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Cologne Site

Medicine and Health

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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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INFORMATION.

KNOWLEDGE.
LIFE.

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

Leyla Jael Castro

Team Leader Semantic Technologies

Key tasks and activities

  • Literature-based information retrieval 
  • Recommendation systems 
  • Ontology-based search and categorization
  • Interdisciplinary research in the Life Sciences domain

Profile

"I am a Computer Scientist interested in semantic web, linked data, data science, open science and education. I am currently involved in community projects aiming to make FAIR a reality not only for data but also for software and training materials. I have worked on software development and data integration semantic, project coordination, scientific events organization and chairing, and community-based projects (e.g. Bioschemas and BioJS). I have also worked as a university lecturer on software development and information systems."

Educational background

  • 2012 – 2017
    PhD Computer Languages and Systems (with a focus on AI) , Universitat Jaume I, Spain
  • 2006 – 2007
    Graduated diploma in education, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia
  • 2004 – 2006
    M. Sc. Computer Science, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
  • 1992 – 1997 
    Bachelor Computer Science, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Career to date

  • since 2019
    Team Leader Semantic Technologies, ZB MED
  • 2018 – 2019
    Knowledge and Semantic Web Coordinator, ELIXIR Hub
  • 2013 – 2019
    Senior Software Engineer, EMBL-EBI
  • 2010 – 2013
    Data Integration Developer, EMBL-EBI
  • 2009 – 2010
    Junior Researcher, Universität der Bundeswehr
  • 2000 – 2009
    Lecturer, Web Developer, Universidad de la Sabana
  • 1997 – 2003
    Lecturer, Fundación Universitaria San Martín

Professional bodies and associations

  • RDA Research Metadata Schemas 
  • RDA FAIR4RS 
  • RDA FAIR4ML
  • Bioschemas

 

Working groups in NFDI:

  • NFDI Section (Meta)data, Termino­­lo­gies, Provenance, Research Software Metadata
  • NFDI Section (Meta)data, Termino­­lo­gies, Provenance, Ontology Harmonization and Mapping
  • NFDI Section Infrastructures, Research Software Engineering (RSE)​

Publications

ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health

ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health.

The Federal Ministry of Health is a sponsor of ZB MED on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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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

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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

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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

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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 one of over 30 partners in the LFV Open Science

The network is committed to the research and development of working methods, infrastructures, and tools of Open Science.

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.