Here you will find the summary of Centre for Digital Life Norway from 2022!
Comment from the centre director
Dear all!
It is a privilege to present the 2022 Digital Life Norway (DLN) annual report. In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic came to an end, allowing students to return to our campuses and infuse them with renewed vitality. We have traded virtual meetings, workshops, conferences, networking, and socialization for in-person ones, ushering in a more dynamic and engaging educational experience.
Trygve Brautaset
Scientific director DLN 2.0
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Dear all!
It is a privilege to present the 2022 Digital Life Norway (DLN) annual report. In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic came to an end, allowing students to return to our campuses and infuse them with renewed vitality. We have traded virtual meetings, workshops, conferences, networking, and socialization for in-person ones, ushering in a more dynamic and engaging educational experience.
The wider society has also warmly welcomed this shift, particularly at the Centre, where it has enabled us to continue our critical role in promoting national collaboration in biotechnology. By facilitating physical gatherings once again, we are better positioned to foster meaningful connections and further our mission.
In 2022 our new Centre organization structure has been truly settled. We have established a good balance in number of research projects as existing projects gradually come to an end and new projects are taken into the Centre. We have implemented effective onboarding and alumni procedures for new and terminated projects, respectively. This ensures seamless recruitment and continuation, allowing us to maintain a consistent level of over more than 40 active DLN research projects over the past 1-2 years.
The Innovation Roadmap project has started up 12 different pilots and this project is now fully integrated in the Centre and our Board. This project was basis for our DLN event at Arendalsuka including a panel debate on biotechnology and innovations to surface important perspectives from key stakeholders.
Our popular industry internship program was arranged for the third time with high number of motivated applicants; we continue to receive positive feedback both from the PhDs as well as from the host organizations, and a 4th industry internship round is currently under preparation.
In 2022 we made strong connection with our sister project AFINO, first by arranging a DLN-AFINO summer school followed by a joint policy forum with also the Research Council of Norway on board. We also arranged for the 2nd time our signature course on transdisciplinary biotechnology which included several DLN research projects as active contributors and hosts for the practical and experimental parts of this program.
We continued arranging various seminars, meetings and workshops including reintroducing our traditional "Digital Frukost"-series, co-arranging the Norwegian Bioinformatics Days, as well as arranging thematic events on popular science communication, modelling living systems, and more.
We announced calls on best transdisciplinary paper and best use of FAIR principles, and our annual conference was this year physical again in Trondheim focusing on “How to work transdisciplinary in biotechnology”. The working group on Key Performance Indicators finished their work and you can read more about all this in this annual report.
Altogether, 2022 has been a very active year for DLN and we are looking very much forward to a hopefully fruitful, inspiring, and productive 2023 together with all of you.
Trygve Brautaset
Scientific director DLN 2.0
Comment from the board chairperson
The year 2022 was the second year of the second 5-year period of DLN. I think it is fair to say that the center is well established and operations are running smoothly, despite frequent change of personnel. DLN is recognized in a broad segment of the Norwegian life science research community as a driving force to spur interdisciplinary research and innovation, integrating responsible research and innovation (RRI) practices in all our work.
Finn-Eirik Johansen
Board chairperson
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The year 2022 was the second year of the second 5-year period of DLN. I think it is fair to say that the center is well established and operations are running smoothly, despite frequent change of personnel. DLN is recognized in a broad segment of the Norwegian life science research community as a driving force to spur interdisciplinary research and innovation, integrating responsible research and innovation (RRI) practices in all our work.
Research and innovation in the affiliated researcher projects are supported by the core activities of the center. Since the foundation of the center, the efforts in RRI have been further strengthened by targeted funding from the RCN, first for RRI and currently for innovation. The Innovation Roadmap project is now in its operational phase and a major activity of the DLN, overseen by the coordinators, project leader and the board. I am sure that we will learn things from this project that will have implications way beyond DLN, and will likely impact how the RCN works with universities, research institutes and industry to facilitate innovations in the future.
