nf-core-contributors.yaml

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contributors:

    - full_name: National Genomics Infrastructure
      short_name: NGI
      description: >
        The NGI provides next-generation sequencing services for Swedish academic groups.
        Many of the nf-core pipelines started life as SciLifeLab / NGI workflows.
      affiliation: SciLifeLab
      address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna, Sweden
      url: https://ngisweden.scilifelab.se/
      affiliation_url: https://www.scilifelab.se/
      image_fn: NGI.svg
      contact: Phil Ewels
      contact_email: phil.ewels@scilifelab.se
      contact_github: ewels
      location: [59.3505174, 18.0221508]
      twitter: ngisweden

    - full_name: Quantitative Biology Center
      short_name: QBiC
      description: >
        The Quantitative Biology Center provides a one-stop-shop for access to high-throughput
        technologies in the life sciences and the required bioinformatics analysis.
        As a bioinformatics core facility, we provide advanced data analysis techniques.
      affiliation: Universität Tübingen
      address: Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
      url: http://qbic.life
      affiliation_url: https://www.uni-tuebingen.de
      image_fn: QBiC.svg
      contact: Gisela Gabernet
      contact_email: gisela.gabernet@qbic.uni-tuebingen.de
      contact_github: ggabernet
      location: [48.5379169, 9.0339095]
      twitter: QBIC_tue

    - full_name: The Francis Crick Institute
      short_name: Francis Crick
      description: >
        The Francis Crick Institute is an organisation dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology
        underlying health and disease.
      address: 1 Midland Rd, London NW1 1ST
      url: https://www.crick.ac.uk/
      image_fn: crick.svg
      contact: Harshil Patel
      contact_email: harshil.patel@crick.ac.uk
      contact_github: drpatelh
      location: [51.5317308, -0.129134219]
      twitter: TheCrick

    - full_name: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & CO. KG
      short_name: BI
      description: >
        Improving the health and quality of life of humans and animals is the goal of the research-driven pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. The focus in doing so is on diseases for which no satisfactory treatment option exists to date. The company therefore concentrates on developing innovative therapies that can extend patients’ lives. In animal health, Boehringer Ingelheim stands for advanced prevention.
      address: Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88400 Biberach an der Riss
      url: https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/
      image_fn: BI.svg
      contact: Alexander Peltzer
      contact_email: alexander.peltzer@boehringer-ingelheim.com
      contact_github: apeltzer
      location: [48.1144085, 9.797852]
      twitter: Boehringer
      
    - full_name: Seqera Labs
      short_name: Seqera
      description: >
        Seqera Labs is simplfying data analysis pipelines across cluster and cloud. As the maintainers of the Nextflow project we 
        focus on enabling high-throughput computing solutions that streamline complex pipelines.
      address: Carrer D'Avila, 19, Local 2, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
      url: http://www.seqera.io
      image_fn: seqera.svg
      contact: Evan Floden
      contact_email: evan@seqera.io
      contact_github: evanfloden
      location: [41.4054012, 2.1900489]
      twitter: seqeralabs

    - full_name: Centre for Genomic Regulation
      short_name: CRG
      description: >
        The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an international biomedical research institute
        of excellence, based in Barcelona, Spain, whose mission is to discover and advance knowledge
        for the benefit of society and public health.
      address: Carrer Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
      url: http://www.crg.eu/
      image_fn: CRG.svg
      contact: Paolo Di Tommaso
      contact_email: paolo.ditommaso@crg.eu
      contact_github: pditommaso
      location: [41.3853828, 2.191863]
      twitter: CRGenomica

    - full_name: Genome Institute of Singapore
      short_name: GIS
      description: >
        The Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) is a national initiative for Singapore with a global vision that
        seeks to use genomic sciences to achieve extraordinary improvements in human health and public prosperity.
      address: 60 Biopolis St, Singapore 138672, Singapore
      url: https://www.a-star.edu.sg/gis
      affiliation_url: https://www.a-star.edu.sg
      image_fn: GIS.svg
      contact: Jonathan Göke
      contact_email: gokej@gis.a-star.edu.sg
      contact_github: jonathangoeke
      location: [1.3025202, 103.7904214]
      twitter: astar_gis

