ELIXIR Germany

ELIXIR, the European Life Science Infrastructure for Biological Information, was founded in 2014 as an intergovernmental organisation and brings together life science resources from across Europe. ELIXIR Germany is the national Node of the European ELIXIR infrastructure since 2016. 

ELIXIR Germany is coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich as the representing entity. The node is run by the members of the German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI), which is funded  the BMBF, first as a joint project until 2021 and now via Forschungszentrum Jülich as a member of the Helmholtz Association. 

ELIXIR-DE led by the joint Heads of Node Prof. Alexander Sczyrba and Prof. Oliver Kohlbacher as well as the Deputy Head of Node Dr. Irena Maus. The scientific delegates from Germany to the ELIXIR Board are Prof. Rolf Backofen and Prof. Alexander Goesmann.

ELIXIR-DE Key Roles
Node Coordination
Alexander Sczyrba Head of Node Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Phone: +49 521 106-2910 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Oliver Kohlbacher Head of Node Eberhard Karls Universität TÜbingen Phone: +49-7071-29-70457 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Irena Maus Node Coordinator Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Phone: +49 521 106-12272 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Training Coordination
Daniel Wibberg Training Coordinator Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Phone: +49 521 106-12254 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Helena Schnitzer Deputy Training Coordinator Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Lisanna Paladin Deputy Training Coordinator EMBL Heidelberg E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Technical Coordination
Björn Grüning Technical Coordinator University of Freiburg Phone: +49 761 203-54130 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Renato Alves Deputy Technical Coordinator EMBL Heidelberg E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Staff of the de.NBI AO is listed here