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 (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
CoPD: Lars Feuk, Uppsala University
Platform Coordination Officer: Magnus Lundgren, Uppsala University

Clinical Genomics

PD: Colum Walsh, Linköping University
CoPD: Malin Melin, Uppsala University
PCO: Marcela Davila, University of Gothenburg

Proteomics

PD: Masood Kamali-Moghaddam, Uppsala University
CoPD and PCO: Claudia Fredolini, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Metabolomics & Exposomics

PD: Johan Trygg, Umeå University
CoPD: Rikard Landberg, Chalmers
PCO: Annika Johansson, Umeå University

Spatial Biology

PD: Mats Nilsson, Stockholm University
CoPD: 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
CoPD and PCO: Bernhard Schmierer, Karolinska Institutet

Drug Discovery & Development

PD: Per Arvidsson, Karolinska Institutet
CoPD: Kristian Sandberg, Uppsala University
PCO: Rebecka Klintenberg, Uppsala University

Last updated: 2025-02-28

Content Responsible: Lars Johansson(lars.johansson@scilifelab.se)

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