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1 Åke Forsberg National Coordinator Anna Holmström National Director of Studies MIMS-affiliated National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics (NDPIA) Dept. of Molecular Biology/MIMS Umeå University NDPIA Network Meeting in Uppsala

2 Funded 3 (+5) years by the Swedish Research Council (VR) Connects SE research environments: infection biology + infectious diseases Basic and clinical research PhD students + postdocs Based on collaboration - National Infection Biology Network (NIB) Aims: Strengthen the national recruitment base and quality Promote research on infectious disease and other risks to health Strengthen domestic and international networking Annual network meetings Coordinated by the Laboratory of Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) at Umeå University

3 The Swedish EMBL node: Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden Funding from the Swedish Research Council for Infrastructure (VR-RFI) established 2007/2008: evaluated every 5 years MIMS - the EMBL-model New Group Leaders 5yrs + (max 9yrs) start-up package: - 2 PhD-students post-docs - State-of-the-art infrastructure - Administrative support - Information support, Mentorship National infrastructure in The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine National Network of Infection Biology National Clinical Research Fellows (CRF) programme

4 Research highlight The Swedish EMBL node: Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden CRISPR/Cas9 - enzyme revolutionizing gene/genome editing This Protein Could Change Biotech Forever (Forbes Magazine, March 2013 / Science Oscar Breakthrough prize in Life Science TIME MAGAZINE'S TIME TIME's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world

5 EMBL The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine EMBL = European Molecular Biology Laboratory Staff PIs Nordic EMBL Partners Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland University of Helsinki Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden Umeå University Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway University of Oslo Danish Institute of Transl. Neuroscience Aarhus University Staff ~ PIs Human genomics & personalised medicine Biobank & tech services 180 people 15 PIs Molecular basis of infectious disease and treatments 150 people 16 PIs Disease mechanisms, targets & treatments 95 people 8 PIs Newly established in Planned size: ~80 people 8 PIs

6 REGIONS AND FOCUS AREAS Göteborg: GU/Chalmers - vaccinology, host response, microbiota Linköping/Kalmar/Örebro: LiU/Lnu/ÖU - virology, host response, MQ, TB Lund/Malmö: LU/MAH - host response, inflammation, structural biology Stockholm: KI/SU/KTH - persistent infections, chemical biology/drug screening Umeå: UmU/SLU - molecular infection medicine, metabolomics, chemical biology/drug screening Uppsala: UU/SLU/SLV/SVA - antibiotic resistance, drug pharmacology, zoonosis

7 National Steering Board Åke Forsberg Chair, UmU/MIMS Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Vice-Chair, KI Björn Olsen UU Kristian Riesbeck LU Sun Nyunt Wai UmU/MIMS Lennart Svensson LiU Ann-Mari Svennerholm, GU

8 Regional Directors of Studies Ingrid Bölin, GU Göteborg (GU, Chalmers) Therése Nordström, LU Lund/Malmö (LU, MAH) Erik Salaneck, UU Uppsala (UU, SLU, SVA, SLU) Johan Nordgren, LiU Linköping/Kalmar/Örebro (LiU, Lnu, ÖU) Mikael Rhen, KI Stockholm (KI, SU, KTH) Anna Holmström, UmU/MIMS National Director of Studies Umeå (UmU, SLU)

9 FUTURE ACTIVITIES Course in Molecular Virology August, 2015, Smögen Smögen Symposium on Virology August, 2015, Smögen Infections and Antibiotics NSCMID 3-6 September, 2015, Umeå EMBL-EBI courses in bioinformatics October/November 2015, Umeå Infection metabolomics November (?) 2015, Umeå Network Meeting no 2 April 2016, Gothenburg Workshop on vaccines Spring 2016, Gothenburg

10 32 nd Annual 32 nd meeting Annual Meeting of NSCMID of NSCMID - Infections 3-6 and September Antibiotics 2015 in Umeå, 3-6 September Sweden 2015 in Umeå Welcome!

11 ACTIVITIES PRACTIACAL ISSUES Upcoming events: At the specific event page: register to NDPIA events and apply for cofunding of travel and accommodation costs Apply for co-funding after admitted to non-ndpia activity Book trips/accommodation via your university/employer, request co-funding after participating in the activity guidelines at web site + form after co-funding has been granted Co-funding only for announced activities No co-funding for course fees

12 VALUABLE INPUT Provide news for Thesis defence Published papers Collaborations within the network Provide tips on new activities to announce via the programme Update your profile:

13 THIS FIRST NETWORK MEETING Focus: antibiotic resistance Introduction of participants and projects (2 min PPT + posters) Networking opportunities Your input! Focus of future courses and workshops? Additional communication channels? (LinkedIn, Facebook, GitHub etc.) Feed-back on the programme, web page etc. Additional suggestions 3 poster awards: travel grants

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