[Clinical Talks] Functional precision medicine using AI drug discovery
2022-12-16 09:00 - 09:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | Online event via Zoom
Greg Vladimer

Vice President, Translational Research at Exscientia

Greg Vladimer, VP, Translational Research joined Exscientia through the acquisition of Allcyte, a pioneer in the field of AI-first functional precision oncology and translational cancer research, where he was a Scientific Co-Founder and the Chief Scientific Officer. At Allcyte, he and his team pushed the boundaries of translational cancer research through the use of disease relevant primary human cancer samples, high content imaging, custom AI-powered computer vision, and scalable cloud computing. Greg has a PhD from University of Massachusetts Medical School in Immunology, after which he moved to Vienna as an EMBO-supported Postdoctoral Fellow at CeMM where he and a colleague invented the first-generation platform used for the translational work, and spearheaded the first ever prospective interventional clinical trial showing that drugs prioritised using a functional precision medicine tool had clinical benefit for late stage blood cancer patients.

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Moderator: Päivi Östling, SciLifeLab

Clinical Talks

Clinical Talks is back for more! With a brand new and shiny Season 6. After successfully completing 5 seasons with > 70 enthusiastic Clinical Talkers to our record, we have barely scratched the surface of all the amazing work our clinical, academic and industry Life Science community has to offer. More about the upcoming events is available here.

These events are co-organized by Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB and SciLifeLab, and brought to you by Colibri Ventures.

Evolution in Sweden 2023
2023-01-10 09:00 - 2023-01-12 17:00 | Friessalen, Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum, EBC Norbyvägen 14-18, Uppsala, 752 36
Evolution in Sweden is a biannual meeting, which broadly gathers evolutionary biologists working in Sweden. The meeting was held in Uppsala 2014, Lund 2016, Stockholm 2018, and Gothenburg 2020. The host for 2023 is Evolutionary Biology Centre, at Uppsala University. The meeting is aimed to be a broad meeting on every aspect of evolutionary biology of all forms of life on Earth. However, please note that the meeting is restricted to scientists active in Swedish academic departments.

This year the Evolution in Sweden conference is organized together with the Evolution and Biodiversity research area from the Data-driven life science program (DDLS), part of a 12-year SEK 3.1 billion initiative from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Please find more information about the DDLS program here. We encourage researchers working with analysis of large data sets in the fields of evolution and biodiversity to attend.

Keynote speakers:

Luis-Miguel Chevin, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS Montpellier, France, Paul Hohenlohe, University of Idaho, USA and Tanja Schwander, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Registration:

Registration and check-in will open at 09:30 on Tuesday, January 10, followed by self-catered lunch. No registration fee, fika will be provided. Lunch, Dinner, and Hotel are not included in the registration.

Posters:

We ask you kindly to hang your poster during the registration, pins will be provided. Make sure to stand by your poster at the Poster session. The poster board area is 119×89 (excl frame), in standing format.

Lunches:

The lunches will be self-catered. There is a restaurant at EBC, Hassans, and restaurants close by, for instance, Blåsenhus or Segerstedthuset (see Google maps). There will be pub evenings (at your own expense) and an informal dinner on January 11.

Informal Conference dinner on January 11:

The registered participants have received a separate invitation to attend the informal dinner on January 11. Attendance is optional, and the cost is the participant’s responsibility. A Lebanese buffet (195 kr not including beverages or coffee) will be offered at Hassans at EBC. Follow the instructions in the invitation to register, and remember to pay the restaurant in advance using Swish.

Conference Pub and Hotel:

The Conference Pub, on January 10, is Bishop Arms. Keynote speakers are staying at the Elite Hotel Academia. We have not pre-negotiated any hotel rooms for the participants.

Conference book:

A link to the Conference book is sent to all registered participants, with a detailed program, information about the keynote speakers, abstracts, and a List of participants.

Cancellation of attendance:

email events@SciLifeLab.se

Brief program

The detailed program is published in the Conference Abstract book, and emailed to all participants.

January 10

09:3012:00On-site registration opens outside Friessalen and Ekmansalen, EBC12:00Lunch (self-catered)12:45Welcome (parallel in Fries and Ekman)13:00Keynote: (parallel in Fries and Ekman)Adaptive capacity in wildlife populations: a case study of a unique diseasePaul A. Hohenlohe, University of Idaho, USA14:0017:00Two parallel afternoon sessions (Friessalen and Ekmansalen, EBC) with coffee at 15:15-15:4518:00Conference pub; Bishop Arms (map)

January 11

09:0012:00Two parallel morning sessions (Friessalen and Ekmansalen, EBC) with coffee at 10:15-10:4512:00Lunch (self-catered)13:30Keynote: (parallel in Fries and Ekman)Evolution and consequences of parthenogenesis: Insights from stick insectsTanja Schwander, University of Lausanne, Switzerland14:3017:30Two parallel afternoon sessions (Friessalen and Ekmansalen, EBC) with coffee at 15:45-16:1517:30Poster session, cash bar on 2nd floor.19:15Dinner buffet at Hassans, EBC (more information sent to the Conference participants)23:00EBC closes, and everyone has to leave the Campus building for security reasons.

January 12

09:0012:00Two parallel morning sessions incl. DDLS (Friessalen and Ekmansalen, EBC) with coffee at 10:15-10:4512:00Lunch (self-catered)13:30Keynote: (parallel in Fries and Ekman)Predictability of ecology and evolution in randomly fluctuating environmentsLuis-Miguel Chevin, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS Montpellier, France14:30Final remarks, future meeting thoughts15:00Meeting closesUpdated: December 12.

Paul Hohenlohe, Abstract and Bio
Adaptive capacity in wildlife populations: a case study of a unique disease

Wildlife populations face threats from climate change, invasive species, habitat modification, disease, and other factors. Evolutionary biology and genomics provide powerful tools for assessing the capacity of populations to adapt and persist. As a case study for adaptive capacity, I focus on a unique disease that threatens the persistence of Tasmanian devils. Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) is a transmissible cancer that has spread across the species range. Using genomic techniques, we have found evidence of rapid evolution in response to DFTD as well as a genetic basis for disease-related phenotypes. Recently a second independently derived transmissible cancer was discovered in devils, raising the possibility that this is a recurrent selective force. We have found widespread evidence of both historical and contemporary selection in the devil genome, but no evidence that genes currently responding to DFTD were under recurrent selection in the past. These results help us assess the capacity of devil populations to adapt to threats, including transmissible cancers, and can help guide the management of both wild and captive devil populations.

