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Proposals submitted now have maximal duration till 30.11.2025
Research project title:
Acronym:
 (max. 10 characters) Will be used as project identifier.
Applicant information:
First name:
Surname:
Email:
Phone number:
Position:
 Researcher
    
 Ph.D. student
    
 MSc student
    
First name:
Surname:
Email:
Phone number:
Position:
 Researcher
    
 Ph.D. student
    
 MSc student
    
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Principle investigator:
  same as applicant
First name:
Surname:
Email:
Phone number:
Invoicing address:
 University
    
 Public research organization
    
 Industry company
    
Organization:
Address
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Country:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
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Bahamas
Bahrain
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Barbados
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Belgium
Belize
Benin
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Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia (Hrvatska)
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
France Metropolitan
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
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Guadeloupe
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Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
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Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
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Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
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Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
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Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao, People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Helena
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
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United States
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Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (British)
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Western Sahara
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Scientific background of the project
(from 500 to 6000 characters - the extent of the proposal should correspond to the complexity of the requested service):
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Background in the lab and preliminary data
(from 500 to 3000 characters):
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Files and figures (PDFs and images accepted):
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Project objectives and experimental plan
(from 250 to 3000 characters):
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Select core facilities and proceed to their specific subforms:
Please select all facilities you want to utilize. It is not possible to add additional facilities to the project after the proposal is submitted.
 CEITEC/Brno - Biomolecular Interactions and Crystallography
 CEITEC/Brno - Cryo-electron Microscopy and Tomography
 CEITEC/Brno - Nanobiotechnology
 CEITEC/Brno - Proteomics
 CEITEC/Brno - Josef Dadok National NMR Centre
 BIOCEV/Praha - Biophysical techniques
 BIOCEV/Praha - Crystallization of proteins and nucleic acids
 BIOCEV/Praha - Diffraction techniques
 BIOCEV/Praha - Structural mass spectrometry
 BIOCEV/Praha - Protein production
CEITEC - Biomolecular Interactions and Crystallography
Type of access:
 Single project access
 BAG (block allocation group) access - internal users only
Sample(s) information:
Sample name:
  
 
Sample description
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Do the samples present any risk to human health and/or environment?:
 Yes
    
 No
    
Class of risk:
 1
    
 2
    
 3
    
Is the sample recombinant?:
 Yes
    
 No
    
If Yes, please specify details in the Other specification field
Source of origin:
The sample is:
 active virus
    
 virulence factor
    
 toxin
    
 prion protein
    
Other specifications:
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General service information:
Are you interested in data evaluation service (if relevant)?:
    
 Yes
    
 No
    
If yes, please specify in which method
Are you interested in training in data processing (if relevat?):
    
 Yes
    
 No
    
If yes, please specify in which method
Are you interested in expert consulting assistance?:
    
 Yes
    
 No
    
If yes, please specify in which method
Choose required services and fill in particular details for each.
 Calorimetric titration
Equipment requested
 VP-iTC
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 Auto PEAQ-ITC
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Experiment details
(VP-ITC only)
Time of measurement required:
  
 days
If you plan to use other liquids than water-based buffers, please specify in "Other information" field.
(Auto PEAQ-ITC only)
Number of samples:
  
 
Number of replicates per sample:
  
 
Blank measurement required:
    
 Yes
    
 No
    
Total measurements expected:
  
 
Do you request measurement at different temperatures?:
If Yes, please specify, experiments are routinely performed at 25°C
Type of experiments
(Auto PEAQ-ITC only)
 Standard titration experiments
 Competitive titration experiments for low or ultrahight affinity interactions
 Single titration injection (continuous titration)
Method of evaluation
(Auto PEAQ-ITC only)
 Automated evaluation using in-build software fitting (one independent binding site model and/or one independent binding site model with fixed stoichiometry)
 Expert evaluation (one or two independent binding site model, cooperativity, competitive binding, kinetics)
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Differential Scanning Calorimetry
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Equipment requested:
 VP-DSC
 Auto PEAQ-DSC
Time of measurement required (for VP-DSC only):
  
 days
Number of samples (including multiplicates and buffer scans, for Auto PEAQ-DSC only):
  
