Governance

The Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy is governed by a Board and an Advisory Committee.

CFIM Board

In 2017, the first Board of CFIM was appointed. The Board of CFIM refers to the Dean of the Faculty and is responsible for the budget allocation and for the strategic development of CFIM, in consultation with the Advisory Board.

The Board consists of:

  • Hans Bräuner, Vice-Dean for Research, Chair
  • Cathrine Ørskov, Head of Department, Deapartment of Biomedical Science

Observers who participate in Board meetings:

  • Klaus Qvortrup, Professor, CFIM (Chair of CFIM and Director of Electron Microscopy)
  • Clara Prats Gavalda, Associate professor, CFIM (Director of Light Microscopy and Image Analysis)
  • Thomas Riemenschneider, Faculty Services, Finance
  • Anders Sondrup, Department Administrator at BMI

The duties of the Board are specified in the Terms of Reference.

CFIM Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee is appointed by the CFIM Board. The Advisory Committee refers to the CFIM Board and shall give advice,  particularly concerning the strategic development of CFIM, the service level and other items relevant to users.

The current CFIM Advisory Committee members are:

  • Jakob Balslev Sørensen, Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience (IN), Chair
  • Thomas Bjarnsholt, Professor, Dept. of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM)
  • Malte Paulsen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology (DanStem)
  • Dorte Frees, Associate professor, Dept. of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (IVH)
  • Steven Goldman, Professor, Head of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine (CTN)
  • Ian Hickson, Professor, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM), Molecular Aging Program
  • Claudia Lukas, Platform leader, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR)
  • Guillermo Montoya, Professor, Research director, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR)
  • Michael Gajhede, Professor, Dept. of Drug Design and Pharmacology (ILF)
  • Hans Wandall, Professor, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM) and Copenhagen Center for Glycomics (CCG)

The members of the Advisory Committee are appointed for three years (from January 2018). The duties of the Advisory Committee are specified in the Terms of Reference.

CFIM supports the Advisory Committee with secretarial assistance, and the chairs of CFIM Board and the Advisory Committee ensure the on-going contact between CFIM Board and Committee Board.