Research from Mráz Lab has been featured in a study published in Cancer Discovery – one of the world's most prestigious cancer journals. 📗 Experimental data generated at CEITEC helped validate key findings in an international collaboration led by the @danafarber.bsky.social. #CEITECScience
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Research centre focusing on life sciences, advanced materials, nanotechnologies & cybernetics 🔬 We do #CEITECScience 💚 🔗 https://www.ceitec.eu/ 📍 Brno, Czech Republic
How do plants respond to heat stress? Where are the limits of their ability to adapt? And why is it important to study conditions that closely resemble those in nature? 🌱 Read the interview with Helene R. Boisivon, a leader of Plant Biotech for Stress Resilience Lab 👇 www.ceitec.eu/when-heatwav...
A team from CEITEC @masarykuniversity.bsky.social has, for the first time, captured how echovirus 18, a member of the enterovirus genus, releases its genetic material into cells to initiate infection. 🔬 Read more in the press release ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/ceitec-scien... #CEITECScience
11 cutting-edge core facilities. World-class structural biology. One of Europe's most affordable cities. CEITEC in Brno, Czechia. A smart PhD choice! Symposium Sept 10 → doctoralinsights.at #DocInsights #Brno
39th NMR Valtice 2026 Conference, May 18-20 @ceitec.eu The NMR Valtice 2026 conference welcomed 77 participants from six countries. The program offered news from NMR, EPR and MRI, student lectures and the presentation of important professional awards icpms.cz/article/7715 #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
39. ročník konference NMR Valtice 2026
NMR Valtice 2026 přinesla novinky z NMR, EPR a MRI, studentské přednášky a předání Cen Petra Sedmery a Josefa Dadoka.
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It’s International Beer Day! 🍺🇨🇿 Martin Pumera’s team at CEITEC @vut.cz is developing magnetically controlled biobots that could speed up fermentation, improve quality control, and separate themselves from the finished beer. 🤖 www.ceitec.eu/ceitec-micro... #CEITECScience
Fitting with these heat waves, we published in Planta on the impact of warm temperatures during reproduction in Arabidopsis. We show that the HSP101 #hot1-3 mutant is tetraploid!! rdcu.be/fxEdZ Thanks to @pecinka-grp.bsky.social @ceitec.eu @ceitec-cellimcf.bsky.social Funding by #TANGENC and #GACR
Adaptive response to long-term high temperatures during the reproductive development in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Prof. Karel Maca (@ceitec.eu @vut.cz) presented an invited lecture at #INTERPHOTONICS2026 in Bangkok, showcasing transparent polycrystalline ceramics for photonic applications. #CEITECScience #FunGlass #HorizonEU
Great to be at the @eptri.bsky.social Scientific Meeting 2026 in Warsaw this week! Meet us for talks from Director Prof. Harald Schwalbe (@schwalbe-lab.bsky.social) on interactions with EPTRI, plus great contributions from Jan Pribyl of @ceitec.eu and Oksana Degtjarik of @astbury-bsl.bsky.social!
Congratulations to Irena Rektorová on being elected President of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN)! 👏 She will first serve as President Elect for two years before taking over as EAN President for the 2028–2030 term. #CEITECScience
Sustainability works when people feel the benefits 🌱 Pavel Václavek from CEITEC @vut.cz talks about electromobility, predictive maintenance, and EU resilience. Read the full interview ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/pavel-vaclav... #CEITECScience
Read the interview with Jan Hejatko, who, together with his team, is studying how roots perceive their surroundings, make decisions about their growth, and help plants survive even under challenging conditions. 🌱 ➡️ www.ceitec.eu/when-the-hea... #CEITECScience
🚀 CEITEC @vut.cz startup Electrophorus has officially spun out, offering unique electrochemical systems and neurostimulator testing 🔬 Read press release ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/from-ceitec-... #CEITECScience @paveltomancak.bsky.social
Researchers at CEITEC Masaryk University discovered that the tick-borne encephalitis virus is not as perfectly arranged as previously thought. 🤔 The finding reveals how flaviviruses mature and could help improve our understanding of this virus family. ➡️ www.ceitec.eu/tick-borne-e...
