With its launch at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany joins Instruct-ERIC to make cutting-edge technologies freely available to researchers across Europe.<\/p>\n
Today, October 17, 2025, the German Instruct Center Instruct-DE<\/strong> officially begins its work at Goethe University. Instruct-ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) is a pan-European distributed research infrastructure specialized in high-end technologies and methods in structural biology, which is recognized by the European Union. The consortium\u2019s goal is to make cutting-edge technologies and methods from 17 partner countries accessible to researchers across Europe. Following a multi-year exploratory process, Germany was accepted as a partner country in Instruct-ERIC in 2024. In addition to providing German researchers with access to technologies in European partner countries, it also opens access to excellent German infrastructures for researchers from all over Europe.<\/p>\n The new German center is organized in a decentral manner and coordinated by Goethe University Frankfurt. Partner institutions include Helmholtz Munich, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, DESY Hamburg, Hamburg-based European XFEL, University of Hamburg\u2019s Center for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), and Forschungszentrum J\u00fclich. Instruct-DE also has four other institutions joining as national associated partners: Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Braunschweig, University of Bayreuth, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut f\u00fcr Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) Berlin, and Charit\u00e9 \u2013 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin.<\/p>\n With the establishment of Instruct-DE, Germany\u2019s advanced technologies become part of the freely accessible European Instruct Technology Catalog, which researchers from all partner countries can use at no cost, as explained by its spokesperson, Prof. Dr. Clemens Glaubitz. \u201cThe previously highly successful mutual use of research infrastructures is taking a decisive leap forward with Germany\u2019s participation through Instruct-DE,\u201d emphasizes Prof. Dr. Harald Schwalbe, Director of Instruct-ERIC, adding that, \u201cStructural biology in Germany is conducted at the highest level. Instruct-DE not only strengthens European research but also opens up new opportunities for German researchers to engage in European collaborations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n