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1/20/2010
Stockholm Science City is recruiting

Stockholm Science City is going through an exciting phase of development. Which meands that we will have to expand with four new positions. We are looking for someone who is dedicated, driven and passionated about what we do. To read more about the posts in Swedish, please click below. Head of the information unit Controller Project manager Coordinator Welcome with your application before...

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12/18/2009
Stockholm - Uppsala participates in two out of three KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Communities)

One of the KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Communities) regars energy and the other regards ICT. Download information as PDF:SummaryInnoEnergy SummaryEIT ECT For further information:Teresa Soop: mobile +46734383877

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12/7/2009
Report on life science in Stockholm-Uppsala

Updates on life science in the Stockholm-Uppsala region, the world's leading research region within education and research in Europe in life science (source: THS ranking 2009). Download report here.

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11/10/2009
Pressrelease: A world leading life science area

Download PressreleaseDownload Pressfolder We are creating a world leading life science area Representatives of two cities, one County Council, three universities and the business sector have jointly agreed to establish and develop a world leading life science area in the Karolinska-Norra Station district. At least SEK 50 billion will be invested in the area until 2025, which makes it the...

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11/5/2009
Press seminar: Crucial step for Karolinska - North Station

Press seminar: Crucial step for Karolinska - North Station: common effort for the world's leading life science area is presented Date: November 10 at 11.30AMVenue: Haga Forum SolnaThe seminar will be held in Swedish.   Tuesday November 10, the six players via their organization, Stockholm Science City Foundation, will present the gigantic project Karolinska - North Station a world class area...

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10/26/2009
Ylva Williams chronicle

- How would you describe the development of the life science cluster in the Karolinska/Norra Station area? Read CEO Ylva Williams' chronicle for SULS Stockholm Uppsala Life Science. Read more

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10/1/2009
Consortium member of ABC Europe - €3.5 million

Triumphed within the 2009 CIPAs part of a consortium of CEBR Members Stockholm Science City triumphed within the 2009 Europe Innova Competitive Innovation Platform (CIP). The CIP call called for development and Europe-wide implementation of the most effective services to biotechnology companies.14 of the most active cluster support organisations in Europe came together to develop a series of...

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9/11/2009
The virtual pharmaceutical company

On September 10, nearly 70 participants joined our seminar -  “The virtual pharmaceutical company: Dare take the step from idea to project”  where topics such as evaluation of ideas and funding were covered.  To download presentations from the seminar, please click here; The virtual pharmaceutical company. More opportunities Welcome to our next seminar in the same series with the topic ...

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9/8/2009
Seminar - The virtual pharmaceutical company

Stockholm Science City Foundation arranges a serie of seminars entitled "The virtual pharmaceutical company" with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry. Highlighted topics are; the evalution of ideas, business plan, funding and processes to clinical trials. Venue: Wenner-Gren Center, floor 24Date: September 10Time: 08.30AM - 13.00PMThe upcoming seminar will be held on November 12....

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8/20/2009
New exclusive member on Tools of Science: Analyscentrum

Analyscentrum performs chemical research and analysis. The aim is to help you to do trace amount analysis, increase your R&D workflow, meet important deadlines, and develop new methods for your own laboratories. For further information about Analyscentrum: Tools of Science Exclusive member  For further information about Tools of Science, please contact: Project Manager Teresa Soop, mobile:...

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7/7/2009
Quality work of the benefits of hearing aid and its impact in the patients life

Hearing bridge, a project within Stockholm Science City Foundation, has contracted with the company Avesina Specialty and Karolinska Hospital around quality assurance of the benefits of hearing aid and its impact in the quality of life of patients. Hearing bridge within Stockholm Science City Foundation will soon start a collaboration with Avesina Specialty and the Karolinska Hospital on the...

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7/6/2009
Sweden ScienceNet welcomes new member

On July 1st Umeå University joined Sweden ScienceNet. The over all objective of Sweden ScienceNet is to support the development of a national system for managing research information within Life Science. More about Sweden ScienceNet. For more information: Filippa Kull, Project Manager Stockholm Science City FoundationMobile: +46 708684892E-mail: Filippa Kull

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6/29/2009
Ylva Williams new CEO at Stockholm Science City Foundation

Ylva Williams will take office as new CEO at Stockholm Science City Foundation starting September 1, 2009. Ylva has a background from the Life Science industry from JKL and working as Director Life Science at Invest In Sweden Agency (ISA). She holds a M. S. in Chemistry Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has also worked at KEBO Lab AB and VWR International...

