As part of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), NFDI4Microbiota aims to advance microbiology research by providing access to providing access to data, analysis services, data/metadata standards, and training.
Participants are institutions or people that make important, ongoing contributions to NFDI4Microbiota. Unlike the main institutions that apply for the funding, participants do not help design the overall work plan and are not in charge of any specific part of it. However, their role is still essential to the consortium’s success.
The NFDI4Microbiota consortium invites institutions and individuals to join as participants for the second funding phase (2026-2031). The call is open until June 10, 2025.
Participants enjoy a range of exclusive benefits:
There are several ways participants can get involved in NFDI4Microbiota:
If you or your institution would like to be part of NFDI4Microbiota’s second funding phase (2026-2031), please follow these steps:
We look forward to your participation and are excited to welcome you to the NFDI4Microbiota consortium. For any questions or further information, please contact us via email at contact@nfdi4microbiota.de until June 10, 2025.
Participating institution | Contact person(s) | Link for further information |
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Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf | Prof. Dr. Julia Frunzke | Bacterial Networks and Interactions, Priority Programme SPP 2330 |
Ulm University | Prof. Dr. Anita Marchfelder | Marchfelder laboratory: Investigation of the RNA metabolism in halophilic Archaea, Priority Programme SPP 2141 |
Kiel University | Prof. Dr. Thomas Bosch | Cell and Developmental Biology, Bosch group, Collaborative Research Center (CRC/SFB 1182) |
Kiel University | Prof. Dr. Ruth Schmitz-Streit | Priority Programme SPP 2002 |
University of Marburg | Prof. Dr. Stephan Becker | AG Stephan Becker |
Technical University of Munich | Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller | CRC 1371 - Microbiome Signatures |
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute | Prof. Dr. Axel A. Brakhage | Infection Biology and Molecular Biotechnology, Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 124 |
Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune-Mediated Diseases | Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Geisslinger | Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune-Mediated Diseases |
Essen University Hospital | Prof. Dr. Folker Meyer | Research group Data Science |
University of Jena | Prof. Dr. Kai Papenfort | Chair of General Microbiology |
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel | Prof. Dr. Ute Hentschel Humeida | Research Unit – Marine Symbioses |
German Aerospace Center (DLR) | tba | Space Microbiology Research Group |
Goethe University Frankfurt | Prof. Dr. Jörg Soppa | Department of Biology and Genetics of Procaryotes |
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf | Prof. Dr. Alexander Dilthey | Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Conatct |
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam | Dr. Alexander Bartholomäus | Section 3.7: Geomicrobiology, Contact |
Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) | Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel | RNA Biology of Bacterial Infections |
Helmholtz Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health | Prof. Dr. Michael Schloter | Comparative Microbiome Analysis - COMI |
Centre for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Septomics | tba | Centre for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Septomics |
Jülich Research Centre | Prof. Dr. Michael Bott | Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG) – Biotechnology (IBG-1), Contact |
University of Würzburg (JMU) | Dr. Tom Beneke | Cell function and organ development, Contact |
University of Würzburg (JMU) | Prof. Dr. Thomas Dandekar | Department of Bioinformatics, Contact |
University of Würzburg (JMU) | Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma | Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB) - ‘Deep Sequencing’ of pathogens |
Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU Giessen) | Prof. Dr. Linda Falgenhauer | Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine - AG Genombasierte Surveillance und Epidemiologie |
Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU Giessen) | tba | Institute of Medical Microbiology |
Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU Giessen) | Prof. Dr. John Ziebuhr | Institute of Medical Virology - AG Ziebuhr |
Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU Giessen) | Prof. Dr. Gabriele Klug | Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | tba | Institute for Applied Biology (IAB)- Angewandte Biologie |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Prof. Dr. Anne-Kristin Kaster | Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG-5) Microbial Genetics & Bioinformatics |
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) | Prof. Dr. Axel A. Brakhage | Microbiome Dynamics |
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gianni Panagiotou | Department of Microbiome Dynamics |
Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) | Prof. Dr. Steve Hoffmann | Computational and Systems Biology of Aging |
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) | Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Grossart | Aquatic microbial ecology |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | Prof. Dr. Nicolai Siegel | Biomedical Center Munich/Molecular Parasitology |
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | tba | RG Pharmacognosy |
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine | Dr. Sofia Forslund | Host-microbiome factors in cardiovascular disease |
Hochschule Anhalt - University of Applied Sciences | Dr. Dirk Benndorf | Angewandte Biowissenschaften und Prozesstechnik |
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology | Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann | Department of Molecular Ecology |
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research | Dr. Ruben Garrido-Oter | Integrative Bioinformatics group |
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg | Prof. Dr. Achim Kaasch | Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene |
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) | PD Dr. Mohamed Abdelbary | Robert Koch Institute (RKI) |
Ruhr-University Bochum | Prof. Dr. Franz Narberhaus | Microbial Biology |
TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library | Prof. Dr. Sören Auer & Dr. Irina Sens | Data Science & Digital Libraries Research Group |
TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences | Prof. Dr. Jörn Stitz | Research Group Pharmaceutical Biotechnology |
Technical University of Darmstadt | Prof. Dr. Heinz Koeppl | Centre for Synthetic Biology - Self-Organizing Systems Lab |
Technical University of Munich | tba | ZIEL – Institute for Food & Health |
University Hospital Cologne | Prof. Dr. Maria J.G.T. Vehreschild | Clinical Microbiome Research Group |
University Hospital Erlangen | Prof. Dr. Jochen Mattner | Institute of Microbiology – Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, AG Prof. J. Mattner |
University Hospital Frankfurt | Prof. Dr. Maria J.G.T. Vehreschild | Infectious Diseases |
University of Cologne | tba | Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology |
University of Greifswald | Prof. Dr. Uwe Völker | Department of Functional Genomics |
University of Greifswald | Prof. Dr. Uwe T. Bornscheuer | Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of Biochemistry |
University of Greifswald | Prof. Dr. Dörte Becher & Prof. Dr. Tim Urich | Institute for Microbiology |
University of Hamburg | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streit | Microbiology & Biotechnology - Streit lab |
Kiel University | Mathieu Groussin | Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB) |
de.NBI e.V. | Prof. Dr. Ursula Kummer | de.NBI e.V. |
Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V. | Prof. Dr. Robert Hayer | Multidimensional Omics Data Analysis |
University of Hohnheim | Prof. Dr. Jana Seifert | Department of Functional Microbiology of Livestock, Contact |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research | Dr. rer. nat Nico Jehmlich | Microbiome Biology |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research | Prof. Dr. Martin von Bergen | Department of Molecular Toxicology |
University of Tübingen | Professor Dr. rer. nat. Sven Nahnsen | Contact at Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC) |