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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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 processed 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.
Activities
Initial activities planned is a mapping of current bottlenecks in the process of industry use of infrastructure. This will be done by surveys directed to each respective SciLifeLab infrastructure unit and previous industry users.
We also encouragde any company that has input to help us understand current concerns or bottlenecks via a form (deadline March 31st 2025): SciLifeLab industry access survey
The surveys will be followed up with workshops and outreach activities with involved stakeholders to further align processes throughout SciLifeLab’s different national sites.
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.
To provide more detailed information about how each respective university welcomes industry users to their infrastructures, the project aim to list relevant links below (when available).
Project group:
Josefin Lundgren Gawell (KTH, OO), Per Lek (KTH, OO), Marcin Kierczak (UU, NBIS, industrial relations), Robert Månsson Welinder (KI/KTH, NGI, Strategic Relations), Lars Johansson (KTH, OO)
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), Maja Neiman (SwedenBIO, Science 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.
Contact persons: Josefin Lundgren Gawell Josefin.Lundgren.gawell@scilifelab.se and Per Lek per.lek@scilifelab.se