FORUM SCIENTIUM. Activity report 2009

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1 FORUM SCIENTIUM Activity report 2009 Linköping 21 June Stefan Klintström Programme director and Director of Studies. Susann Årnfelt Research Administrator. Charlotte Immerstrand Assistant Director of Studies. Ingemar Lundström Chairperson Scientific Advisory Council

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3 Content Introduction...5 Description of the programme...5 PhD students...6 Dissertations...6 Forum Scientium activities...6 Forum Scientium summer conference...7 Study visits...7 Monthly meetings...8 Life science seminar series...8 Forum Forum...8 Christmas banquette...8 Courses...8 Establishment of PhDs...9 A comparison with PhDs outside Forum Scientium...9 Place of employment for previous PhD students...10 Collaboration and prepostdoc programme...10 AgoraLink...10 International collaboration - Marie Curie...11 The Forum Scientium award Transformer a prepostdoc programme...11 Efforts made to inform about the programme and the research and recruit students...12 Home page...12 Media...12 Announcements...12 Programme administration...12 Scientific advisory council...12 Student Council...13 Special working tasks...13 Programme quality assurance...13 Economic report...14 Appendix 1. Short description of the activities within Forum Scientium...16 Appendix 2. Exams within Forum Scientium Exams within Forum Scientium, part Appendix 3. Members Forum Scientium Appendix 4. Dissertations Appendix 5. Study visits during Appendix 6. INFOrum. Study visits in Stockholm and Dublin...26 Appendix 7. Life Science Seminar Series...27 Appendix 8. Doctoral courses financed by Forum Scientium Appendix 9. Present place of employment for Former Scientium...37 Appendix 10. Announcement Forum Scientium Award Transformer...40 Appendix 11. Announcements DN and Ny Teknik...41 Appendix 12. Programme administration...43 Appendix 13. Outcome 2009 and Budget Appendix 14. Supervisors during (47)

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5 Introduction Forum Scientium is a multidisciplinary doctoral programme of natural sciences, engineering, and biomedicine that was established in 1996 by Linköping University and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. It focuses on the professional career preparing aspects of the PhD training. The research projects are planned so that students with different backgrounds (e.g., a physicist and a biologist) are stimulated to work together, each on discipline-oriented issues of the problem studied. This approach generates basic knowledge and novel applications in for example medicine, biotechnology and for sensor research. (For extensive information see ) Since autumn 2008, Forum Scientium also includes a prepostdoc programme, The Forum Scientium Award, also called Transformer (described in more detail on page 10). Within the Transformer programme, members of Forum Scientium can get around 40% financing during maximum one year for training at Linköping University in direct connection to their dissertation. In return, the expertise and experience of the transformers should be available to the PhD students in Forum Scientium. In the beginning of 2009, the doctoral programme Forum Scientium enrolled 68 PhD students and 4 transformers. During the year, 11 new PhD students were admitted as members of Forum Scientium, 16 Forum members defended their doctoral thesis, and two members fulfilled their licentiate exams of which one will continue towards a PhD exam. Two transformers finished and 7 new transformers started their training period at LiU. At the end of 2009, the programme enrolled 62 PhD students and 9 transformers. Members Women Men PhD students Science & Engineering (LiTH) 47 (59%) 28 (60%) 19 (40%) PhD students Health Sciences (HU) 32 (41%) 25 (78%) 7 (22%) Total (67%) 26 (33%) Approximately 60% of the PhD students have their research projects at IFM and 40% do their research at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Forum Scientium will continue to strive for multidisciplinary contacts between the Faculty of Health Science and the Institute of Technology. Forum Scientium receives contributions from Rector, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the Supervisors and the Swedish Research Council. Description of the programme Forum Scientium is a true multidisciplinary doctoral programme in natural sciences, medicine and engineering sciences. The main goal of Forum Scientium is to examine PhDs well prepared for their future careers in industry as well as in academia. A focus on the doctoral studies through a structured and well-planned curriculum during the full four years of education as well as on excellent science within the research groups are the means to achieve this. For a description of the activities that constitute Forum Scientium, see Appendix 1. The main research theme of Forum Scientium is Life Science Technologies and Biomedicine. It covers projects from molecular interactions, cell signalling, diabetes, amyloid diseases, cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, materials in medicine, blood coagulation and blood flow monitoring, to biosensor developments and applications of electronic noses and tongues. Forum 5 (47)

6 Scientium collaborates also with CMIV (Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization) and the doctoral programme connected to CMIV. This co-operation is further developed through the Vinnova financed doctoral programme, AgoraLink (described more thoroughly on page 9. Forum Scientium started in September 1996 by accepting 24 new doctoral students with varying educational backgrounds. In January 1999, a second group of 13 students started their studies. After 1999, the admittance to Forum Scientium has occurred continuously. The first PhD was awarded in October 2000, and including the 16 PhD-exams and 2 Licentiate-exam during 2009 altogether 80 PhDs and 11 Licentiate exams have been granted (Appendix 2). The median time spent for doctoral studies is app months, excluding teaching duties and parental leave. PhD students During 2009 altogether 79 PhD students were listed in Forum Scientium. See Appendix 3 for a list of the PhD students enrolled in Forum Scientium during 2009; their affiliation, supervisor(s), basic education, etc. Forum Scientium Dissertations Year Dissertations During 2009, 16 PhD students defended their doctoral thesis and two defended their Licentiates. For a list with details of the exams during 2009, see appendix 4. For a list of all exams within the programme, see Appendix 2. Forum Scientium activities In the following section Forum Scientium arrangements during 2009 are described. All activities taking place within Forum Scientium are more extensively described in Appendix 1. 6 (47)

