Instruct-ERIC German Centre Unites Leading Facilities
Instruct-ERIC is a pan-European distributed research infrastructure dedicated to providing access to cutting-edge technologies and methods in structural biology. Its mission is to drive innovation in biomedical science by offering open access to integrated structural biology approaches.
The German Centre of Instruct-ERIC comprises five major facilities: the Bavarian NMR Center (BNMRZ) at Helmholtz Munich and TUM, Goethe University Frankfurt’s Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) and European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility (XFEL) in Hamburg, the University of Hamburg and Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), and Forschungszentrum Jülich. Collectively, these institutions provide advanced equipment, cutting-edge technologies, and specialized expertise to the Instruct technology catalogue, offering researchers worldwide enhanced access to structural biology resources.
Research at the BNMRZ focuses on the development and application of advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying the structure, dynamics and molecular interactions of biological macromolecules, computational approaches for integrative structural biology, structured-based drug discovery, pulse sequence and methods development for solution and solid-state NMR spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. The initiative is supported by Prof. Michael Sattler, Director of the BNMRZ and the Institute of Structural Biology at Helmholtz Munich, and aligns with the strategic vision to fostering international collaboration and driving infrastructure-based biomedical innovation.
Expanding Access and Capabilities
The integration of the BNMRZ enhances the German Centre’s capacity to deliver state-of-the-art structural biology technologies and support to the global research community. Funded access is available to researchers from Instruct Member Countries and Organizations, while the facilities remain open to all researchers worldwide.