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6/26/2009
SSCi Centre for Indoor Environment closes deal with Micasa Fastigheter AB

The Stockholm Science City Centre for Indoor Environment has closed a deal with Micasa Fastigheter AB. Centre for Indoor Environment gets an additional 500 000 SEK to study the effects of energy efficiency research on indoor environment. For further information:Frida Nordström, Project Manager Centre for Indoor Environment, mobile: +46 703 962680

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6/25/2009
Sophia Hober replaces Stefan Stål as KTH representative at Scientific Council

About Professor Sophia Hober Professor Sophia Hober is active at the School of Biotechnology, Department of Proteomics at KTH. The focus of her research group is to develop predictable and robust systems for protein production, purification and detection. She is also Director of Protein Science within the Swedish Human Protein Atlas (HPR) program. More about Sophia Hober. Read more about SSCi...

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6/17/2009
SciLife Lab gets 101 MSEK per year for 5 years

Science for Life Laboratory - in Stockholm Science for Life Laboratory - a Swedish national life science centre, initiated by the scientific council at Stockholm Science City Foundation gets 101 MSEK a year for 5 years. The government supported superlab, operated by Karolinska Institutet, Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University will focus on 6 areas within biotechnology. For...

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5/28/2009
The City of Solna joins SSCi Foundation

PartnershipIn accordance with a decision made earlier this year, the City of Solna now formally is a full partner of Stockholm Science City Foundation (Stiftelsen Vetenskapsstaden). The Foundation is a partnership between society, academia and the business sector and was founded in 1990 to coordinate and facilitate the development of a strong research area. To see the area, please click here:...

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5/15/2009
Online sales function new on Tools of Science platform

Free of charge SSCi owned platform Tools of Science now offers a new function to its members; An online function for laboratory equipment for sale."We've developed this new function in order to meet the needs of our platform members who sometimes seek not quite new equipment", states Project Manager Teresa Soop. Advertising equipment for sale is free of charge on Tools of Science. To find...

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5/10/2009
Current on Life science in the area Norra station

Life science center - a strong concept in new townplanningNearly one hundred business people from inside the life science sector as well as outside the immediate life science business arena gathered on May 8 at Elite Hotel, St Eriksgatan. The participants at the "Business Group Norra station" meeting were urgent to catch up on the ongoing town planning project in their neighbourhood and to hear...

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4/29/2009
New exclusive member on Tools of Science platform

On the 28th of April IRW Consulting AB signed up for an exclusive membership on Tools of Science. For further information on IRW, click here: IRWFor further information on Tools of Science and how to become a member, contact Teresa Soop by e-mail: Teresa Soop or by cellphone: +46 734 38 38 77. Visit Tools of Science

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3/16/2009
New colleague at SSCi

On the 16th of March, Project Manager Sofie Lindqvist joined Stockholm Science City Foundation. Sofie has a back ground from the media sector in Sweden. She will focus on marketing of Tools of Science. Her tasks will also include general marketing within SSCi and administration of breakfast seminar series. For further information feel free to contact Sofie via her e-mail: e-mail Sofie .

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3/16/2009
New members of our Scientific Council

The Scientific Council at Stockholm Science City Foundation welcomes the new council members Sten Lindahl, Professor, Chief of Research and Education at Karolinska University Hospital, from KI Juha Kere Professor, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition and Anna Wedell Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, also at KI. To read more about SSCi Scientific Council in English,...

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2/18/2009
Tools of Science expands; now showing competencies from all of Sweden

Tools of Science expanding to meet market needs Summary in English:Tools of Science now shows competencies from all of Sweden and is no longer a tool only for the Stockholm-Uppsala region. "We do this in order to meet the needs from our customers and drug developing companies", states Teresa Soop, project manager at SSCi, owner and maintainer of Tools of Science. Please see full press release...

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1/27/2009
New phase in the development of life science in Norra station.

Please see further information in Swedish below. Ny fas inledd för utveckling av life science inom Norra station Stockholm Science City Foundation/Stiftelsen Vetenskapsstaden har under de senaste fem åren utvecklat och levererat en rad lyckosamma projekt till sina avnämare. Från och med februari 2009 går verksamheten in i en ny fas och i samband med detta får organisationen ny...