7 Forum Scientium summer conference In August, the Forum members together with the Student Council arranged the yearly summer conference at the conference hotel Sandvik gård located north of Norrköping. During three days, August 24-26, the PhD students gave poster sessions to present and discuss their projects, and lectures were given by senior researchers, Former Scientium members presented their experiences after exam and seminars were given in rhetorics and stress handling. The invited lecturers were: Lena Stånggren-Landberg, Stånggren AB, who had a workshop on Rhetorics Former Scientium member Johan Paulsson, Novo Nordisk AS Copenhagen, who presented his experiences from two post-docs at Scripps Research Institute and The Salk Institute both in San Diego, US. Former Scientium member Hanna Wessman, HemoCue AB, who presented her work Rune Olsson who had a workshop on Stress handling New this year was a competition called The Forum Scientium poster prize. Five senior researchers scrutinized the posters and three posters were awarded with a sum of money, primarily for training abroad: 1st prize: Klas Tybrandt 2nd prize: Erik Martinsson 3rd prize: Marie Oskarsson In addition, the jury gave special attention to three other posters for excellent presentations: Sebastian Schultz, Isa Lindgren, Kristin Persson Study visits During 2009, Forum Scientium made one international study visit (Dublin, May 20-22) and two local/national (Stockholm, April 17; Linköping, November 2) study visits, arranged by the Student Council together with Forum members making their mandatory assignments. Two Forum members also plan a study visit to Cambridge May See Appendices 5 and 6 for more information. 7 (47)

8 Monthly meetings Every fourth week Forum Scientium has meetings for all the PhD students and Transformers. Four PhD students present their projects, and are introduced by chairpersons (also PhD students). After the first two presentations there is a break for coffee, and at the end general information concerning courses, study visits, social events etc is given by the Programme Director, the Student Council and the assistant Director of Studies. Life science seminar series Forum Scientium is part of the initiative to have a seminar series within Life Science. During 2009, assistant professors David Engblom och Mattias Alenius were responsible for arranging the seminars. Researchers both from Linköping University and other universities in Sweden or abroad present their research, the goal being to contribute to a better network within Life Science. Time is every second Thursday at See Appendix 7 for more info. Forum Forum During the year, Forum Scientium arranged Forum Forum on March 25. For this event, four researchers were invited to present their research to inspire the attendants, PhD students and senior scientists, in finding new mulitidisciplinary collaborations. Invited speakers were: Per Ask - IMT Physiological Measurements Johan Ahlner - IMH Forensic Science and Toxicology Mattias Alenius IKE Neurobiology Edwin Jager ITN Organic Electronics After each presentation, time was reserved for discussion, and at the end there was time to mingle while enjoying a buffet. Christmas banquette Forum Scientium's yearly Christmas banquette for PhD students and supervisors took place on December 18. The banquette started in the afternoon with a debate with Anders Flodström, University Chancellor, on PhD-studies and their future development. The debate was followed by a common dinner in the pub at IFM. Courses Course plans, list of participators, etc, in Appendix 8. The PhD students in Forum Scientium follow many different categories of courses. One category is the general courses that are not specifically connected to a research subject area. In this category Forum Scientium traditionally has made efforts to have courses of high quality. Another very important category is the research area specific courses. Also here Forum Scientium initiates courses of high quality. Still Forum Scientium is limited to finance courses that are of interest for a group of Forum Scientium members, preferably more than 10 members. All the courses are always open for non-members. Forum Scientium students also follow courses given outside Forum Scientium, e.g. courses given at their departments, other universities, summer schools and work shops in connection with conferences, etc. The PhD students are encouraged to find the best courses in the world and use their backpacks to be able to follow them. 8 (47)

9 Courses partly or entirely financed by Forum Scientium during 2009: Intellectual Property as a Business Tool Modern biology for non-biologists Basic Management of Research Projects Introductory course in Scanning Probe Microscopy Statistical methods in experimental science Molecular Basis of Protein Conformational Diseases Courses not given during 2009: Organic Chemistry for non-chemists, every second year Fluorescence, every third year Fluorescence advanced, every third year Creativity for beginners, on demand Highly recommended courses that are given every year are: Entrepreneurship - Theory and Practice Scientific Publishing Bioethics and Research Ethics Interactions in Biomolecular Systems We are also striving to have a course in Leadership especially developed for PhD students. The demand for a specific volume of courses is different in the respective research areas. Most of them demand a volume of 60 hp that corresponds to one year of studies. Within the faculty of Health Sciences the minimum demand is around 34 hp. Establishment of PhDs A comparison with PhDs outside Forum Scientium The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) presented in the end of 2009 a follow-up report on PhD students admitted to SSF research programmes started The survey was carried out during the last quarter of 2008, and PhD students within the different SSF programmes were compared to a control group consisting of persons with a PhD degree from Some of the results were: The gross (brutto) time to exam was shorter for SSF PhDs compared to the control group. More of the SSF PhDs work within industry More of the SSF PhDs say that their education was highly relevant Especially female SSF PhDs regarded to be part of a SSF-programme higher compared with the control group The average gross time needed (brutto, including teaching, parental and other reasons for leave) for a PhD was 5.2 years for PhD students in the SSF programmes, compared to 5.8 years for the control group (statistically significant). The time stipulated for PhD studies is four years not 9 (47)

