Instruct-ERIC member countries and organisations

Currently there are 17 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: Jan Burianek

Centres: Instruct Centre CZ

Facilities: BIOCEV, CEITEC

Subscription financed by:

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MSMT)

EMBL

Representative: Plamena Markova (EMBL Heidelberg)

Centres: Instruct Centre EMBL

Facilities: EMBL Grenoble, EMBL Hamburg, EMBL Heidelberg

Subscription financed by:

EMBL

Finland

Representative: Anni Kleino (Academy of Finland)

Centres: Instruct Centre FI

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

France

Representative: Winfried Weissenhorn (Universite Grenoble Alpes)

Facilities: Instruct Centre FR1, Instruct Centre FR2

Subscription financed by:

Ministère de l'Éducation nationale de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherché (MENESR)

Germany

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

Greece

Representative: Evangelia Chrysina

Subscription financed by:

National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF)

Israel

Representative: Joel Sussman

Centres: Instruct Centre IL

Facilities: 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: Giedrius Sasnauskas

Netherlands

Representative: Rolf Boelens (Bijvoet Center, Utrecht University)

Centres: Instruct Centre NL

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

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

Portugal

Representative: Maria Carrondo (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - 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

Slovenia

Representative: Marjetka Podobnik

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: Harwell Campus, Molecular Biophysics Suite, Oxford Particle Imaging Centre, Oxford Mass Spectrometry Centre, Research Complex Harwell, University of Oxford

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 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 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 (Medical University of Vienna)

Denmark

Representative: Thomas Vosegaard (University of Aarhus)

Subscription financed by:

Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

Hungary

Representative: Beata Vertessy (Budapest University)

Poland

Representative: Milosz Ruszkowski (Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences)

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: María-Natalia Lisa (Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), CONICET, Fac. de Cs. Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas de Rosario.)

Brazil

Representative: Shaker Chuck Farah (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

Jordan

Representative: Areej Abuhammad (University of Jordan)

South Africa

Representative: Bryan Trevor Sewell

Subscription financed by:

MOU with University of Cape Town

Uruguay

Representative: Alejandro Buschiazzo (Institut Pasteur)

Venezuela

Representative: Alberto Podjarny (CNRS)