Bio

Paul A. Hohenlohe is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Idaho, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Washington and worked as a conservation biologist for the U.S. federal government. During his postdoctoral work at the University of Oregon, he was part of the team that developed RAD sequencing as a tool for population genomics. His current research program focuses on evolutionary genetics and genomics with applications to conservation of biodiversity, across a wide range of plant and animal taxa. He is also the director of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology graduate degree program at UI.

Tanja Schwander, Abstract and Bio
Evolution and consequences of parthenogenesis: Insights from stick insects

Parthenogenesis is predicted to have many evolutionary consequences, since gamete production and the restoration of somatic ploidy levels via fertilization no longer take place, and because male phenotypes are not exposed to selection. The empirical evidence for most predictions remains however scarce, largely because in case studies of isolated parthenogenetic species, putative effects of parthenogenesis are confounded with species specific patterns. To fill this knowledge gap, we study independently evolved asexual arthropod species and their sexual relatives. I will discuss the insights we developed from genome andtranscriptome comparisons of sexual and asexual stick insect species as well from comparisons across new and previously published genomes of parthenogenetic animals.

Bio

Tanja Schwander earned her PhD at the University of Lausanne 2007 and then got postdoctoral and independent researcher fellowships at Simon Fraser University (CA), University of Groningen (NL) and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (DE). Tanja returned to Lausanne with a SNSF starting grant in 2013 and got a tenure track position there in 2014. Since 2018, Tanja is an associate professor at University of Lausanne.

Luis-Miguel Chevin, Abstract and Bio
Predictability of ecology and evolution in randomly fluctuating environments

Most natural environments exhibit some component of random variation or noise, which can only be predicted in a probabilistic sense. Current anthropogenic change, beyond causing trends in mean environments, also modifies the patterns of these fluctuations, so there is a need to better understand their influences on ecology and evolution. Population responses to environmental noise depend not only on the magnitude of fluctuations, but also on their alternation pattern, as captured by their temporal autocorrelation. However, a major challenge when investigating these effects is that their inherent stochasticity requires abundant replication, which is often unfeasible in nature. I will argue that a powerful strategy towards this goal is to use a combination of approaches: theory, experimental evolution, and analyses of natural populations. I will illustrate this by confronting results from our long-term experiments with the microalga Dunaliella salina under randomly fluctuating salinity to theoretical predictions about changes in population size, genetic composition, phenotypes, and fitness. I will end by considering how ecological interactions, within and between species, may alter these population responses to randomly fluctuating environments.

Bio

Luis-Miguel Chevin did his PhD at University Paris South (2005-2008) then a postdoc at Imperial College London in Silwood Park (2009-2011). Luis-Miguel was hired in 2011 as a permanent CNRS researcher at the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, where he is now a CNRS research director.

For more information, feel free to contact events@scilifelab.se or the organizers:

Scientific Committee

Arild Husby, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University

Frank Johansson, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University

Pascal Milesi, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University

Andreas Wallberg, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University

Matthew Webster, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University

Tanja Slotte, Stockholm University

User Experience (UX) Design to build intuitive web applications for life science research
2023-01-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Online event via Zoom
This online webinar will showcase the basic User Experience (UX) Design principles with lessons learned from adopting them to build web applications in a life science research environment. The event is organised and hosted by NBIS and SciLifeLab with an invited speaker and Senior UX Designer from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

The webinar aims to highlight some of the basic principles of User Experience (UX) Design, to demonstrate how they provide value in the development process and to guide participants to resources for adopting UX Design practices in their own projects. While the intended audience is NBIS and SciLifeLab staff the registration is open to everyone interested in developing web applications and services for life science research. Registration is required to receive instructions and connection details for the event.

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Nikiforos Karamanis, Senior UX Designer at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), describes his talk as follows:

– In this talk I’ll present a case study which introduces the basic principles of UX Design and will hopefully inspire you to apply them to your own projects. I’ll outline the three iterative steps that the UX Design process consists of, namely User Research, Design and Feedback. In User Research we try to understand who our information or data is for and why these people need it. During the Design phase we explore different ways of helping our target users answer their questions. Feedback sessions with users help us figure out if our designs actually work. I’ll conclude the talk with the lessons that I learned from applying this process in a scientific setting and will share some resources to help you learn more about UX design.

Call for new drug discovery pilot projects at SciLifeLab DDD with special emphasis on new modalities and antibiotics
2023-01-11 11:00 - 11:45 | Online event via Zoom
Program

Information of new DDD call in Anubis – Per Arvidsson

”Antibiotic research through DDD and Enable2” – Anders Karlén

”New modalities as therapies of the future” – Per Arvidsson

In this call, the Drug Discovery and Development Platform (DDD) at SciLifeLab is looking for new pilot project proposals for drug discovery. All therapeutic modalities are of interest. Of special interest are new project ideas for new modalities including therapeutic oligonucleotides, and in collaboration with ENABLE2 https://www.ilk.uu.se/enable2/, projects for discovery of new antibiotics.

Note that shorter projects for selections in phage display libraries for antibodies and in DNA encoded chemical libraries for small molecules can be considered.A description of new modalities in drug discovery research can be found here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00582

Program

11.00 Introduction to Anubis call for DDD pilot-projects, Kristian Sandberg

11.05 Antibiotic drug discovery through ENABLE2 and DDD, Anders Karlén

11.15 Oligonucleotide therapeutics through OligoNova HUB at DDD, Pär Matsson

11.25 New therapeutic modalities and selection in enormous antibody and small molecule libraries, Per Arvidsson

11.40 Questions & Answers, Moderated by Kristian Sandberg

If you have questions about the call please contact DDD by email (dddprojectproposal@scilifelab.se). This call is open for scientists with a doctoral degree at a Swedish university or higher institution. English should be used when filling out this application. You are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete. Incomplete applications will not be processed.

