SPARK Norway projects

UiO:Life Science's innovation programme SPARK Norway for health related life sciences has a portfolio of 19 active teams and 23 alumni teams.

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Active teams

Autologous cell-based therapy for coagulation factor deficiencySPARKee Giacomo Roman.

  • Project leader: Giacomo Roman, Department of Haematology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Maria E. Chollet (UiO/OUS), Anindita Bhattacharya (UiO/OUS), Knut Lauritzen (UiO/OUS), Christian Qvigstad (UiO/OUS), Gareth Sullivan (OUS), Per Morten Sandset (UiO/OUS), Benedicte Stavik (OUS)

Blood-based test for solid cancer early detectionSPARKee Carmen Herrera.

  • Project leader: Carmen Herrera, Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Pål Falnes (UiO) and UiO Growth House

Ligament balancing in total knee arthroplasty - a systematic approach to Bellemans techniqueSPARKee Lars Engseth

  • Project leader: Lars Engseth, Department of Orthopaedics - Ullevål, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital 
  • Team members: Stephan Röhrl (OUS/UiO), Jørgen Grønsund (UiS/Moreld Capnor)

EvoMab: germinal center guided affinity maturation of therapeutic antibodiesSPARKee Johanne Tracey Jacobsen

  • Project leader: Johanne Jacobsen, Department of Immunology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo
  • Team member: Valgerdur Bjørnsdottir (UiO)

Mathematical biomarkers to predict treatment response in breast cancerSPARKee Leonard Schmiester.

  • Project leader: Leonard Schmiester, Department of Biostatistics Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Alvaro Köhn-Luque (OUS), Arnoldo Frigessi (UiO/OUS), Aleix Prat (Hospital Clinic Barcelona), Fara Brasó-Maristany (Hospital Clinic Barcelona), Vessela Kristensen (OUS/UiO), Youness Azimzade (UiO)

PharmaChipSPARKee Steven Wilson.

  • Project leader: Steven Ray Wilson, Section for Chemical Life Sciences - Biomolecules, Bio-inspired Materials and Bioanalytics, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Frøydis Sved Skottvoll (SINTEF), Aleksandra Aizenshtadt (UiO), Stefan Krauss (UiO/OUS), Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard (UiO), Michal Mielnik (SINTEF)

DUCT chip – An artificial bile duct on a chip recapitulating immune functionsSPARKee Henry Hoyle

  • Project leader: Henry Hoyle, Division of Surgery, Inflammatory Diseases and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO
  • Team members: Anna Katharina Frank (OUS), Espen Melum (OUS/UiO), Stefan Krauss (UiO/OUS), Mathias Busek (UiO), Aleksandra Aizenshtadt (UiO) and Kayoko Shoji (UiO)

Novel vaccine platform for animal healthSPARKee Hanne Winther-Larsen

  • Project leader: Hanne Winther-Larsen, Institute of Pharmacy, UiO 
  • Team members: Saranya Subramani (UiO) and Aina Rengmark (Inven2)

Experimental-computational platform for antibody-target designSPARKee Rahmad Akbar

  • Project leader: Rahmad Akbar, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Dept. of Immunology, UiO
  • Team members: Professor Victor Greiff (UiO/OUS), Professor Jan Terje Andersen (UiO/OUS), Dr. Fridtjof Lund-Johansen (OUS/UiO)

FGF-engineered cytotoxic nano-vesicles as therapy for glioblastomaSPARKee Yunjie Wu

  • Project leader: Yunjie Wu, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacology, UiO 
  • Team members: Linlin Song (OUS), Jørgen Wesche (OUS/UiO) and Marit Inngjerdingen (OUS/UiO)

Personalized Rapid Ex vivo Determination of Immunotherapeutic Cancer Treatment (PREDICT)SPARKee Audun Kvalvaag

  • Project leader: Audun Kvalvaag, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital 
  • Team members: Dr. Ieva Ailte (OUS) and Professor Harald Stenmark (OUS/UiO)

p95HER2-CAR T cell targeting metastatic breast cancer on-Target, but no off-TumorSPARKee Esmaeil Dorraji

  • Project leader: Esmaeil Dorraji, Institute for Cancer Research, Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Jon Amund Kyte, Aina Rengmark, Eivind Roverud, Magdalena Gjefle and Bjørn Naume

Targeting the TREM2-receptor for Alzheimer’s disease therapy SPARKee Lars Nilsson

  • Project leader: Lars Nilsson, Pharmacology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO
  • Team members: Vibeke Årskog, Sandra Kühn, Jo Klaveness


rOoC (revolving Organ-on-chip platform) Alexandra Aizenshtadt.

  • Project leader: Dr. Alexandra Aizenshtadt, Centre of Excellence - Hybrid Technology Hub, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Dr. Mathias Busek, Chencheng Wang, Prof. Steven Ray Haakon Wilson, Prof. Stefan Krauss, Dr. Hanne Scholz

Novel targets for attenuating disease progression in Parkinson’s diseaseTanima SenGupta

  • Project leader: Nicola Pietro Montaldo, Dept. of Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Prof. Hilde Nilsen, Francisco G Naranjo, Kulbhushan Sharma, Swapnil Gupta, Torkild Visnes

Cancer Stem Cell Prognostics in Patient Prostate Tumor OrganoidsAdam Filipczyk

  • Project leader: Adam Filipczyk, Div. of Laboratory Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Carsten Marr, Arne Klungland, Kyrre Eeg Emblem, Rune Ougland

Broadly reactive vaccines against seasonal infectious disease Image may contain: Smile, Eyebrow, Black, Gesture, Style.

  • Project leader: Kristin Lunder Klausen PhD candidate, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital
  • Team member: Dr. Gunnveig Grødeland, UiO

Tankyrase inhibition for therapy of fibrotic diseases Image may contain: Nose, Hair, Smile, Mouth, Eyelash.

  • Project leader: Shoshy Alam Brinch, Hybrid Technology Hub, UiO and Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Jo Waaler (OUS/UiO) and Stefan Krauss (UiO/OUS)

Novel Treatment for Patients with GlioblastomaImage may contain: Woman, Face, Hair, Photograph, Facial expression.

  • Project leader: Postdoc Aleksandra Dukic, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO and Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Professor Kjetil Taskén, Associate Professor Rafi Ahmad and Inven2

 

Published Feb. 1, 2019 5:56 PM - Last modified Mar. 13, 2024 1:53 PM