German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

On April 27, 2012, came the decision in favour of the University Network Halle-Jena-Leipzig and for the establishment of the core centre at the Leipzig location.

The scientific and structural conditions at the three neighbouring locations are excellent, and the fact that they already had a strong reputation and had conducted numerous, in some instances internationally oriented research projects in the field of biodiversity science before the opening of the research centre influenced the DFG in its decision.

In addition, the partners in the iDiv consortium make their own contributions and there are also third-party grants for individual research projects.

To date, nine full professors have been appointed: • Experimental Interaction Ecology (Nico Eisenhauer) • Biodiversity Conservation (Henrique Miguel Pereira) • Ecosystem Services (Aletta Bonn) • Molecular Interaction Ecology (Nicole van Dam) • Physiological Diversity (Stanley Harpole) • Biodiversity Synthesis (Jonathan Chase) • Theory in Biodiversity Sciences (Ulrich Brose) • Spatial Interaction Ecology (Tiffany M. Knight) In addition, there are several other units operating at iDiv: In the sDiv Synthesis Centre, scientists from all over the world come together in so-called working groups in order to gain new insight from existing knowledge and data.

Scientific coordination promotes integration among the working groups and iDiv members who are located throughout Central Germany.

IT Support, Bioinformatics (BIU) and Biodiversity Informatics (BDU) ensure the storage, provision and analysis of data.