Our scientists have discovered a critical vulnerability in bacteria: without the protein RimM, they recover only very slowly under nutrient limitation or after stress 🦠
Read more in the press release ➡️ www.ceitec.eu/bacteria-s-a...
We were happy to welcome a delegation from the European Union of Science Journalists' Associations (EUSJA) at CEITEC @vut.cz and show them our facilities at CEITEC Nano, and discuss the role of science in today’s society, the internationality of research, ways to pique interest in STEM, and more 🚀
CEITEC @masarykuniversity.bsky.social contributes to setting an international standard for research on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs).
Read more here ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/when-protein...
During the Days of Electron Microscopy at CEITEC, Masaryk University, we presented the EU co-funded INNOVATION CIISB project. It aims to expand access to cutting-edge research infrastructure for the Czech and international scientific community.
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#CIISB
War-related stress can leave a lasting impact on the structure of the human brain, even long after a conflict has ended 🧠
This is shown by a new study, which followed civilians affected by the war in the former Yugoslavia and their descendants.
Read the press release ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/the-brain-re...
CEITEC traditionally took part in the annual Electron Microscopy Days festival and offered school field trips as well as a rich programme for the general public, which included lab tours, lectures, science shows, and experiments 🔬
See some photos from this year's edition 💚
#CEITECScience
Instruct Course on Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomolecules
📅 7-11 September 2026
📍 @ceitec.eu , Czechia
📝 Registration open| Deadline: 28 June 2026
🔗 instruct-eric.org/events/instr...
#calorimetry #spectroscopy #training
Last week, we organised a company visit to Enantis, a biotech spin-off from Masaryk University. Participants explored labs and bioinformatics tools 🔬
#CEITECScience #PhD #LifeAfterPhD
🎉 Very happy, stoked & honored to have been awarded an @hfspo.bsky.social Research Program Grant for a dream project conceived w/ Eric Glowacki @ceitec.eu & @bernasozen.bsky.social 🥳
Thanks @hfspo.bsky.social for funding bold ideas & projects that aim to push across boundaries 🙏
#stuffthatmatters
I am happy to organise this RECROP workshop on June 30 and July 1st in Brno, Czech Republic.
Registrations are now open.
Early researchers who are RECROP members may apply for a travel grant. Beware of the deadlines!
bit.ly/47gUQbA
www.recrop-cost.com
@ceitec.eu
Since the beginning of this year, a project to develop a light-based electron microscope, LightEM, has been underway at CEITEC @vut.cz 🔬
The principal investigator is Andrea Konečná, a research group leader at CEITEC BUT.
Read the press release ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/microscope-o...
#CEITECScience
GlaCerHub Training (18–20 Mar, @ceitec.eu @vut.cz Brno) 100+ participants for 3 days on project development, grant writing & sustainable innovation. Proposals, policies & team development –> mix of practical skills, discussions & new connections across Europe. Thanks to all involved! #CEITECScience
Watch Jan Klíma, our first-year student, talk about his work under the supervision of Dr. Michal Urbánek, head of CEITEC Nano 🔬
🕙 Call for applications for the Advanced Materials and Nanosciences PhD School deadline: 30 April 2026
More information about the programme ⬇️
ceitec.eu/amn-phd/
Congratulations to the 2026 #HFSP grantees. The best grant ever. This year, two teams from #Czechia, one from @ceitec.eu and the obligatory @mpi-cbg.de Yes, I had my finger in this marriage. Proud Godfather.
CEITEC @vut.cz in cooperation with Technische Universität Wien is hosting a week-long summer school focusing on low-energy electron diffraction (#LEED), a widely used surface technique 🔬
🕙 18-21 May, 2026
📍 CEITEC BUT, Purkyňova 123, Brno
Learn more and register ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/leed-summer-...
CEITEC @vut.cz is proud to support and co-host the 18th NFO Conference (International Conference on Near-Field Optics).
🕒31 Aug – 3 Sep 2026: NFO Conference
🕒 30 Aug 2026: NFO Summer School
📍Hotel International, Brno, Czech Republic.
More information and registration ⬇️
nfo18.org
Brno Daily, Josef Dadok: 100 Years Since the Birth of the Brno Scientist Who Transformed Magnetic Resonance @ceitec.eu brnodaily.com/2026/03/04/s... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
A research team led by Marek Mráz from @ceitec.eu @masarykuniversity.bsky.social & University Hospital Brno has described what happens inside tumour cells when a slow-growing lymph node cancer transforms into an aggressive form of the disease 🔍
Read more ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/a-molecule-c...
At @ceitec.eu @vut.cz, research teams led by Vojtěch Uhlíř are studying new generations of magnetic materials, so-called antiferromagnets and altermagnets 🔬
In the future, these materials could replace silicon-based technologies 🚀
Read more in our newest article ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/new-generati...
🔥Program je venku 🔥
Více na našem webu ➡ www.tydenmozku.cz
✨ CELLIM Best Microscopy Image Competition 2025 — FINAL VOTING OPEN! 🏆🔬
6 finalists. Need your help to pick the Best of the Best.
🎥 Watch the video, see images + vote for up to 3: cellim.ceitec.cz/contest-2025...
Please share & enjoy microscopy art! 💙
@eurobioimaging.bsky.social @ceitec.eu
@ceitec.eu @vut.cz PhD students Daniel Valášek and Marek Rotter took part in the 31st Annual Students' Doctoral Seminar on Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials (5–6 Feb 2026). 🎓🏆 Daniel Valášek received the Silicate Society Award, bringing it back to Brno. Congrats to awardees + thanks to organisers!
A technology feature in Nature profiles Aletheia-Probe, which provides a one-stop shop to help you assess whether journals and conferences are trustworthy or predatory. #Academicsky 🧪
CEITEC @vut.cz is proud to support and co-host the 13th European Federation of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EFEPR) Conference.
Registration is now open ⬇️
www.ta-service.cz/efepr2026/
We look forward to seeing you in Brno! 🇨🇿
#CEITECScience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (19F NMR for nucleic acid conformational landscapes) Prof. Lukas Trantirek research group (Non-Coding Genome) in CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic @ceitec.eu www.ceitec.eu/postdoctoral... #NMRjobs #NMRchat 🧲
Physician and molecular biologist Marek Mráz from CEITEC @masarykuniversity.bsky.social and University Hospital Brno has been awarded a prestigious ERC Proof of Concept grant. #ERCPoC
Read more here ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/marek-mraz-f...
@erc.europa.eu #CEITECScience #AML #research
A team from CEITEC @masarykuniversity.bsky.social has described a new mechanism by which cells control RNA processing during the handling of genetic information 🧬
Read the press release ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/scientists-u...
Šárka Pospíšilová has received the City of Brno Award. Congratulations! 👏
The award is granted by the Brno City Assembly for outstanding activity or work that has enriched one or more areas of public life and contributed to strengthening the good name of the City of Brno 🏆
📷 Photos: MMB
First test of live-cell single-molecule imaging in a new lab and it looks very promising!!!
Thanks to @ceitec-cellimcf.bsky.social instruments at
@ceitec.eu and @masarykuniversity.bsky.social. 🙌
#microscopy #singlemolecule #livecell #newlab
