Project information
National research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging
- Project Identification
- LM2018129
- Project Period
- 1/2020 - 12/2022
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
- Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation
- MU Faculty or unit
- Central European Institute of Technology
- Other MU Faculty/Unit
- Faculty of Informatics
- Cooperating Organization
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Institute of Physiology of the ASCR, v. v. i.
Institute of Experimental Botany of the ASCR, v. v. i.
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- Responsible person Prof. Pavel Hozák, Ph.D.
Charles University
Palacký University, Olomouc
Brno University of Technology
Biological Centre of the ASCR, v. v. i.
The national research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging is built as a distributed infrastructure of leading imaging facilities in the Czech Republic. The infrastructure will assure open access to a wide range of imaging technologies and expertise to all scientists in the Czech Republic. The national imaging infrastructure is closely interlinked with the Czech Republic participation in the ESFRI large pan-European research infrastructure Euro-BioImaging. The backbone of the national infrastructure create two future Euro-BioImaging nodes (“Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy Multi Modal Multi Sited Node” composed of the Institute of Molecular Genetics Academy of Sciences, the Charles University, BioCeV , the Institute of Physiology of the Academy of Sciences and “Advanced Light Microscopy and Medical Imaging Multi Modal Multi Sited Node” composed of the Masaryk University Brno, CEITEC, the Institute of Experimental Botany and the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Academy of Sciences). These institutions are complemented by the imaging facilities of the Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Palacky University which possess unique imaging technologies and expertise in the context of the Czech Republic.
The national imaging infrastructure will provide Czech scientists with a permanent access to the cutting edge imaging technologies, which are not available in their own institutions. The infrastructure will support mutual cooperation of the scientists and sharing of best practices and knowledge, which contributes to the higher competitiveness of the Czech research. Special training programmes will help in increasing the qualification of scientists in biological and medical imaging, whose knowledge is a key pre-requisite for any research activity in biomedical sciences.
Sustainable Development Goals
Masaryk University is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.
Publications
Total number of publications: 83
2025
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Maternal depression during the perinatal period and its relationship with emotion regulation in young adulthood: An fMRI study in a prenatal birth cohort
Psychological Medicine, year: 2025, volume: 55, edition: Feb, DOI
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Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow by ASL MRI in Rat Models of Psychopathology and Psychopharmacological Interventions
Handbook of the Biology and Pathology of Mental Disorders, year: 2025, number of pages: 24 s.
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The role of the somatosensory cortex in self-paced movement impairment in Parkinson's disease
Clinical Neurophysiology, year: 2025, volume: 171, edition: March 2025, DOI
2024
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Design of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Theranostic Delivery of Capsaicin as Anti-Cancer Drug and Fluorescent Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots
Macromolecular Bioscience, year: 2024, volume: 24, edition: 9, DOI
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Development of white matter in young adulthood: The speed of brain aging and its relationship with changes in fractional anisotropy
Neuroimage, year: 2024, volume: 301, edition: November 2024, DOI
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Early embryogenesis in CHDFIDD mouse model reveals facial clefts and altered cranial neurogenesis
Disease Models & Mechanisms, year: 2024, volume: 17, edition: 6, DOI
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Generation of the Human iPSC Line from Spontaneous Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Patient with ApoE3/3 Genotype and Sex-, Age-, and ApoE-Matched Healthy Control
Stem cell research, year: 2024, volume: 74, edition: February 2024, DOI
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Glutamine and serum starvation alters the ATP production, oxidative stress, and abundance of mitochondrial RNAs in extracellular vesicles produced by cancer cells
Scientific Reports, year: 2024, volume: 14, edition: 1, DOI
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Chronic citalopram effects on the brain neurochemical profile and perfusion in a rat model of depression detected by the NMR techniques – spectroscopy and perfusion
Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, year: 2024, volume: 181, edition: December 2024, DOI
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Long-term zinc treatment alters the mechanical properties and metabolism of prostate cancer cells
Cancer Cell International, year: 2024, volume: 24, edition: 1, DOI