Networks
The IPB is actively participating in the following national and international research networks:
Leibniz Research Alliance
Advanced Materials Safety
Advanced materials contribute significantly in a wide range of applications, from the generation of green hydrogen, to catalysis, energy storage and biomedicine. As such, they are critical to the development and deployment of important future technologies. Often, however, their contribution goes widely unnoticed. Advanced materials combine different nano- and/or microscale building blocks into hierarchically structured hybrid materials. The combination of different components give rise to a complex hazard potential. The aim of the Leibniz Research Alliance Advanced Materials Safety is therefore to investigate the safety of advanced materials throughout their entire life cycle.
EU SAGE
European Sustainable Agriculture through Genome Editing
EU-SAGE is a network representing plant scientists at 134 European plant science institutes and societies that have joined forces to provide information about genome editing and promote the development of European and EU member state policies that enable the use of genome editing for sustainable agriculture and food production.
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. Funding from the BMBF was made available for the national ELIXIR node through the project “German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI)” until the end of 2021. Since the beginning of 2022, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH as a member of the Helmholtz Association has been entrusted with the consolidation of ELIXIR Germany.
NFDI e.V. and NFDI4Chem
National Research Data Infrastructure Germany (NFDI)
In the National Research Data Infrastructure Germany (NFDI), valuable data from science and research are systematically accessed, networked and made usable in a sustainable and qualitative manner for the entire German science system.
NFDI4Chem
NFDI4Chem develops and maintains a national research data infrastructure for the research domain of chemistry in Germany, and enables innovative services and science based on research data. NFDI4Chem is a DFG-funded non-commercial consortium by the community for the community.
Association Foundation: 10/2020
Contact at IPB: Steffen Neumann
Websites: https://www.nfdi.de/?lang=en https://www.nfdi4chem.de/
COST Action ML4NGP
Non-globular proteins in the era of Machine Learning
The ML4NGP COST Action aims to establish an interdisciplinary pan-European network to favour this interplay, fostering experimental frameworks designed to provide information to computational methods, and novel computational methods developed, trained and benchmarked with experimental data. The main aim and objective of the Action is to describe the function and properties of Non-globular Proteins (NGPs) by combining experimental data and novel machine learning (ML) approaches.
Period: 10/2022 - 10/2026
Contact at IPB: Mehdi Davari
Website: https://ml4ngp.eu/
COST Action COZYME
Pan-European Network on Computational Redesign of Enzymes
Period: 10/2022 - 10/2026
Contact at IPB: Mehdi Davari
Websites: https://cozyme.eu/ https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21162/
ScienceCampus Halle
Plant-based Bioeconomy
The ScienceCampus Halle joins the four regional Leibniz Institutes (IPB, IAMO, IPK and IWH) with the corresponding departments and institutes of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. The topic of the campus is the plant-based bioeconomy, i.e. the sustainable industrial production, processing and use of plant resources with emphasis on food and high value plant products under socio-economic aspects. This close cooperation in the field of plant-based bioeconomy will promote the scientific excellence in research and teaching, and enable the transfer of knowledge into applications.
Funding: Leibniz Association, European Fonds for Regional Development (EFRE)
Funding period: from 2012 until 2018 (Leibniz Association), until 2022 (EFRE)
Coordinator: Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
Contact: Professor Klaus Pillen
Members: Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB),
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO),
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK),
Faculty of Natural Sciences I,II,III and Faculty of Law and Economics
of the MLU
as well as several associated members
Contact at the IPB: Prof. Ludger Wessjohann
Website: http://www.sciencecampus-halle.de
iDiv
German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research
The iDiv is a hub of international biodiversity science jointly hosted by the universities in Leipzig, Jena and Halle. The mission is to promote theory-driven synthesis and data-driven theory in biodiversity research. Along with the IPB, seven other non-university institutes are associated.
