ELIXIR Germany

elixir germanyELIXIR, the European Life Science Infrastructure for Biological Information, was founded in 2013 as an intergovernmental organisation to consolidate life science resources across Europe. ELIXIR Germany has served as the national Node within this broader European framework since 2016.

The Node is coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich, which also represents ELIXIR Germany at the national level. It is operated by the German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI), initially funded as a joint project by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) until 2021, and subsequently by Forschungszentrum Jülich, a member of the Helmholtz Association.

ELIXIR Germany is led by the joint Heads of Node, Prof. Alexander Sczyrba and Prof. Oliver Kohlbacher, and the Deputy Head of Node, Dr. Irena Maus. The scientific delegates representing Germany on the ELIXIR Board are Prof. Rolf Backofen and Prof. Alexander Goesmann.

ELIXIR-DE Key Roles  
Node Coordination  
AKP2261 Alexander Sczyrba
Head of Node
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Phone: +49 521 106-2910
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AKP2261 Oliver Kohlbacher
Head of Node
Eberhard Karls Universität TÜbingen
Phone: +49-7071-29-70457
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AKP2261 Irena Maus
Node Coordinator & Deputy Head of Node
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Phone: +49 521 106-12272
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Training Coordination
DSC02514 Daniel Wibberg
Training Coordinator
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Phone: +49 521 106-12254
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Portrait HelenaSchnitzer 3 Helena Schnitzer
Deputy Training Coordinator
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

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Lisanna Paladin
Deputy Training Coordinator
EMBL Heidelberg

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Technical Coordination
ELIXIR Björn Grüning 2Björn Grüning
Technical Coordinator
University of Freiburg
Phone: +49 761 203-54130
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Renato AlvesRenato Alves
Deputy Technical Coordinator
EMBL Heidelberg
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