!!! Please be informed that the entire iNEXT-Discovery project ended on July 31, 2024 !!!

Requests for access, networking and joint research are not possible via iNEXT-Discovery any longer. Many of our public services, however, will remain available through other channels!

 

iNEXT-Discovery is a structural biology project funded from the European Commission Horizon 2020 scheme that has been extended until July 31, 2024. The partnership is a top-notch European academic network that efficiently builds on experiences from the original iNEXT consortium. iNEXT-Discovery combines leading facilities for X-rays, NMR, cryo-EM and macromolecular biophysics that make access services available to external user communities, often researchers without prior experience in the field. Together, the partners also develop methods through joint research, provide integration of structural biology methods and reach out to other scientific fields, for instance through a vast set of meetings, theoretical courses, and practical workshops.

One particular aim of iNEXT-Discovery is to provide access services to structural biology technologies to researchers, external users from the EU, EU-associated countries and beyond, via different expert facilities. Importantly, we do not only offer access to our state-of-the-art instrumentation, but include expert support and guidance to help also non-experts to answer their scientific questions. Besides working closely with groups from different universities, research institutes and others, also scientists from companies can request access to our services.

Next to provision of facility access to stimulate translational research for health and other life sciences, we also actively invite researchers from other communities, such as the food, biotechnology and biomaterials sectors to apply.

Some slides about the iNEXT-Discovery project can be found here, a wonderful short promotional movie for more details is here.

In case you have questions don't hesitate to reach out and contact us!

COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT

The iNEXT-Discovery coordinating team attempts to smoothly oversee all activities of the iNEXT-Discovery project. Progress is scrutinised by a small but diverse iNEXT-Discovery Executive Board with members that are experienced in running EC-projects and high-end research facilities. Each month they meet to discuss and decide on matters to efficiently bring the project forward. They are helped by an extended Management Board that continuously monitors activities and provides feedback for corrective actions. The General Assembly that includes all partners is the ultimate decision-making body of the consortium that meets once per year, more often if needed.

  Coordinator

  Project Manager
 
  Anastassis (Tassos) Perrakis, NKI   Hans Wienk, NKI

 

Executive Board
Rebeca Thompson, UNIVLEEDS Eva Pereiro, ALBA Harald Schwalbe, GUF/INSTRUCT Manfred Weiss, HZB

 

Management Board

Lucia Banci, CIRMMP (Chair)

 
  • Marc Baldus, UU
  • Jose Maria Carazo, CSIC
  • Bruno Klaholz, CBI
  • Josan Marquez, EMBL-GR
  • Christoph Müller, EMBL-HD
  • Neil Ranson, ABSL
  • Thomas Schneider, EMBL-HH
  • Vladimir Sklenar, CEITEC
  • Dave Stuart, DIAMOND
  • Marjolein Thunnissen, MAX IV

 

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

  1. NKI - The Netherlands Cancer Institute
  2. CEITEC - Masaryk University
  3. EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  4. INSTRUCT - INSTRUC-ERIC
  5. CSIC - Spanish National Research Council
  6. NeCEN - Leiden University
  7. UNIVLEEDS - University of Leeds
  8. HZB - Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
  9. MAX IV - Lund University
  10. UU - Utrecht University
  11. GUF - Goethe University Frankfurt
  12. SOLEIL - Synchrotron SOLEIL
  13. RALF-NMR - CNRS
  14. CIRMMP - Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine
  15. ALBA - Synchrotron ALBA
  16. DIAMOND - Diamond Light Source
  17. CBI - Centre Europeen de Reserche en Biologie et Medecine
  18. NHRF - National Hellenic Research Foundation
  19. UNL - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  20. METROFOOD - ENEA / METROFOOD-RI ESFRI
  21. AU - Aarhus University
  22. IIMCB - International Insitute of Molecular and Cell Biology
  23. ELTE - Eötvös Loránd University
  24. EU-OS - EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC
  25. VU - Vilnius University
  26. EATRIS - EATRIS-ERIC

 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

iNEXT-Discovery managed to attract high-profile international structural biologists with versatile scientific expertise to form an independently operating Scientific Advisory Board. The very dedicated 5-membered SAB is of fundamental importance in guiding the consortium and make the project a success.

Elspeth Garman (Chair) Rolf Boelens Ilaria Ferlenghi Kevin Gardner Helen Saibil

 

 

Elspeth Garman (Chair)

Professor Em. of Methods Development for Structural Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford - Oxford, United Kingdom

 

Rolf Boelens

Professor Em. of NMR Spectroscopy, Utrecht University; Coordinator of the first H2020-project iNEXT - Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

Ilaria Ferlenghi

Head of Structural Microscopy at GSK Vaccines - Siena, Italy

 

Kevin Gardner

Director, Structural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center; Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, City College of New York - New York, United States

 

Helen Saibil

Professor of Structural Biology, Birkbeck College - London, United Kingdom

 

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