CEITEC Selected Projects

ERC Grant Holders

The ERC is the most prestigious European grant awarded by the European Research Council. Based on a proposal for innovative research, it provides financial support to the most talented European researchers. There is a total of 5 ERC holders working at CEITEC.

H2020 ERC: PeptideKillers (doc. RNDr. Robert Vácha, PhD.), 2022–2026

H2020 ERC: OPTEL-MED (Eric Daniel Glowacki, Ph.D.), 2021 - 2025

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H2020 ERC: LeukemiaEnviron (doc. MUDr. Mgr. Marek Mráz, Ph.D.)

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H2020 ERC: THz-FRaScan (Ing. Petr Neugebauer, PhD.)

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H2020 ERC: ToMeTuM (prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Adam, Ph.D.)

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H2020 ERC: DECOR (doc. Mgr. Richard Štefl, Ph.D.)

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H2020 ERC: PicoStructure (Mgr. Pavel Plevka, Ph.D.)

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Other Selected Horizon 2020 International Projects

Horizon 2020 is the largest research and innovation program in the history of the EU. It helps to consolidate the EU's position as a world leader in science - attracting the best scientific brains and helping our scientists to collaborate and share ideas across Europe.

Integrative structural biology of pathological tau protein, an appealing therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease modifying drugs (RNDr. Mgr. Jozef Hritz, Ph.D.)

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H2020 Teaming: RICAIP (Prof. Pavel Václavek, Ph.D.)

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H2020 FET Open: PETER (prof. RNDr. Tomáš Šikola, CSc.)

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H2020 MSCA RISE: RNA Diagon (prof. RNDr. Ondřej Slabý, Ph.D.)

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H2020 Twinning: SINNCE (prof. RNDr. Tomáš Šikola, CSc.)

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H2020: 1000kmPLUS (prof. Pavel Václavek, Ph.D.)

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H2020 MSCA RISE: CoBeN (prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová, Ph.D.)

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H2020 ESCEL: AutoDrive (prof. Pavel Václavek, Ph.D.)

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H2020 ERA Chair: Culture as a Catalyst to Maximize the Potential of CEITEC

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Alliance4Life

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MEDGENET (prof. RNDr. Šárka Pospíšilová, Ph.D.)

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TWINFUSYON (prof. RNDr. Josef Humlíček, CSc.)

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BISON (Prof. Jaroslav Koča)

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Selected National Projects 

GAČR Expro is for basic research projects and aims at creating conditions for the development of excellent research, setting standards of excellence in science, helping to overcome barriers that reduce the success of ERC project proposals, and enabling the acquirement of the necessary knowledge and experience to be evaluated when applying for highly prestigious European grants.

Structural Study of Enterovirus Replication in Situ (Mgr. Pavel Plevka, Ph.D.)

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Structural Biology – Next Generation: From Isolated Molecules to Cells, From Cells to Tissues (doc. Mgr. Lukáš Trantírek, Ph.D.)

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Biogenesis and Evolution of Telomerase in Plants (prof. RNDr. Jiří Fajkus, CSc.)

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ADAR RNA editing, how immune systems and brains breach The Central Dogma (prof. Mary Anne O'Connell, PhD.)

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2D Nanomaterials Electrochemistry

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Molecular and Functional Analysis of Casein Kinase 1 Biology (prof. Mgr. Vítězslav Bryja, Ph.D.)

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ERC CZ scheme supports research projects that have received the highest mark in the evaluation by the European Research Council, but could no longer be funded by EU funds.

PeptideKillers (doc. RNDr. Robert Vácha, PhD.)

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CROSSBETT (Mgr. Gabriel Demo, Ph.D.)

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BioPhage (Mgr. Pavel Plevka, Ph.D.)

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ERC-CZ: Autonomní Inteligentní Roje Mikroplavců (doc. RNDr. Martin Pumera, Ph.D.)

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The Operational Programme Research, Development and Education is a multiannual thematic program run by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports. The objective of the program is to contribute to the shift of the Czech Republic towards an economy based on an educated, motivated, and creative workforce, the production of quality research results, and the usage of the results to increase the competitiveness of the Czech Republic.

OP VVV: REMAP (Mgr. Karel Říha, Ph.D.)

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Note: Black and white photo projects have already been completed.