The German BioImaging – Gesellschaft für Mikroskopie und Bildanalyse e.V (GerBI-GMB, Society for Microscopy and Image Analysis) was founded as a registered non-profit association on April 28, 2017 in Konstanz, Germany. The statutes define the society’s governance and structure and were signed at the GerBI-GMB founding assembly.

Structure

  • General Assemby – Represents the highest level of decision making within the society and decides on general framework in a yearly meeting.

  • Board – Legal representative(s) of the association. Responsible for day-to-day work and operating within the general framework.

  • Advisory Board – Includes company, scientific and core facility representatives who provide advice to the Board.

  • Teams – Member’s working groups, exchange, networking, learning. More information can be found in our teams section.

  • Office – Manages the society’s interest and legal matters. Please feel free to contact the office if you have questions.

The Board

The board was elected for a two year period at the General Assembly of the Society on March 13, 2020. Only individuals or representatives of institutional members can be elected to the board. The board legally represents the association and is responsible for day-to-day work within the guidelines of the statutes and the general assembly.

Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters
Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters Chair woman

Elisa May
Elisa May Vice Chair
Roland Nitschke
Roland NitschkeIndustry Coordinator

Stefan Terjung
Stefan TerjungTreasurer

Christian Feldhaus
Christian FeldhausVice Treasurer
Hella Hartmann
Hella HartmannSecretary

Steffen J. Sahl
Steffen J. SahlVice Secretary

The Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is open to individual and corporate members, who are elected by the General Assembly.

Ralf Palmisano
Ralf PalmisanoSpeaker
Christian Kukat
Christian Kukat

Jan Peychl
Bastian Hülsmann
Ivano Romano
Ivano Romano
Herbert Schaden
Herbert Schaden
Dorothee Schroth
Martin Kiesel

Managing Director

The GerBI-GMB Managing Director position is kindly sponsored by the Carl-Zeiss Foundation.

Janina Hanne
Janina Hanne Managing Director

Header image: Drosophila melanogaster egg chamber preparation. Actin cytoskeleton with depth coding. Olympus FV3000, Thomas Zobel, CAi HHU