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1/21/2009
Breakfast seminars spring 2009

More interesting topics at SSCi breakfast seminars 2009. "We continue our seminar series at Wenner-Gren with a foucus on meeting the needs for SME Life science companies in the area", states Project Manager Filippa Kull. The first one this spring semester focuses on IPR as an investment and integrated part of a company strategy. For more information and registration, please click here: Event...

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1/13/2009
Job opportunity

Marketing assistant/Project Manager Stockholm Science City is seeking a Project Manager to support their office. For more information, please see information in Swedish below: Marknadsassistent/projektledare Beskrivning av arbetsuppgifter: Ansvara för löpande arbete avseende webbplatsen www. ssci. se. Skriva och producera erforderligt marknadsmaterial för såväl stiftelsen som varumärken inom...

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12/4/2008
EU Bridge course: All seats now taken

Stockholm Science City Foundation (SSCi) earlier announced courses within the framework of EU project Bridge, where SSCi is an active part. The announcement was favorable greetad and all seats are now taken, the first course starting off in February 2009 with a focus on regenerative medicine. For further information:Bridge: www. nanobridge. eu, Teresa Soop, project manager mobile: +46 734 38 38...

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11/25/2008
Seminars on hearing aid devices gained sympathy

Hearing Bridge (Hörselbron) recently participated in two external seminars; at the Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology (Hjälpmedelsinstitutet) seminar for Leaders within hearing aid care, where Operating Director Peter Nordqvist stressed the importance of that follow ups and control of quality within hearing rehabilitation need to be harmonized, and at the Swedish Audio Society (Svenska...

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10/23/2008
The Swedish government supports Life Science initiatives in Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden

Today the Swedish government presented their description of how the public research money will be spent the up-coming four years. The description clearly supports the life science project initiated by Stockholm Science City Foundation's scientific council. The description comments the project SciLife Lab - a national life science centre - which was initiated by the scientific council...

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10/13/2008
Hearing Link meets its audience at Central Station, October 13 - 18 2008

SSCi project - Hearing Link, meats the public The interdisciplinary project within Stockholm Science City Foundation (SSCi), Hearing Link (Swedish: Hörselbron), meets the public during the so called Hearing week which is a joint event between Karolinska Institutet and The Swedish Association of Hard of Hearing People (HRF). Join and learn more Conduct a hearing test and learn more about...

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10/10/2008
Focus on communicating the life science development in Norra Station

Stockholm Science City Foundation's focus on communicating life science in Norra Station opens for new collaborator to join the academia - business - society team in Wenner-Gren Center.   On Monday September 29 Hanna E. Lagerberg joined Stockholm Science City Foundation. Hanna's main focus will be on supporting the communications for the life science development in Norra Station including the...

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10/6/2008
Updates on the 2008 Nobel Prize

For updates on the 2008 Nobel Prize click here.

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9/26/2008
Björn O. Nilsson, CEO IVA, new head of SSN steering committee

Björn O. Nilsson, CEO IVA, is to become new head of the steering committee for the national project Sweden ScienceNet (SSN). SSN is a joint project between eight Swedish universities with the aim to, together with it’s financiers, improve the handling of applications and contracts. Vinnova is the main project sponsor and the work is maintained by Stockholm Science City. SSN is a joint project...

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9/19/2008
EU BRIDGE project enters new phase

The work on BRIDGE, an EU project, where Stockholm Science City is one of the leading partners, has now entered the second phase in the work process. As a result of the new phase the BRIDGE model is now being tested by following a number of steering documents. Three clear and financed research projects within Regenerative Medecin is included in the model. Regenerative Medecin involves the...

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7/10/2008
SSCi starts new project within Indoor Environment

On July 8, Frida Nordström signed to become a part time project manager for SIEN - Stockholm Indoor Environment Network (CIM - Centrum för Inomhusmiljö) at Stockholm Science City for the period of 12 months. She will begin her duty on August 15. "We're very happy that this project will be at full speed in August thus providing academia with a project in their interest as well as filling the need...

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6/27/2008
Information about Stockholms Teknikhöjd AB

On July 1, 2008 all operations in Stockholms Teknikhöjd AB (Teknikhöjden) was transferred to its new owner Stiftelsen Electrum, also owner of Kista Science City AB and the incubator STING AB. The real estate property Norra Djurgården 1:9 (Teknikhöjdenhuset) was sold the City of Stockholm (Stockholms stads exploateringskontor). Stockholms Teknikhöjd ABThe remaining operation of Stockholms...