    - full_name: The Competence Centre for Genome Analysis Kiel
      short_name: CCGA Kiel
      description: >
        The Competence Centre for Genome Analysis Kiel is funded by the
        German Research Foundation and specialises in high-throughput sequencing of genomes.
      address: Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118 Kiel, Germany
      url: https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/research/research-infrastructures/
      contact: Marc Hoeppner
      contact_email: mphoeppner@gmail.com
      contact_github: marchoeppner
      location: [54.346058, 10.1125135]
      twitter: kieluni

    - full_name: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
      short_name: Sanger
      description: >
        The Wellcome Sanger Institute is one of the premier centres of genomic discovery and
        understanding in the world. It leads ambitious collaborations across the globe to provide
        the foundations for further research and transformative healthcare innovations.
      address: Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
      url: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/
      image_fn: sanger.svg
      contact: Guillaume G Noell; Priyanka Surana; Stijn van Dongen; Victoria Offord
      contact_email: nextflow@sanger.ac.uk
      location: [52.0797204, 0.1833987]
      twitter: sangerinstitute

    - full_name: Beatson Institute & Institute of Cancer Sciences
      short_name: BICR
      affiliation: Cancer Research UK, University of Glasgow
      description: >
        The Beatson Institute is one of Cancer Research UK’s core-funded institutes.
        They have built an excellent reputation for basic cancer research, including world-class
        metabolism studies and renowned in vivo modelling of tumour growth and metastasis.
      address: Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, United Kingdom
      url: http://www.beatson.gla.ac.uk
      affiliation_url: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/
      image_fn: BICR.svg
      contact: Peter Bailey
      contact_email: Peter.Bailey.2@glasgow.ac.uk
      contact_github: PeterBailey
      location: [55.906079, -4.324084]
      twitter: CRUK_BI

    - full_name: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
      short_name: SLU
      description: >
        The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is an international organisation
        providing top class research, education and environmental analysis in the sciences for sustainable life.
      address: Almas Allé 8, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
      url: https://www.slu.se/
      image_fn: slu.svg
      contact: Hadrien Gourlée
      contact_email: hadrien.gourle@slu.se
      contact_github: HadrienG
      location: [59.8149497, 17.6606801]
      twitter: _slu

    - full_name: International Agency for Research on Cancer
      short_name: IARC
      description: >
        The International Agency for Research on Cancer is the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization.
        The objective of the IARC is to promote international collaboration in cancer research.
      affiliation: World Health Organisation
      address: 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France
      url: https://www.iarc.fr
      affiliation_url: http://www.who.int/
      image_fn: IARC.svg
      contact: Matthieu Foll
      contact_email: FollM@iarc.fr
      contact_github: mfoll
      location: [45.7438643, 4.8735019]
      twitter: iarcwho

    - full_name: Lifebit Biotech
      short_name: Lifebit
      description: >
        Lifebit is a London-based biotech start-up which offers an intelligent genomics platform to researchers
        and their corresponding organisations for scalable, modular and reproducible genomic analysis.
      address: 338 City Road, London, England, EC1V 2PY
      url: https://lifebit.ai/
      image_fn: lifebit.svg
      contact: Phil Palmer
      contact_email: phil@lifebit.ai
      contact_github: PhilPalmer
      location: [51.530731, -0.102373]
      twitter: lifebitAI

    - full_name: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
      short_name: SYSUCC
      description: >
        Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center is a comprehensive cancer centre which provides clinical care to patients,
        education (students & CME), perform research and prevention activities.
      address: 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
      url: http://sysucc.org.cn/
      image_fn: sysucc.svg
      contact: Qi Zhao
      contact_email: zhaoqi@sysucc.org.cn
      contact_github: likelet
      location: [23.1314683032,113.2899452059]

    - full_name: BioFrontiers Institute at University of Colorado, Boulder
      short_name: CUBoulder
      description: >
        The BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado (CU) is an interdisciplinary hub for
        bioscience research and education with a focus on improving human health.
      affiliation: DowellLab
      address: 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
      url: https://www.colorado.edu/biofrontiers/
      affiliation_url: http://dowell.colorado.edu/
      image_fn: cu-logo.svg
      contact: Ignacio Tripodi
      contact_email: ignacio.tripodi@colorado.edu
      contact_github: ignaciot
      location: [40.007528, -105.248992]
      twitter: BioFrontiers

