In Uppsala
The SciLifeLab research community and units in Uppsala are spread out over the Uppsala University and SLU campuses. To facilitate meetings for the SciLifeLab Community, the construction of Navet was initiated in 2012, and it was officially inaugurated in 2014. It is located in the Uppsala Biomedical Centre (BMC), which mainly belongs to Uppsala University and harbors scientific research and education in biology, chemistry, medicine, and pharmacy.
A place to meet
Meetingplace Navet is a place to meet for scientists, unit staff, and visitors from within and outside the academic environment. It hosts 3,000 square meters of meeting rooms, guest rooms, and offices, and an additional 8,000 square meters of laboratories in the surrounding area. The innovative architecture is designed to facilitate interdisciplinary meetings and serve as an inspiring atmosphere to promote creativity.
Navet offers meeting rooms for 6 to 92 people, an open meeting area for mingling events, lunches, poster sessions, and exhibitions, and guest rooms that can be used for shorter periods of work.
Activities in Navet
In the Navet Google calender, you can find information about planned maintenance, renovations and such, as well as reported social gatherings at Mötestorget.
Address and getting here
Meetingplace Navet is located in Uppsala Biomedical Centre (BMC).
Using public transportation, the closest bus stop is Uppsala Science Park. See suggested routes on UL.
Visiting address:
Uppsala Biomedical Centre (BMC), Husargatan 3, entrance C11, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden
Mailing address (to SciLifeLab Operations Office in Uppsala):
Office for SciLifeLab in Uppsala, Box 3037, 750 03 Uppsala, Sweden
Access
To get around Navet, you need an access card. All authorized personnel are registered by their Head of Division/Department, and can then pick up their card at the BMC reception desk. If you are a guest, you can contact SciLifeLab’s Coordinator Maria Bäckström (E10:1205, maria.backstrom@scilifelab.uu.se, 018-471 41 94, 072-999 92 69) to receive a short-term access card.
Meeting room bookings
Meetingplace Navet offers meeting rooms for 6 to 92 people. All rooms are equipped with WiFi, wired network connection, whiteboard/blackboard, data projector (E10:2314, E10:3314) or e-meeting equipment. There is also an activity-based brainstorming room (E10:3102).
Meeting rooms
Uppsala University employees can book all meeting rooms in Navet at internal rates directly through TimeEdit, except for Trippelrummet, which can be booked by emailing lokalbokning@scilifelab.uu.se. To book a meeting room through TimeEdit, visit Time Edit Boka Rum and log in using your CAS-ID.
Visitors from outside Uppsala University are asked to request lokalbokning@scilifelab.uu.se for all meeting room bookings.
You can reserve the Open area on the ground floor, order special seating arrangements, etc., by emailing lokalbokning@scilifelab.uu.se. Requests for technical issues must be sent 10 working days before the meeting, as Navet does not provide technical support during booked meetings.
Mötestorget – the Meeting Square
Mötestorget, the Meeting Square, is the open area on the ground floor of Navet. It is often used for mingling events, lunches, poster sessions, and exhibitions.
Hosting events at Mötestorget is free of charge; however, other individuals may utilize the space for lunch and coffee or scheduled events, as it is accessible to all members of the SciLifeLab community. If you wish to host an event at Mötestorget, it is essential to reserve the space by emailing lokalbokning@scilifelab.uu.se to prevent double bookings.
Guest rooms
Navet also offers guest rooms for researchers, which can be used on a drop-in basis, or booked for a whole week through lokalbokning@scilifelab.uu.se.
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For more information on room layouts, internal and external rates, and meeting room equipments:
Internet access
All office desks in Navet have a wired network connection. Eduroam and UU-Guest network are also available.
Eduroam is available for Uppsala University employees, as well as researchers and visitors from other universities and higher educational institutions around the world.
To set up Eduroam, please see your university’s instructions.
Parking
There are a number of parking options around Meetingplace Navet and BMC. If you work at SciLifeLab or Uppsala University, you can park your car for a reduced rate by logging in to AIMO app with your UU-ID.
Restaurants and catering
There are several lunch restaurants and catering options around Navet and BMC; a few close by are presented below.
(Make sure to order catering according to your organization’s agreements.)
- Restaurang Bikupan, located in BMC. Opening hours 11:00-14:00.
- Restaurang Hubben, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 38.
- Restaurang Sven Dufva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 40.
Art in Navet
The always-changing art piece XYZ hangs in the atrium above Mötestorget in Navet. It plays with the notion of collecting data in our constant quest of measuring our world.
XYZ was commissioned by Statens Konstråd (Public Art Agency Sweden) and designed by Berlin-based artist Gustav Hellberg. The foundation of Hellberg’s artistic practice lies in the public sphere, where he looks for interactions between people, artwork and the public space; something XYZ is quite an example of.
The art piece consists of three illuminated bar graphs, positioned accordingly with the axes of a three-dimensional diagram. The bars are connected to sensors which control the light sequence. The red light indicates temperature in the room; the blue indicates humidity; and the green indicates level of carbon dioxide; all of which are important entities that determine human existence. The white light indicates power consumption of the bar graphs.
The lights change accordingly with fluctuations in the room’s temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide conditions; as identified by the sensors. XYZ is not an exact instrument, rather, it resembles an organism, always changing.
Contact
The reception desk at Navet’s entrance is not staffed. Instead, please contact team members Maria Bäckström (maria.backstrom@scilifelab.uu.se, 018-471 41 94, 072-999 92 69) or Erika Erkstam (erika.erkstam@scilifelab.uu.se, 018-471 42 67, 070-425 03 87)
For general BMC inquiries, please see BMC reception (018 – 471 49 50). Open 08:00-15:00.