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6/19/2008
Linné grants to universities in Stockholm

The three universities in Stockholm has been awarded an annual amout of 5 to 10 MSEK for a period of maximum 10 years from the Linneaeus fund. Karolinska Institutet received the money for The Human Regenerative Map, Individualized prediction and prevention of breast and prostate cancer and Center for Research on Inflammation and Cardiovascular. Stockholm University for Linneaeus Centre for Social...

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5/30/2008
The Swedish Minister for Higher Education and Research, Lars Leijonborg wants to stimulate Swedish research companies.

The government wants to stimulate competitive power among Swedish companies and suggests three key ares that will probably be found in the fall’s research bill.  Among the Minister’s suggestions are the removal of VAT on higher education and the increase of State grants for research. He also proposes improved tax conditions for those who want to donate money to research. “I commit myself to...

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3/13/2008
SSCi seminars

In January the Tools of Science seminar with iNovcia AB was held. On 13 March around 40 representatives of companies and organisations took part in SSCi’s breakfast seminar on the subject “Stockholm–Uppsala Bioregion (SUBR) a joint effort for growth”. Further seminars are planned during the spring including one by Dan Andrée who will explain how to influence future content of the 7th EU Framework...

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3/12/2008
Sweden Science Net 2.0

Sweden ScienceNet (SSN) continues to work to lay the foundation of a national platform for management of research information and has now entered a new phase - SSN 2.0 armed with a new, three year basic budget from Vinnova. Four new universities have been invited to participate and the first out to join is Linköping University. Within the SSN 2.0 framework there will also be an expansion of at...

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3/11/2008
New cooperation agreement

Stockholm Science City has signed a Letter of Intent on mutual exchange of information regarding benchmarking with Oslo Cancer Cluster, Oslo Cancer Cluster Innovasjosparkt and Oslo Naeringseiendom AS. Contat: Henrik Mickos, mobile +46 709 352371.

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3/4/2008
New interdisciplinary project: Hearing Bridge

Hearing Bridge (Hörselbron) aims to become the leading platform within technical assistance to communication for both the hearing impaired and the hearing. These new interdisciplinary operations are to reach the leading edge by coordinating Stockholm Region’s unique competences and resources within the fields of hearing physiology, hearing impairments, acoustics, signal processing,...

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3/4/2008
EU project Bridge

Bridging Biomaterial Research Excellence between Industry and Academia across Europe - Bridge.  Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden is a partner within the EU project Bridge. The aim is to develop a European platform for research and business/industry within nanomedicine. For further information on Bridge please visit: http://www. nanobridge. eu/index. phpFor further information on the other...

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2/22/2008
Absolute world class: SciLife Lab

On 21 February the three presidents - Harriet Wallberg Henriksson (Karolinska Institutet - KI), Peter Gudmundson (Royal Institute of Technology - KTH) and Kåre Bremer (Stockholm University - SU) – submitted their joint project description for the SciLife Lab to Lars Leijonborg, the Minister for Higher Education and Research at the Ministry of Education and Research. The work of establishing this...

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2/18/2008
New colleagues

In February Audrey Niemann-Jönsson and Paul Beatus were employed on a project basis to work with EU project BRIDGE. Both have previously worked at Karolinska Institutet. Contact

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2/15/2008
Land allocated in Norra station

On 14 February, the Land Planning Board met and took the two following decisions as concerns developments in the Norra station area:1) “The Board allocates land for commercial purposes within the property entitled Vasastaden 1:16 to NCC Property Development AB.”2) “The Board mandated the Land Planning Office to conclude a land allocation agreement.”This means that NCC has been allocated land...

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1/24/2008
Launch Tools of Science for private owned companies

The participants at today's launch of Tools of Science for private owned firms had the opportunity to meet Teresa Soop, project manager from Stockholm Science City as well as CEO Thomas Olin from iNovacia – a spin-off company from Biovitrum.  Thomas shared his view of the trends within outsourcing, their work in an international environment as well as their experiences from working with local...

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1/23/2008
Mr. and Mrs. Gates receive honorary doctorates at KI

Karolinska Instituet gives founder of Microsoft Bill Gates and his wife Melinda French Gates the degree Honorary Doctors of Medicine. Mr and Mrs Gates will both receive honorary doctorates of medicine in recognition of their support of scientific work on global health issues through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They have made an active and long-term contribution to improving human health...

