Instruct-ERIC member countries and organisations

Currently there are 15 countries and organisations who have signed up as members of the Instruct European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). Each member pays an annual membership, which allows scientists from those countries to submit their proposals to gain access to the service/technologies catalogue, apply for internships and R&D pilot project funding, and access expert training.

Member countries and organisations are shown in the table below. Click to view centre information, funding bodies and contact details for the country representatives.

Belgium

Representative: Jan Steyaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Centres: Instruct Centre BE

Facilities: Nanobodies4Instruct

Subscription financed by: Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO)

Czech Republic

Representative: Vladimir Sklenar (Masaryk University)

Centres: Instruct Centre CZ

Facilities: BIOCEV, CEITEC

Subscription financed by: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MSMT)

Denmark

Representative: Thomas Vosegaard (University of Aarhus)

Subscription financed by: Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

EMBL

Representative: Silke Schumacher

Centres: Instruct Centre EMBL

Facilities: EMBL Barcelona, EMBL Grenoble, EMBL Hamburg

Subscription financed by:

EMBL

Finland

Representative: Marko Uutela (Academy of Finland)

Centres: Instruct Centre FI

Facilities: University of Eastern Finland, University of Helsinki, University of Oulu

France

Representative: Dino Moras (IGBMC-CERBM)

Facilities: Instruct Centre FR1, Instruct Centre FR2

Subscription financed by: Ministère de l'Éducation nationale de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherché (MENESR)

Israel

Representative: Gideon Schreiber (The Weizmann Institute of Science)

Centres: Instruct Centre IL

Facilities: Centre for Bioinformatics, ISPC (WIS) Israel

Subscription financed by: Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (MOST)

Italy

Representative: Lucia Banci (CERM/CIRMMP)

Facilities: Instruct Centre IT

Subscription financed by: Ministero dell'Istruzionedell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)

Latvia

Representative: Kaspars Tars (Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre)

Lithuania

Representative: Gintaras Valincius (Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University)

Netherlands

Representative: Rolf Boelens (Bijvoet Center, Utrecht University)

Centres: Instruct Centre NL

Facilities: Bijvoet Centre - UU, NeCEN - LU, Protein facility - NKI

Subscription financed by: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

Portugal

Representative: Maria Carrondo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Subscription financed by: Fundacão para a Ciênca e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Slovakia

Representative: Miloš Hricovíni (Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences)

Subscription financed by: Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic

Spain

Representative: Jose Carazo (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas CSIC)

Centres: Instruct Centre ES

Facilities: Instruct Image Processing Center

United Kingdom

Representative: David Stuart (Instruct-ERIC)

Centres: Instruct Centre UK

Facilities: Diamond Light Source, Molecular Biophysics Suite, Oxford Particle Imaging Centre, Oxford Mass Spectrometry Centre, Research Complex Harwell, STRUBI

Subscription financed by: Medical research council

Non-member countries

Instruct-ERIC services are available to researchers from non-member countries through collaboration or ‘Pay for Access’. You would apply by registering and submitting a proposal in the usual way, and we would serve as a broker to send your request to the Instruct Centres. Alternatively, we would refer you to other funding sources for research visits, for example iNEXT. For more information about participation in Instruct activities by scientists from non-member countries, consult our eligibility page.

European countries with links to Instruct-ERIC

Some European countries partner with Instruct-ERIC through the Instruct-ULTRA project, with a view to joining Instruct-ERIC in future. In other countries we have a contact point for Instruct enquiries. Click in the table below to find a contact person who may be able to advise about future country membership for Instruct-ERIC.

Austria

Representative: Kristina Djinovic-Carugo (University of Vienna)

Germany

Representative: Harald Schwalbe (Institut für Organische Chemie und Chemische Biologie)

Greece

Representative: Evangelia Chrysina (National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) )

Hungary

Representative: Beata Vertessy (Budapest University of)

Slovenia

Representative: Dusan Turk (Jožef Stefan Institute)

Sweden

Representative: Gunter Schneider (Karolinska Institutet)

International Partnerships

One of Instruct-ERIC’s aims is to foster international collaboration in structural biology. Partnerships have developed whereby Instruct-ERIC offers training and shared expertise in instrumentation technology, research techniques and administration. Click below for country details.

Argentina

Representative: Alberto Podjarny (CNRS)

Brazil

Representative: Shaker Chuck Farah (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

Jordan

Representative: Areej Abuhammad (University of Jordan)

Uruguay

Representative: Alejandro Buschiazzo (Institut Pasteur)

Venezuela

Representative: Alberto Podjarny (CNRS)