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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 nearly 800 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?
- … 63 research teams will be created in CEITEC?
- … there will be 7 research programmes in CEITEC?
- … there will be more than 1,000 modern instruments in CEITEC?
- … more than 31,000 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?
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- 30.1.2012 Open Days of CEITEC
CEITEC will be introduced at the Open Days of the Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, where the fourth year of the Chemistry Day will take place on Thursday 16th February 2012. Scientists from CEITEC will introduce their particular research activities and projects and will outline the possibilities of employment in the centre of excellence. CEITEC is one of the options, where not only the students within the field of chemistry can start their career. more »
- 30.1.2012 CEITEC is a part of the Open Days of BUT
On Friday 20th January CEITEC took part in the Open Days at the Brno University of Technology. It was introduced to students of secondary schools and universities together with other programmes at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and also the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication. more »
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Rector of Masaryk University opens position
Senior Scientist, Magnetic Resonance for Brain and Mind Research, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno,Czech Republic more »
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Rector of Masaryk University opens position
Group Leader Position – Inherited Diseases II – Transcriptional Regulation, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Rector of Masaryk University opens position
Group Leader Position – Molecular Oncology II – Solid Cancer, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic.
more » - 19.12.2011 PF CEITEC 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012!
- 19.12.2011 CEITEC Newsletter 4/2011
- 19.12.2011 Internal Newsletter No. 4/2011
- 19.12.2011 CEITEC Satisfaction Questionnaire
- 19. 12. 2011 Selected CEITEC Publications
We would like to regularly present selected publications written with the participation of CEITEC scientists, which we believe cover thought-provoking topics. We hope you find these topics interesting.
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New Brochures for all CEITEC Research Programmes can be downloaded HERE. In addition to basic information about the natures and goals of CEITEC Research Programmes, Research Group list and descriptions of Core Facilities can be found here.
- 15.12.2012 CEITEC Coordination Board meeting
CEITEC Coordination Board (principal management body of the Centre) meeting was held on 14 December in Brno. The primary goal of this board meeting was to provide regular quarterly update to the CB members and to approve key documents – Activity Plan of the Project for 2012, Common Evaluation of Scientific Excellence and common rules and policies. Coordination Board approved all negotiated documents on this meeting.
Photo gallery can be found here.
- 7.12.2011 New position: Executive Director
CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, www.ceitec.eu, is a project focused on the establishment of a European centre of excellence in the area of life sciences and advanced materials and technologies. The project is implemented by a consortium of universities and research institutes based in Brno, Czech Republic, led by Masaryk University.
The main management figure of the new centre will be the Executive Director. more »
- 7.12.2011 New position: Scientific Director
CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, www.ceitec.eu, is a project focused on the establishment of a European centre of excellence in the area of life sciences and advanced materials and technologies. The project is implemented by a consortium of universities and research institutes based in Brno, Czech Republic, led by Masaryk University.
The main management figure of the new centre will be the Executive Director. The scientific direction of the centre will be formulated by the Scientific Director. more »
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A representative of IMEC, one of the world’s most important research institutes in the areas of nano-electronics and nano-technologies based in Leuven, Belgium, is giving a lecture to Brno scientists and the general public today. In his lecture, “IMEC – The Past and the Future”, Professor Gustaaf Borghs will introduce the centre’s functions, its research activities and the developing cooperation with the Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC. Following the lecture, he will attend a meeting of the CEITEC Coordination Board taking place in Brno, which, as the centre’s highest authority, approves all key documents. more »
- 12.12.2011 Professor Stefan Maier Lecture CANCELED
We regret to inform you that the Professor Stefan Maier Lecture was CANCELED. more »
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A delegation of experts from the Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC, negotiated cooperation with counterparts at the London university, Imperial College, on 8 December 2011; they were also seen by the Pro Rector for International Affairs, Simon Buckle. The parties agreed on the importance and merit of mutual cooperation based on the needs of specific research groups of both institutions. Their cooperation is already successful on a smaller scale and should develop further in the future. As an example of the results of this collaboration, students from both participating organizations’ doctoral programmes will have the opportunity to participate in exchange programmes. more »
- 12. 12. 2011 Professor Gustaaf Borghs Lecture
We are pleased to invite you to lecture of Members of CEITEC Coordination Board: Professor Gustaaf Borghs: „IMEC – the past and the future“. more »
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We regret to inform you that the Professor Mehmet Sarikaya Lecture was CANCELED.
