Infrastructure Organization
The SciLifeLab national infrastructure is organized into ten Platforms, each of which comprises a number of Units that provide technologies and services to users. Each platform is managed by a Platform Director (PD) and is coordinated by a Platform Coordination Officer (PCO). For each Unit, a Head of Unit (HU) is in charge of the daily operations. In addition, associated PIs, Platform Scientific Directors (PSD), are part of the Platform Management Group (PMG), serving as a scientific advisors.
The platform structure is different from the service areas in the infrastructure navigation for users. Many Units offer multi-application technologies and services that may be sorted under more than one service area.
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Organizational Chart
Platform Directors and Platform Coordinating Officers

Organizational Chart
Support, Infrastructure & Training G, Li, Lu, S, U, Um
Support for Computational Resources U
BioImage Informatics U, S
national genomics infrastructure s, U
ancient DNA S, U
Integrated Microscopy Technologies S, G, Um
cryo-EM s, Um, G, Lu, U
Platform
1 Part of Genomics
2 Part of Bioinformatics
3 Part of Cellular & Molecular Imaging
Site
G – Gothenburg
Li – Linköping
Lu – Lund
S – Stockholm
U – Uppsala
Um – Umeå
Ö – Örebro
Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden S, Um, Li, Lu, G, U
biochemical & cellular assay S
biophysical screening & characterization U
Display & Selection Technology Lu, S
Medicinal Chemistry – Hit2Lead S
Medicinal Chemistry – Lead Identifaction U
Oligonova Biology G
Oligonova Chemistry G
Platform Directors (PD) and Platform Coordinating Officers (PCO)
Bioinformatics
PD: Bengt Persson, Uppsala University
Co-PD and PCO: Björn Nystedt, Uppsala University
Genomics
PD: Tuuli Lappalainen, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Co–PD: Lars Feuk, Uppsala University
Platform Coordination Officer: Magnus Lundgren, Uppsala University
Clinical Genomics
PD: Colum Walsh, Linköping University
Co–PD: Malin Melin, Uppsala University
PCO: Marcela Davila, University of Gothenburg
Proteomics
PD: Masood Kamali-Moghaddam, Uppsala University
Co–PD and PCO: Claudia Fredolini, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Metabolomics & Exposomics
PD: Johan Trygg, Umeå University
Co–PD: Rikard Landberg, Chalmers
PCO: Annika Johansson, Umeå University
Spatial Biology
PD: Mats Nilsson, Stockholm University
Co–PD: Charlotte Stadler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
PCO: Katarina Tiklova, Stockholm University
Cellular & Molecular Imaging
PD: Marta Carroni, Stockholm University
PCO: Rebecca Howard, Stockholm University
Integrated Structural Biology
PD: Göran Karlsson, University of Gothenburg
PCO: Cecilia Persson, University of Gothenburg
Chemical Biology & Genome Engineering
PD: Anna-Lena Gustavsson, Karolinska Institutet
Co–PD and PCO: Bernhard Schmierer, Karolinska Institutet
Drug Discovery & Development
PD: Per Arvidsson, Karolinska Institutet
Co–PD: Kristian Sandberg, Uppsala University
PCO: Rebecka Klintenberg, Uppsala University