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12/17/2007
ERC has granted four Stockholm researchers

Congratulations - ERC has granted four young reserachers from Stockholm! Researchers applying for grants in ERC's first call, "Starting Independent Researcher Grant", have been notified regarding the successfulness of their application. Out of the 9 167 proposals that were submitted by young researchers to the first call for young scientists, 559 continued to the second part of the evaluation...

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12/6/2007
Stockholm among the best cities in Europe for prospective researchers

Press release 5 November 2007     CHE Excellence Ranking: Stockholm among the best cities in Europe for prospective researchers   Gütersloh 4 December 2007. The Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) in Germany has released a “Ranking of Excellent European Graduate Programmes” in the disciplines of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. The ranking aims to simplify the search...

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11/14/2007
New collaborator

On November 14th Tor Regberg joined Stockholm Science City. Tor will replace Ola Björkman as Director of operational division Bioscience. Tor still holds a position at Karolinska Institutet and will be working part time at Stockholm Science City. He has a background from the industry working at Amersham, Biotage and Apoteksbolaget. We wish Ola Björkman the best in his new position as Managing...

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11/11/2007
Tools of Science at Bio Ångström in Uppsala

Tools of Science attracts the experts Tools of Science was well exposed at the 3rd BIO Ångström conference for cross-disciplinary life science applications on November 7th in Uppsala and attracted some 100 attendants from academia and industry. Among the speakers were professor Martin Ingvar from Karolinska Institutet, Sverker Ljunghall from Astra Zeneca and Maria Strömme from Uppsala...

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11/8/2007
Peter Gudmundson New President at KTH

Peter Gudmundson new President at KTH Today the Government officially designated Peter Gudmundson President for KTH. Mr. Gudmundson is currently a professor in Mechanics of Materials at KTH and is also a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Services (IVA). Mr. Gudmundson succeeds Anders Flodström who during the spring of this year was designated the Chancellor of Swedish Nation...

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10/10/2007
New Karolinska University Hospital

New Karolinska universtiy hospital receives extra financing New Karolinska receives extra financing in order to speed up the development of the new hospital. Stockholm County Council decided on tuesday to add another 60Msek to bring forward the development of the New Karolinska Hospital. - "We want to make sure the hospital is ready for occupation 2015-2017", states Chris Heister, chief of...

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10/8/2007
New technology added on toolsofscience.se

The Department of Neurochemistry at Stockholm University has added their technology to the Tools of Science platform, run by Stockholm Science City. The researchers at the department have developed a solid-phase methodology to synthesize peptides, with the purpose to study different processes in disease. Furthermore, they study cell-penetrating peptides that function as cellular transporters...

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6/13/2007
Stockholm Cleantech Park launched

Researchers and entrepreneurs in swedish cleantech finally get their own greenhouse to grow new business ideas. Stockholm Cleantech Park is a new division within the business park Stockholm Technology Park, a fully owned subsidiary of Stockholm Science City. Article in Swedish in Dagens MiljöArticle in Swedish in EkonominyheternaArticle in Swedish in Ny Teknik For further information, please...

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5/7/2007
Increased EU funding for Small and Medium sized enterprises

Stockholm Science City notifies Life Science companies concerning increased EU funding FP7  Together with Uppsala Bio and Biotechvalley, Stockholm Science City holds 3 separate seminars on Life Science companies concerning increased EU funding FP7. A larger budget EU’s new framework programme for the period 2007-2013 (FP7) enjoys a considerably larger budget than the previous FP6 Programme (a...

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4/19/2007
North Station district

Development district hosts academia, business and housing. Important mile-stone descisions for bioscience in Stockholm. Two important decisions taken today at City Hall paves the way for further development of the North Station district and the establishment of a life science cluster in close proximity to Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, the Royal Institute of...

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4/2/2007
The Göran Gustafsson awards of this year

The greatest national prices of nature sciences - are seen as the most prestigious and wanted prices among young Swedish scientists. The prices include a personal check on 100 000 SEK and 4, 5 MSEK dedicated to research over a period of three years. The Göran Gustafsson prices of 2007 are awarded: Carel Faber, professor in mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology, and Christos...

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3/29/2007
Decision on architectural plan for the Albano area

Property company Akademiska Hus launches architectural plan for the Albano area. Four architects - BSK Arkitekter, Christens & Co arkitekter, Gullichsen Vormala Arkitekter and KHR Rundquist arkitekter have all made their individual vision of the Albano area including new educational and research facilities. BSK Arkitekter and Christensen & Co arkitekter are the two companies who get the...