 
Type of experiments planned (temperature range, scan rate, number of repeated scans/down scans, etc.):
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Microscale Thermophoresis
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Used instrument for measurement:
 Monolith NT.115
 Monolith NT.115 Pico
Number of runs required
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:
  
 
Used label (for Monolith NT.115):
Type of experiments planned:
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Differential scanning fluorimetry (Prometheus NT.48)
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Number of runs required:
  
 
Extinction coef. at 280 nm (for Prometheus NT.48):
Type of experiments planned:
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Surface plasmon resonance (Biacore S200)
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Time of measurement required:
  
 days
Sensor chips for measurement:
 I will use my own chip
 I need a chip provided by CF
If you want sensor chips to be supplied by CF, please specify the chip type and the number of chips you request:
Type of experiments planned:
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Biolayer interferometry (Octet RED96e)
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Time of measurement required:
  
 days
Biosensors for measurement:
 I will use my own biosensors
 I need biosensors provided by CF
Amine Reactive Second-Generation (AR2G) Biosensors
Protein A (ProA) Biosensors
Streptavidin (SA) Biosensors
Anti-HIS (HIS2) Biosensors
If you want sensors to be supplied by CF, please specify the sensor type and the number of sensors you request:
Type of experiments planned:
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Surface plasmon resonance (SFR Imaging multichannel system)
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Time of measurement required:
  
 days
Sensor chips for measurement:
 I will use my own chip
 I need a chip provided by CF
Note: the Core Facility provides the unmodified sensor chips with gold layer only. If you require the chip coating services, please specify in "Other information" field.
Type of experiments planned:
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Analytical ultracentrifugation
Number of samples:
  
 
Number of total measurements expected:
  
 
Type of experiments:
 Sedimentation velocity (1 day/experiment)
 Sedimentation equilibrium (4 days/experiment)
Note that max 7 samples may be measured in one experiment. (for some experiment types no more than 3 may be measured in one experiment)
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Dynamic light scattering
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Used instrument for measurement:
 DelsaMax (cuvette measurements)
 Spectrolight 600 (plate reader measurements)
Time of measurement required:
  
 hours
Temperature of experiments:
Type of experiments:
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 CD / fluorescence measurement
This type of experiment is supposed to be managed by the user itself after special training.
Time of measurement required:
  
 hours
Cuvette types required:
 1 mm path
 2mm path
 5mm path
 10mm path
 5mm fluorescence compatible
 10mm fluorescence compatible
 Other - please specify in Other infomation below
 Need to change the typical configuration
Please specify in the “Other information” field below. This requires technical assistence.
(Standard configuration includes: peltier, standard cuvette, CD detector, fluorescence monochromator)
Type of experiments:
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Protein Crystallization
Number of samples:
  
 
Requested technique
 Standard screen set-up
Specify screens required in "Other information" field.
Number of screen plates per sample required:
  
 
 Plate storage and inspection
Standard time of plate inspection is one month (4 weeks), plates are typically stored for additional 5 months without inspection.
Prolonged inspection period: 4 +:
  
 weeks
 Optimization of crystallization
Number of screen plates per sample required:
  
 
 Advanced crystallization techniques
Specify in "Other information" field.
Other information, or if more description is needed than is covered by the form:
 Small-angle X-ray scattering
SAXS service required:
 Measurement of non-biological nanostructures
 Basic characterization of biological macromolecules by SAXS
 Determination of a 3-D shape of biological macromolecules by SAXS
Mode of service:
 Full service (measurement, data processing and data analysis provided by CF, only for biological molecules)
 Measurement without analysis of SAXS data
Numerical quantification of requirement for biological SAXS characterization:
Estimated number of samples for biological SAXS characterization for a selected period of time:
  
