{"id":1393,"date":"2023-10-31T13:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/?page_id=1393"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:59:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p class=\"vf-lede\">The Alliance aims to create synergies between EMBL and Stanford\u2019s research communities and build on each other\u2019s advances in the field.<\/p>\n<!--\/vf-lede-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alliance is committed to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fostering cross-institutional knowledge transfer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increasing efficiencies in research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enabling&nbsp;<strong>high-risk projects<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoting&nbsp;<strong>exchange<\/strong>&nbsp;of staff and scientific collaboration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharing expertise and cooperation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering<strong>&nbsp;training and education&nbsp;<\/strong>to members of the research communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engaging in outreach activities to inform about current developments in research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-tabs\"><ul class=\"vf-tabs__list\" data-vf-js-tabs=\"true\"><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-73bf49e6-89ef-45f7-926c-fa0a1781815f\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Leadership<\/a><\/li><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-d937e321-c7e9-43ef-993e-119f20bd8277\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Advisory Board<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vf-tabs-content\" data-vf-js-tabs-content=\"true\">\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-73bf49e6-89ef-45f7-926c-fa0a1781815f\"><h2 class=\"vf-u-sr-only\">Leadership<\/h2>\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-1\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-6\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz-300x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Lars Steinmetz\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                                <\/h3>\n    \n    \n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-5\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p>The Life Science Alliance is led by Lars Steinmetz, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/lars-steinmetz\">Dieter Schwarz Foundation Endowed Professor,<\/a> at Stanford University and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/lars-steinmetz\/\">Associate Group Leader<\/a> in the Genome Biology Unit at EMBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Director of the Alliance, Lars serves as a link between the Stanford School of Medicine, headed by Dean Lloyd Minor, and EMBL, headed by Director General Anthony Hyman. Lars oversees the Alliance and all of the ongoing activities and projects across both institutions.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-d937e321-c7e9-43ef-993e-119f20bd8277\"><h2 class=\"vf-u-sr-only\">Advisory Board<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scientific advisory is jointly composed of faculty from both EMBL and Stanford who provide advice on our scientific and strategic activities.<\/p>\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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/altman-300x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/altman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/altman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/altman.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/russ-altman\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Russ Altman<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">Stanford<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100\">Russ is a Professor of bioengineering, genetics, medicine, and biomedical data science (and of computer science, by courtesy). His primary research interests are in the application of computing and informatics technologies to problems relevant to medicine. The helix lab studies how human genetic variation affects drug response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz-300x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Lars Steinmetz\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lars_steinmetz.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    Lars Steinmetz            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">EMBL &amp; Stanford<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100 vf-u-margin__bottom--100\">Lars is the Director of the Life Science Alliance, a Dieter Schwarz Foundation Endowed Professor at Stanford University, Co-Director of the Stanford Genome Technology Center, and Associate Group Leader in the Genome Biology Unit at EMBL. His group develops and applies cutting-edge technologies to investigate the genetic basis of complex traits, the mechanisms of gene expression and disease biology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/lars-steinmetz\/\">EMBL<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/lars-steinmetz\">Stanford<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bhatt-300x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Ami Bhatt\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bhatt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bhatt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bhatt.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/ami-bhatt\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Ami Bhatt<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">Stanford<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100\">Ami is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her laboratory researches the interplay between the human microbiome and noncommunicable diseases, such as cancer and cardiometabolic disorders. Along with Franklin Huang, Ami is a co-founder and co-president of the non-profit organization Global Oncology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/wilmanns-4-300x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Matthias Wilmanns\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/wilmanns-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/wilmanns-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/wilmanns-4.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/matthias-wilmanns\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Matthias Wilmanns<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">EMBL<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100\">Matthias\u00a0is a senior scientist at EMBL Hamburg . He is also the Director of the Center of Structural Systems Biology and a Professor at the Hamburg University Clinical Center Eppendorf. His group investigates a variety of protein-ligand complexes within the context of biological systems using a broad range of molecular and structural biology techniques.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\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=\"155\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dey.jpeg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Gautam Dey\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/gautam-dey\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Gautam Dey<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">EMBL<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100\">Gautam started his group at EMBL in early 2021, after a postdoc in London working on the evolution of cell division with Buzz Baum. Gautam holds a PhD in systems biology from Stanford University and a research MSc. from the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India. Gautam is an ERC Investigator (2023-2028) and a previous holder of a Marie-Sklodowska Curie postdoctoral fellowship (2017-2018) and a Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering (2009-2012).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/snyder-300x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Mike Snyder\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/snyder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/snyder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/snyder.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/michael-snyder\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Mike Snyder<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">Stanford<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100\">Michael Snyder is a Stanford Ascherman Professor and Chair of Genetics and the Director of the Center of Genomics and Personalized Medicine. He is a leader in the field of functional genomics and proteomics, and one of the major participants of the ENCODE project. The Snyder lab develops a variety of approaches to analyze genomes, other omes, and regulatory networks to understand human variation and health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hodgson-300x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Keith Hodgson\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hodgson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hodgson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hodgson.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/keith-hodgson?releaseVersion=10.5.2\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Keith Hodgson<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">Stanford<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100\">Keith is a Professor of Chemistry and Photon Science at Stanford, where he chairs the Department of Chemistry. The Hodgson Lab focuses on\u00a0how molecular structures relate to biological and chemical function, using a variety of x-ray absorption, diffraction and scattering techniques. Keith has preivously served as SSRL Director, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory\u00a0 Deputy Director and Associate Laboratory Director for Photon Science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\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=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lundberg-300x240.jpg\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" alt=\"Headshot Emma Lundberg\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lundberg-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lundberg-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lundberg-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lundberg-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lundberg-2048x1639.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n    <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\" >\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/emma-lundberg\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Emma Lundberg<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"vf-content\"><p class=\"vf-profile__text\">Stanford<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--5 vf-u-margin__top--100\">Emma is Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Pathology at Stanford University, and Director of the Cell Atlas, of the Human Protein Atlas program. In the interface between bioimaging, proteomics and artificial intelligence her research aims to define and model the spatiotemporal subcellular architecture of the human proteome, to understand how variations in protein expression patterns contribute to cellular function and disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    \n      \n\n    \n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"235\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/life-science-alliance-logo.png\" alt=\"logo of Life Science Alliance\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/life-science-alliance-logo.png 423w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/life-science-alliance-logo-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-title-left-aligned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-1393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11375,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions\/11375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/life-science-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}