    - full_name: Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
      short_name: GMI
      description: >
        The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, an Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences,
        is dedicated to basic research in diverse aspects of plant molecular biology.
      affiliation: Austrian Academy of Sciences
      address: Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
      url: https://gmi.oeaw.ac.at/
      affiliation_url: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/
      image_fn: GMI.svg
      contact: Patrick Hüther
      contact_email: patrick.huether@gmi.oeaw.ac.at
      contact_github: phue
      location: [48.189641, 16.401923]
      twitter: gmivienna

    - full_name: Research Institute of Molecular Pathology IMP
      short_name: IMP
      description: >
        The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) is a basic research institute in
        molecular biology, based at the Vienna Biocenter in Austria.
      address: Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
      url: https://www.imp.ac.at/
      image_fn: IMP.svg
      contact: Tobias Neumann
      contact_email: tobias.neumann@imp.ac.at
      contact_github: t-neumann
      location: [48.189224, 16.402660]
      twitter: IMPvienna

    - full_name: City of Hope
      short_name: COH
      description: >
        City of Hope is a private, not-for-profit clinical research center, hospital and graduate medical school
        located in Duarte, California, United States.
      address: 1500 E Duarte Rd, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
      url: https://www.cityofhope.org
      image_fn: COH.svg
      contact: Denis O'Meally
      contact_email: domeally@coh.org
      contact_github: drejom
      location: [34.1298, -117.9711]
      twitter: cityofhope

    - full_name: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali
      short_name: IISERM
      description: >
        IISER Mohali is an autonomous academic and research institution at Mohali, Punjab, India.
      address: Knowledge city, Sector 81, Manauli PO, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab 140306
      url: http://www.iisermohali.ac.in/
      image_fn: IISER.svg
      contact: Sangram Keshari Sahu
      contact_email: sangramk@iisermohali.ac.in
      contact_github: sk-sahu
      location: [30.665125, 76.730071]
      twitter: IiserMohali

    - full_name: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
      short_name: DZNE
      description: >
        The DZNE investigates the causes of neurodegenerative diseases and develops novel strategies
        for prevention, treatment and care.
      affiliation: Helmholtz Association
      address: Sigmund-Freud-Straße 27, 53127 Bonn
      url: https://www.dzne.de/en
      affiliation_url: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/
      image_fn: dzne.svg
      contact: Kevin Menden
      contact_email: kevin.menden@dzne.de
      contact_github: kevinmenden
      location: [50.697147,7.106522]
      twitter: DZNE_en

    - full_name: New York University
      short_name: NYU
      description: >
        Founded in 1831, New York University is now one of the largest private universities in the United States.
        Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, New York University is one of only 60 member institutions
        of the distinguished Association of American Universities.
      address: 50 West 4th Street New York, NY 10012
      url: https://www.nyu.edu
      image_fn: nyu.svg
      contact: Tobias Schraink
      contact_email: tobias.schraink@nyumc.org
      contact_github: tobsecret
      location: [40.7290421,-73.9988925]
      twitter: nyuniversity

    - full_name: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
      short_name: RBGV
      description: >
        Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is one of the world's leading botanic gardens and a centre of excellence
        for horticulture, science and education.
      address: Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004
      url: https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au
      affiliation_url: https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au
      image_fn: rbgv.svg
      contact: Anna Syme
      contact_email: anna.syme@rbg.vic.gov.au
      contact_github: annasyme
      location: [-37.829856, 144.979595]
      twitter: RBG_Victoria

    - full_name: National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden
      short_name: NBIS
      description: >
        NBIS is a distributed national bioinformatics infrastructure, supporting life sciences in Sweden.
      affiliation: SciLifeLab
      address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna, Sweden
      url: https://nbis.se/
      affiliation_url: https://www.scilifelab.se/
      image_fn: NBIS.svg
      contact: Mahesh Binzer-Panchal
      contact_email: mahesh.panchal@nbis.se
      contact_github: mahesh-panchal
      location: [59.3505174, 18.0221508]
      twitter: NBISwe

    - full_name: Institut Curie
      short_name: Curie
      description: >
        The Institut Curie is a private nonprofit organization created in
        1909 which combines a leading European cancer research center with
        a hospital group. The Institut Curie Bioinformatics platform is
        composed of biostatisticians and software engineers who offer a
        multidisciplinary expertise to support the biotechnological platforms,
        the research units and the hospital in their daily activities.
      affiliation: Bioinformatics platform
      address: 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
      url:  https://science.institut-curie.org
      affiliation_url: https://science.institut-curie.org/platforms/bioinformatics/
      image_fn: curie.svg
      contact: Nicolas Servant
      contact_email: nicolas.servant@curie.fr
      contact_github: nservant
      location: [48.8534,2.3488]
      twitter: institut_curie