10 counting teaching and parental or other leave of absence. This net time is very near to four years for the PhDs within Forum Scientium (around 48.1 months). The same survey reports that 46 % of the PhDs from the SSF programmes were established in the private sector (industry) and 33 % were employed at a university (in Sweden or abroad). In the control group 37% were established in the private sector. The establishment figures can be compared to an earlier report by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, presented in the beginning of It reports the establishment year 2003 of persons who received a PhD exam in the year Altogether 85% were established. PhDs within Engineering and Medicine had an establishment of 92% and 91% respectively. In these figures, post docs and persons active outside Sweden are not counted and it is unclear how persons on parental leave are counted. Place of employment for previous PhD students As a way to further develop Forum Scientium, the PhD students that have left Forum Scientium have founded Former Scientium. This is used as a way to keep the network formed during the studies alive. The updated information about current positions and telephone numbers is found on the home page ( ). Former students are invited to the summer conference, study visits, and other activities arranged within Forum Scientium. Research administrator Susann Årnfelt handles the detailed information like and home addresses of all former PhD students. See Appendix 9 for a list of present place of employment for earlier PhD students. Collaboration and prepostdoc programme AgoraLink Since October 2007 and until September 2011 Forum Scientium together with the doctoral programme within the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV) has funding from Vinnova to run a doctoral programme within Biomedical Engineering. The programme encompasses especially funding for courses developed for participators from industry and from hospitals, and of course also for the participating PhD students. Examples of courses are: Modern Biology for non-biologists Medical signal analysis Biosensor technology SIMON - School of In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Medical Engineering for personalised healthcare Microcirculation Entrepreneurship Another important part is the spinning programme where the PhD students work from two weeks to two months in two periods, one in the industry and one at a laboratory of highest international standard abroad. Altogether 22 PhD students are members of AgoraLink. From Forum Scientium the following seven PhD students participate in AgoraLink: Fredrik Agholme, Sara Helander, Linda Andrén, Emma Eriksson, Erik Martinsson, Sara Bergstrand, Linda Rattfält. 10 (47)

11 International collaboration - Marie Curie Forum Scientium and the competence centre S-SENCE (Swedish Sensor Centre, or Centre for bio- and chemical sensor science and technology) were during appointed by the European Commission as a Marie Curie Training Centre with the name Forum Scientium Sensing Science Training Centre ( ) and as a Marie Curie Early Stage Training Site with the name Sensing Forum ( ). Through this activity, 28 PhD students from countries in both EU and the rest of the world have had the opportunity to do training for 4-24 months in a research group at LiU. From 2010 we will have a new Marie Curie programme SEACOAT. It is an Initial Training Network (ITN) with eight nodes in UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Sweden. It is coordinated by University of Birmingham. In Linköping, we will have one postdoc during 18 months (starting March 1, 2010) and two PhD students financed three years within the programme (starting during end of spring 2010). The PhD students will be members of Forum Scientium. Stefan Klintström will be the Director of Training for the whole network. The Forum Scientium award Transformer a prepostdoc programme The award aims at promoting the future career for the awardees and to stimulate the multidisciplinarity within Forum Scientium. It should also be of benefit for the active PhD students within Forum Scientium. The awardees should therefore be active within at least two Forum Scientium research groups, and he or she should assist within their specialities to all PhD students within the network. The latest announcement can be found in Appendix 10. During the transformer period Forum Scientium will provide SEK per month during a period of maximum 12 months as part of the costs for the salary. This was initially, during 2008, enough for 50% of the costs, but with the new economical system starting 2009, also an overhead of 32% is added to the costs. This means that the contribution only is enough for around 35% of the costs for 12 months, or 50% for 9 months. From start, the following persons have benefited from the award: Name Period Andreas Eriksson * Daniel Aili Olle Andersson * Veronica Borutinskaite * Karin Almstedt Lars Faxälv Janosch Hennig Magnus Baumgardt Jonas Carlsson Pernilla M Eliasson Karin Vretenberg Öberg Tobias Ekblad Caroline Skoglund * The first group of awardees were able to apply for a prolongation after the first 12-month period. (Parental leave is compensated for.) 11 (47)

12 The transformer programme has been financed with an accumulated surplus from earlier years. With these 13 awardees altogether ksek has been used for transformers and the amount left for further transformer awards is very limited. The plan is therefore that we will apply for more money to be able to continue this very successful programme. Efforts made to inform about the programme and the research and recruit students Home page The home page is managed by the PhD students and the programme administration through the Student Council. Web-address Manager Telephone address Mikael Pihl webmaster-fs@ifm.liu.se Media During the years, articles in magazines, newspapers and TV-programmes have been published, both on Forum Scientium as a doctoral programme, and on the research done by the PhD students. Announcements During spring 2009 we had two announcements, one in Dagens Nyheter, and one in Ny Teknik. The announcements can be found in Appendix 11. The Marie Curie Early Stage Training Centres was announced within the European Commission and to our research collaborators within Europe during November and December Programme administration Forum Scientium is led by a management group that consists of the chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Council (Ingemar Lundström), the programme director (Stefan Klintström), the assistant director of studies and the research administrator (Susann Årnfelt). In addition, the Student Council is very actively involved in the management of the doctoral programme. Scientific advisory council The role of the Scientific Advisory Council is to take the responsibility for the scientific programme of Forum Scientium. The reason for this is the multidisciplinary nature of Forum, which requires expertise in several fields for a successful research programme. The chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Council works actively within Forum Scientium in close collaboration with the programme director. More specifically: The Scientific Advisory Council is intended to be a discussion partner for Student Council and the Management group In questions of great importance, the advice from the council should always be asked for The council will get economical reports, but will not make decisions on budget, etc. The council will make efforts to get continued funding for Forum Scientium 12 (47)

