- ◇ HEIDELBERG · STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY PARTNER
Science you
can see
and act on.
Structural biology is our expertise. Scientific partnership is how we work.
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◇ BIMOVIS · HEIDELBERG
EST. 2021
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- ◇ EST. 2021 · HEIDELBERG
BIMOVIS is your structural biology partner based in Heidelberg.
We work with companies, research groups and scientific organizations that need molecular insight for complex scientific questions.
Our team combines experimental structural biology, computational structural biology, protein science and molecular visualization. This allows us to support projects from early feasibility questions to structural interpretation and scientific communication.
- ◇ THE TEAM
The people
behind BIMOVIS.
An interdisciplinary team of structural biologists, protein scientists, computational experts and molecular visualization specialists.
Dr. Martin Stieler
CEO & Founder
Independent structural biology consultant (2021–2023).
Head of Structural Biology at Zedira GmbH (2016–2021).
PhD in Structural Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg (2011–2016).
Dr. Anna Gündner
Chief Business Officer
Chief Business Officer at BIMOVIS (2026–present).
Senior Lead Non-clinical Development and Head of Innate Cell Therapies at Affimed (2022–2024).
Founder & CEO of Centaura Therapeutics (2020–2021).
Drug Discovery Project Team Lead at Roche (2017–2020).
Dr. Mathias Gschell
Head of Cryo-EM
R&D Scientist at Diarect GmbH / BBI Solutions (2023–2024).
PhD in Biochemistry – Structural Biology (Cryo-EM) of membrane proteins, Universität Freiburg (2018–2022).
Jennifer F. Fink
Art Director & Marketing Manager
Master in Animation and Game Direction (2023–2025).
Graphic and Motion Design at SYZYGY GmbH (2023–2024).
Bachelor in Transportation Interior Design (2018–2022).
Dr. Florian F. Schneider
Head of X-Ray Crystallography & AI Prediction
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Freiburg (2024–2025).
PhD in Chemistry, University of Freiburg (2018–2024).
Dr. Evgenia Zagoriy
Head of cryo-et
Laboratory Officer in Charge, Cryo-ET at EMBL Heidelberg (2017–now).
Postdoctoral Fellow at MPIB Martinsried (2014–2017).
PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MPI-CBG Dresden (2009–2014).
Franziska Dreher
BIMOVIS Team Assistant
Team Assistant at Konfuzius-Institut Heidelberg (2024 – now)
Master in Sinologie/Chinese Studies (2018-2023)
Dr. Tobias Hüfner
EXECUTIVE SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR, COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Postdoc, MPI of Biophysics Frankfurt (2022-2025)
Postdoc, UC San Diego (2019-2022)
PhD in Computational Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg (2015-2019)
- ◇ OUR SCIENTIFIC NETWORK
Working together.
Sharing expertise.
We collaborate with leading research institutions and take an active part in life science networks, exchanging knowledge and connecting complementary expertise.
EMBL Heidelberg
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
DKFZ
German Cancer Research center
Biozentrum Basel
University of Basel
BZH Heidelberg
Heidelberg University
University of Heidelberg
Research University
ER-C Jülich
Forschungszentrum Jülich
BioRN
Life Science Network
BioLabs
Life Science Community
- ◇ COLLABORATIVE MINDSET
Structural biology with a collaborative mindset.
Every project starts with a scientific question. Some clients come to us with a defined structural biology challenge, such as determining a protein structure, analysing a complex or validating an AI-generated model. Others want to explore which approach could provide the most useful information.
We take time to understand the molecule, the available data and the decision the information needs to support. Based on this, we help define a practical path through experimental methods, computational analysis, protein science or molecular visualization.
Our work is built on close scientific exchange. We discuss options openly, adapt the approach to the project context and stay close to the question behind the data.
- ◇ YOUR SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE
What we support.
Understanding protein structure
We reveal molecular architecture, interaction sites and functional context through experimental structural biology, computational structural biology and integrated structure analysis.
Advancing therapeutic discovery
We generate structure-guided insight for target validation, hit-to-lead, lead optimization, structure-based drug design, protein engineering and mechanism-of-action studies.
Communicating complex science
We translate molecular and structural information into scientific images, molecular animations, virtual reality experiences and 3D molecular models for clear scientific and medical communication.
Navigating multidisciplinary projects
We provide structural biology consulting and scientific guidance from project planning and experimental design to data interpretation, model analysis and molecular visualization.
- ◇ INSIDE BIMOVIS
Heidelberg lab
Heidelberg Office
The People Behind BIMOVIS
BIMOVIS Events
- ◇ OUR VALUES
The way we work.
The way we work is as important as the science we deliver.
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Esteem
We value our colleagues, customers and scientific partners, and build collaborations on trust, openness and honest scientific exchange.
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Unconventional
Scientific questions rarely have one obvious route. We think across disciplines and look for practical ways to answer complex structural biology questions.
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Quality
Quality shapes how we design experiments, analyse structures, interpret models and create molecular visualizations.
- ◇ LET’S Talk
Let's discuss your structural
biology question.
Whether you are planning a structural biology project, working with existing data or looking for a scientific partner in molecular visualization, we can help define the next useful step.