    - full_name: Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
      short_name: CZ Biohub
      description: >
        CZ Biohub is an independent, non-profit medical research organization
        working in collaboration with UC San Francisco, Stanford University
        and UC Berkeley. Our vision is to develop and apply technologies that
        will enable doctors to cure, prevent or manage all diseases during
        our children’s lifetime.
      address: 499 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA, 94158
      url: https://www.czbiohub.org/
      image_fn: czbiohub.svg
      contact: Olga Botvinnik
      contact_email: olga.botvinnik@czbiohub.org
      contact_github: olgabot
      location: [37.765757, -122.387945]
      twitter: czbiohub

    - full_name: The Picower for Learning and Memory
      short_name: PILM
      description: >
        The institute is focused on studying all aspects of learning and memory;
        specifically, it has received over US$50 million to study Alzheimer's,
        schizophrenia and similar diseases.
      affiliation: Bioinformatics Core
      address: 43 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139
      url: https://picower.mit.edu/
      affiliation_url: https://pilm-bioinformatics.github.io/knowledgebase/
      image_fn: pilm.svg
      contact: Lorena Pantano
      contact_email: lpantano@mit.edu
      contact_github: lpantano
      location: [42.3623024, -71.0917659]
      twitter: mit_picower

    - full_name: University of California Berkeley
      short_name: UC Berkeley
      description: >
        Our mission in the RISE Lab at Unversity of California is to develop
        technologies that enable applications to interact intelligently and
        securely with their environment in real time.
      affiliation: RISE Lab
      address: 465 Soda Hall, MC-1776, Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
      url: https://www.berkeley.edu/
      affiliation_url: https://rise.cs.berkeley.edu/
      contact: Michael Heuer
      contact_github: heuermh
      image_fn: ucberkeley.svg
      location: [37.8753756,-122.259602]
      twitter: UCBerkeley

    - full_name: Institut Pasteur
      short_name: Pasteur
      description: >
        The Institut Pasteur is a private, non-profit foundation. Its mission is to help
        prevent and treat diseases, mainly those of infectious origin, through research,
        teaching, and public health initiatives.
      affiliation: Hub de Bioinformatique et Biostatistique
      address: 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
      url: https://www.pasteur.fr/en
      affiliation_url: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/bioinformatics-and-biostatistics-hub/
      image_fn: pasteur.svg
      contact: Rémi Planel
      contact_email: rplanel@pasteur.fr
      contact_github: rplanel
      location: [48.840508, 2.311528]
      twitter: institutpasteur

    - full_name: International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore
      short_name: IIIT-B
      description: >
        To build on the track record set by India in general and Bangalore in particular,
        to enable India to play a key role in the global IT scenario
        through a world class institute with a focus on education and research, entrepreneurship and innovation.
      address: 26/C, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore - 560100, India
      url: https://www.iiitb.ac.in/
      image_fn: iiitb.svg
      contact: Abhinav Sharma
      contact_email: abhinavsharma.dds10@iiitb.net
      contact_github: abhi18av
      location: [12.844722, 77.663056]
      twitter: iiitb_official

    - full_name: Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry
      short_name: MPIB
      description: >
        The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry aims to understand the structure and function of proteins -
        from single molecules to complex organisms.
      affiliation: Technical University of Munich
      address: Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Planegg, Germany
      url: https://www.biochem.mpg.de/de
      affiliation_url: https://www.tum.de/en/
      image_fn: mpiblogo.svg
      contact: Drew Behrens
      contact_email: behrens@biochem.mpg.de
      contact_github: drewjbeh
      location: [48.105188, 11.459579]
      twitter: MPI_Biochem