13 Student Council The Student Council meets approximately every eight weeks to discuss issues of common interest and to plan for coming activities. The council is formed by the students and serves as a continuous contact between the programme director and the students. A student may only belong to the council for one year. Besides taking care of problems and suggestions regarding the doctoral programme, this council is responsible for a number of activities within Forum Scientium like seminar series, contacts with industry, programmes and newspapers, arrangements of symposia, home pages, study visits, etc. The Student Council is very important for Forum Scientium since it focuses on the fact that a successful activity is the responsibility of the PhD-students. Special working tasks In connection to some tasks with high workload, eg study visits, summer conference, extra PhD students will be assigned. See Appendix 12 for lists of members of the programme administration. Programme quality assurance Forum Scientium does not have a formal and permanent external advisory board. Instead, regular and constant self-evaluations form an important part of the quality programme. Each student turns in a progress report three times a year. The Student Council regularly evaluates courses and activities in Forum Scientium in collaboration with the programme director and the research secretary. Each student has an individual meeting, at least once a year, with the programme director of Forum Scientium to discuss the progress of his/her work, and how the activities of Forum Scientium can be improved. Half time assessment is a review of the thesis project by an external evaluator. The summer conference always ends with a self-monitoring of the summer conference and of Forums activities during the last year. Since external research councils finance almost all projects within Forum Scientium, an independent scientific quality assurance is obtained. The relevance of the study programme of Forum Scientium is assured by the many contacts with industry. The overall quality of a doctoral programme should be judged on the quality of the research made by its students and on the performance and career of the PhDs examined. 13 (47)

14 Economic report From 2005, Forum Scientium is financed by Rector, the Faculty of Engineering and Science, and the individual researchers (supervisors). During the years 2008 until 2012 Forum Scientium also have funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR), ksek a year. The contribution from the supervisors is SEK per PhD student per year. The VR contribution makes it possible to increase the level of activities. Especially it makes it possible to have even more high quality courses and workshops. The details of the economic report are given in Appendix 13. In short: Faculty project From ,8 milj kr Faculty money + 1,3 milj kr Member fees + 0,5 milj kr Transformer programme - 1,3 milj kr Backpacks - 0,3 milj kr Other costs - 0,5 milj kr To ,5 milj kr Unpaid backpacks - 1,0 milj kr To 2010 (in reality) + 1,5 milj kr (During ,1 milj kr is budgeted for the Transformer programme.) Swedish Research Council From 2008 Income Backpacks Other costs To ,5 milj kr + 2,5 milj kr - 0,3 milj kr - 1,8 milj kr + 0,9 milj kr 14 (47)

15 Appendices Appendix 1. Short description of the activities within Forum Scientium Appendix 2. Exams within Forum Scientium Appendix 3. Members Forum Scientium 2009 Appendix 4. Dissertations 2009 Appendix 5. Study visits during 2009 Appendix 6. INFOrum, study visits in Stockholm and Dublin Appendix 7. Life science seminar series Appendix 8. Doctoral courses financed by Forum Scientium 2009 Appendix 9. Present place of employment for Former Scientium Appendix 10. Announcement Forum Scientium Award Transformer Appendix 11. Announcements DN and Ny Teknik Appendix 12. Programme administration Appendix 13. Outcome 2009 and Budget 2010 Appendix 14. Main supervisors during (47)

16 Appendix 1. Short description of the activities within Forum Scientium (More info can be found at Forum Scientium seminars (FS-seminars) Every fourth Wednesday (even week numbers) at four PhD students present their research projects and groups to make it possible to increase the common use of competence, ideas, methods and instrumentation. All PhD students should attend the meetings (except if you have less than six months left till your defence). Student Council The Student Council meets every eighth week to discuss issues of common interests and to plan for coming activities. The council is formed by the PhD students and serves as the continuous contact between the programme director and the students. Besides taking care of problems and suggestions regarding the doctoral programme, this council is responsible for a number of activities within Forum Scientium like, study visits at industry and academia, arrangements of symposia, home pages, FS-seminars, evaluation of courses, etc. The Student Council is very important for Forum Scientium since it focuses on the fact that a successful activity is not only a responsibility of the management but also of the students. All PhD students should be members of the Student Council during one year, or make their workload in some other way, e.g. by arranging a study visit. Project Preparatory Paper (PPP) Written description of the planned research project of the student, containing background and motivation for the project, a literature search, a goal description and speculative visions. The student will work with the PPP during approximately the first nine months. A report will be presented and discussed at a seminar 9-12 months after start. Progress report The report is primarily written as a part of the PhD students planning of the research project. Secondly, it is made as a part of the communication between the PhD-student and the supervisor. For some this is new, and for some of you this is routine. The experience of earlier Forum-members is that it helped them during their PhD-time, and was useful as they started to work outside the university where reporting every month is routine in e.g. the pharmacological industry. It is made three times a year. At the same time each PhD students home page should be updated. Common courses Forum Scientium arranges courses. Most of them are chosen individually by the PhD student and the supervisor. Every PhD student should follow the course Basic Management of Research Projects, 1,5 hp, and in total FScourses of least 4,5 hp. Yearly individual follow-up On a yearly basis, the programme director meets each PhD student to discuss how Forum Scientium could be improved. At the same time, the PhD students progress is monitored. The objective with this is to make the PhD student even more aware of her/his responsibility for the progress of the project. Half-time assessment After 2,5-3 years a half-time assessment is done. PhD students at the faculty of Health Sciences make their halftime control instead. Final dissertation plan After the half-time assessment or half-time control, a specific time plan is made and attached to the following progress reports. Summer conference Every year in August, the Student Council arranges a summer conference during appr three days. During this time, there will be presentations from invited supervisors and other interesting persons. There will also be a number of poster presentations giving the PhD students the possibility to discuss each other s projects and results. All PhD students should attend this. Study visits The doctoral programme Forum Scientium, Linköping University, has since its start 1996 made several study visits to mainly companies and also some research departments in Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Munich, Cambridge, Oxford and Dublin. By experience, we know that around 70% 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. Another objective is 16 (47)

