{"id":5100,"date":"2022-01-25T12:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/?page_id=5100"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:40:06","slug":"governance-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/governance-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Governance Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The EMBL IC Governance Board oversees the EMBL IC activities and provides strategic guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"8114387f\">\n      <!-- Generated by: 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class=\"vf-profile__link\">Ewan Birney<\/a>\n                  <\/h3>\n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__job-title\">\n          Director of EMBL-EBI\n        <\/p>\n      \n      \n      \n              \n              \n      \n                                      \n            <a class=\"vf-text vf-text--body-r vf-link embl-conditional-edit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/node\/86174\/86174\" target=\"_blank\">\n        Edit\n      <\/a>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--inline | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture-Ewan.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/imaging-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture-Ewan.jpg 220w, 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