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Cologne Site

Medicine and Health

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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INFORMATION.

KNOWLEDGE.
LIFE.

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

Vanessa Scharf

PhD student Data Science and Services / Equal Opportunities Officer

Key tasks and activities

  • Datenanalyse- und Visualisierung
    Bioinformatische Analyse bakterieller Transkriptome
    Software- / Library Carpentry Instruktorin
    Gleichstellung und Chancengleichheit

Profile

Educational background

  • since 2023
    PhD student Bioinformatics, DILS Bielefeld / ZB MED
  • 2020 – 2024
    Master Digital Sciences, TH Köln
  • 2020 – 2021
    Certified Software Instructor, The Carpentries
  • 2014-2017
    Agricultural Sciences, specialising in "Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals", University Bonn
  • 2012-2014
    Applied Biology, Hochschule Rhein-Sieg, Rheinbach
  • 2002-2005
    Correspondence in foreign languages, Regensburg

Career to date

  • since 2023
    PhD student Bioinformatics, ZB MED – Data Science and Services
  • since 2023
    Equal Opportunities Officer and Member of the Board of Trustees of ZB MED
  • since 2021
    Workshop Instructor für software literacy, The Carpentries
  • since 2021
    Co-Teaching at TH Köln (Master Digital Sciences)
  • 2021 – 2023
    Data Librarian, ZB MED – Data Science and Services
  • 2020 – 2021
    Project „Open research profiles with Wikidata and Scholia for the Leibniz Forschungsverbund Open Science“
  • 2019 – 2020
    Project „Data evaluation from the ZB MED KE and exploration of Wikidata as a new data source“

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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Logo of Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia

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.