More about the call

Registration to the Event

[The Svedberg seminar] - High-throughput biology at the organismal level
2023-01-18 15:15 - 16:15 | Online event via Zoom
Jan 18, at 15:15 in BMC, C8:301

Prof. Randall Peterson,Dean, College of PharmacyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, USA

Bio

Randall T. Peterson, PhD is a chemical biologist whose research utilizes high-throughput screening technologies to discover new drug candidates for cardiovascular and nervous system disorders. Unlike conventional drug discovery programs that utilize simplified, in vitro assays, the Peterson lab screens using living zebrafish, ensuring that the drug candidates discovered are active in vivo. Several of the compounds discovered by the Peterson laboratory have become widely used research tools or preclinical drug candidates.Dr. Peterson received his PhD from Harvard University where he studied as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute predoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Stuart Schreiber. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Mark Fishman at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Peterson spent 14 years as a faculty member at Harvard University where he was the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Chair in Basic Science at Harvard Medical School, Scientific Director of the MGH Cardiovascular Research Center, and Senior Associate Member of the Broad Institute. In 2017 he moved to the University of Utah as L.S. Skaggs Presidential Endowed Professor and Dean of the College of Pharmacy.

Title of the talk: High-throughput biology at the organismal level

The impact of high-throughput technologies on biological research has been remarkable. For example, high-throughput drug screens have revolutionized drug discovery, and high-throughput CRISPR screens are revolutionizing gene discovery. Notably, these techniques have focused almost entirely on simple, in vitro or cell-based assays, leaving untouched organismal processes such as embryonic development, physiology, and animal behavior. These organismal processes are best studied in vivo, and consequently have not been amenable to high-throughput biology. The Peterson lab is focused on applying high-throughput technologies to such organismal processes and is developing methodologies that enable CRISPR screens and small molecule screens to be applied to organismal processes in zebrafish. Recently, we have discovered small molecules and genes with novel activities on the cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine systems. I will describe how the compounds and genes were discovered, what they have taught us about biology, and how they might find practical or clinical utility.

Host: Marcel den Hoed marcel.den_hoed@igp.uu.se, UU

Uppsala University Pharmaceutical Profiling in Drug Discovery and Development Symposium
2023-01-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Humanities Theater, Engelska parken, Uppsala, 75238, Sweden
Every year, the Drug Delivery group at the Department of Pharmacy (headed by Prof. Per Artursson, Prof. Christel Bergström and Dr. Pawel Baranczewski) organizes a one-day symposium on pharmaceutical profiling. On January 19th, 2023, the 12th Uppsala University Pharmaceutical Profiling in Drug Discovery and Development Symposium will be arranged.

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This twelfth edition of the symposium will focus on new modalities with respect to their development and formulation to overcome biological barriers and achieve targeted therapies. Past symposia have been highly attended by faculty and students at Uppsala University and other Swedish and international universities, as well as by researchers from the local biotech and pharma industry and from regulatory agencies.

Previous keynote speakers included among others Prof. Langer (MIT), Prof. Alonso (USC CIMUS Research Institute), Prof. Porter (Monash University), Prof. Leroux (ETH Zürich) and Dr. Hochman (Merck). The symposia provide excellent opportunities for academia-industry networking and for scientific discussions on current research at our platform for drug optimization and pharmaceutical profiling as well as in the Drug Delivery research group at the Department of Pharmacy.

This year’s confirmed speakers and the titles of their talks:

Prof. Olivia Merkel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany): Treatment of lung diseases via siRNA inhalation delivery

Prof. Paola Luciani (University of Bern, Switzerland): Targeting fibrosis in multiple organs via lipid-based drug delivery systems

Prof. Ola Söderberg (Uppsala University, Sweden): Development of novel molecular biology tools for medical research

Assist. Prof. Daniel Fürth (Uppsala University, Sweden): A chemoselective in vivo sequencing chemistry

Prof. Yvonne Perrie (University of Strathclyde, Scotland): Formulation strategies for the delivery of mRNA vaccines

Prof. My Hedhammar (KTH Royal Institute of Technology/Spiber Technologies AB, Sweden): FN-silk membrane as mimic of basement membrane in tissue barrier models

Assoc. Prof. Daniel Espes (Uppsala University, Sweden): Novel imaging techniques and drugs for targeting human pancreatic islets

Prof. Per I Arvidsson (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden): Explorations and innovations at the academia-industry interface – tales from the SciLifeLab DDD infrastructure

Prof. Jens Carlsson (Uppsala University, Sweden): Antiviral drug discovery by virtual screening of ultra-large chemical libraries

There will also be a panel discussion about “Impact of European drug delivery science”, led by Dr. Björn Arvidsson.

Organizers:

Drug Delivery group, Uppsala University

SciLifeLab

UDOPP

Uppsala University Pharmaceutical Profiling in Drug Discovery and Development Symposium
2023-01-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Humanities Theater, Engelska parken, Uppsala, 75238, Sweden
Every year, the Drug Delivery group at the Department of Pharmacy (headed by Prof. Per Artursson, Prof. Christel Bergström and Dr. Pawel Baranczewski) organizes a one day symposium on pharmaceutical profiling. On January 19th, 2023, the 12th Uppsala University Pharmaceutical Profiling in Drug Discovery and Development Symposium will be arranged. This twelfth edition of the symposium will focus on new modalities with respect to their development and formulation to overcome biological barriers and achieve targeted therapies.

Past symposia have been highly attended by faculty and students at Uppsala University and other Swedish and international universities, as well as by researchers from the local biotech and pharma industry and from regulatory agencies. Previous keynote speakers included among others Prof. Langer (MIT), Prof. Alonso (USC CIMUS Research Institute), Prof. Porter (Monash University), Prof. Leroux (ETH Zürich) and Dr. Hochman (Merck). The symposia provide excellent opportunities for academia-industry networking and for scientific discussions on current research at our platform for drug optimization and pharmaceutical profiling as well as in the Drug Delivery research group at the Department of Pharmacy.

This year’s confirmed speakers and the titles of their talks:

Prof. Olivia Merkel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany): Treatment of lung diseases via siRNA inhalation delivery

Prof. Paola Luciani (University of Bern, Switzerland): Targeting fibrosis in multiple organs via lipid-based drug delivery systems

Prof. Ola Söderberg (Uppsala University, Sweden): Development of novel molecular biology tools for medical research

Assist. Prof. Daniel Fürth (Uppsala University, Sweden): A chemoselective in vivo sequencing chemistry

Prof. Yvonne Perrie (University of Strathclyde, Scotland): Formulation strategies for the delivery of mRNA vaccines

Prof. My Hedhammar (KTH Royal Institute of Technology/Spiber Technologies AB, Sweden): FN-silk membrane as mimic of basement membrane in tissue barrier models

Assoc. Prof. Daniel Espes (Uppsala University, Sweden): Novel imaging techniques and drugs for targeting human pancreatic islets

Prof. Per I Arvidsson (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden): Explorations and innovations at the academia-industry interface – tales from the SciLifeLab DDD infrastructure

Prof. Jens Carlsson (Uppsala University, Sweden): Antiviral drug discovery by virtual screening of ultra-large chemical libraries

There will be also a panel discussion about “Impact of European drug delivery science”, led by Dr. Björn Arvidsson.