 
Time period:
    
 week
    
 month
    
 year
    
 X-ray diffraction
Diffraction service for single crystal sample(s) required:
 Preliminary non robotized X-ray tests (e.g test of cryoprotectant, test protein/salt, test of diffraction quality of single crystal) with biological sample
 Robotized test of diffraction quality of protein crystals
 Collection of diffraction data with crystals of biological macromolecules
 Collection of diffraction data with non-biological single crystals without data analysis
 Data collection and solving of the crystal structures with non-biological single crystals
Mode of service:
 Full service (measurement, data processing and data analysis provided by CF)
 Measurement without analysis of diffraction data
Numerical quantification of requirement for non-biological single crystal diffraction:
Estimated number of samples for non-biological X-ray diffraction experiments for a selected period of time:
  
 
Time period:
    
 week
    
 month
    
 year
    
CEITEC - Cryo-electron Microscopy and Tomography
Sample(s) information:
Sample name:
Biosafety level:
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 1
    
 2
    
Number of aliquotes/grids:
Concentration of sample stock
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:
Total molecular mass or size
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:
Buffer or solvent composition:
Delivery conditions:
 RT
    
 4C
    
 -20C
    
 -80C
    
 LN2
    
Storage conditions:
 RT
    
 4C
    
 -20C
    
 -80C
    
 LN2
    
Additional sample information
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:
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Type of access:
 Single project access
 BAG (block allocation group) access
Required service(s):
(select requested service, multiple choices possible.)
access to microscopes
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TEM imaging
SEM imaging
sample vitrification
resin embedding
FIB-SEM tomography
initial structural screening
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initial cryo-EM screening
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cryo-FIB lamella preparation
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single particle analysis data collection
cryo-electron tomography data collection
electron diffraction tomography
data analysis
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CEITEC - Nanobiotechnology
Type of analysis:
 Cells - mechanical properties
 Cells - imaging
 Biomolecules - imaging
 Nano-objects - imaging
 Raman-AFM combined microscopy
 Raman microscopy
 Electrochemical measurements
 Nanodeposition system
 Fluorescence scanner
 SPR biosensor
 Multi-electrode array (MEA)
Sample(s) description
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:
Required service(s):
 Full service (measurement and analysis)
    
 Measurement only
    
 Data processing only
    
CEITEC - Proteomics
It is strongly recommended to discuss the project with head of Proteomics CF prior submission.
Sample(s) information:
Organism:
Sample origin
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Sample history
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Gel electrophoresis:
 1D
 2D
pl range:
% T:
Staining:
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Required service(s):
 Protein fractionation/separation (1D, 2D, GE, IEF, LC)
 Intact mass analysis
 Protein identification
 Characterisation of protein modifications
 Absolute and relative protein quantification
CEITEC - Josef Dadok National NMR Centre
Sample(s) information:
Aggregation state (solid/liquid):
Molecular weight:
solvent/buffer/pH:
Temperature (typical/max allowed):
Concentration:
Stability:
Specify if the sample is isotopically labelled:
 natural isotopic abundance
 15N
 13C
 2H
 other
Comments:
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Type of NMR experiments
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Equipment required
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:
Time needed to prepare and deliver samples:
Estimated measuring time required (days):
Previous NMR measurements on the sample:
 none
 1D 1H
 2D Homonuclear
 2D Heteronuclear
 Heteronuclear 3D NMR
 other
Please provide previously measured spectra if available.
Required services:
 Full service
 Full measurement and assistance with analysis
 Full measurement without analysis
 Assistance with measurement and analysis
 Assistance with masurement
 No assistance
BIOCEV - Biophysical techniques
If at any point of your measurements you need to use a different CMS core facility, you don´t need to fill out another request form. In such a case, please contact the facility you have requested access for and they will instruct you further.
Type of access:
 Single project access
 BAG (block allocation group) access
Choose required services and fill in required details.
 Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)
What kind of sensor chip is needed:
 NanoDSF assay
Are Trp or Tyr amino acids present:
 Labeled microscale thermophoresis
Which dye is needed for protein labelling:
 Label free microscale thermophoresis
 Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
 Differential Scanning Calorimetry
 UV/visible spectrometry
 Circular Dichroism
Which buffer is used:
 Dynamic light scattering
 Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry
 Spectrofluorimetry
 Absorbance and Fluorescence measurements in plates
 Characterization by BLI interaction of biomolecules
 Mass Photometry
Other special requests:
BIOCEV - Crystallization of proteins and nucleic acids
If at any point of your measurements you need to use a different CMS core facility, you don´t need to fill out another request form. In such a case, please contact the facility you have requested access for and they will instruct you further.
Type of access:
 Single project access
 BAG (block allocation group) access
Please estimate how many hours, days, or individual measurements are planned:
Required services:
 Robotic setup of 96-well crystalliziation plates
 Manual setup of crystallization plates
 Manual setup of crystallization plates under an inert atmosphere
 Automated monitoring of crystallization in the crystallization hotel
 Crystal handling and preparation for diffraction experiments
 Crystal handling and preparation for diffraction experiments in oxygen free conditions
 In drop DLS analysis of protein samples and crystallization experiments
 Vitrification of grids using the Vitrobot
Other special requests:
BIOCEV - Diffraction techniques
If at any point of your measurements you need to use a different CMS core facility, you don´t need to fill out another request form. In such a case, please contact the facility you have requested access for and they will instruct you further.
Type of access:
 Single project access
 BAG (block allocation group) access
Choose required services and fill in required details.
Small angle X-ray scattering
 Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurement
Number of samples (estimate):
  
