Research Programmes
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?
- … 51 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?
Structural Biology
Program coordinator
Program description
Structural Biology Program will integrate information on the structure of biologically important macromolecules – proteins, nucleic acids and their complexes. The aim is to obtain the knowledge necessary to understand the basic functions and life processes at the molecular and cellular levels. Progressive high-resolution methods of structural analysis such as X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance, cryo-electron microscopy and tomography will be used in combination with modern methods of molecular modelling, theoretical chemistry, and bioinformatics. The program aims to achieve European competitiveness, stimulate regional development, and provide a support for biomedical and biotechnology research.
Main goals
New, integrated infrastructure, set up by the CEITEC project, will provide information crucial for the development of biochemical and biomedical technologies and therapeutic strategies for the treatment of serious illnesses. The results will find use in the pharmaceutical industry, in the monitoring of environment quality, will help to develop nanobiotechnolgies and will contribute to the development of new scientific instruments. The research will focus on molecular biology and biochemical and structural characterization of cellular processes, including RNA, studies of the ribosome, understanding the structure-function relationships of proteins in pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and on the acquisition of knowledge necessary for the development of biosensors for nanomechanical detection of clinical markers using their in vivo/in situ detection in real time.
Research Groups
- NMR Spectroscopy
- Bioinformatics
- CD Spectroscopy of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
- CryoEM
- Glycobiochemistry
- RNA Quality Control
- Molecular Biology and Biophysics of Metallodrugs
- Nanobiotechnology
- NMR Spectroscopy
- NMR Spectroscopy II
- NMR Spectroscopy III
- Protein/RNA Interactions
- X-ray Crystallography
- X-ray Crystallography II
- Structure and Dynamics of Nucleic Acids
- Structure and Interaction of Biomolecules at Surfaces
- Computional Chemistry