Cutting-edge technologies, expert support, and new opportunities for your research – all in one place 📌 Join Core Facility Day Life Sciences to explore Masaryk University's research infrastructures and discover how they can support your research. Register here ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/core-facilit...
🔬 The 𝗘𝗨-𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 programme opened @nkinl.bsky.social research groups and facilities to colleagues across the alliance, creating space for focused scientific exchange and strengthening mutual awareness, collaboration and trust. Read more ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
A team led by scientists from @ceitec.eu @masarykuniversity.bsky.social has uncovered the infection mechanism of tailed bacteriophages – a group of viruses that infect bacteria 🦠 Read more here ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/how-to-kill-... #CEITECScience #PressRelease #brnoregion
12 participants 4 microscopes 3 softwares 5 lecturers One microscopy adventure completed! 🔬 Thanks to: Participants, #CELLIMteam, @eurobioimaging.bsky.social, #Czech-BioImaging, @ceitec.eu & @masarykuniversity.bsky.social We are looking forward to seeing you at the 2027 course!
Link between Spin–Orbit Relativity and Magnetically Induced Current Densities in Heavy-Atom Hydrides: trans-Ligand Influence; pubs.acs.org/journal/jaaucr; @ceitec.eu ; doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
Coordination isomerism by ligand hyperfine NMR shifts @chemicalscience.rsc.org ; @ceitec.eu ; doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Read an interview with Prof. Mary Anne O’Connell from @ceitec.eu, in which she reflects on scientific turning points, the emotional realities of leading a research group, the evolution of RNA research, and the importance of resilience – in science and in life ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/walk-on-air-...
Scientists from CEITEC @masarykuniversity.bsky.social have described a previously unknown mechanism crucial for plant reproduction, with the capacity to sense and react to environmental challenges 🌱 Read more ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/previously-u... #CEITECScience
Four CEITEC female scientists received their professorial appointment decrees from the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, during a ceremonial event at Prague's historic Karolinum 🎓 Congratulations to Klára Částková, Dinara Sobola, Radka Svobodová, and Lenka Zajíčková 👏 #CEITECScience
Congratulations to Šárka Pospíšilová on being named among the most influential women in the Czech Republic by @forbes.com Česko! 🎉 A group leader at @ceitec.eu @masarykuniversity.bsky.social, she explores the genetic causes of cancer and inherited diseases. Well deserved recognition! 💚
Researchers at CEITEC @vut.cz have secured a prestigious #HFSP grant to investigate how oxygen shapes early embryonic development. Their unique technology enables precise control of oxygen levels in mouse embryos 🔬 Read the press release ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/ceitec-techn...
Europe's competitiveness will depend on how successfully AI moves into manufacturing and logistics 🤖 At #RICAIPDays2026, CEITEC @vut.cz highlighted the role of interconnected testbeds in accelerating industrial AI and technology transfer 🇪🇺 Read the press release ⬇️ www.ceitec.eu/ai-in-the-ph...
The HPMC4I team at @ceitec.eu attended LABOREXPO 2026, exploring the latest laboratory technologies and connecting with partners. Together with Metalco Testing, they expanded collaboration opportunities in materials research and testing. #LABOREXPO2026 #GlaCerHub #Innovation #CEITECScience
We love collaborations - especially across the campus! 🧬🙏 Our alumnus Miroslav Micka shares the story behind our long-standing collaboration with Konstantinos Tripsianes' lab @ceitec.eu that led to our recent Science Advances paper on Dishevelled protein 🎤👇 www.ceitec.eu/two-worlds-o...
Two Worlds, One Research Goal: How Collaboration Between Masaryk University Institutes Advanced the Study of Cell Signalling
What happens inside a cell at the very moment it decides its future? A recent study by two teams from Masaryk University (MUNI) brought new insight into this question by describing a key step in cellu...
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In 2011, CEITEC was a bold vision. Today, it stands among Europe's leading research centres 🔬 On June 6, CEITEC marks 15 years since the project received approval from the European Commission 🚀 #CEITECScience @paveltomancak.bsky.social
More than 100 scientific contributions, researchers from across the globe, and four days dedicated to advancing our understanding of viruses 🦠 This week, @ceitec.eu @masarykuniversity.bsky.social is hosting EUROPIC 2026, bringing together the international picornavirus research community in Brno.