17 that the PhD students during these study visits learn to know each other more and thereby the potential for twinning and support between the PhD students are increased. Note in dissertation that PhD student has been a member of Forum The following note is included in the thesis, normally on the page following the title page: During the course of the research underlying this thesis, N. N. was enrolled in Forum Scientium, a multidisciplinary doctoral programme at Linköping University, Sweden. The PhD student is also registered as a Forum Scientium student in forskar-ladok. Backpack Each Forum member has a backpack of SEK per year. The backpack should be used for the doctoral studies e.g. conferences, summer schools, external courses, course literature, etc. Notice! All participation in conferences or courses has to be approved by the supervisor in advance. The course literature will be a property of the department. The costs should be approved in advance. Contact Susann Årnfelt and discuss with her how to do in each individual case. To get your backpack there is a need for more than 60% attendance at the Forum seminars, to make your Forum workload and other mandatory things. At the day of your defence the backpack will be zeroed. INFOrum A quarterly newsletter with presentations of research projects, Former Forum-members, study visits and upcoming activities. Life Science Seminars Every second week a research seminar within the Life Science area is presented by senior scientists from LiU and outside. Forum Forum Forum Forum is an informal come together event where ideas about future collaboration projects can be born. By talking to PhD students and senior researchers, and by listening to the visions of other research groups, we (Forum Scientium) hope that the attendants will find inspiration and opportunities to start up joint multi-disciplinary research projects. Membership fee from Supervisors Each supervisor contributes financially with SEK per student and year. Individual adaptations are made 17 (47)

18 Appendix 2. Exams within Forum Scientium Date Exam Department 1. Anna Fyrenius Med. lic. IMV Clinical Physiology 2. Helena Theander (Amandusson) Fil. Dr. IFM Applied Physics 3. Ulrike Koller Tekn. Lic. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 4. Ramunas Valiokas Fil. Dr. IFM Applied Physics 5. Maria Swartz (Österlund) Fil. Dr. IFM Chemistry 6. Annika Eklund (Karlsson) Fil. Dr. IMV Pharmacology 7. Patrik Ivarsson Tekn Lic* IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 8. Harriet Nilsson (Öberg) Fil. Dr. IMK Medical Microbiology 9. Kenny Hansson Fil. Dr. IBK Clinical Chemistry 10. Maria Engström Fil. Dr. IFM Computational Physics 11. Sofia Svedhem Tekn. Dr. IFM Chemistry 12. Rikard Owenius Fil. Dr. IFM Chemical Physics 13. Vesa Loitto Med. Dr. IMK Medical Microbiology 14. Martin Testorf Fil. Dr. IMT Physiological Measurements 15. Mathias Liljeblad Fil. Dr. IBK Clinical Chemistry 16. Tino Ebbers Tekn. Dr. IMT Physiological Measurements 17. Edwin Jager Tekn. Dr. IFM Biomolecular and Organic Electronics 18. Christina Jungar Fil. Dr. IFM Biotechnology 19. Johan Benesch Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Physics 20. Anna Hermansson Fil. Dr. IFM Biology 21. Anders Carlsson Tekn. Lic. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 22. Helena Jerregård Med. Dr. IBK Cell Biology 23. Håkan Johnsson Fil. Lic. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 24. Per Spångéus Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 25. Susanne Holmin Fil. Dr. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 26. Tobias Nyberg Fil. Dr. IFM Biomolecular and Organic Electronics 27. Raffaele Rani Tekn. Lic. IFM Applied Optics 28. Helen Wolrath Fil. Lic. IMK Clinical Microbiology 29. Johan Ekeroth (Svensson) Fil. Dr. IFM Chemistry 30. Sofia Ramström Fil. Dr. IBK Clinical Chemistry 31. Linda Karlsson Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Optics 32. Charlotte Söderström Fil. Dr. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 33. Fräs Annika Andersson (Nielsen) Fil. Dr. Tema Water and Environmental Studies 34. Tony Andersson Fil. Dr. IMV Pharmacology 35. Björn Granseth Med. Dr. IBK Cell Biology 36. Charlotte Immerstrand Med. Dr. IMK Medical Microbiology 37. Susanne Karlsson Fil. Lic.* IFM Chemistry 38. Patrik Ivarsson Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 39. Cecilia Berg Fil. Lic. IMK Medical Microbiology 40. Karin Enander Tekn. Dr. IFM Organic Chemistry 41. Jenny Carlsson Tekn. Lic* IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 42. Peter Nilsson Fil. Dr. IFM Biomolecular and Organic Electronics 43. Sofia Håkansson Hederos Fil. Dr. IFM Organic Chemistry 44. Markus Hederos Fil. Dr. IFM Organic Chemistry 45. Peter Åsberg Tekn. Dr. IFM Biomolecular and Organic Electronics 46. Kristofer Hallén Tekn. Lic. IFM Computational Biology 47. Rodrigo M. Petoral Jr Fil. Dr. IFM Molecular Physics 48. Hanna Holmberg Med. Dr. IMK Paediatrics 49. Roger Klingvall Tekn. Lic* IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 50. Henrik Petersson Tekn. Lic* IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 51. Timmy Fyrner Fil Lic* IFM Molecular Biotechnology 52. Jimmy Bakker Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Optics 53. Luminita Savitchi Fil. Lic. IFM Molecular Physics 54. Johan F Paulsson Med. Dr. IBK Cell Biology 55. Nabila Aboulaich Med. Dr. IBK Cell Biology 56. Unn Örtegren Kugelberg Med. Dr. IBK Cell Biology continued on next page 18 (47)

