Center for Advanced Preclinical Imaging (CAPI)

CAPI is a research facility of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague. Since 2016, we have been providing top-level services and a unique combination of preclinical imaging modalities for academic and clinical teams as well as industrial partners from the Czech Republic and abroad.

We are part of the national infrastructure Czech-BioImaging and the European infrastructure Euro-BioImaging. Thanks to this, we offer Open Access to state-of-the-art preclinical imaging technologies and expert know-how.

Our mission is to connect academic, clinical and industrial environments, and jointly push the boundaries of biomedical research.

• Access – Open Access
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• Equipment and services
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• Research and outputs
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• Team & contacts
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CAPI was established in 2016 with the support of the OP VaVpI programme. At that time, we operated an imaging flow cytometer and four imaging modalities: 1T MRI, CT-PET/SPECT, MPI, and Optical imaging.

Gradually, we expanded our portfolio with ultrasound with photoacoustics, 7T MRI, spectral CT, and other modalities. This has enabled us to become a recognised centre of multimodal in-vivo imaging of small laboratory animals.

CAPI is part of the national research infrastructure Czech-BioImaging, which brings together leading scientific imaging facilities in the Czech Republic. We also have the status of a node of the European consortium Euro-BioImaging, enabling us to provide services to national and international users within the open access system.

The success of CAPI is driven by an experienced multidisciplinary team of scientists, specialists and technicians supported by administrative staff of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. Together, we ensure daily operation of imaging modalities, design and planning of scientific studies, implementation of experiments, processing and interpretation of data, as well as support for publishing and managing research data in accordance with the FAIR principles.

Our staff will guide you through the entire process – from the first consultation and selection of suitable imaging modalities, through preparation of supporting documents for grant applications, to processing outputs for publication or final grant reports.

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Have a look at the possibilities of open access and let us start planning your study together.