DANDRITE was established in 2013 as the Danish node of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine. Its establishment was made possible through a generous grant from Lundbeckfonden and Aarhus University (read more here).

DANDRITE is hosted by Aarhus University, and is organizationally anchored in two departments: the Department of Biomedicine (Faculty of Health) and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Faculty of Natural Sciences).

DANDRITE operates with a three-tier management structure consisting of an Executive Board, a Director, and a Steering Committee, and is further supported by a Scientific Advisory Board, which provides external guidance on research strategy and development.

Scientifically, DANDRITE is structured around five EMBL-style Group Leaders, who form the core of DANDRITE’s research activities. Their positions are funded through the DANDRITE funding package, and each Group Leader is physically located within one of the two host departments. In addition, DANDRITE includes four Senior Group Leaders, who constitute DANDRITE's scientific leadership as well as associated researchers including one Team Leader and thirteen affiliated researchers.

The research activities at DANDRITE are supported by the local DANDRITE administration in close collaboration with the administrative structures at Aarhus University and our host departments.