19 Exams within Forum Scientium, part 2 Date Exam Department 57. Reza Jamali Med. Dr. IBK Cell Biology 58. Mike Andersson Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 59. Annika Borgh Tekn. Dr. IFM Molecular Physics 60. Hanna Kälvegren Med. Dr. IMV Pharmacology 61. Olena Virchenko Med. Dr. INR Orthop. and Sports Med. 62. Goran Klenkar Tekn. Dr. IFM Molecular Physics 63. Andréas Larsson Tekn. Dr. IFM Molecular Physics 64. Anna Herland Tekn. Dr. IFM Biomolecular and Organic Electronics 65. Carl-Oskar Jonson Med. Dr. IMK Paediatrics 66. Per Björk Tekn. Dr. IFM Biomolecular and Organic Electronics 67. Anders Bresell Tekn. Dr. IFM Bioinformatics 68. Anngelica Jarl Fil. Lic. IFM Biochemistry 69. Christer Ahlström Tekn. Dr. IMT Physiological Measurements 70. Veronika Borutinskaite Med. Dr. IKE Medical Microbiology 71. Karin Wermelin Med. Dr. IKE Orthopaedics 72. Karin Sörgjerd Fil. Dr. IFM Biochemistry 73. Andreas Eriksson Med. Dr. IMH Pharmacology 74. Patrik Nygren Fil. Dr. IFM Molecular Physics 75. Henrik Petersson Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 76. Jenny Carlsson Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Physics and S-SENCE 77. Olle Andersson Tekn. Dr. IFM Molecular Physics 78. Jenny Walldén Med. Dr. IKE Paediatrics 79. Christian Ulrich Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Physics 80. Daniel Aili Tekn. Dr. IFM Molecular Physics 81. Karin Almstedt Fil. Dr. IFM Biochemistry 82. Anna Lundberg Med. Dr. IKE Paediatrics 83. Liza Ljungberg Med. Lic* IMH Drug Research 84. Maria Bolin Tekn Lic* ITN Organic Electronics 85. Lars Faxälv Med. Dr. IKE Clinical Chemistry 86. Git Johansson Med. Dr. IKE Cell biology 87. Annica Myrskog Tekn. Lic. IFM Molecular Physics 88. Torun Berlind Tekn. Dr. IFM Applied Optics 89. Sofia Pettersson Med. Dr. IKE Surgery 90. Lan Bui Tekn. Lic IFM Organic Chemistry 91. Janosch Hennig Tekn. Dr. IFM Molecular Biotechnology 92. Jonas Carlsson Tekn. Dr. IFM Bioinformatics 93. Yvonne Johansson Med. Dr. IMH Nursing Science 94. Sofie Nyström Fil. Dr. IFM Biochemistry 95. Inger Hallberg Med. Dr. IMH Nursing Science 96. Satish Babu Moparthi Fil. Dr. IFM Biochemistry 97. Magnus Baumgardt Med. Dr. IKE Clinical and Experimental Medicine 98. Karin Vretenbrant Öberg Med. Dr. IKE Clinical Chemistry 99. Sara Bergstrand Med Lic* IMH Nursing Science 100. Pernilla M Eliasson Med. Dr. IKE Experimental Hematology 101. Andreas Åslund Fil. Dr. IFM Organic Chemistry 80 PhD-exams, 12 finished after Lic-exam, 9 continued/continues after Lic-exam (*) 19 (47)

20 Appendix 3. Members Forum Scientium 2009 First name Admitted as PhD student Family name Born/Sex Division 1 Fredrik Agholme 81 M IKE Orthop. and Sports Med. 2 Maria Ahrén 79 F IFM Molecular Surface Physics 3 Karin Almstedt 80 F IFM Biochemistry 4 Linda Andrén 83 F IFM Molecular Biotechnology 5 Cecilia Andrésen 76 F IFM Molecular Biotechnology 6 Stina Axelsson 81 F IKE Paediatrics 7 Linnéa Axelsson 85 F IFM Molecular Surface Physics 8 Magnus Baumgardt 76 M IKE Molecular Genetics 9 Ina Berg 82 F IFM Biochemistry 10 Sara Bergstrand 78 F IMH Nursing Science Main Supervisor Secondary supervisor Undergraduate exam Faculty Per Aspenberg Pentti Tengvall, Anna Fahlgren Engineering Biology, LiU HU Kajsa Uvdal Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH Per Hammarström Uno Carlsson Chemistry, LiU LiTH Nalle Jonsson Anki Brorsson Chemical Biology, LiU LiTH Maria Sunnerhagen Chemistry, LiU LiTH Johnny Ludvigsson Rosaura Casas Medical Biology, LiU HU Kajsa Uvdal Per Olof Holtz Physics, Linköping LiTH Stefan Thor Biology, LiU HU Per Hammarström Stefan Thor Chemistry, LiU LiTH Anna Christina Ek Margareta Lindgren Bachelor Medical Science in Nursing HU Physics, MSc Geotechnology, Luleå University of Technology LiTH Toste Länne Per Eriksson, KI MSc, Uppsala HU Magnus Berggren Chemistry, LiU LiTH 11 Torun Berlind 65 F IFM Applied Optics Hans Arwin Lars Hultman 12 Hanna Björck 79 F IMH Cardiovascular Medicine 13 Maria Bolin 79 F ITN Organic Electronics 14 Cecilia Brännmark 83 F IKE Cell Biology Peter Strålfors Gunnar Cedersund Chemical Biology, LiU HU 15 Kristina Buchholt 78 F IFM Applied Physics Anita Lloyd Spetz Physics, LiU LiTH 16 Lan Bui 81 F IFM Organic Peter Chemistry Konradsson Chemistry, LiU LiTH 17 Jonas Carlsson 79 M IFM Bioinformatics Bengt Persson Computer Science, MSc, LiU LiTH 18 Mikael Chéramy 81 M IKE Paediatrics Johnny Ludvigsson Rosaura Casas Medical Biology, LiU HU 19 Tobias Ekblad 79 M IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Thomas Ederth Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 20 (47)

