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Dr.

Lorenz Christian Reimer

Head of Department

Research interest

  • Database and Web Development
  • Bacterial Diversity
  • Metabolic data
  • FAIR research data
  • Semantic data

Curriculum Vitae

8/2023 - Current
Head of Scientific Databases
Leibniz institute DSMZ - German collection of microorganisms and cell cultures
1/2022 - 7/2023
Group leader BacDive Database
Leibniz institute DSMZ - German collection of microorganisms and cell cultures
8/2015 - 12/2021
Curator and developer BacDive Database
Leibniz institute DSMZ - German collection of microorganisms and cell cultures
1/2013 - 7/2015
PostDoc Metabolomics
TU Braunschweig, Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry
7/2008 - 12/2012
Graduate student biology
TU Braunschweig, Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry
10/2001 - 6/2008
Diplom Biologie
TU Braunschweig

Highlighted research

BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
Schober I., Koblitz J., Sardà Carbasse J., Ebeling C., Schmidt M.L., Podstawka A., Gupta R., Ilangovan V., Chamanara J., Overmann J. and Reimer L.C.
Nucleic Acids Res 53(D1): D748–D756 (2025)
The Past, the Presence and the Future of Microbial Strain Data
Reimer L.C., Schober I., Lissin A., Sardà Carbasse J., Witte J.F., Koblitz J., Yurkov A., Freese H.M., Göker M. and Overmann J.
IMC12, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 13.08.2024, Invited lecture: short
Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets [Preprint]
Koblitz J., Reimer L.C., Pukall R. and Overmann J.
BioRxiv (2024)
Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets
Koblitz J., Reimer L.C., Pukall R. and Overmann J.
Commun Biol 8(1): 897 (2025)

Publications

Type Activity

Other Activities

Type Activity

Involved in Infrastructures

BacDive

Head  

01.01.2018 - today

Current Projects

Bioindustry 4.0

Project management  

01.01.2023-31.12.2026

NFDI4Microbiota

Project management  

01.10.2021-30.09.2026

de.NBI

Project management  

01.01.2023-31.12.2027

Past Projects

DiASPora

Associate  

01.04.2020-31.03.2023

NFDI4Biodiversity

Project management  

01.10.2020-30.09.2025

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