    - full_name: Linnaeus University Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems
      short_name: LNUc-EEMiS
      description: >
        The research that is carried out at the Linnaeus University Centre for
        Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems (EEMiS) is focused on
        marine environments in the Baltic Sea – on the border between sea and
        land, in coastal waters and in the open sea.
      affiliation: Linnaeaus University, Kalmar
      address: Norra Kajplan, Kalmar (visiting address)
      url: https://lnu.se/en/research/searchresearch/linnaeus-university-centre-for-ecology-and-evolution-in-microbial-model-systems/
      affiliation_url: https://www.lnu.se
      image_fn: lnuc-eemis-logo.svg
      contact: Daniel Lundin
      contact_email: daniel.lundin@lnu.se
      contact_github: erikrikarddaniel
      location: [56.659756, 16.364226]
      twitter: linneuni

    - full_name: Baylor College of Medicine
      short_name: BCM
      description: >
        Baylor College of Medicine is a health sciences university that creates knowledge
        and applies science and discoveries to further education, healthcare and community
        service locally and globally.
      address: One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
      url: https://www.bcm.edu/
      image_fn: bcm.svg
      contact: Michael Jochum
      contact_email: michael.jochum@bcm.edu
      contact_github: MADscientist314
      location: [29.710501, -95.396370]
      twitter: bcmhouston

    - full_name: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
      short_name: HUJI
      affiliation: MethylGrammar Lab
      description: >
        The MethylGrammar Lab at the Hebrew University School of Medicine is developing tools
        for analyzing bisulfite sequencing and other epigenomic sequencing methods. We are
        interested in epigenomic biomarkers of disease, especially DNA methylation.
      address: Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
      url: https://new.huji.ac.il/en
      affiliation_url: http://methylgrammarlab.org/
      image_fn: huji_final_logo.svg
      contact: Ben Berman
      contact_email: benjamin.berman@mail.huji.ac.il
      contact_github: benbfly
      location: [31.764656, 35.150221]
      twitter: Hujimed

    - full_name: National Institute of Biological Standards and Control
      short_name: NIBSC
      affiliation: Analytical and Biological Sciences
      description: >
        The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) plays a leading
        national and international role in assuring the quality of biological medicines and diagnostics.
      address: Blanche Ln, South Mimms, Potters Bar EN6 3QG, United Kingdom
      url: https://nibsc.org
      image_fn: NIBSC.svg
      contact: Martin Fritzsche
      contact_email: martin.fritzche@nibsc.org
      contact_github: MartinFritzsche
      location: [51.688315, -0.240508]
      twitter: NIBSC_MHRA

    - full_name: Ardigen S.A.
      short_name: Ardigen
      description: >
        Ardigen is harnessing advanced Artificial Intelligence methods for novel
        precision medicine. We accelerate therapy development by decoding microbiome,
        designing immunity and providing digital drug discovery services.
        We are rooted in biology and hold deep expertise in bioinformatics,
        machine learning and software engineering.
      address: Podole 76, 30-394 Poland
      url: https://ardigen.com/
      image_fn: ardigen.svg
      contact: Piotr Faba
      contact_email: piotr.faba@ardigen.com
      contact_github: piotr-faba-ardigen
      location: [50.021348, 19.891909]
      twitter: Ardigen_SA

    - full_name: UCL Cancer Institute
      short_name: UCLcancer
      description: >
        The UCL Cancer Institute is the hub for cancer research at University College London, one of the World's leading universities. The Institute draws together over 400 talented scientists who are working together to translate research discoveries into developing kinder, more effective therapies for cancer patients.
      address: 72 Huntley Street, London, WC1E 6DD.
      url: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer
      image_fn: uclcancer.svg
      contact: Lucia Conde
      contact_email: l.conde@ucl.ac.uk
      contact_github: UCL-BLIC
      location: [51.523167, -0.134347]
      twitter: uclcancer

    - full_name: Flomics Biotech
      short_name: Flomics
      description: >
        Flomics Biotech is developing cell-free RNA liquid biopsies for early detection of complex diseases.
        We combine optimized molecular biology protocols with machine learning algorithms to obtain accurate, reproducible and meaningful results that can be easily implemented in the clinical practice.
      address: Carrer Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
      url: http://www.flomics.com/
      image_fn: Flomics.logo.svg
      contact: Joao Curado
      contact_email: joao.curado@flomics.com
      contact_github: jcurado-flomics
      location: [41.385251, 2.194007]
      twitter: flomicsbiotech

