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Address:	ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences Gleueler Straße 60 50931 Cologne (Köln) Germany

Bonn Site

Nutritional, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences

Address:	ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 4 53115 Bonn Germany

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An infrastructure and research centre for data and information in the life sciences.

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ZB MED is Library of the Year 2026!

“Key Concepts in Health Promotion and Prevention” published as a Living Handbook

BIÖG’s established standard reference work published as a dynamic open-access resource on PUBLISSO

Vera Clemens joins the Dataverse Core Team

First external developer from Europe to join the team at Harvard University

NFDI4Microbiota and NFDI4DataScience in the second funding phase

Joint Science Conference (GWK) approves continued funding for ten consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure.

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The illustration is taken from a digital copy entitled ‘Radium therapy’ from 1911 by the authors Wickham and Degrais. It shows a patient with an epitheliomatous tumour before and after radium therapy.

ZB MED digitises historical sources on oncology.

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Dr. Eva Seidlmayer, deputy head of department Data Science and Services

The international conference will take place from 15 to 17 January 2025 in Mexico City.

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The Head of Open Science department at ZB MED will remain a member of the board for the next two years.

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The DFG's scientific recommendations for the risk assessment of substances used in the workplace are published by PUBLISSO.

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Agreement enables Open Access publishing for German research institutions.

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Topic: Presenting digitised collections - conceptualisation, presentation and mediation

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The Senior Ministerial Councillor learns about the information centre's research, services and strategic developments.

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The conference, which is co-organised by ZB MED, will take place on 4 and 5 September 2025 in Schloss Mickeln, Düsseldorf. The topic of the conference is "European Dissertation Cultures in Medicine".

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Eine Person hält ein Tablet in der Hand. Dort ist die Website von PUBLISSO aufgerufen.

For the 60th time, the DFG is compiling up-to-date scientific recommendations on the risk assessment of substances used in the workplace.

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In-person and remote registration open until 15 September.

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Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

The robust, well-established partnership between ZB MED and the University of Cologne covers research, teaching and the provision of information. The Scientific Director of ZB MED also holds a professorship at the Medical Faculty.

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

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The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

A joint professorship is just one example of the cooperation between ZB MED and the University of Bonn in the fields of research and teaching. ZB MED’s Bonn site is located on the Poppelsdorf campus.

ZB MED advocates Open Access

ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED’s cooperation with TH Köln focuses on providing qualifications in information and data science through joint professorships and other strategies.

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.

ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement

The objective is to work together to provide complementary information services for the life sciences.

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.

ZB MED is a member of DAFA.

The "Deutsche Agrarfoschungsallianz" aims to improve the performance, transparency and international visibility of German agricultural research. It is a joint project of German agricultural research.

ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.

Climate protection, sustainability, responsibility, social solidarity.

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InfoCenter

INFORMATION.

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ZB MED is Library of the Year 2026!

“Key Concepts in Health Promotion and Prevention” published as a Living Handbook

Vera Clemens joins the Dataverse Core Team

NFDI4Microbiota and NFDI4DataScience in the second funding phase

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Old News in Cancer Research

Scholarship for participation in the Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2025 for Dr Eva Seidlmayer

Prof Dr Ursula Arning re-elected to the board of the German Initiative for Network Information e.V.

English edition of the current list of MAK and BAT values for occupational health protection published

New 'Publish & Read' consortium with the Microbiology Society

Call for Presentations: 7th Workshop Retrodigitisation

Dr Christiane Fricke from the Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia visits ZB MED

Call for Abstracts: XX Biannual Conference of the German-Polish Society for the History of Medicine

List of MAK and BAT values for health protection in the workplace published on PUBLISSO

CarpentryConnect Heidelberg 2024: register now!

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED advocates Open Access

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED is a member of DAFA.

ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.

Contact

Cologne Site

Bonn Site

InfoCenter

INFORMATION.

KNOWLEDGE. LIFE.

ZB MED is Library of the Year 2026!

“Key Concepts in Health Promotion and Prevention” published as a Living Handbook

Vera Clemens joins the Dataverse Core Team

NFDI4Microbiota and NFDI4DataScience in the second funding phase

Archive

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED advocates Open Access

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED is a member of DAFA.

ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.

KNOWLEDGE.
LIFE.