Life science industry
With more than 100 company interactions yearly, SciLifeLab infrastructure actively support swedish life science industry by providing access to essential infrastructure and increasing the knowledge transfer between academia and industry in strategic areas.
Multiple projects within SciLifeLab are performed to support users from large companies, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). In addition, SciLifeLab and its affiliated faculty have an extensive track record of collaborating with industrial partners, both within specific research fields and technology development.
We welcome both national and international companies to collaborate and are continuously developing our strategies for fostering partnership with the private sector.
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Call for Industrial PhD Projects in Data-driven Life Science 2025 at SciLifeLab
DDLS will establish a research school for 260 PhDs, with two components, one focussing on academic PhD students and one for industrial PhD students. The aim of the DDLS Research School is to educate highly skilled and competent professionals who will make a significant contribution to the field of life science research in Sweden.
The industrial PhD students will be employed or recruited to a company in the life science sector in Sweden, aiming to link them up with strong local research environments at universities as well as with the national DDLS program. Deadline November 17 2025, 15:00 CET. Find earlier approved PhD project here.
Industry user cases
Industry access project
“Strengthened competitiveness with increased access for industry to SciLifeLab’s research infrastructure” is the name of a two year project funded by Vinnova, running 2024-2026.
To further strengthen Sweden’s position in life science, health, and innovation, access to SciLifeLab’s infrastructure for life science companies should be facilitated.
Already today, more than 100 unique companies use and/or collaborate with SciLifeLab infrastructure yearly. Yet the process for company access to SciLifeLab’s infrastructure can be additionally clarified. The project aim to formulate guidelines and processes for industry use and collaboration of SciLifeLab infrastructure, from the first contact to project initiation.
Project leaders/contact persons: Josefin Lundgren Gawell Josefin.Lundgren.gawell@scilifelab.se and Per Lek per.lek@scilifelab.se
Activities
Setting up an efficient process for industry users, from initial contact to delivered service at more than 40 different units distributed on 11 universities is complex. SciLifeLab works with all infrastructure unit hosting universities in finding ways forward and implementing processes according to rules and regulations.
Initial activities included mapping of current bottlenecks in the process of industry use of infrastructure. This was done by surveys directed to each respective SciLifeLab infrastructure unit and previous industry users.
Download and read the summary report here: Survey summary report
The surveys have and will be followed up with webinars, workshops and outreach activities with involved stakeholders to further align processes throughout SciLifeLab’s different national sites.
In June 2025 an open webinar with Q&A session on full cost calculations according to the new ordinance for infrastructure was held, with the following program and presenters. Download available presentations below by clicking the linked title or watch full presentation via respective VIDEO (available within short).
Full Cost Calculations Infrastructure Users – Webinar program
*SciLifeLab Industry Access project (Josefin Lundgren Gawell)
VIDEO
*The SESAM project and the new ordinance (Martin Stankovski)
VIDEO
*Market analysis, one way to do it (Per Lek) + word template for market analysis.
VIDEO
*How KTH works with infrastructure cost models (Maria Östman)
*Case, this is how we do it (Claudia Fredolini)
VIDEO
Steering group:
Chair-Sandra Falck (KTH, Head of Operations Office, OO), Mia Philipsson (UU, Co-Director SciLifeLab), Annika Jenmalm Jensen (KI, Infrastructure Director SciLifeLab), Anna Frejd (KTH, Communications Manager), Anna-Lena Gustavsson (KI, CBCS Platform Scientific Director), Maria Östman (KTH, Vice head of economy), Markus Cartas-Johansson (KTH, Senior Legal Counsel), Marjo Puumalainen (SwedenBIO, International Director), Tobias Sparrman (UMU, Head of unit, Swedish NMR center Umeå).
The project is in close dialogue with related projects that focus on similar questions but with different scope. These are for example The SESAM project and the TEF-Health project.