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ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences has published the German MeSH 2026, the German edition of the world's most widely used controlled vocabulary for biomedicine. The original Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are maintained by the US National Library of Medicine (NLM); ZB MED has been…

A traditional medical library has become a modern digital infrastructure for the life sciences: on 29 October 2026 in Cologne, the German Library Association (dbv) presented ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences with the “Library of the Year 2026” award, which comes with prize money of…

Due to an IT security measure, the service will be offline for approximately two to three weeks.

Taiwanese delegation visits ZB MED and NFDI4Health

The workshop will focus on user research. Submissions are open until 15 October 2026.

Her work centres on GRADitude, a computer-based tool for the systematic analysis of Grad-seq data, which advances research into RNA and protein complexes in bacteria.

Transparency and guidance on the use of artificial intelligence

Thematic issue “Interprofessional education in the health professions – current developments, evidence, and implementation”

Standard reference work by the Federal Institute of Public Health (BIÖG) now available as a dynamic open-access resource in German.

In awarding this prize, the German Library Association (dbv) is recognising, in particular, the organisation’s commitment to open science and digital sovereignty. The national library prize is worth 20,000 euros and will be presented in Cologne on 29 October 2026.