Web-editing Workshop for Unit Website Editors
2023-01-19 12:30 - 14:30 | Online event via Zoom
Current or future editors of unit websites on the SciLifeLab.se website are welcome to join this workshop.

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Workshop will be managed by David Gotthold from the Operations Office. The Workshop will contain:

Account set-up and permissions

How to Log-in

Introduction to Word Press

Editing Basics

Suggestions for headlines at all unit websites

Other resources on the SciLifeLab

The workshop will end with a 30 minute co-working session where you work individually and can get individual assistance

David GottholdProject leaderEvent management, visits coordination, webmaster, communicationsdavid.gotthold@scilifelab.se +46 (0) 72 858 91 03

Project support in chemical biology and drug discovery
2023-01-24 10:00 - 10:45 | Online event via Zoom
The chemical biology unit (CBCS) and the Drug discovery and development (DDD) platform at SciLifeLab have calls out for projects.

CBCS is looking for projects in Chemical Biology which includes assay development for small molecule screening and profiling, as well as enabling chemistry. For more information, please visit www.cbcs.se.

The DDD platform has a call looking for new project proposals for drug discovery. All therapeutic modalities that can be developed in collaboration with the DDD platform at SciLifeLab are of interest, including small molecules, antibodies, oligonucleotides and new modalities.

Some users and projects are at the intersection between chemical biology and drug discovery.This webinar aims to guide users to the call that best suits the needs of their project.

Documentation

DDD Call for Projects

Webinar Slides CBCS

Webinar Slides PPP

OligoNova Hub - National resource for development of oligonucleotide therapies
2023-01-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Birgit Thilander Lecture Hall, Medicinaregatan 3, Göteborg
Pär MatssonWe will present OligoNova Hub and the capabilities we provide for academic researchers to transform their scientific discoveries into new oligonucleotide therapies.

registration

SciLifeLab (www.scilifelab.se) is a national infrastructure within life science with a wide range of advanced technology and expertise. The newly started SciLifeLab site in Gothenburg includes units at both the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology and has a strong connection to Sahlgrenska University Hospital. This seminar series is started with an overview of the site, followed by presentations by the individual units.

On-site location: Assembly Room “Birgit Thilander”, Medicinaregatan 3A light lunch will be offered during the talks.It is also possible to participate online via Zoom. The link will be sent out after registration.

3D context analysis of multicellular systems by CUBIC cell-omics technology
2023-01-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Air&Fire, SciLifeLab Stockholm, Tomtebodavägen 23A, Solna, Sweden
Speaker: Professor Etsuo Susaki

Department at Biochemistry and Systems Biomedicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of MedicineVisiting Scientist at Laboratory for Synthetic Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Three-dimensional biological tissue and multicellular systems should primarily be analysed by 3D information technology. Tissue clearing and lightsheet microscopy allow 3D analysis and can be combined with multiomics analysis for full biological context investigations.

FAIRPoints-FAIRPoints ‘Ask me Anything’ (AMA)
2023-01-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Online event via Zoom
Location: Online via Zoom

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FAIRPoints ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Identifiers

This event is part of a series of “Ask Me Anything”-style events featuring keynote speakers from the RDA, and EOSC groups focused on RDA activities and EOSC solutions in relation to FAIR implementation and Open practices in Science.

January

The theme of this session is “FAIRPoints ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Identifiers.” We will be discussing the different types of identifiers available, their importance in creating FAIR Digital Objects, and how they can be applied and integrated into research practices. Speakers include Maggie Hellström, Peter Wittenberg, Matthew Buys, and moderated by Natasha Simons, Nabil Ksibi, Patricia Herterich.

The events will bring together speakers from the RDA Groups and speakers from a related EOSC service to describe how their work aligns, how it connects to the research community, and how it benefits the research community in a way that is directly related to the implementation of FAIR and Open research practices. The events are beginner-friendly, laid-back, and easy to follow, with moderators driving the discussion, posing questions to our speakers, and inviting audience questions. Finally a selection of questions will be gathered and turned into Google Educational Q&A flashcards (https://schema.org/QAPage) for future reference.

FAIRPoints ‘Ask me Anything’ (AMA) event series on FAIR implementation and Open practices in Science, is hosted by FAIRPoints and supported by RDA, EOSC, FDO, GOFAIR-US & SciLifeLab-DataCentre.

For more information please visit https://eoscfuture-grants.eu/meet-the-grantees/rda-eosc-future-ambassador-ask-me-anything-style-events-fair-implementation-and.

ThemeTypeDateSpeakerModeratorIdentifiersEventJanuary 26th 2023Maggie HellströmNabil KsibiMatthew BuysNatasha SimonsPeter WittenbergPatricia HerterichMachine Centric Science PodcastJanuary 2023Christophe Blanchi listen hereDonny WinstonFAIR Data PodcastPodcastJanuary 18th 2023Tibor Kalman and Sven Bingert listen hereRory MacneilFAIR software and WorkflowsEventFebruary 23rd 2023TBATBARegulatory Processes and GovernanceEventApril 27th 2023TBATBAMachine ActionabilityEventMay 25th 2023TBATBAEquitable and Transparent Access to Information and KnowledgeEventSeptember 28th 2023

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Campus Solna Seminar Series: Hong Yang and Kyra Kuhnigk
2023-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Air&Fire, SciLifeLab Stockholm, Tomtebodavägen 23A, Solna, Sweden
Welcome to join the Campus Solna Seminar Series – an initiative to promote the fantastic science ongoing at Campus Solna and hopefully forge more internal communication and collaboration between within Campus Solna. The format consists of two 15 min talks (One speaker from the Alpha-building and one from the Gamma-building respectively), with an additional 5 min of questions. Presentation of ongoing (unpublished) projects is strongly encouraged.