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A member of the Molecular Medicine research programme and doctoral student at Masaryk University, Marek Mráz, received an award from the Minister of Education for his excellent results in the area of leukaemia research. The award ceremony took place on 24 November 2011 in the Great Mirror Hall at the Ministry of Education. more »
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Rector of Masaryk University opens position:
Junior Scientist – Centre for Neuroscience, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
We are seeking for an outstanding applicant for junior scientist position for the research group in the field of Behavioral and Social neuroscience for Brain and Mind Research Program (Centre for Neuroscience). more » -
Rector of Masaryk University opens position:
Group Leader Position – Genomics and Proteomics of Plant Systems, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic more » -
Representatives of CEITEC established new contacts and cooperative relationships at the “Centrope 120 Seconds” international workshop held on 15 November 2011 at the Vienna University of Technology. Dozens of representatives from companies, universities, and research institutes from the Centrope region and elsewhere met there for a Day of Life Sciences. more »
- 10.11.2011 CEITEC Newsletter 3/2011
- 1.11.2011 Week of Science and Technology
The 11th annual Week of Science and Technology starts today. Don´t miss the Open day of the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., a CEITEC partner, which is to be held on the 10th November 2011, 8:30 - 15:00 hr., IPM ASCR, Žižkova 22, Brno.
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Rector of Masaryk University opens postdoctoral position in plant bioinformatics for CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Czech Republic, Brno
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Scientists from CEITEC and EMBL met in Brno in order to enhance working relationships and begin new specific areas of cooperation. A two-day visit took place in Brno on 20 – 21 October 2011.
- 18.10.2011 New position: Senior/Junior Researcher–Group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics of Plants
Rector of Masaryk University opens position
Senior/Junior Researcher Position– Group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics of Plants, CEITEC ‐ Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic more »
- 10.11.2011 Newsletter No. 3/2011
- 1. 11. 2011 ADAPTATION WORKSHOPS for CEITEC members – AGENDA
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Rector of Masaryk University opens position
Group Leader Position – Bio NMR, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic more »
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Rector of Masaryk University opens position:
Junior Scientist – Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic more »
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On 12 October, representatives of the British Chamber of Commerce and the British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Sian MacLeod, met with prestigious Brno companies, scientific-research institutions and Brno’s political leadership led by the Mayor of the City of Brno Roman Onderka. CEITEC Representatives introduced the ambition of the Central European Institute of Technology to become a European centre of excellence within a few years, its connection with the commercial sector and the possibilities of cooperation with both Czech and foreign companies. more »
- 6.9.2011 European Research Centre CEITEC
Brno Business, pg. 80, 6 September 2011
Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC, for 5.2 billion Czech crowns, will be launched in Brno in three years‘ time. more »
- 5. 9. 2011 THE OFFICIAL CEITEC OPENING CONFERENCE
The Central European Institute of Technology is pleased to invite you to
THE OFFICIAL CEITEC OPENING CONFERENCE
WHEN: Monday 26th September 2011, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm.
WHERE: BRNO, Masaryk University Campus
Kamenice 753/5, Brno-Bohunice more » -
Rector of Masaryk University opens position:
Group Leader Position – Bioinformatics, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
We are looking for an outstanding young scientist who is ready to accept the challenge of starting an independent world-class research group in the field of bioinformatics. more »
- 8.8.2011 New position: Operating Director
The Executive Director of CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology is announcing a selection procedure for the position of: Operating Director. more »
- 17.6.2011 Chráněno: Newsletter No. 2/2011
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It has only been three weeks since its approval and the Central European Institute of Technology has already welcomed its international management. During 19th – 21st June there is the first meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Board in Brno – the highest scientific advisory body of CEITEC, whose members are solely the important representatives of leading foreign scientific institutes. These independent experts assess and approve fundamental decisions concerning key issues and principles of the management of the centre. CEITEC has fully started its ambition to become a European centre of excellence. more »
- 21.6.2011 CEITEC Newsletter 01/2011
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The Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC will grow to the worth of 5.2 billion in Brno within the next three years. Money for setting up a European centre of scientific excellence has been acquired together by Brno universities and research institutes from the Operational Programme Research and Development for innovation. The institute, which will interconnect research in life sciences and technical fields, will be utilized by up to 600 scientists and by over 1200 students, and also by Czech and foreign companies. It will also help the existing basic and applied research in the whole of the Czech Republic to achieve top levels. more »
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The European Commission has approved the project to set up a centre of scientific excellence CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology) in Brno. Therefore CEITEC is the first finally approved project of a centre of scientific excellence in the Czech Republic. The recipient of the grant in the amount of 5.2 billion crowns from the Operational Programme Research and Development for innovation from European Structural Funds is Masaryk University which submitted the project together with Brno University of Technology and other Brno universities and research institutes. The centre will focus on the research and development in biomedicine and advanced materials and technology.
