latuše Novotná is the Head of Strategic Partnerships & International Relations at CEITEC Masaryk University, the main representative of CEITEC in EU-LIFE, and the Coordinator of Alliance4Life. Until 2017 she served as the Head of the Grant Office at CEITEC MU with the responsibility for a broad portfolio of research and innovation projects with the main focus on the policy and actions of the European Communities. She was a team member preparing the CEITEC project between 2009-2011. Before entering the academic environment in 2007, she spent almost 20 years in the commercial sector in international and Czech companies, as a business consultant, exploitation director, EU project manager, and EU competence team leader. Zlatuše received her doctoral degree at the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Science in Brno and her Diploma in marketing and strategic business planning at the Czech Institute of Marketing in Prague.