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Björn Usadel

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Director of the IBG-4 Bioinformatics at Forschungszentrum Jülich
📍 Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Björn Usadel is the Director of Bioinformatics (IBG-4) at Forschungszentrum Jülich and a Professor for Biological Data Science at the University of Düsseldorf. With a PhD from the University of Potsdam, his expertise is in plant genomics and analyzing large biological datasets. Colleagues describe him as passionate with deep bioinformatics insight.

His public engagement shows a strong commitment to advancing plant science and fostering collaboration between European research institutions. He actively supports junior researchers, often celebrating their achievements and first publications, and shows great enthusiasm for emerging technologies within his field.

He is involved in creating complex plant pangenomes, such as for the eggplant, using advanced nanopore sequencing technologies.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Director of the IBG-4 Bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Personality Overview

How Björn shows up

Cautious & Analytical
Price-Sensitive
Value Seeker

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions.

Priorities

Topics Björn cares about

Plant Genomics
His career at Forschungszentrum Jülich is dedicated to analyzing large datasets from plant research to understand traits like stress response.
Data Science Education
As a professor and through his posts about the Helmholtz School for Data Science, he shows a commitment to training the next generation of scientists.
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Career

Work history

10-2019
Director of the IBG-4 Bioinformatics
Forschungszentrum Jülich
12-2011 - 9-2019
IBG-2 Director
Forschungszentrum Jülich
4-2020
Professor
University of Düsseldorf
9-2011 - 4-2020
Full Professor
RWTH Aachen University
PI
Max Planck Institute for Molcular Plant Physiology
In the press

Media appearances

New cell map reveals how barley ears develop. Featured in Forschungszentrum Jülich – News Archive
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Education
Diplom
Freie Universität Berlin
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
University of Potsdam
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

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