National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
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 2015-04-20--21
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
 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:
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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
The Swedish EMBL node:
Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden
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Funding from the Swedish Research Council for Infrastructure
(VR-RFI) established 2007/2008: evaluated every 5 years
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MIMS - “the EMBL-model”
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New Group Leaders 5yrs + (max 9yrs)
start-up package:
- 2 PhD-students
- 1-2 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
The Swedish EMBL node:
Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden
Research highlight
CRISPR/Cas9 - enzyme revolutionizing gene/genome editing
“This Protein Could Change Biotech Forever”
(Forbes Magazine, March 2013 / www.forbes.com)
“Science Oscar”
Breakthrough prize in
Life Science
TIME MAGAZINE'S TIME
100 - TIME's annual list
of the 100 most
influential people in the
world
The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine
EMBL = European Molecular Biology Laboratory
EMBL
Staff 1700
85 PIs
Nordic
EMBL
Partners
Staff ~500
47 PIs
Institute for Molecular
Medicine Finland
University of Helsinki
Molecular Infection
Medicine Sweden
Umeå University
Centre for Molecular
Medicine Norway
University of Oslo
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
Danish Institute of
Transl. Neuroscience
Aarhus University
Newly established in
2013. Planned size:
~80 people
8 PIs
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
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
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
National Steering Board
Åke Forsberg
Chair, UmU/MIMS
Birgitta Henriques-Normark,
Vice-Chair, KI
Sun Nyunt Wai
UmU/MIMS
Lennart Svensson
LiU
Björn Olsen
UU
Kristian Riesbeck
Ann-Mari Svennerholm,
GU
LU
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
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)
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
 Course in Molecular Virology
17-19 August, 2015, Smögen
 Smögen Symposium on Virology
20-22 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
32nd Annual
of NSCMID
32nd meeting
Annual Meeting
of NSCMID
Infections
Antibiotics
3-6and
September
2015 in Umeå,
3-6 September
Sweden2015 in Umeå
www.nscmid2015.com
http://mims-infectantibio.se/events/32nd-annual-meeting-of-nscmid-infections-and-antibiotics/
Welcome!
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
ACTIVITIES – PRACTIACAL ISSUES
 Upcoming events: http://mims-infectantibio.se/current_events/
 At the specific event page: register to NDPIA events and apply for co-
funding 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
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
VALUABLE INPUT
 Provide news for www.mims-infectantibio.se
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Thesis defence
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Published papers
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Collaborations within the network
 Provide tips on new activities to announce via the programme
 Update your profile: http://mims-infectantibio.se/edit-profile/
National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics
THIS FIRST NETWORK MEETING
 Focus: antibiotic resistance
 Introduction of participants and projects (2 min PPT + posters)
 Networking opportunities
 Your input!
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Focus of future courses and workshops?
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Additional communication channels?
(LinkedIn, Facebook, GitHub etc.)
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Feed-back on the programme, web page etc.
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Additional suggestions
 3 poster awards: travel grants