Four SciLifeLab-associated initiatives awarded funding from the Swedish Research Council
Four research infrastructure initiatives associated with SciLifeLab have been awarded funding in the Swedish Research Council’s call for grants to make research infrastructure accessible. The grants are part of a total allocation of SEK 70 million for 2026–2028 and will support the continued development and accessibility of research infrastructure in Sweden.
Research infrastructure is built and maintained through collaboration. Behind every successful infrastructure are teams of researchers, engineers, facility staff, technical experts and other specialists whose combined knowledge and contributions make advanced research possible.
“At SciLifeLab, collaboration across disciplines, institutions and areas of expertise is central to developing and providing access to cutting-edge research infrastructure.”, says Annika Jenmalm Jensen, Infrastructure Director at SciLifeLab.
The four funded projects associated with SciLifeLab bring together researchers and partners from several universities and organisations.
Per Andrén at Uppsala University leads Integrated Spatial Molecular Imaging by MSI and Spatial Omics: A User-Accessible SciLifeLab Infrastructure, together with co-applicants Mats Nilsson at Stockholm University, Anna Nilsson at Uppsala University and Per Svenningsson at Karolinska University Hospital.
Wei Ouyang at KTH Royal Institute of Technology leads Making SciLifeLab Life Science Data Accessible to Industry and the Public Sector through Governed AI Agents. The co-applicants are Joanna Hard at Amun AI, Johan Rung and Ola Spjuth at Uppsala University, Emre Süren at Cybercampus Sverige, and Päivi Östling at Karolinska Institutet.
Florian Rosenberger at Karolinska Institutet leads Deep Visual Proteomics as a National Infrastructure for Tissue-Based Proteomics, with co-applicants Henrik Johansson, Janne Lehtiö, Patricia Rodriguez-Rodriguez and Anders Ullén, all at Karolinska Institutet; Charlotte Stadler at KTH Royal Institute of Technology; and Katarina Tiklova at Stockholm University.
Brinton Seashore-Ludlow at Karolinska Institutet leads Enabling National Access to Translational Evidence Services. The co-applicants are Per Arvidsson, Anna-Lena Gustavsson and Michael Sundström at Karolinska Institutet; Jordi Carreras-Puigvert at Uppsala University; Erik Chorell at Umeå University; Thomas Lundbäck at AstraZeneca R&D; and Ola Spjuth at Uppsala University.
”This is fundamentally a team science project, bringing together complementary expertise across SciLifeLab and our partners. The VR funding will allow us to further develop advanced methods in mass spectrometry imaging and spatial omics, and transform them into robust, standardised and user-accessible SciLifeLab workflows for researchers across Sweden.”, says Per Andrén.
These funding decisions highlight the importance of collaborative efforts in developing and maintaining research infrastructure that benefits the wider research community.
