Each member is represented in EU-LIFE by its Director or Scientific Director. The Board of Directors (BoD) is the highest decision-making body of the alliance. The BoD elects two of its members to serve as a Chair and a Co-chair for a period of two years.
Chair
Giulio Superti-Furga, CeMM
Co-Chair
Marta Miączyńska, IIMCB
Directors
Luis Serrano, CRG
Pavel Tomančák, CEITEC
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, IEO
Christine Durinx, VIB
Dirk Schübeler, FMI
Maria Manuel Mota & Moisés Mallo, GIMM
Claire Rougeulle, Curie
Samuli Ripatti, FIMM
John Vontas, IMBB-FORTH
Maike Sander, MDC
David M. Smith, RBI
Simon Cook, Babraham
Paul Nurse, Crick
Thijn Brummelkamp, NKI
Anders Lund, BRIC
EU-LIFE Executive Director
Marta Agostinho
Former EU-LIFE Chairs
Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, IGC (2022-2023)
René Medema, NKI (2020-2021)
Geneviève Almouzni, Curie (2018-2019)
Jo Bury, VIB (2016-2017)
Luis Serrano, CRG (2014-2015)
Emeritus directors
Markus Dettenhofer, CEITEC
Jo Bury, VIB
Susan Gasser, FMI
Monica Bettencourt-Dias, IGC
Jonathan Howard, IGC
Geneviève Almouzni, Curie
Alain Puisieux, Curie
Mark Daly, FIMM
Jaakko Kaprio, FIMM
Iannis Talianidis, IMBB-FORTH
Thomas Sommer, MDC
Wolf Reik, Babraham
Michael Wakelam, Babraham
Kristian Helin, BRIC