Study visits

Forum Scientium has since its start 1996 made two or three study visits per year, mainly to companies but also to research departments in Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Cambridge, Oxford, Turku, Dublin, Zürich and the Linköping/Norrköping region. Around 75% of the PhDs from Forum Scientium have their professional career outside academia. Therefore, the study visits are an important part in the career planning for the PhD-students.

 

Next study visit (2013) is being planned.

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Previous study visits

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Study visit Boston, May 2012

Here is the Boston visit report (PDF).

A brief list of visited sites:

• Harvard - Prof. Charles Lieber http://cmliris.harvard.edu/
• MIT- Langer Lab web.mit.edu/langerlab/
• Harvard - Hemostasis and Thrombosis http://www.bidmc.org/Research/Departments/Medicine/Divisions/HemostasisandThrombosis.aspx
• Harvard-MIT - KarpLabWork with stem cell engineering and biomaterials (self-assembling drugs) www.karplab.net
• MIT - David H. Koch Institute http://ki.mit.edu/research
• Harvard - Cancer vaccine center http://bio.dfci.harvard.edu/research/
• Harvard - Center for Neurologic Diseases http://www.brighamandwomens.org/research/CND/default.aspx
• Harvard - Department of Surgery http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Departments_and_Services/surgery/services/PlasticSurg/
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute http://www.dana-farber.org/Research/For-Postdocs.aspx
• Harvard - Center for Nanoscale Systems http://www.cns.fas.harvard.edu/about/index.php
• Harvard - Mundel lab http://receptor.mgh.harvard.edu/mundel/Mundel_lab/Welcome.html

The full list and trip schedule can be found here (PDF).

 

2011 

Study visit to Stockholm October 27, 2011

In October Forum Scientium traveled to Stockholm for visits at research departments and companies. Hosting our visits were former members of Forum Scientium. The following departments and companies were visited during our stay:

• AstraZeneca, Södertälje, http://www.astrazeneca.com/Home
• Bergenstråhle & Lindvall, http://www.bergenstrahle.se/
• Neuronic Neuronic Engineering Engineering Engineering, KTH, http://www.kth.se/sth/forskning/neuronik?l=en_UK 
• Episurf Medical, www.episurf.com
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History, http://www.nrm.se/en/frontpage.16_en.html
• Perimed AB, http://www.perimed-instruments.com/
• Acreo, http://www.acreo.se/
• Attana, http://www.attana.com/

Read the travel report here (pdf).

 

May 30 - June 2, 2011 Zürich

Travel report (pdf).

Companies and research departments visited in Zürich:

• Surface Science and Technology, ETH - Professor Nicholas D Spencer, http://www.surface.mat.ethz.ch/
• EMPA, ETH - Professor Gabor Kovacs, http://www.empa.ch/plugin/template/empa/1011/*/---/l=2
• Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH - Professor Erick M Carreira, http://www.carreira.ethz.ch/
• Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics - Professor Janos Vörös, http://www.lbb.ethz.ch/
• Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zürich, http://www.neuroscience.ethz.ch/research/aging_disorders/nitsch
• SuSoS (Surface Solutions) AG, Dr Sammuele Tosatti, http://www.susos.com/home.php
• Functional Genomics Center Zürich, Professor Ralph Schlapbach, http://www.fgcz.ch

Basel:

• Neurobiology Hoffmann - La Roche, Per-Ola Freskgård, http://www.roche.com/r_d_sites.htm?id=3
• Computational Biology, ETH - Professor Dagmar Iber, http://www.bsse.ethz.ch/research/Professors/iber_cv

2010 June 2, Norrköping

Travel report (pdf)

Companies and research departments visited in Norrköping:

• Organic electronics, ITN: http://fe.itn.liu.se/orgel?l=en
• Printed electronics: http://www.printedelectronicsarena.com/
• Visualisation centre: http://www.visualiseringscenter.se/1/1.0.1.0/419/1/

2010 May 25-28, Cambridge and London

Travel report

Companies and research departments visited in Cambridge:

• Professor Steve Ley, Innovative Technology Centre, Department of Chemistry Uhttp://leygroup.ch.cam.ac.uk/svl.html

• Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics group,  http://www.oe.phy.cam.ac.uk/people/oestaff/rhf10.htm

• Professor Chris Dobson, Department of Chemistry, http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/staff/cmd.html
• Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), http://www.cdtltdco.uk/about_us/71.asp
• Graduate school of life sciences, http://www.biomed.cam.ac.uk/gradschool/index.html
• Professor Chris Lowe, Institute of Biotechnology, http://www.biot.cam.ac.uk/crl/crl1.html
• Mario de Bono, Mike Gait, Philipp Holliger, Daniela Rhodes and William Shafer, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/index.php

Research departments in London

• Professor Molly Stevens and Professor David McComb, Imperial College, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.stevens/research, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.mccomb

