CEITEC (the Central European Institute of Technology) is an educational institution in Brno, Czech Republic. It is a Research Center for Life Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. CEITEC was founded by a group of Brno universities (Masaryk University, Brno University of Technology, Mendel University, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno) and research institutes (Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine) and supported by both the South Moravian Region and the city of Brno. Within CEITEC, a number of laboratories were built with instrumentation and facilities. CEITEC is member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life sciences research centres in Europe. Research Areas CEITEC was the first scientific center in the Czech Republic to integrate research and development in the field of life sciences, advanced materials and technologies to such an extent. At the heart of the project is the synergy of 7 research areas which allows to study objects of living and inanimate nature at all available levels of complexity. The knowledge and experience of scientists from the six research institutes involved is divided into 59 research groups according to their expertise. Of the total, 36 are under Masaryk University, 14 under the Brno University of Technology, 4 under the Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University, 2 under the Institute of Physics of ASCR, 2 under the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and 1 under the Mendel University. CEITEC Masaryk University The Central European Institute of Technology – Masaryk University (CEITEC MU) is an independent university institute, which was established at Masaryk University as part of the CEITEC - CEO Center of Excellence. CEITEC MU is a part of the research infrastructure that was built in 2014 at the University Campus in Brno–Bohunice and provides equipment and conditions for basic and applied research, especially in the field of life sciences. CEITEC Brno University of Technology CEITEC Brno University of Technology is part of CEITEC's "scientific centre of excellence". Since 2016, it forms a key component of research infrastructure with facilities and conditions for both basic and applied research in advanced nanotechnology and micro-technology and advanced materials. There are two research areas at CEITEC BUT where a total of 12 research groups dealing with ceramic materials, cybernetics for material science, advanced polymer materials or smart nanodevices, experimental bio-photonics, preparation and characterization of nanostructures, development of methods of analysis and measurement, as well