21 First Admitted as Main Family name Born/Sex Division name PhD student Supervisor Secondary supervisor Undergraduate exam Faculty 20 Anders Elfwing 75 M IFM Biomolecular and Org. Electronics Olle Inganäs Anke Suska Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 21 Pernilla M Eliasson 79 F IKE Cell Biology Jan-Ingvar Jönsson Gunnar Krantz Medical Biology, LiU HU 22 Pernilla T Eliasson 82 F IKE Orthop. and Sports Med. Per Aspenberg Anna Fahlgren Medical Biology, LiU HU 23 Emma Ericsson 81 F IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 24 Per Erlandsson 82 M IFM Surface Physics and Chemistry Nate Robinson Mats Fahlman Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 25 Siri Fagerholm 80 F IKE Cell Biology Peter Strålfors Engineering Biology, LiU HU 26 Lars Faxälv 77 M IKE Clinical Chemistry Tomas Lindahl Penti Tengvall Engineering Biology, LiU HU 27 Timmy Fyrner 81 M IFM Organic Peter Chemistry Konradsson Bo Liedberg Organic Chemistry, LiU LiTH 28 Inger Hallberg 56 F IMH Nursing Science Anna-Kristina Margareta Bachrach Master of Medical Science in Nursing, Ek Lindström, Göran Toss Linköping HU 29 Joel Hedlund 78 M IFM Bioinformatics Bengt Persson Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 30 Sara Helander 81 F IFM Molecular Maria Biotechnology Sunnerhagen Patrik Lundström Chemical Biology Nv, Linköping LiTH 31 Janosch Hennig 77 M IFM Molecular Maria Biotechnology, Technical university, Marie-Wahren Karlenius Biotechnology Sunnerhagen Berlin LiTH 32 Maria Hjorth Johnny 78 F IKE Paediatrics (Hedman) Ludvigsson Maria Faresjö Medical Biology, LiU HU 33 Git Johansson 79 F IKE Cell Biology Hans Arnqvist Biology, LiU HU 34 Leif Johansson 68 M IFM Biochemistry Peter Nilsson Chemistry, LiU LiTH 35 Yvonne Johansson 56 F IMH Nursing Science Anna Christina Margareta Bachrach Ek Lindström Bachelor Medical Science in Nursing HU 36 Daniel Kanmert 82 M IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Karin Enander Biochemistry, LiU LiTH 37 Thommie Karlsson 83 M IKE Medical Karl-Eric Vesa Loitto, Tommy Microbilogy Magnusson Sundqvist Medical Biology, LiU HU 38 Anna Kivling 73 F IKE Paediatrics Johnny Maria Faresjö, Lennart Ludvigsson Nilsson Medical Biology, LiU HU 39 Therese Klingstedt 78 F IFM Biochemistry Peter Nilsson Medical Biology, LiU LiTH 40 Roger Klingvall 71 M IFM Applied Physics Mats Eriksson Ingemar Lundström Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, LiU LiTH 41 Anne Lahdenperä 74 F IKE Paediatrics Outi Vaarala Johnny Ludvigsson Biology, LiU HU 42 Hung- Ramunas Valiokas, Lee 61 F IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Hsun Thomas Ederth Master in Chemistry, Taiwan LiTH 43 Paula Linderbäck 80 F IFM Applied Physics Pentti Tengvall Per Aspenberg Master Material technology, Tampere LiTH 44 Isa Lindgren 79 F IFM Biology Jordi Altimiras Biology, LiU LiTH 21 (47)

22 First Admitted as Main Family name Born/Sex Division name PhD student Supervisor Secondary supervisor Undergraduate exam Faculty 45 Liza Ljungberg 80 F IMH Drug Research Karin Persson Rolf Andersson Medical Biology, LiU HU 46 Anna Lundberg (Lindström) 77 F IKE Paediatrics Outi Vaarala Malin Fagerås Böttcher Medical Biology, LiU HU 47 Fredrik Lysholm 81 M IFM Bioinformatics Bengt Persson Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 48 Stephen Macken 82 M IFM Applied Physics Daniel Filippini Ingemar Lundström Dublin LiTH 49 Karin Magnusson F IFM Biochemistry Peter Nilsson LiTH 50 Erik Martinsson 83 M IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Karin Enander Chemical Biology, LiU LiTH 51 Satish Master in Biomedicine, LiU and Master Moparthi 80 M IFM Biochemistry Uno Carlsson Per Hammarström in Biotechnology, Nagurjana University, Babu India LiTH 52 Annica Myrskog 80 F IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 53 Sara Nilsson 81 F IFM Surface Physics and Chemistry Nate Robinson Biotechnology, Umeå LiTH 54 Amanda Nordigården 78 F IKE Cell Biology Jan-Ingvar Jönsson Chemistry, LiU HU 55 Sofie Nyström 70 F IFM Biochemistry Per Hammarström Uno Carlsson Chemistry, LiU LiTH 56 John Olsson 73 M IFM Applied Physics Fredrik Winquist Analytical Chemistry, Umeå universitet LiTH 57 Marie Oskarsson F IKE Cell Biology Gunilla Westermark HU 58 Kristin Persson 82 F ITN Organic Magnus Electronics Berggren Edwin Jager Biotechnology, LTH LiTH Pentti Tengvall/Jonas Wetterö 59 Sofia Pettersson 77 F IKE Surgery Gunnar Kratz Engineering Biology, LiU HU 60 Mikael Pihl 81 M IKE Paediatrics Johnny Ludvigsson Rosaura Casas Medical Biology, LiU HU 61 Linda Rattfält 79 F IMT Physiological Applied Physics and Electrical Per Ask Measurements Engineering, LiU LiTH 62 Anna Rydén 81 F IKE Peadiatrics Johnny Ludvigsson Maria Faresjö Medical Biology, LiU HU 63 Sebastian Schultz 79 M IKE Cell Biology Gunilla Westermark Biochemistry, TU München, Germany HU 64 Linnéa Selegård 83 F IFM Molecular Surface Physics Kajsa Uvdal Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 65 Robert Selegård 81 M IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Karin Enander Chemical Biology, LiU LiTH 66 Rozalyn Simon 79 F IFM Organic Peter Chemistry Konradsson Peter Nilsson Biochemistry, UCLA, US LiTH 22 (47)