    - full_name: MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh
      short_name: MRCHGU
      description: >
        The MRC Human Genetics Unit discovers how changes in our DNA impact our lives.
        We combine the latest computational and experimental technologies to investigate
        how our genomes work to control the function of molecules, cells and tissues in people and populations.
      address: Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
      url: https://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit
      image_fn: igmm.svg
      contact: Alison Meynert
      contact_email: alison.meynert@igmm.ed.ac.uk
      contact_github: ameynert
      location: [55.9613881,-3.2326885]
      twitter: mrc_hgu

    - full_name: DRESDEN-concept Genome Center
      short_name: DcGC
      description: >
        The DRESDEN-concept Genome Center is a German competence center for next generation sequencing.
        We offer services for data generation and bioinformatics in the areas of single cell applications,
        various short read sequencing applications, and long read genome sequencing and assembly.
      address: Fetscherstraße 105, 01307 Dresden, Germany
      url: https://genomecenter.tu-dresden.de
      affiliation: Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Dresden University of Technology
      affiliation_url: https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb
      image_fn: dcgc.svg
      contact: Katrin Sameith
      contact_email: katrin.sameith@tu-dresden.de
      contact_github: ktrns
      location: [51.056664,13.776781]
      twitter: tudresden_de

    - full_name: University of Tsukuba
      short_name: UT
      description: >        
        Bioinformatics Laboratory at the University of Tsukuba works 
        on the development of bioinformatic methods and software and 
        deployment of bioinformatics and collaborative research. 
        We also offer the training of 'bioinfo-native', who can develop new bioinformatic methods.
      address: 1-2 Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8550, Japan.
      url: https://www.md.tsukuba.ac.jp/top/en/
      affiliation: Bioinformatics Laboratory
      affiliation_url: https://sites.google.com/view/ozakilab
      image_fn: ut.svg
      contact: Haruka Ozaki
      contact_email: haruka.ozaki@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
      contact_github: yuifu
      location: [36.086151,140.106427]
      twitter: ozakilab

    - full_name: RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
      short_name: RIKEN BDR
      description: >
        RIKEN is Japan's largest comprehensive research institution renowned for high-quality research 
        in a diverse range of scientific disciplines. Researchers at the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)
        strive to elucidate the biological functions that unfold within the body during an organism’s lifespan, 
        by grasping lifecycle progression from birth to death as a dynamic process involving the establishment.
      address: 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
      url: https://www.bdr.riken.jp/en/index.html
      affiliation: RIKEN
      affiliation_url: https://www.riken.jp/en/
      image_fn: RIKEN.svg
      contact: Mika Yoshimura
      contact_email: support-bit@riken.jp
      contact_github: myoshimura080822
      location: [34.657784,135.214837]
      twitter: BDR_RIKEN


    - full_name: Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research
      short_name: HIRI
      description: >
        The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research combines interdisciplinary expertise 
        with cutting-edge research infrastructure to exploit the vast potential of RNA as a diagnostic, 
        target, and drug to combat infectious diseases.
      address: Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080 Würzburg
      url: https://www.helmholtz-hiri.de/
      affiliation: HIRI
      affiliation_url: https://www.helmholtz-hiri.de/
      image_fn: HIRI.svg
      contact: Lars Barquist
      contact_email: lars.barquist@helmholtz-hiri.de
      contact_github: lbarquist
      location: [49.801900, 9.957067]
      twitter: Helmholtz_HIRI
      
    - full_name: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
      short_name: WIBR
      description: >
        Whitehead Institute is a non-profit research institution located in Cambridge, MA.
        The Institute is dedicated to basic biomedical research in order to improve human health.
      address: 455 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
      url: http://wi.mit.edu/
      affiliation: WIBR
      affiliation_url: http://wi.mit.edu/
      image_fn: WIBR.svg
      contact: Charalampos Lazaris
      contact_email: lazaris@wi.mit.edu
      contact_github: chlazaris
      location: [42.3632596548816, -71.0895762732727]
      twitter: WhiteheadInst
      
    - full_name: The University of Liverpool
      short_name: UoL
      description: >
         The University of Liverpool is a public university and a member of the Russell Group of research-led universities. Established as University College Liverpool in 1881, it opened its doors to its first set of students in 1882. The university’s motto translates into English as ‘These days of peace foster learning’.
      address: University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
      url: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/
      affiliation: Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
      affiliation_url: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/systems-molecular-and-integrative-biology/
      image_fn: UoL.svg
      contact: Batool Almarzouq
      contact_email: batool@liverpool.ac.uk
      contact_github: BatoolMM
      location: [53.40689058041372, -2.96222355704338]
      twitter: LivUniISMIB

