Core Facility Database and Open Access Call

The Alliance4Life member institutions offer access to technologies and services in the field of life sciences to study biologically important cellular components and macromolecules – proteins, nucleic acids, and their complexes at different resolution levels, ranging from atomic to cellular.

What services do we offer?

The A4Life_BRIDGE project provides access to technologies (Core Facilities and shared laboratories) installed at the following research institutions and universities: 

Institution nameCountry codeAbbreviation
St. Anne's University Hospital Brno/ICRCCZICRC
Masaryk University – CEITECCZCEITEC 
Medical University in Lodz – MULPLMUL
Biomedical Research Center SASSKSAS
School of Medicine - University of ZagrebHRUZSM
University of LjubljanaSIUL
Medical University Sofia BGMUS
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest ROUMFCD
Latvian Institute of Organic SynthesisLVLIOS
Semmelweis University SUSU


THE DATABASE IS ACCESSIBLE HERE

How to get access and use the services?

Please provide the information about your project and about services you are interested in.
You will find the application form  below – this is relevant only for academic users.

This call is not intended for companies. Of course, we welcome cooperation with commercial partners and if you are interested to use the infrastructure listed in the database please feel free to contact core facilities and shared laboratories to inquire about the specific services you plan to use. We will gladly prepare a customized quotation based on your requirements. Contact information of core facilities and shared laboratories can be found in the database of services offered.



PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

A4L_BRIDGE call for proposals

The aim of this call for proposals is to open up the research infrastructure listed in the database to academic users coming from all Alliance4Life´s member institutions who will propose interesting scientific projects. Within one project proposal, the applicant can ask for one or more services/technologies from one or more partner institutions listed in the database.

Call for proposals for DOWNLOAD (PDF)


The financial limit is 9,000 EUR per each individual Open Access project.

Who can submit the proposal?

  • Researchers working for Alliance4Life´s member institutions
  • Ph.D. or Master students of Alliance4Life´s member institutions

For the purpose of this call, the employment/student status of each applicant will be checked with HR/student department of the respective institution.


Would you like to apply for this unique call and take advantage of free access to research infrastructures? Don´t hesitate and follow the Call for proposals and submit the application by 28 June 2024: The aplication form you can find HERE.


Process of submission:


Acknowledgements

Publications resulting from work undertaken on Alliance4Life´s core facilities and service laboratories have to include an acknowledgement according to the following pattern:

The A4L_BRIDGE project funded from the European Union’s Horizon EUROPE research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101136453 is gratefully acknowledged for the financial support of the measurements at the CF [name of the unit/CF].

Or in a short version: We acknowledge [name of the unit/CF] of A4L_BRIDGE, supported by European Union’s Horizon EUROPE under grant agreement No. 101136453.