 
 SAXS data processing
 Assistance with SAXS data interpretation
 Measurement of SAXS data at synchrotron radiation sources
Number of samples (estimate):
  
 
Single crystal X-ray diffraction
 In-situ (in the crystallisation plates) testing of crystal diffraction
Number of plates (estimate):
  
 
 Measurement of single crystal diffraction data
Testing of difraction quality (estimate number of crystals):
  
 
Complete dataset measurement:
Number of crystals (estimate):
Expected phasing method (options: MR, MIR, SAD, other):
 Crystal dehumidifying experiment
Number of days (estimate):
  
 
 Diffraction data processing
 Assistance to solve a 3D structure
 Measurement of X-ray diffraction data sets at synchrotron radiation sources
Number of crystals (estimate):
  
 
 X-ray fluorescence measurement
Other special requests:
BIOCEV - Structural mass spectrometry
If at any point of your measurements you need to use a different CMS core facility, you don´t need to fill out another request form. In such a case, please contact the facility you have requested access for and they will instruct you further.
Type of access:
 Single project access
 BAG (block allocation group) access
Required services(s):
 Precise molecular weight determination
 Mass spec data interpretation
 MALDI analysis
 ESI electrospray analysis
 MS sample preparation and handling
 Hydrogen deuterium exchange with MS
 Chemical cross-linking with MS
 Native electrospray
 Fast photochemical oxidation of proteins
 Single protein identification from gel/solution
 Proteins identification/quantification
Special requests:
BIOCEV - Protein production
If at any point of your measurements you need to use a different CMS core facility, you don´t need to fill out another request form. In such a case, please contact the facility you have requested access for and they will instruct you further.
Required services(s):
 Cloning
 Protein expression (large-scale)
 Protein purification
 Small-scale expression and solubility test
 Method development
BIOCEV sample(s) information
Sample name:
  
 
Sample description
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:
Do the sample present any risk to human health and/or environment?:
 Yes
    
 No
    
If Yes, please specify details in the Other specification field
Class of risk:
 1
    
 2
    
 3
    
Source of origin:
Is the sample recombinant?:
 Yes
    
 No
    
If Yes, please specify expression host:  
The sample is:
 active virus
    
 virulence factor
    
 toxin
    
 prion protein
    
Other specifications:
+ Add a sample
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