23 First Admitted as Main Family name Born/Sex Division name PhD student Supervisor 67 Camilla Skoglund (Gullstrand) 77 F IKE Paediatrics Outi Vaarala 68 Caroline Skoglund 81 F IMH Drug Research Torbjörn Bengtsson 69 Jutta Speda 80 F IFM Molecular Biotechnology 70 Ann- Torbjörn Svensson Holm 80 F IMH Drug Research Charlotte Bengtsson Secondary supervisor Undergraduate exam Faculty Johnny Ludvigsson, Bo Liedberg Engineering Biology, LiU HU Biology, LiU HU Nalle Jonsson Martin Karlsson Biotechnologie, Darmstadt, Germany LiTH Eva Lindström Biology, LiU HU 71 Åsa Svensson 82 F IKE Cell Biology Peter Strålfors Alexander Vener Chemical Biology, LiU HU 72 Feng-I Tai 82 F IFM Molecular Physics Bo Liedberg Thomas Ederth Master Material Physics, Linköping LiTH 73 Klas Tybrandt 82 M ITN Organic Magnus Electronics Berggren Edwin Jager Applied Physics and Electric engin., LiU LiTH 74 Cecilia Vahlberg 74 M IFM Molecular Surface Physics Kajsa Uvdahl Klas Broo Engineering Biology, LiU LiTH 75 Patricia Wennerstrand 82 F IFM Biochemistry Lasse Mårtensson Chemical Biology, LiU LiTH 76 Jens Wigenius IFM Bio and Org 75 M (Andersson) Electronics Olle Inganäs Physics, Göteborg LiTH 77 Karin Vretenbrant Öberg 79 F IKE Clinical Chemistry Tomas Lindahl Sofia Ramström Pharmacist, LiU HU 78 Andreas Åslund 78 M IFM Organic Peter Chemistry Konradsson Olle Inganäs Organic Chemistry, LiU LiTH 79 Alma Åslund 81 F Ingemar Lundström Organic Chemistry, LiU LiTH IFM Organic Chemistry Peter Konradsson 23 (47)

24 Appendix 4. Dissertations 2009 Doctoral Author Title Public defence Karin Almstedt Protein Misfolding in Human Diseases Fil. Dr. February 26 Anna Lundberg Immune responses to lipopolysaccharide in Med. Dr. March 5 relation to allergic disease: a TLR4 gene polymorphism and endotoxin exposure Lars Faxälv Imaging methods for haemostasis research Med. Dr. June 1 Git Johansson Insulin resistance and IGF-I sensitivity in Med. Dr. June 3 vascular cells - impact of hybrid receptors: With special regard to diabetes Torun Berlind Carbon Nitride: Characterization and Protein Tekn. August 28 Interactions Dr. Sofia Pettersson Biodegradable gelatine microcarriers in Med. Dr. September 25 tissue engineering: In vitro studies on cartilage and bone Janosch Hennig Structure-function studies on TRIM21/Ro52, Tekn. October 30 a protein involved in autoimmune diseases Dr. Jonas Carlsson Mutational effects on protein structure and Tekn. November 6 function Dr. Yvonne Johansson Self-Perceived Health and Nutritional Status Med. Dr. November 6 among Home-Living Older People: A Prospective Study Sofie Nyström Early events in disease associated protein Fil. Dr. November 20 misfolding Inger Hallberg Health-related quality of life in Med. Dr. November 20 postmenopausal women with ostoeoporotic fractures Satish Babu Biophysical Studies of Protein Folding Upon Fil. Dr. November 27 Moparthi Interaction with Molecular Chaperones Magnus Baumgardt Genetic mechanisms behind cell specification Med. Dr. December 4 in the Drosophila CNS Karin Vretenbrant The role of platelet thrombin receptors PAR1 Med. Dr. December 4 Öberg and PAR4 in platelet activation Pernilla M Eliasson Live and Let Die: Critical regulation of Med. Dr. December 11 survival in normal and malignant hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells Andreas Åslund Designing thiophene-based fluorescent probes for the study of neurodegenerative protein aggregation diseases: From test tube to in vivo experiments Fil. Dr. December 17 Licentiate Author Title Public defence Liza Ljungberg Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Med. March 9 Lic. Lan Bui Synthesis of Substituted Alkanethiols Intended for Protein Immobilization Tekn. Lic October 2 Liza Ljungberg fulfilled her licentiate exams during the year. She continues her studies towards a doctoral degree. 24 (47)

25 Appendix 5. Study visits during 2009 Stockholm, April (see INFOrum Stockholm, Appendix 13) Eli Lilly, The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI), Biosensor Applications, Neuroscience KI, Silex Microsystems, Dublin, May (see INFOrum Dublin, Appendix 13) Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI), Physiology at the University College Dublin (UCD), Protein folding at the Trinity College, Clinical Research Centre (CRC) at Beaumont Hospital Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI) at UCD, Belfield, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, Synthesis and Chemical Biology at UCD, Belfield, BiancaMed and NovaUCD, Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI), Cellix Ltd, Trinity Centre of Bioengineering (TCBE) at Trinity College, Linköping, November The National Board of Forensic Medicine (Rättsmedicinalverket), 25 (47)