The seminars are held Thursdays 12:00-13:00. You can bring your lunch to the seminar.

This week:

Hong Yang

Adil Mardinoglu – alpha 6

Novel insights into ChREBP regulation in Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1a Liver Disease.

Kyra Kuhnigk

Björn Önfelt – gamma 3

Modulation of lytic molecules restrain serial killing in γδ T cells.

This seminar series is organized by the PhD & Postdoc Council. For more information about the Council and other events check our page.

WASP and DDLS networking event January 2023
2023-01-27 11:00 - 14:00
The second WASP-DDLS joint call for research project: Information and networking event
This networking event welcomes everyone that wants to learn more about the second WASP-DDLS joint call for research projects. The event will start with an open Zoom meeting that will give an introduction to the new call and also highlight lessons learned from previous approved projects. The digital introduction will be followed by on-site network meetings at different university sites.
11:00-12:00 Open Zoom meeting: Introduction and information about new call, lessons from ongoing projects, Q&A

Danica Kragic, Co-director Co-director for external relations WASP
Olli Kallioniemi, Director SciLifeLab
Erik Kristiansson member of ScilLifeLab and DDLS steering group

12:00-14:00 Mingle and networking at university sites (light lunch will be provided).

KTH, host Joakim Jaldén
Chalmers, host Rebecka Jörnsten and Erik Kristiansson
LiU, host Andreas Kerren
UmU, host Martin Rosvall
Lund, host Bo Bernhardsson

Deadline for registration January 18th

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Single cell RNAseq data analysis
2023-01-30 08:00 - 2023-02-03 14:00 | Air&Fire, SciLifeLab Stockholm, Tomtebodavägen 23A, Solna, Sweden
This workshop will introduce the best practice bioinformatics methods for processing and analyses of single cell RNA-seq data. The total course duration is 5 days, including the lectures and practical exercises that will be held on site in Stockholm.

Application

Application open: 2022-11-25

Application deadline: 2022-12-21

application form

Course Leaders

Paulo Czarnewski

Åsa Björklund

Contact: edu.sc@nbis.se

Course fee

This workshop has a fee of 2000kr and will be invoiced to the selected participants (Please note that NBIS cannot invoice individuals). Applications without complete invoice information will not be considered. Course fees cover all coffee breaks, all lunches and 1 course dinner.

Course content

Overview of the current scRNAseq technologies

Basic overview of pipelines for processing raw reads into expression values

Quality control and normalization

Dimensionality reduction techniques

Data integration and batch correction

Differential gene expression

Clustering techniques

Celltype prediction

Trajectory inference analysis

Analysis of spatial transcriptomics datasets

Comparison of different analysis pipelines such as Seurat, Scran and Scanpy

Who can apply?

This is a national course. The course is open for PhD students, postdocs, group leaders and core facility staff within all Swedish universities. Even if we do accept application from other countries, we give priority to applicants from Swedish universities prior to applicants from industry and academics from other countries.

Practical exercises will be performed using either R or Python, so we only accept students that fulfil the entry requirements below.

Entry requirements

You are used to program in either R and/or Python

You already understand the basis of NGS technologies

You are able to analyse bulk RNA-sequencing data

You are used to navigate and use UNIX command line (bash)

Have full access to your computer (admin permissions). Instructions on installation will be sent by email to accepted participants.

Due to limited space the course can accommodate maximum of 25 participants. If we receive more applications, participants will be selected based on several criteria. Selection criteria include correct entry requirements, motivation to attend the course as well as gender and geographical balance.

Campus Solna Seminar Series: Krzysztof Jurdzinski and Keyi Geng
2023-02-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Milkyway SciLifeLab Solna, Tomtebodavägen 23, Solna
Welcome to join the Campus Solna Seminar Series – an initiative to promote the fantastic science ongoing at Campus Solna and hopefully forge more internal communication and collaboration between within Campus Solna. The format consists of two 15 min talks (One speaker from the Alpha-building and one from the Gamma-building respectively), with an additional 5 min of questions. Presentation of ongoing (unpublished) projects is strongly encouraged.

The seminars are held Thursdays 12:00-13:00. You can bring your lunch to the seminar.

This week:

Krzysztof Jurdzinski

Anders Andersson – alpha 3

Metabarcoding-based biodiversity monitoring along the Swedish coastline.

Keyi Geng

Claudia Kutter – gamma 5

Cas9-mediated genome engineering exaggerates collateral deletion at the PTEN gene locus mimicking cancer profiles.

This seminar series is organized by the PhD & Postdoc Council. For more information about the Council and other events check our page.

Introduction to bioinformatics using NGS data - Lund, Umeå and Uppsala
2023-02-06 09:00 - 2023-02-10 17:00
This intense one-week workshop provides an introduction to the analysis of next generation sequencing data. The workshop is open to PhD students, post-docs, and other researchers affiliated to Swedish academia and healthcare. It is organised by the National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) and National Genomics Infrastructure (NGI).

Important dates

Application opens: 21-Nov-2022Application closes: 31-Dec-2022Information to accepted students will be sent: Week 2, 2023

Venues

This workshop runs in parallel on-site in Uppsala, Umeå and Lund. Lectures will be streamed online from our Uppsala site (mainly) to the other classrooms. Several teaching assistants will be present in the Umeå, Lund and Uppsala classrooms all week to help with exercises and questions. When registering you will be asked to select a preferred site.

UppsalaTrippelrummet (E10:1307-1309)Entrance C11Biomedical Centre (BMC) / SciLifeLab / Uppsala UniversityHusargatan 3752 37 Uppsala

UmeåUB341Universitetsbibioteket plan 3Umeå University901 87 Umeå

LundSölvegatan 35Lund University223 62 Lund

For more detailed information about workshop syllabus, learning outcomes and entry requirements, please visit the workshop website.

website & Application

Contact

Email: edu.intro-ngsMalin Larsson, Martin Dahlö, Roy Francis

Course fee

This on-site training event costs 2000 SEK invoiced to the participant’s organisation. If you accept a position and do not participate (no-show) you will still be invoiced 2000 SEK. Please note that NBIS cannot invoice individuals.

Course content

Briefly, the workshop covers the followings major topics:

Working on the UNIX/LINUX command line

Bioinformatic/NGS data formats and QC

DNA variant calling workflow essentials

RNA sequence analysis workflow essentials

Lectures on the theory of concepts will be paired with practical computational exercises in the Linux environment. The practical exercises will focus on data from the Illumina platform, but we will discuss other sequencing platforms and the advantages and challenges to using their data during the lectures.

