26 Jul 2021

ISIDORe project approved for funding

On 22 July 2021, the EC announced that 11 projects were short-listed for funding, with total funding of €120 million. The 11 projects involve 312 research teams from 40 countries in Europe and beyond, which are addressing the emergency request to tackle the most complex societal problems.

26 Jul 2021

Emerging Topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Jean Baum & Beat Meier

The series Emerging topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance will continue on July 29^th at 16:00 CEST with the following lecturers and topics:

• Jean Baum (Rutgers University): Investigating a-Synuclein amyloid seeding processes by NMR

• Beat Meier (ETH Zürich): Higher fields and faster spinning: new opportunities for protein NMR

23 Jul 2021

CIISB graded as excellent in the international peer-review assessment of Large Research Infrastructures of the Czech Republic 2021

On Monday, July 19, 2021, Masaryk university, as a coordinator of the Czech Infrastructure for Integrative Structural Biology (CIISB), received results of the consensus report of the international assessment committee. CIISB performance was evaluated using 13 evaluation and monitoring criteria with the overall grade 5 – excellent.

19 Jul 2021

Emerging Topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Michael F. Summers & Jun-Xia Lu

The series Emerging topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance will continue on July 22^nd at 16:00 CEST with the following lecturers and topics:

• Michael F. Summers (University of Maryland): NMR studies of the HIV-1 RNA Packaging Signal 

• Jun-Xia Lu (ShanghaiTech University): The amyloid structure of RIPK3 of mouse and human in cell necroptosis 

14 Jul 2021

Open call for Research Group Leader position in Life Science at CEITEC Masaryk University

We are seeking to recruit a curiosity-driven research group leader, who is keen to establish an independent research group.The position is not limited by age or research area within Life Sciences. The tender is open until the end of August 2021.

12 Jul 2021

Emerging Topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Nicolas Fawzi & Lyndon Emsley

• Lyndon Emsley (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne): Drugs in Cells

7 Jul 2021

TRANSVAC-2 Open Call

The TRANSVAC-2 TNA call is now open for applications until 10^th August 2021. Researchers in the Instruct-ERIC community are urged to submit projects that require structural biology services for vaccine design as TRANSVAC-2 will cover the access costs for approved projects.

7 Jul 2021

Prof. Jaroslav Koča, founder of CEITEC Institute, passed away

Excellent structural biologist and founder of CEITEC Central European Institute of Technology Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc. died on Friday 2^nd July 2021. His academic and scientific career is closely linked to Masaryk University, both the MU Faculty of Science and CEITEC, where he held several senior positions. He was also the founder and longtime director of the National Center for Biomolecular Research of the Faculty of Science of MU.