious PNAS magazine. The research is a part of a prestigious grant of the European Research Committee (ERC) received by Richard Štefl two years ago.

Press release, Brno, October 2, 2017

CEITEC Masaryk University (Czech Republic) and VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (Belgium) today announced the kick-off of the PASSAGE research project, funded by EU’s research and innovation programme Horizon2020. This projects solidifies the long-standing collaboration between the two plant research centres and aims to further advance plant science in Europe. Through shared research projects new insights and technologies will be applied to address topical challenges facing agricultural production in a sustainable manner.
 

BRNO - The chance of getting a prestigious ERC grant from the European Research Council is only about 10 percent per year from around the world. New holder, Vojtech Adam, with a support of 1.3 million euros, will focus with his research team on the research of a protein called metallothionein, which has the ability to bind metals. He believes that this protein is one of the key factors in preventing the emergence of resistance to cancer treatment with metal-based medicines. Confirmation of this fact could contribute to the more effective treatment of cancer in the future.

The patient will come to the doctor in the future and drop a drop of blood on a special nanophotonic chip. If the patient has a so-called tumor marker in the blood that signals an early stage of cancer, the light spectrum changes immediately, so it is possible to see if the patient suffers from this disease. This may soon be the case with nanophotonics. This science discipline tries to influence the behavior of light through small nanostructures and finds use in optics, medicine, and electrical engineering.

ORION is a new collaborative European project to explore ways in which research and funding organizations in life sciences and biomedicine can open up the way they fund, organize and do research. CEITEC is one of the nine partners in the project.