Please note that NBIS training events do not provide any formal university credits. Attendees with full attendance and completion of tasks will be issued a certificate of participation indicating topics covered and duration of the workshop.

KTH's Kommunikatörer på SciLifeLab
2023-02-07 08:30 - 16:00 | Air&Fire, SciLifeLab Stockholm, Tomtebodavägen 23A, Solna, Sweden
Välkommen på Kommunikatörsträff på SciLifeLab i Solna!

Plats: SciLifeLab, Tomtebodavägen 23, SolnaDatum: tisdag 7 februari 2023Tid: 08:30-16:00

Har ni fått nya kommunikatörskollegor så vidarebefordra gärna inbjudan!Program

08:30 Frukostfika09:00 Programpunkter kopplade till arbetet med stödområde kommunikation, grupparbeten och diskussion12:00 Lunch13:00 Uppföljning förmiddagens arbete, vad händer nu?13:30 Vad är SciLifeLab? Kommunikationsarbetet på SciLifeLab; utmaningar och prioriteringar14:15 Fikapaus14:30 Rundvandring med visning av lokaler och det arbete som pågår15:30 Universitetsdirektör Kerstin Jacobsson kommer och pratar om vårt samordnade verksamhetsstöd16:00 Slut för dagen

Vi återkommer med ett mer detaljerat program längre fram!

SciLifeLab Metabolomics platform - Metabolomics for the masses
2023-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Birgit Thilander Lecture Hall, Medicinaregatan 3, Göteborg
Otto SavolainenMetabolites reflect the interaction between the gene cascade and surrounding exposures and are therefore essential components in all living organisms. Metabolites can be used to identify biomarkers of both health conditions and environmental exposures. The SciLifeLab Metabolomics platform offers a range of services for researchers interested in metabolomics.

Registration

SciLifeLab Gothenburg Lunch Seminar Series (hybrid) 2022-2023

SciLifeLab (www.scilifelab.se) is a national infrastructure within life science with a wide range of advanced technology and expertise. The newly started SciLifeLab site in Gothenburg includes units at both the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology and has a strong connection to Sahlgrenska University Hospital. This seminar series is started with an overview of the site, followed by presentations by the individual units.

On-site location: Assembly Room “Birgit Thilander”, Medicinaregatan 3A light lunch will be offered during the talks.It is also possible to participate online via Zoom. The link will be sent out after registration.

Omics Integration and Systems Biology - Online
2023-02-08 09:00 - 2023-02-10 17:00 | Online event via Zoom
The National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) is pleased to announce the workshop in Omics Integration and Systems Biology. This workshop is open for PhD students, postdocs, group leaders and core facility staff from Swedish academic institutions looking for an introduction to multi-omics data analysis and integration of biological data. This course will include lectures and hands-on exercises from NBIS / Scilifelab experts from Stockholm, Lund and Gothenburg.

Application

Course website

Important dates

Application opens: 15 December 2022

Application closes: 25 January 2023

Confirmation to accepted applicants: 1 February 2023

Course fee

This online training event has no fee. However, if you accept a position at the workshop and do not participate (no-show) you will be invoiced 2000 SEK. * Please note that NBIS cannot invoice individuals.

Course content

The aim of this course is to provide an integrated view of data-driven hypothesis generation through machine learning integration methods, biological graph / network analysis and genome-scale metabolic models. A general description of different methods for analyzing different omics data (e.g. transcriptomics and genomics) will be presented with some of the lectures discussing key methods and pitfalls in their integration. The techniques will be discussed in terms of their rationale and applicability. The course will also include hands-on sessions and seminars by invited speakers.Some of the covered topics include:

Data pre-processing and cleaning prior to integration;

Application of machine learning for multi-omics analysis including deep learning;

Multi-omics integration, clustering and dimensionality reduction;

Biological network inference, community and topology analysis and visualization;

Condition-specific and personalized modeling through Genome-scale Metabolic models for integration of transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and fluxomig data;

Identification of key biological functions and pathways;

Identification of potential biomarkers and targetable genes through modeling and biological network analysis;

Application of network approaches in meta-analyses;

Similarity network fusion and matrix factorization techniques;

Integrated data visualization techniques

Further details about the course content may be found on the course website.

Entry requirements

This course is open for PhD students, postdocs, group leaders and core facility staff from Swedish academic institutions. Please note that NBIS training events do not provide any formal university credits. If formal credits are crucial, the student needs to confer with the home department before submitting a course application in order to establish whether the course is valid for formal credits or not.

Practical exercises can be performed using R or Python, so we only accept students with previous experience in one of those programming languages. We will not discuss how to process specific omics, and the students are referred to other NBIS courses for this matter.

Required

Basic knowledge in R or Python;

Basic understanding of frequentist statistics;

A computer with a web camera, Zoom, and permissions for installing software.

Desired

Experience with analysis of NGS and other omic data;

Completing NBIS courses “Introduction to Bioinformatics using NGS data” and “Introduction to biostatistics and machine learning”

Basic conda and git knowledge

This workshop can accommodate a maximum of 25 participants. If we receive more applications, participants will be selected based on several criteria including entry requirements, motivation to attend the course as well as gender and geographical balance.

Contact information

For questions about this workshop please contact: edu.omics-integration@nbis.se

Data-driven hallmarks of acute myeloid leukemia: biological, prognostic and therapeutic implications
2023-02-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Gamma 2 Lunchroom, SciLifeLab, Tomtebodavägen 23, Solna, Sweden
Tom Erkers

Assistant professor, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet

Hosts: CBCS-KI and PhenoTarget Research Community Program

February 9 at 3.30 pm

Gamma 2 Lunch Room & on Zoom

Campus Solna Seminar Series: Patrick Bryant and Jan Schlegel
2023-02-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Milkyway SciLifeLab Solna, Tomtebodavägen 23, Solna
Welcome to join the Campus Solna Seminar Series – an initiative to promote the fantastic science ongoing at Campus Solna and hopefully forge more internal communication and collaboration between within Campus Solna. The format consists of two 15 min talks (One speaker from the Alpha-building and one from the Gamma-building respectively), with an additional 5 min of questions. Presentation of ongoing (unpublished) projects is strongly encouraged.