    - full_name: Institute of Zoology
      short_name: IOZ
      description: >
         Institute of Zoology (IOZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),
         is a government-funded research institution in zoological sciences.
         It has a long history of over 80 years.
         The predecessor of IOZ was Fan Memorial Institute of Biology founded in 1928.
      address: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100101, China
      url: http://english.ioz.cas.cn/
      affiliation: IOZ
      affiliation_url: http://ioz.cas.cn/
      image_fn: IOZ.svg
      contact: Atongsa Miyamoto
      contact_email: atongsa42@gmail.com
      contact_github: atongsa
      location: [40.1, 116.16]
      
    - full_name: University of Pavia
      short_name: UNIPV
      description: >
        The University of Pavia is one of the world’s oldest academic institutions, 
        with its foundations existing as early as the 9th Century.
        The Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Lazzaro Spallanzani” was created in 2012 
        with the aim to bring together scientists from 5 different former Departments, 
        whose expertise encompasses fundamental area of life science including Biochemistry, Cytology, 
        Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Zoology. 
        More than 100 people are working at DBB to give raise and support an intensive scientific and academic activity. 
      address: via Ferrata, 9 - 27100 Pavia, Italy
      url: http://www.unipv.eu/
      affiliation: Department of Biology and Biotechnology
      affiliation_url: https://dbb.unipv.it
      image_fn: DBB.svg
      contact: Francesco Lescai
      contact_email: francesco.lescai@unipv.it
      contact_github: lescai
      location: [45.20255196652138, 9.138647942903898]
      twitter: DBB_UniPV

    - full_name: Paleontology and Geobiology LMU Munich
      short_name: PalMuc
      description: >
         The Molecular Geobiology Lab at LMU uses comparative genomics to study the present and past 
         interactions between Earth and biosphere, the evolution of primarily marine organisms 
         and their symbionts, as well as the evolution of biomineralization. 
      affiliation: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
      address: Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 München, Deutschland 
      url: http://www.geobiology.eu
      affiliation_url: https://www.lmu.de
      image_fn: PalMuc.svg
      contact: Gert Wörheide
      contact_email: geobiologie@geo.uni-muenchen.de
      contact_github: PalMuc
      location: [48.14763887171518, 11.56436287819711]
      
    - full_name: The University of Texas at Dallas
      short_name: UTD
      description: >
         The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public
         university with its main campus in Richardson, Texas. It is the largest
         public university in the Dallas area and the northernmost campus of the
         University of Texas system.
      address: Department of Biological Sciences The University of Texas at Dallas 800 W Campbell, BSB12 Richardson TX 75080
      url: https://www.utdallas.edu/
      affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Systems Biology
      affiliation_url: https://biology.utdallas.edu/
      image_fn: UTD.svg
      contact: Edmund Miller
      contact_email: Edmund.Miller@utdallas.edu
      contact_github: emiller88
      location: [32.991173, -96.750025]
      twitter: UTD_Biology

    - full_name: Leiden University
      short_name: LU
      description: >
         Leiden University is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. 
         Founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a reward to the 
         city of Leiden for its defense against Spanish attacks during the 
         Eighty Years' War.
      address: Leiden University, Rapenburg 70, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands
      url: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl
      affiliation: Faculty of Archaeology
      affiliation_url: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/archaeology
      image_fn: uni_leiden.svg
      contact: Bjorn Peare Bartholdy
      contact_email: b.p.bartholdy@arch.leidenuniv.nl
      contact_github: bbartholdy
      location: [52.1572537935065, 4.485273371571716]
      twitter: UniLeiden

    - full_name: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
      short_name: FPG
      description: >
        The Policlinico Gemelli is placed at the heart of the health system, 
        by developing and spreading a national and international reference model 
        regarding the management, organization, technology and humanization of the medical field.
      address: Largo Agostino Gemelli, 00168 Roma RM, Italy
      url: https://www.policlinicogemelli.it/
      image_fn: Gemelli.svg
      contact: Luciano Giaco
      contact_email: luciano.giaco@policlinicogemelli.it
      contact_github: lucianogiaco
      location: [41.9291943, 12.427542]