2009 November 2, Linköping

• National Board of Forensic Medicine, http://www.rmv.se/index.php

2009 May 20-22, Dublin

Travel report Dublin

Companies and research departments:

• Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI), www.bdi.ie/#
• Physiology at the University College Dublin (UCD), www.ucd.ie
• Protein folding at the Trinity College, www.tcd.ie
• Clinical Research Centre (CRC) at Beaumont Hospital, 

  www.clinicaltrials-ireland.com

• Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI) at UCD, Belfield, www.ucd.ie
• UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, www.ucd.ie/conway
• Synthesis and Chemical Biology at UCD, Belfield, www.ucd.ie
• BiancaMed and NovaUCD, www.biancamed.com, www.ucd.ie/nova
• Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI), www.rcsi.ie
• Cellix Ltd, www.cellixltd.com
• Trinity Centre of Bioengineering (TCBE) at Trinity College, www.tcd.ie/bioengineering

2009 April 17, Stockholm

Travel report Stockholm

Companies and research departments visited:

• Eli Lilly, www.lilly.se
• The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI), www.smi.se
• Biosensor Applications, www.biosensor.se
• Neuroscience KI, ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?l=en&d=13675
• Silex Microsystems, www.silex.se

2008 June 3-7, Munich

Travel report Munich

Companies and research departments visited:

• Technische Universität München, http://portal.mytum.de/welcome_en
  Prof. Andreas Bausch, Dept of Physics
  Prof. Michael Sattler, Dept of Chemistry
  Prof. Horst Kessler, Dept of Organic Chemistry
• Max Planck Institute
  Prof. Nediljko Budisa, Dept of Molecular Biotechnology, www.biochem.mpg.de/budisa
  Prof. Friedrich Lottspeich, Dept of Biochemistry, www.biochem.mpg.de/en/rg/lottspeich
  Prof. Stefan Jentsch, Dept of Molecular Cell Biology, www.biochem.mpg.de/jentsch
• Roche, www.roche.com
• The European Patent Office (EPO), http://www.epo.org

2007 May 30 - June 2, Turku

Travel report Turku May 2007

Companies and research departments visited:

• Turku Science Park, www.turkusciencepark.com
• Orion Pharma, www.orion.fi
• Perkin Elmer, www.perkinelmer.com
• Turku Centre for Biotechnology, www.btk.fi
• National graduate school in informational and structural biology (ISB) division for biochemistry and Pharmacy, Biocity, http://www.biocity.turku.fi/

2006 September 3-6, Gothenburg

Companies and research departments visited:

• AstraZeneca, Mölndal
• Presentation of GöteborgBio by Eva-Carin Tengberg
• Artimplant
• IMEGO
• Mölnlycke Healthcare
• Carlsson Research
• Applied Physics, CTH, Sofia Svedhem

A debate was held on research carreer within the academia and the industry. Invited debate leaders were Lars Ekedahl HTU, Sofia Svedhem CTH och Regina Fritsche Danielsson, AstraZeneca. Also invited were Helena Amandusson CTH, Ulrike Koller SWECO, Mathias Liljeblad AstraZeneca, Kristina Svensson AstraZeneca, Johan Ekeroth EkaNobel and Linda Karlsson Volvo.

2006 May 21-24, Cambridge

Travel report Cambridge 2006

• Cambridge Research Laboratory of Epson - Dr Thomas Kugler
• The Wellcome Trust Gurdon Institute - Dr Karin Edoff
• The Cavendish Laboratory - Prof Richard Friend
• Department of Genetics (Zoology) - Dr Matthias Landgraf
• The Medical Research Council - Laboratory of Molecular Biology
• Protein folding - Prof David Lomas, Prof Sir Christopher M. Dobson
• Graduate School of Biological, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
• Department of Biochemistry - Prof Richard Farndale
• Institute of Biotechnology (Biosensors and Biomaterials)
• Imperial College London

2005 November 3, Linköping

• Tekniska Verken, http://www.tekniskaverken.se/om_oss/in_english

2005 June 2-3, Copenhagen and Lund

• Christian Hansen, www.chr-hansen.com
• Novo Nordisk, www.novonordisk.com
• BioImage, www.bioimage.com
• Bone Support, www.bonesupport.com
• BioInvent, www.bioinvent.se

2005 March 2, Norrköping

• SMHI
• NVIS (VR-lab)
• Acreo

2004 November 23-24, Stockholm and Södertälje

• Vetenskapsrådet
• Affibody
• Acreo
• Perimed
• AstraZeneca R&D Södertälje

2004 June 6-10, Cambridge and Oxford

• Anton van der Merwe's Molecular Immunology Group
• Cambridge Display Technology
• Cambridge Research Laboratory of Epson
• Celltech R&D
• Graduate School of Biological, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
• ISIS
• The Cavendish Laboratory The Opto electronics group
• The European Bioinformatics Institute
• The Medical Research Council - Laboratory of Molecular Biology
• The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
• The Structural Genomics Consortium