The seminars are held Thursdays 12:00-13:00. You can bring your lunch to the seminar.

This week:

Patrick Bryant

Arne Elofsson – alpha 6

Structure prediction of protein-nucleic acid complexes.

Jan Schlegel

Erdinc Sezgin – gamma 3

A Multiparametric and High-Throughput Platform for Host-Virus Binding Screens.

This seminar series is organized by the PhD & Postdoc Council. For more information about the Council and other events check our page.

[Clinical Talks] A co-creation engine for the next Generation Life Science ventures
2023-02-10 09:00 - 09:30 | Online event via Zoom
Bobby Kaura

Seed Investment, Global Entrepreneurial & Ecosystem Development @ Illumina For Startups

Illumina Inc.At Illumina, we’re committed to unlocking the power of the genome, and we know we can’t do it alone. Illumina for Startups is our way of accelerating innovation in the entrepreneurial community by partnering with leading venture capital investors and entrepreneurs to create, launch and grow genomics startups. Together, we’re advancing breakthrough applications in genomics, including therapeutics, diagnostics, agriculture, synthetic biology, software and direct-to-consumer applications.

Illumina Accelerator is a company creation engine co-located with Illumina research and development sites in San Francisco Bay Area and Cambridge, UK. Since inception, Illumina Accelerator has invested in 70+ genomics startups from across the globe, which have collectively raised over $1 billion in venture capital funding. Approximately 93% of Illumina Accelerator investments have gone on to raise additional capital from leading investors.

Other global models to catalyse genomics startups include the following initiatives: Sequoia Capital China Intelligent Healthcare Genomics Incubator powered by Illumina, Illumina for Start-ups Australia, Illumina for Start-ups Singapore, Illumina for Start-ups Grants, and Illumina for Start-ups Networks.

MultiplAI HealthMultiplAI is a biotech startup developing universal genomic screening for cardiovascular diseases using RNA sequencing and machine learning. They are bringing liquid biopsy to cardiovascular disease. They have a proprietary laboratory-validated prototype and are conducting pilot clinical studies aiming to achieve initial clinical validation of their whole-blood liquid biopsy approach in the cardiovascular space. MultiplAI is based in London, UK, with clinical and lab operations in Cambridge, UK, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. MultiplAI Health has attended the Illumina Accelerator program.

Bobby Kaura, MScBobby has supported the creation of Illumina For Startups, a platform and portal for entrepreneurial and ecosystem development initiatives, with startups, entrepreneurs, investors and lifesciences stakeholders. He co-launched Illumina Accelerator Cambridge UK, the flagship initiative under Illumina For Startups, and the second location for Global Illumina Accelerator which is a genomics and VC backable company creation engine. In his current role, he looks to grow the life sciences and genomics ecosystem, supporting UK Plc., and globally, by partnering with entrepreneurs, investors and individuals within the innovation/entrepreneurial community, to support entrepreneurs with access to funding, sequencing, coaching and facilities and to create new models of innovation. Previously, he was responsible for heading commercial market and business development for Illumina EMEA. His focus was on how the application of genomics enables precision health.

Before joining Illumina, he worked in the NHS to deliver sustainable transformation programs, early founder team for US based startup and spent several years working in the pharma industry.

He is a member of the advisory board at Praesens Foundation (non-profit), Expert in Residence at Cambridge Judge Business School & Oxford University Translational Research Office and member of NHS Innovation Accelerator panel. In addition, he advises health, tech and blockchain startups.

Bobby read his B.Sc in Biology, with a focus on neuroscience and genomics, and an M.Sc in IT from the Queen Mary University of London.

Dr. Santiago Miriuka, MD MSc PhDSantiago is the co-founder and CEO/CTO of MultiplAI Health. He is a Medical Doctor with 20+ years in clinical cardiology. Director of a basic and translational lab working on cutting-edge cellular and molecular biology. Data scientist and coder looking to innovate in medicine.

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Moderator: Michael Akhras, Colibri Ventures

Clinical Talks

Clinical Talks is back for more! With a brand new and shiny Season 6. After successfully completing 5 seasons with > 70 enthusiastic Clinical Talkers to our record, we have barely scratched the surface of all the amazing work our clinical, academic and industry Life Science community has to offer. More about the upcoming events is available here.

These events are co-organized by Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB and SciLifeLab, and brought to you by Colibri Ventures.

TissUUmaps 3: Interactive visualization and quality assessment of large-scale spatial omics
2023-02-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Online event via Zoom
We present TissUUmaps, browser-based tool for GPU-accelerated visualization and interactive exploration of tens of millions of datapoints overlaying tissue samples. Users can visualize markers and regions, explore spatial statistics and quantitative analyses of tissue morphology, and assess the quality of decoding in situ transcriptomics data. TissUUmaps provides instant multi-resolution image viewing, can be customized, shared, and also integrated in Jupyter Notebooks. It is also possible to directly connect spatial markers with markers in feature space, such as UMAP plots, to interactively relate feature space with physical space. TissUUmaps was created in collaboration between BIIF and the Wählby lab. You can read more about it and test the software on its web page: https://tissuumaps.github.io/

During the seminar, we will specifically showcase new features of TissUUmaps 3.1, such as:

HDF5 / AnnData files loading

Network diagram visualization

Multiple datasets displayed on a grid

Plugin engine

The webinar will be given by Christophe Avenel and Fredrik Nysjö.

FunCoup network analysis workshop
2023-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Air&Fire, SciLifeLab Stockholm, Tomtebodavägen 23A, Solna, Sweden
Network biology is a new paradigm to understand the complex interactions of the molecules in an organism using an integrative and systems approach. This workshop is intended for scientists interested in learning more about and applying network analysis in their research. We will describe and demonstrate the comprehensive network database FunCoup (https://funcoup.sbc.su.se/) and show how it can be used to answer various research questions at the systems biology level.

PROGRAM:

1. Introduction to FunCoup and its unique features for analyzing functional coupling between genes/proteins, as well as accompanying analysis tools such as PathBIX and MaxLink.

