Study visits

Forum Scientium has since its start 1996 made one or two study visits per year, mainly to companies but also to research departments in Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Cambridge and Oxford.

By experience it is known that around 75% of the PhDs will have their professional career outside academia. Therefore, the study visits are an important part in the career planning for the PhD-students.

Study visit spring 2007 to Turku, Finland

This year Forum Scientium made a study visit to the wonderful city of hundreds of islands, to Turku (Finland) at 30th May-2nd June.

The trip offered exotic boat traveling, beautiful archipelago, sauna, and most important, interesting study visits to Åbo Academy, Turku University and to some of the 80 companies in the leading biotechnology centre in Finland, in BioTurku. For more information: www.bioturku.com

Travel report Turku May 2007

Companies and research departments visited:
Turku Science Park
Orion Pharma
Perkin Elmer
Turku Centre for Biotechnology
National graduate school in informational and structural biology (ISB) division for biochemistry and Pharmacy, Biocity

Previous study visits

3-6 September 2006 Göteborg

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

Debatt om forskarkarriär inom akademi och näringsliv. Inbjudna debattledare: Lars Ekedahl HTU, Sofia Svedhem CTH och Regina Fritsche Danielsson AstraZeneca. Dessutom Helena Amandusson CTH, Ulrike Koller SWECO, Mathias Liljeblad AstraZeneca, Kristina Svensson AstraZeneca, Johan Ekeroth EkaNobel och Linda Karlsson Volvo.

21-24/5 2006, 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

3/11 2005, Linköping

Tekniska Verken

2-3/6 2005, 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

2/3 2005, Norrköping

SMHI
NVIS (VR-lab)
Acreo

23-24/11 2004, Stockholm and Södertälje

6-10/6 2004, Cambridge and Oxford

2/6 2004, Linköping

Swedish National Forensic Laboratory (SKL)

4-5/12 2003, Uppsala

Ångström Solar Center
Biacore AB
Åmic AB
Amersham Biosciences

26-27/5 2003, 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

20-21/11 2002, 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.

18/6 2002, Norrköping

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

5/12 2001, Linköping

Tekniska Verken

7/11 2001, Linköping

Thin Film Electronics

11-12/6 2001 Helsingfors-Åbo

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

16/11 2000, Linköping

Statens Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, SKL

18-20/6 2000, Oslo

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

11/2 2000, Linköping

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

8/11 1999, Kisa

Duni AB, www.duni.se, Anders Carlsson

7-8/6 1999, Köpenhamn-Roskilde

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

27/11 1998, Norrköping

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

11-12/6 1998, Uppsala-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

13/10 1997, Lund

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

16-17/6 1997, Göteborg

Statens institut för livsmedels- och bioteknikforskning (SIK), www.sik.se, Ulla Nilsson
Nobel Biocare, www.nobelbiocare.se
Chalmers, http://fy.chalmers.se/ap/chp/, Tillämpad fysik, prof. Bengt Kasemo
Astra Hässle, www.hassle.astra.se