Funding: DFG (DFG Research Center 118)
Period: 2012 - 2024
Contact at the IPB: Prof. Ludger Wessjohann, Dr. Steffen Neumann
Website: https://www.idiv.de/
Leibniz Research Network “Integrated Earth System Research” (iESR)
Leibniz institutes, centres and research museums from various disciplines have joined forces to form the Leibniz Research Network “Integrated Earth System Research” (iESR). The network sets itself the task of gaining action-relevant knowledge for society about people in the Earth system. Above all, the planetary boundaries of the Earth system are to be determined and sustainable develop-ment paths derived from them. To this end, the network develops innovative principles of integrated Earth system research.
Period: since 2021
Spokesperson: Prof. Jochen Schanze (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development), Prof. Dieter Gerten (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
Contact person at the IPB: Prof. Ludger Wessjohann
Website: https://www.leibniz-integrierte-erdsystemforschung.de/en/
Leibniz Research Alliance Bioactive Compounds and Biotechnology
Advances in medicine, safe agricultural production, a healthy diet and personal hygiene are unimaginable without the development of active pharmaceutical agents. The Research Alliance "Bioactive Compounds and Biotechnology" was initiated by the IPB in 2012 and brings together the research of 17 Leibniz institutes on molecules with biological effects.
Funding: Leibniz Association
Period: since 2012
Spokesperson: Prof. Ludger Wessjohann (Coordinator Dr. Anna Rusznyák)
Website: www.leibniz-wirkstoffe.de
Leibniz Research Alliance Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the basis for health, contributes to food security and attenuates the effects of climate change. The aim is to reconcile the goals of biodiversity agreements with the often competing objectives of climate, energy, agricultural and economic policies. The Leibniz Research Alliance "Biodiversity" combines the expertise of 22 Leibniz institutes from different disciplines in the field of biodiversity research.
Funding: Leibniz-Association
Period: since 2008
Contact person at the IPB: Prof. Ludger Wessjohann, Dr. Norbert Arnold
Website: www.leibniz-verbund-biodiversitaet.de
IZN
Interdisciplinary Center for Crop Research Halle
The IZN pools important regional resources in the agricultural and molecular life sciences by joining together the MLU Halle-Wittenberg, the IPK Gatersleben, the IPB and the JKI Quedlinburg. It supports research projects on crops that deal with agricultural topics, such as resistance against biotic stress and tolerance against abiotic stress.
MassBank
The IPB is a member of the MassBank consortium, the first open database of reference spectra. The spectral database is an important resource for metabolomics researchers, but also the foundation for the development of computational mass spectrometry methods. You can access both the set of IPB Tandem-MS and Ion Trap spectra, as well as the other massbank sites under http://msbi.ipb-halle.de/MassBank/. Contact: Dr. Steffen Neumann.
CompMS
Computational Mass Spectrometry Initiative
The CompMS Group promotes the efficient, high quality analysis of mass spectrometry data through dissemination and training in existing approaches and coordination of new, innovative approaches. The aim is to exploit synergies between different application domains, in particular proteomics and metabolomics.
EPSO
European Plant Science Organization
EPSO is an independent academic organisation that represents more than 226 research institutes, departments and universities from 30 countries in Europe and beyond. EPSO's mission is to improve the impact and visibility of plant science in Europe.
DECHEMA
The DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines, institutions and generations to stimulate scientific exchange in chemical engineering, process engineering and biotechnology. DECHEMA is the hub of an interdisciplinary network of topic-oriented committees, organizing events and professional development and has over 5,800 members - individuals, institutions and companies.
Joint Working Group Synthetic Biology
Synthetic Biology deals with the design of biological networks, systems or even whole cells that do not occur in nature in this way. The Synthetic Biology Working Group is a joint working group of DECHEMA, the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM), the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the German Botanical Society (DBG). Alain Tissier and Martin Dippe are members of the advisory board.
Joint Working Group Chemical Biology
The central task of Chemical Biology is the elucidation and manipulation of molecular and cell biological processes, including protein functions and interactions, using chemical tools or probes. The division is a joint working group of DECHEMA, the GDCh, the GBM and the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG). Ludger Wessjohann is a member of the board.
weinberg campus e.V.
The aim of the weinberg campus e.V. is the development and marketing of the science and business cluster in the Weinberg region in Halle. This should further increase the location´s competitiveness and innovation capacity, the technology transfer and the promotion of start-ups and business foundation projects.