2. Demonstration of FunCoup and accompanying tools, as well as programmatic usage of FunCoup in an R notebook.

Registration

Link to zoom

Campus Solna Seminar Series: Mariam Haffa and Davide Buzzao
2023-02-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Air&Fire, SciLifeLab Stockholm, Tomtebodavägen 23A, Solna, Sweden
Welcome to join the Campus Solna Seminar Series – an initiative to promote the fantastic science ongoing at Campus Solna and hopefully forge more internal communication and collaboration between within Campus Solna. The format consists of two 15 min talks (One speaker from the Alpha-building and one from the Gamma-building respectively), with an additional 5 min of questions. Presentation of ongoing (unpublished) projects is strongly encouraged.

The seminars are held Thursdays 12:00-13:00. You can bring your lunch to the seminar.

This week:

Mariam Haffa

Brinton Seashore-Ludlow – alpha 4

Cancer – adipocyte interactions: Targetable vulnerabilities in ovarian cancer?

Davide Buzzao

Eric Sonnhammer – gamma 7

A generalized benchmark for all types of enrichment analysis methods.

This seminar series is organized by the PhD & Postdoc Council. For more information about the Council and other events check our page.

Ultrasensitive-and-digital sequencing and infrastructure activities within Genomic Medicine Sweden
2023-02-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Online event via Zoom
During this seminar, Prof. Anders Ståhlberg, Professor in Clinical Genomics at University of Gothenburg, will showcase the applications of ultrasensitive and digital sequencing. Per Sikora, Co-Chair of the Informatics and and Infrastructure at Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) as well as part of the GMS management group, will give us an update of the GMS working package related to Informatics and Infrastructure

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The presenters:

Anders Ståhlberg: Professor in Clinical Genomics at GU, has an extensive expertise within cancer, diagnostics and molecular techniques, especially NGS and single cell analysis. Anders leads the Translational Genomic Platform that aims to implement ultrasensitive DNA and RNA analyses in clinical routine

Per Sikora: Co-Head of Bioinformatics and Data Center at GU, Head 1st engineer at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Co-Chair of the Informatics and and Infrastructure at GMS as well as part of the management group in Genomic Medicine Sweden

Host/moderator

Marcela Dávila, Co-Head of the Bioinformatics and Data Centre and Head of Clinical Genomics Gothenburg

FAIRPoints-FAIRPoints ‘Ask me Anything’ (AMA)
2023-02-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Online event via Zoom
Location: Online via Zoom

FAIRPoints ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Software and Workflows

This event is part of a series of “Ask Me Anything”-style events featuring keynote speakers from the RDA, and EOSC groups focused on RDA activities and EOSC solutions in relation to FAIR implementation and Open practices in Science.

February

The theme of this session is “FAIRPoints ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Software and Workflows.” We will be discussing the FAIRification of software and workflows and how it looks like, the available tools/infrastructures that support this process, why FAIRification is important and how it is applicable to researchers. Speakers include Carole Goble and Paula Martinez.

The events will bring together speakers from the RDA Groups and speakers from a related EOSC service to describe how their work aligns, how it connects to the research community, and how it benefits the research community in a way that is directly related to the implementation of FAIR and Open research practices. The events are beginner-friendly, laid-back, and easy to follow, with moderators driving the discussion, posing questions to our speakers, and inviting audience questions. Finally a selection of questions will be gathered and turned into Google Educational Q&A flashcards (https://schema.org/QAPage) for future reference.

FAIRPoints ‘Ask me Anything’ (AMA) event series on FAIR implementation and Open practices in Science, is hosted by FAIRPoints and supported by RDA, EOSC, FDO, GOFAIR-US & SciLifeLab-DataCentre.

ThemeTypeDateSpeakerModeratorFAIR software and WorkflowsEventFebruary 21st 2023Carole GoblePaula MartinezTBATBAIdentifiersRecordingJanuary 26th 2023Maggie HellströmNabil KsibiMatthew BuysNatasha SimonsPeter WittenbergPatricia HerterichMachine Centric Science PodcastJanuary 2023Christophe Blanchi listen hereDonny WinstonFAIR Data PodcastPodcastJanuary 18th 2023Tibor Kalman and Sven Bingert listen hereRory MacneilRegulatory Processes and GovernanceEventApril 27th 2023TBATBAMachine ActionabilityEventMay 25th 2023TBATBAEquitable and Transparent Access to Information and KnowledgeEventSeptember 28th 2023

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MAX IV new users: introduction and updates - Alexandr Talyzin
2023-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Glasburen Seminar Room, Chemical Biological Centre (KBC) Building, Umeå University, Umeå, 901 87, Sweden
In the frame of the “SciLifeLab Site Umeå / KBC Infrastructure Seminar Series”, the seminars will be organised every second Tuesday during spring 2023. The seminars will be held in a hybrid format IRL in Glasburen, KBC, and online via Zoom. Take the chance to get information on facilities, possibilities and services that infrastructure, both SciLifeLab-associated and local, can offer! Learn more about the seminar series and Schedule for Spring 2023 here.

On February 21st, 12:00-13:00, SciLifeLab Site Umeå / KBC Infrastructure Seminar Series presents:

MAX IV for new users: introduction and updates

by Alexandr Talyzin, Associate professor at the Department of Physics, Umeå University

Abstract

The main purpose of my presentation is to encourage more users (physics, chemistry and bioscience) to submit proposals to the MAX IV synchrotron facility. I will provide short summary of available beamlines and access schemes and give some advice related to the preparation of proposals. Some recent research highlights will be used to illustrate the possibilities of MAX IV in all branches of science. The presentation is addressed first of all to new users, but it could be of interest to everybody interested in exploring research possibilities at MAX IV. The next call has a deadline on the 7th of March 2023, and it is now the right time to prepare proposals. Currently, 16 beamlines are opened for standard proposals. Some beamlines are still under construction, and some beamlines are expanding the range of their experimental possibilities with every call. Therefore, it is important to follow updates and learn about current opportunities.

Join for 30 min presentation, followed by 15 min questions.

Registration: Sign up (latest by Monday, 20 February, 10 a.m.) for on-site attendance to reserve your free lunch sandwich:

Registration

or follow online via Zoom: https://umu.zoom.us/j/63138997026 (registration is not required).

Organisers: SciLifeLab Site Umeå and Chemical Biological Centre (KBC)

Identification of novel functional and genetic interactions of the Bloom syndrome helicase
2023-02-23 09:30 - 10:30 | Gamma 2 Lunchroom, SciLifeLab, Tomtebodavägen 23, Solna, Sweden
Andrew Blackford, Associate Professor at University of Oxford