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Would you like to know basic information about the largest scientific centre which is beginning to be built in Brno? Do you know what research the scientists in the Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC will be engaged in? Are you interested which foreign and Czech scientists are going to work for us? How can private companies cooperate with us? What will CEITEC bring to Brno and the South Moravian region? Visit our seminars and ask us. CEITEC is starting right now!
WHEN: 31st May 2011, 9 a.m.– 6 p.m.
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First announcement of the 10 th IUVSTA School:
International Summer School on Physics at Nanoscale
When: 30th May – 4th June 2011
Where: Devět Skal, Czech RepublicRegistration till April 15th 2011.
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The first official meeting of CEITEC International Scientific Advisory Board will be held from 20th to 21st June. It is the highest scientific advisory body of the project and its members are foreign representatives of significant science institutes. International experts and scientists from CEITEC will discuss the plans of research activities for the next period. The Research Programme coordinators will also introduce the research programmes which they are managing to the members of the Board.
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On 17th March the representatives of the Central European Institute of Technology and the South Moravian Innovation Centre met with the Indian ambassador D.P. Srivastava. They showed him around the scientific laboratories on the premises of the Masaryk University campus and negotiated about the possibilities of their future cooperation. more »
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Rector of Masaryk University opens new Group Leader positions
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MIPIM – the international trade fair of real estates and investment opportunities – is starting in Cannes, France today. This year Brno, with the participation of its mayor Roman Onderka, presents itself as an important city of science and research. The Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC is one of the significant projects being introduced. The trade fair is on until 10th March. more »
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Evropské noviny, str. 15, 25. února 2011
The city of Brno is slowly, but surely, becoming a centre of Czech science and research. Billions from European money are being provided for projects of scientific centres and workplaces. At the top of these projects stands the CEITEC Centre of Excellence in the area of sciences concerned with living nature and advanced materials, which is currently awaiting approval of a subsidy of 5.246 billion crowns from the Operational Programme ..Research and Development for Innovations“. The project was described to Evropske noviny by its Director, Tomas Hruda.
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BioCompetition is an event for students (undergraduate, MSc, PhD) and young scientists who would like to rock their biocareer. More you can find HERE.
- 25.1.2011 An international conference for 180 scientists from all over the world is being held in Brno
180 scientists from the whole of Europe, USA, Israel and Russia arrived at the Continental hotel in Brno. The main subject of the congress AUM 2011 is the development of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and scientific cooperation in the field of structural biology. The conference is being held by CEITEC – Central European institute of technology and National Centre for Biomolecular Research of the Masaryk University during 24th – 27th January. more »
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Why do developed regions support knowledge economy? Each new skilled position creates a work opportunity for several other people in connected fields. Also Brno can look forward to the mentioned positives thanks to scientific-research projects, which are introduced in today’s conference Gate2BrnoBiotech. more »
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The project of the construction of a state-of-the-art scientific centre CEITEC in Brno worth over EUR 200 mil. was sent to Brussels for the final assessment by the Ministry of Education yesterday afternoon. The finance for creating modern laboratories and facilities for 800 scientists is applied for by the Masaryk University, Brno University of Technology, other Brno universities and research institutes. It is one of the highest amounts that the Czech Republic will be applying for from the European funds within the program of Research and development for innovations. If the European Commission approves of the project, it will represent a significant move for Brno, from the view of growth of economy and position on the map of scientific centres. more »
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South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC) has launched international biotechnology conference Gate2BrnoBiotech website www.gate2brnobiotech.com and opened registration to this unique meeting of R&D workers from both academia and industry. more » -
CEITEC project representatives took an active part in a Brussel´s seminar on “Innovation & Green Economy”. Tomáš Hruda, project director, presented the project, it´s plans and future potential. He pointed out the role of regional innovation strategies and cooperation of business, education and public/regional authorities in this respect. more »
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Brno scientists, whose team has one of the highest shares of the total budget within the CEITEC project, are organizing a meeting of leading teams from the Czech Republic researching in the field of nanotechnologies and nanosciences. more »
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The representatives of Central European Institute of Technology participated at an annual meeting of the INSTRUCT initiative (an Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure for Europe), which is a part of ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) in Hamburg. more »
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The Czech assessment of projects applying for amounts in billions for science is finishing. The project of the Central European Institute of Technology – CEITEC got ninety-nine points from the Ministry of Education. With this result the Brno project of Masaryk University and University of Technology took first place among major projects. The vision of several billion crowns into science and research of Brno is again closer to reality. In the case of the approval by the European Committee the building could be started in Bohunice campus and Pod Palackého vrchem at the beginning of next year.
