Science Coordination
Profile
The science coordination team is an active link between the research activities of our scientists and the executive board. Our unit supports our scientists with regard to formal and structural issues in the complex research process. This includes research funding, management of research data, promotion of young scientists, and publication management.
Responsibilities
We provide our scientists with relevant information about current research developments, both nationally and internationally, within the life-science community.
We support researchers in obtaining third-party funding and advise on knowledge transfer activities.
We work together with our researchers to provide them with tools, information and assistance when planning and executing their research data management plans. As a first step toward making collaboration within research projects possible and to realize FAIR handling of laboratory data, we are currently exploring, as a tool, the benefits of employing an electronic laboratory notebook.
We accompany and support our PhD students and postdocs throughout their qualification phase. This includes, among other things, continuously developing a structured doctoral program that provides them with an environment where they can not only develop their scientific prowess, but also take part in science-related seminars to aid them in developing relevant soft-skills.
We support our scientists in the bioinformatic analysis of their results. For this purpose, we have established a central service.
We assist our researchers in accessing and publishing of papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. This includes advice on any aspects of publishing in open access. The transformation from the subscription model to the publish-and-read model is part of our practice.
Team

Dr. Petra Wiedmer
Head of Science Coordinationphone: +49 33 200 88 - 2245
e-mail: petra.wiedmer@dife.de

Dr. Ulrike Bernhardt
National Promotion and Transfer Officerphone:+49 33 200 88-2663
e-mail: ulrike.bernhardt@dife.de

Dr. Constanze Bickelmann
International Affairs Officerphone: +49 33 200 88 - 2684
e-mail: constanze.bickelmann@dife.de

Juliane Dräger
Publication managerphone: +49 33 200 88 - 2251
e-mail: literaturservice@dife.de

Dr. David Ambrosek
Research data managerphone: +49 33 200 88 - 2684
e-mail: david.ambrosek@dife.de

Dr. Michail Lazaratos
Bioinformaticianphone: +49 33 200 88 - 2533
e-mail: michail.lazaratos@dife.de