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2/21/2007
Blue Gene Supercomputer

PRESS RELEASE     21 February 2007    New supercomputer brings unique opportunities for Swedish brain research   Approximately 127 million people in Europe are suffering from some kind of brain disease or injury. With the long term goal to improve diagnostics and find new therapies in their sights, the Stockholm Brain Institute (SBI) and IBM have embarked on a partnership that gives Swedish...

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1/25/2007
New employee

On the 15th of January Mina Mousaeian joined Stockholm Science City. Mina will be an assistant in accounting and in charge of office services. Her tasks will include greeting visitors to showroom with models of Karolinska/North Station area and Albano.

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12/21/2006
New head office

2006-12-21 On the 23rd of February 2007 the organisation Stockholm Science City will move into new facilities on the 12th floor in Wennergren Center, Sveavägen 166. The new office location will be situated right in the middle of the area Stockholm Science City overlooking the development of the North Station area as well as the Albano area. “In our new representative office we will be able to...

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12/1/2006
Launch new website

2006-12-01 SSC launch new website. Keep yourself posted on what's going on in Stockholm Science City - a true center of excellence. There's more to come so feel free to e-mail us your comments on info@stockholmsciencecity. com

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11/2/2006
Stockholm Science City concludes agreement with MaRS in Toronto, Canada

Press release 2 November 2006 Stockholm Science City (Vetenskapsstaden) and MaRS, a centre for entrepreneurship and innovation within the life sciences located in central Toronto in Canada, have concluded an agreement on long term cooperation. The aim of this cooperation is to strengthen the two cities as leading global centres within life sciences. The signing of the agreement was carried out...

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10/25/2006
Launch of "Tools of Science" platform

2006-10-25 On October 24th, Stockholm Science City invited scientists from the industry, Karolinska Institute (KI), The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University to attend the Tools of Science event in Wenner-Gren center. Three of Stockholm’s most brilliant researchers presented their view on multidisciplinary research and the need of collaborations across disciplines:...

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9/27/2006
SSC participates in Bio Tech Forum

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9/27/2006
SSC launch new logo

Stockholm Science City goes fromReal estate owner          to Business developer

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6/2/2006
Stockholm Brain Institute

Stockholm Brain Institute has gained access to a new resource - Astra Zeneca will invest SEK 80 million over a period of five years in a PET Centre that will lead the world. Through a cooperation agreement with Karolinska Institutet, Astra Zeneca will invest SEK 80 million in the construction of one of the world’s leading PET Centres. This Centre will play a vital role for research within the...

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5/23/2006
Core Facilities

2006-05-23 World class research requires access to advanced equipment and advanced competence Stockholm BioScience, a part of Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden, builds information platforms for researchers from both the commercial and the academic spheres. These web-based platforms are intended to achieve more rational utilisation of the equipment and competence available at research...

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5/22/2006
New Karolinska University Hospital

2006-05-22 This weekend the construction of a new hospital building – scheduled for completion in 2013 – passed one more important milestone with the inauguration of an exhibition of the five proposals produced during the design competition. Hospital Director Cecilia Schelin Seidegård. Hospital Director Cecilia Schelin Seidegård and County Council Commissioner for Investment Dag Larsson were...

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5/16/2006
New employees

2006-05-16 On 15th May, Filippa Kull joined Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden as Project Manager within the operational area Stockholm Bioscience. Filippa is originally a researcher from Karolinska Institutet and has most recently been working at the Wallenberg Consortium North where she was a scientific secretary for almost three years.

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4/15/2006
Coordination – Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden helps with cluster building

2006-04-15 Stockholm Science City (SSC) has, within the framework of cluster building, developed an initial model for joint university and business/industry projects. This model is illustrated as below: Pilot project - Indoor Environment The pilot project Indoor Environment has really taken off. After the Stockholm BioScience analysis for choice of sector and the interview phase in order to...

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2/1/2006
Stockholm BioScience – now a part of Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden!

2006-02-01 As a natural part of operational development, Stockholm BioScience (SBS) became a formal part of Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden on 1 February 2006. SBS has become a sub-division of Stockholm Science City and will retain its name and focus on operations within the biosciences. This merger will provide valuable opportunities for Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden as...

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1/24/2006
New operational emphasis

2006-01-24 Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden has adopted a new operational emphasis and is aiming high as defined in its overall objectives. These include the goal of assisting in the creation of 5000 new employment opportunities within the Stockholm Science City/Vetenskapsstaden area by 2012, making the area an internationally recognised centre for leading edge cooperation between...

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