more » - 22. 3. 2010 CEITEC in the spotlight of foreign companies. CzechInvest is already surveying the ground.
The representatives of CzechInvest have negotiated with the management of CEITEC about future cooperation. In it they see a unique opportunity on how to bring other foreign investors into Brno. The access to latest instruments, technologies and laboratory equipment, combined with experienced staff can be a big attraction for companies with their own research and development. There are many factors when deciding whether to choose Brno or another town, one of them is the facilities and specialists who will be interested in working for the company. CEITEC is able offer all this to potential investors and CzechInvest can significantly support CEITEC in this direction.�
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On the occasion of the exhibition of nanotechnologies, which has been held in the Technical Museum in Brno since December, scientists from CEITEC are initiating the general public into the world of nanotechnologies. The world that is invisible to the eye only, its secrets and possibilities are introduced to the public in six blocks. Nanotechnologies are expected to govern the world in the future. For instance nanomagnets, which will help with the treatment of cancer, can be a success. more »
- 9. 2. 2010 Central european institute of technology CEITEC is crossing borders with the Czech Republic
CEITEC is starting its cooperation also outside the Czech Republic. The management of the project has intensified communication with several strategic partners from the European Union. more »
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The project application for building a first-class research centre CEITEC has successfully passed the assessment of formality and the check of acceptability. It has progressed onto the next phase. During February the Ministry of Education will start the assessment of expertise. The first results will be available in April. more »
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The project preparations for the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) in Brno have been successfully completed. The project application, totalling more than 3000 pages, was handed over by the project leaders on Friday 13th November for approval by the Ministry of Education. Universities and the institutes of the Academy of Sciences are applying for a grant of 6.53 billion crowns from the European Program, „The Research and Development for Innovations Operational Programme“
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The final format of the CEITEC project (Central European Institute of Technology) was confirmed today by the official signatories of the partnership agreement between the seven institutions, who have been involved in the preparation of the project. more »
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3. 7. 2009 On friday the 3. 7. 2009 it stated with basic implementation of design and functionality.
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The scientific level of the CEITEC project has been assessed by scientists from prestigious world institutions this weekend when they met in Brno to jointly assess the scientific level of the teams connected with the CEITEC project. more »
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Masaryk University and Brno University of Technology have agreed on the next approach in the preparation of the Central European technology institute (CEITEC). The aim of the project is to create the best conditions and environment for the development of research into Biotechnology, advanced materials and technology. A framework agreement of cooperation, proposes the Masaryk University shoud be the main beneficiary of the grant on condition of an equal partnership with the Brno Technical University, both Rectors signed the agreement on 3rd March 2009.
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On Thursday 5th of February 2009 in Brno, a lecture was given by the world-renowned expert in the field of nanotechnoloty, prof. Yoshio Nishi. Prof. Nishi has many years of experience with the issues of research and running a multi-function laboratory in the field of nanotechnology, for these reasons he was invited by the creators of the CEITEC project, so that he could present his lecture, „Stanford Nanofabrication Facilities and CEITEC“. In his presentation prof. Nishi presented how the Stanford Nano Fabrication Facility is run, introducing possible good practices, which could be implemented in the running of the CEITEC project.
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Conference „European research infrastructure for innovation: strategies, models of management and financing of research centres“ on the 15th January 2009 respresentatives from the CEITEC project attended a conferences organised by Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+. The aim of the conference was to discuss and exchange experiences regarding management and models of operation of large investment projects in the field of R&D, which are (or will be) financed by the EU Structural fund, and to present opportunities to develop new technologies and innovations in nanotechnology and biomaterials.
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Science and Research in Brno have a future. „Research and Development and Universities as Engines of Regional Competitiveness“, which, in Brussels on the 3. 12. 2008, was organised by the biggest Universities from Brno and EU representatives of South Moravia and Brno.
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