Organization changes of CIISB at the Institute of Biotechnology
The CIISB facilities at IBT have been undergoing the following organizational changes.
Registration is now open for the 22nd webinar in the series on 12 October 2022, 3pm CEST (2:00pm BST, 10:00am BRT). This webinar will be led by guest speakers from Instruct's partner institutions in Latin America. The invited speakers will give talks on the work they completed as part of the Instruct International Call.
The upcoming webinar will feature talks on the use of Crystallography, biophysical techniques, Cryo-EM, X-Ray and NMR to investigate septin's structure and function.

Moderator: Maria Natalia Lisa, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, Argentina
Talk 1: Protein crystallography off the beaten track: Septins, their filaments and the importance of access to research infrastructure
Speaker: Richard Garratt, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Talk 2: The versatile septin coiled-coil domains
Speaker: Italo Cavini, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
You can view the full abstracts and register on the Instruct-ERIC website, where you can also watch recordings of the previous webinars.
The CIISB facilities at IBT have been undergoing the following organizational changes.
To honor the memory of Prof. Vladimír Sklenář, an internationally renowned scientist and an important organizer of scientific activities in the Czech Republic, CEITEC Masaryk University awards the Vladimír Sklenář Scholarship. The scholarship is intended for students of doctoral studies at universities in the Czech and Slovak Republics working with NMR spectroscopy and can be used to cover the costs related to their studies. The intention is to improve the conditions for the awardee’s personal and career development.
The scholarship in the amount of CZK 100,000, which may be taxable according to the practice of the institution and/or the tax regulations of the beneficiary's country, is sponsored by Měřicí technika Morava. The scholarship will be awarded to one person per year.
The application deadline for the 2026 scholarship is February 28, 2026.