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At IMB, we explore the molecular biology of the nucleus with an overarching focus on gene regulation, epigenetics & genome stability

Competence Hub for "AI Utilisation in Biomedical Research"

Competence Hubs bring together several Core Facilities and experts to provide a streamlined service for cutting-edge, multidisciplinary techniques.

The Competence Hub for AI Utilisation in Biomedical Research reflects the institute’s strategic investment in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). This hub serves as a collaborative platform for experts across disciplines to develop and implement AI-based tools for data-driven research. The Core Facilities operate a dedicated server infrastructure for Large Language Models (LLMs), enabling advanced data analysis, interpretation, and automation across a range of applications. In addition, we have started to build up our own trained LLMs to generate chat bots that are able to give qualified answers to recurring questions from users. An in-house AlphaFold infrastructure with a user-friendly interface supports structural biology projects through efficient protein structure prediction. Researchers also have access to a high-performance computing cluster equipped with multiple CPUs and GPUs, which is suitable for large-scale simulations, machine learning, and data modelling.

In microscopy-based research, the hub integrates machine learning algorithms and specialised image analysis tools to support the interpretation of complex imaging datasets. Together, these resources enable seamless transitions from data generation to computational analysis and demonstrate IMB’s commitment to providing comprehensive, future-ready research support through its Core Facilities and Competence Hubs.

Acknowledgements/ Co-authorships

“An acknowledgement of the Core Facilities in your publication is important and more than just a nice way to say thank you. Your acknowledgement matters!”

Acknowledgements are the currency by which Core Facilities are measured: they help us prove our value and our contribution to research results.  Acknowledging Core Facilities shows that we are important partners in the scientific community, and it allows us to maintain funding and make further investment in the Core Facilities. In the case that Core Facility staff members have contributed significantly to your research project, we ask that you treat them the same way you would treat any other collaborator and consider a co-authorship. 

Specific examples of how to properly acknowledge our Core Facilities can be viewed on our Intranet. In accordance with DFG recommendations, we furthermore ask that you acknowledge any instrumentation that is funded through a DFG major instrumentation grant by including the corresponding project number.