About CEITEC
Do you know…
- … the scientists in CEITEC will be researching what happens in the brain when a human has realized that they have made a mistake?
- … there will be more than 550 scientists in CEITEC?
- … in CEITEC we will be researching how the brain works and why some people are motivated and others are not?
- … thanks to CEITEC most of the diagnostic methods will be cheaper, faster and more comfortable for the patients?
- … 64 research teams will be created in CEITEC?
- … there are 7 research programmes in CEITEC?
- … there will be more than 800 modern instruments in CEITEC?
- … more than 25,000 m2 of new infrastructure will be built in CEITEC?
- … more than 1,500 students will use the CEITEC infrastructure per year?
- … there will be 10 shared laboratories created in CEITEC?
- … CEITEC has 6 partners?
- … work will be carried out on self-cleaning surfaces in CEITEC?
- … CEITEC will co-operate closely with the industrial sector?
- … there will also be international scientists working in CEITEC?
- … CEITEC will support the international mobility of scientists?
- … the scientists in CEITEC are developing a subdermal chip which will analyse some life functions and will inform doctors from a distance?
- … the scientists in CEITEC are working on the development of a device which will enable physiotherapy from a distance?
- … the scientists at CEITEC are working on the development of biosensors?
- … CEITEC will be created in the south-Moravian city of Brno?
Molecular and Functional Imaging
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Head of Core Facility email: ivan.rektor[at]fnusa.cz
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Main Activity
Methodologies for in-vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of human, animal and plant tissues with spatial resolution reaching to 0.1 mm, with the main application in functional (fMRI) and molecular imaging (mMRI) of the brain.
Unique Features
Basic as well as applied research in medicine (human and animal) including pharmacology, molecular and cell biology requires in-vivo insight into live organs and tissues as a very important part of a multi-level and multidisciplinary approach. Modern MRI methods make it possible to visualise the anatomical structures of living objects, but also to discover their functional organisation and the chemical mechanisms underlying health and disease. Currently an effort is put in tracking their dynamics, to multimodal imaging (such as by combining MR with electrophysiology or transcranial magnetic stimulation), and to visualise biological processes at the cellular and molecular levels using molecular MRI by employing targeted contrast agents, spectroscopic imaging, diffusometry or relaxometry. The intended infrastructure will be also used for technological and methodological research aiming to improve existing imaging methods or to develop new methods and data processing strategies for the study of animate as well as inanimate matter, thus establishing a bridge between life and material sciences.
Key Equipment (Core Facility fully operational from 2014)
- Head human 7T MR scanner
- Whole-body human 3T MR scanner
- Multichannel head RF coil for 7T MR
- MR compatible EEG system
- MR compatible stimulation system
All CEITEC core facilities are available to external users (academia and companies). Czech and international researchers from universities and research institutes interested in accessing core facilities can benefit from support of CEITEC – open access project funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
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