2004 June 2, Linköping

• Swedish National Forensic Laboratory (SKL)

2003 December 4-5, Uppsala

• Ångström Solar Center
• Biacore AB
• Åmic AB
• Amersham Biosciences

2003 May 26-27/5, Copenhagen

• AstraZeneca, Pharmaceutical R&D, Hosts: Christina Jungar and Peter Billsten
• Alligator Bioscience, Protein optimization by the FIND technology, Host: Patrik Höjman
• Scandinavian Micro Biodevices, OEM (original equipment manufacturer) of biochips for life science, Host: Ole Kring (CEO)
• Novozymes Biopharma, Bioprocess technology of biopharmaceuticals, Host: Christian Cimander

2002 November 20-21, Göteborg

• IMEGO Sensor development and applications. Host: Anatol Krozer
• QSense QCM-D sensor development. Mattias Rudh
• AstraZeneca Drug research. Sofia Svedhem, Mathias Liljeblad & Kenny Hansson.

2002 June 18, Norrköping

• SMHI
• NVIS, Campus Norrköping ("Virtual Reality")
• ACREO

2001 December 5, Linköping

• Tekniska Verken

2001 November 7, Linköping

• Thin Film Electronics

2001 June 11-12, Helsinki and Åbo

Travel report

• VTT Industrial Biotech, Helsingfors www.vtt.fi/bel/coe Host: Richard Fagerström
• Valio, Helsingfors www.valio.fi "Functional foods" Host: Maija Saxelin
• Viikki graduate school in Bioscience, Helsingfors www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/viikkigs/ Host: Professor Marja Makarov
• BioTie Therapies Oy, Åbo www.biotie.fi ”The solution lies in your cells” ”We will make your cells behave” Host: David Smith
• Juvantia Pharma, Åbo www.juvantia.com/ ”Novel therapies in targeted discovery” Host: Siegfried Wurster
• HormosMedical Oy Ltd, Åbo www.hormos-med.com

2000, November 16, Linköping

• Statens Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, SKL

2000, June 18-20, Oslo

Travel report

• Nycomed Amersham, Oslo, Jo Døhl, Adm.sjef Research
• Matforsk, Ås, John-Erik Haugen
• Norsk Hydro, Porsgrunn (Telemark), Dag Holmer, informationschef för Hydro Porsgrunn Industripark

2000 Februari 11, Linköping

Travel report

• Nordic Sensor Technologies (NST), Mjärdevi Teknikpark, Muriel de la Pinsonnais

1999 November 8, Kisa

• Duni AB, www.duni.se, Anders Carlsson

1999 June 7-8, Köpenhamn-Roskilde

Travel report

• Medicon Valley Academy, www.mva.org, Louise W Jensen
• DAKO A/S, www.dako.dk, Kim Adelhorst
• Chr. Hansen A/S, www.chbiosystems.com, Hanne Poulsen (R&D Management) Flemming Aamann (Company Management), Egon Bech Hansen (director of R&D), Eric Johansen (director of R&D within genetics and metabolism)
• Radiometer A/S, www.radiometer.com, Ingrid Fussing
• Leo Pharmaceuticals A/S, www.leo-pharma.com/html/homepage.htm, Erling Petersen
• Risø forskningscenter (Roskilde), www.risoe.dk

1998 November 27, Norrköping

• Sveriges Meteorologiska och Hydrologiska Institut SMHI, www.smhi.se/ PR-ansvarig: Hammerbäck Forskningschef: Prof. Sten Bergström
• Campus Norrköping, Stefan Klintström

1998 June 11-12, Uppsala and Stockholm

• BiaCore AB, www.biacore.com/, Ulf Lindberg, Ingemar Lundström
• Uppsala Science Park:
• Professional Genetics Laboratory AB, Jörgen Lönngren (president)
• Cavidi Tech AB
• SkogForsk - Stiftelsen Skogsbrukets Forskningsinstitut, www.skogforsk.se
• Uppsala universitet, JRDC/PET-Centrum
• Pacesetter AB, Staffan Björk
• IVL - Institutet för Vatten- och Luftvärdsforskning, www.ivl.se, Peter Solimon

1997 October 13, Lund

• Astra Draco, http://www.draco.astra.se/, Erik Widmark
• MAX-lab, www.maxlab.lu.se/, Ralf Nyholm

1997 June 16-17, Gothenburg

• The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK), Ulla Nilsson, http://engwww.sik.se
• Nobel Biocare, www.nobelbiocare.se
• Chalmers, Applied Physics, prof. Bengt Kasemo, https://www.chalmers.se/ap/EN/
• Astra Hässle, www.hassle.astra.se

 

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