When DLN started, AI was a prominent research area in the digital sciences; computer science, information science, and data science, but had not yet entered life sciences to the extent that we see today. Today, AI permeates all areas of research and has become accessible in everyday life though resources such as ChatGPT, Elicit and others. These technologies will have a major impact on all areas of research. To strengthen the board’s competence in this area as well as in innovation, we decided to increase the number of industry representatives. I am very happy that we were able to recruit to the board Ola Engkvist, Head of Molecular AI at AstraZeneca and Adjunct Professor in AI and Machine Learning-Based Drug Design at Chalmers University of Technology. His strong background in computational chemistry, innovation and AI has already proved to be a great asset to DLN.
With restrictions due to the pandemic waning, many of us were looking forward to a return to normality in 2022. Unfortunately, this was not the case as war in Europe has overshadowed most other world events, particularly as viewed from Norway. I encourage you to show support for colleagues, students and the people of Ukraine in any way you can. Let us hope that that their situation will improve in 2023.
I wish you all the best for 2023.
Finn-Eirik Johansen
Board chairperson
The Centre for Digital Life Norway transforms Norwegian biotechnology research and education to increase innovation and value creation for society. The Centre has research projects all over the country. Transdisciplinary collaboration is our trademark.
Centre highlights
DLN 2.0 includes seven partner institutions and a strong competence hub centered around an Operational Management Team (OMT), an Expert Task Force (ETF) and a Junior Resource Group (JRG). The seven partner institutions are NTNU, UiO, UiB, UiT, NMBU, SINTEF, OUS.
- COLLABORATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND PROJECTS
- INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATION
- DATA MANAGEMENT
- RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (RRI)
- TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- DIGITAL LIFE NORWAY RESEARCH SCHOOL
- COMMUNICATION AND THE DIGITAL LIFE NORWAY COMMUNITY
COLLABORATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND PROJECTS
Funded cross-project activities
In 2022, four applications for a cross-project activity were funded. The activities include workshops, shared PhD students, and scientific pilot studies. Also, some previously funded activities have come to an end and the involved have shared their experiences.
Overall, we see that the cross-project initiatives leads to closer collaboration between projects at different institutions and different fields, and even new research proposals to the RCNs ‘Emerging technologies’ call.
Digital Frukost seminar series
After an internal evaluation during the spring in 2022, the ‘Digital frukost’-seminar series was relaunched in fall of 2022. Going forward, the series will be fully digital and open, focusing on specific topics or issues within the sphere of responsible digital life science research and education, by bringing in different voices and perspectives from academia and other actors.
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First off was a pre-event to the Norwegian Bioinformatics Days 2022 conference, with the title “Next generation bioinformatics” (co-organized with Tekna). Other topics included “Can we find the solution to the antibiotic resistance crisis in the ocean” (part of Forskningsdagene), “Open access week: The rise of the data stewards” (collaboration with University Libraries), and “AI and responsible research and innovation in health decision-making” (collaboration with NORA).
Some of the events have, in addition to presentations, included a panel discussion. Overall, the new profile of the series is a nice way to encourage collaboration with relevant actors and attracts more registered participants than previous years.
You can find recordings from the events on our YouTube channel.
Transdisciplinary publication of the year
Following lengthy discussions in the evaluation committee and in the Operational Management Team of DLN, we have decided to not hand out the award this year. Read why here.
During 2023, DLN will re-evaluate the criteria for the transdisciplinary award to align better with the actual efforts that we know are made in the biotechnology and life science communities, but that are not easily included in a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
Norwegian Bioinformatics Days 2022
Starting in 2021, the centre has been a driving actor in gathering the Norwegian bioinformatics community to a national conference. In September, close to a hundred participants from academia, governmental organizations and industry joined for a meeting at Sundvolden Hotel. A more expensive report from the event can be found here. The co-organised event was a great success and is planned to be repeated biennial – next in collaboration with the ‘Bioinformatics in Bergen’ meeting in 2024, and we hope to meet you there!
INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATION
The ambitious goal of the Centre for Digital Life Norway is to transform Norwegian biotechnology research to become more transdisciplinary and to stimulate value creation and innovation.
Innovation Roadmap - Phase two
In February 2022, the Steering Committee of the Innovation Roadmap project (RCN 30 MNOK) approved the action plan, and in August the project formally moved into phase two. In this phase, the project is integrated more directly into DLN and reports to the RCN and the DLN Board on the same terms as the DLN Research School.
In 2022, members of the OMT, led by the innovation senior advisors, launched 8 pilots and 7 pre-projects which are each connected to one or more DLN projects (see figure below). The progress in each pilot will be continuously documented and evaluated along the way. The output of the Roadmap project will be set of evidence-based recommendations which move research towards innovation in digital life sciences.
This phase of the Innovation Roadmap project “will experiment with 30-40 different ideas, inspired and tested internationally and adapted to our situations, each with the aim to help the transition of academic ideas into products, ideas, services, solutions, which make an impact in society. Many of these pilots have not been tested before in Norway. We will work closely together with other relevant actors, in all of Norway. This will also help to build new enthusiasm for innovation in academia." says UiO Professor and project manager Arnoldo Frigessi.
Read more about innovation roadmap here.
Arendalsuka 2022
In August 2022 Phase 2 of the project was presented at Arendalsuka. Arendalsuka is the largest political gathering in Norway where various organisations can talk directly with leading decision makers from academia, business, civil society and politics.
The event asked the following question: "How should Norway stimulate to more innovation from biotechnology research?"
As an introduction to this question, project leader for Innovation Roadmap, professor Arnoldo Frigessi at UiO, together with Senior advisor for Innovation at DLN, Alexandra Patriksson, presented the Innovation Roadmap project. The event had an open discussion with invited panelists. Read more about the event and see video recordings here (In Norwegian).
Norwegian stand at Nordic Life Science Days
Nordic Life Science Days is the largest Nordic partnering conference dedicated to the life science industry. In September 2022 the conference was in Malmø, Sweden.
Centre for Digital Life Norway and three of DLN research projects was part of the Norwegian stand together with friends from Oslo Cancer Cluster, SPARK Norway, The Research Council of Norway, Inven2, Aleap, Innovation Norway, The Life Science Cluster, Norwegian Health Tech, Veksthuset for livsvitenskap – Life Science Growth House, Legemiddelindustrien (LMI), Nansen Neuroscience Network, VIS (Vestlandets Innovasjonsselskap) and Norwegian Inflammation Network (NORIN).
DLN supported the projects in meetings with potential collaborators.
DLN Industry Internship
2022 also was the third year of the successful and highly popular Industry Internship programme of DLN. A total of 11 companies, both Norwegian and international, showed their interest in the programme by sending in 14 different project proposals. 8 companies with one project each were lucky to host an intern over three months. The Industry Internship programme is run as a collaboration between the DLN research school and DLN Innovation, and open for all PhD students who are members of the research school to apply. DLN received 39 student applications for the internship stipend. The host organisations are recruited through the DLN network of industry and other relevant organisations.
Feedback from the companies were overwhelmingly positive, reporting back that it was very valuable for the companies having a DLN Intern as they are highly qualified and brought much competence with them. The majority of the companies found it important or very important to give the students insight into how it is to work in the industry, and to promote cooperation between the industry and academia. Other important motivations to participate in the program were to contribute to more students choosing a career within the industry, as well as allowing the companies to allocate a person to a project otherwise not prioritized due to lack of resources.
When the interns are finished with their internship, they are required to write a blog post or other publishable text to communicate their experience with working outside of academia. Currently four blog posts are out, and more are in the workings, among these, one is being planned to try to be published in a national open access journal, Khrono or similar. The students are also presenting the program and their experiences to different institutional boards and committees to establish the importance of such internships being an integral part of a PhD educational path.
Read about the interns experiences and feedback below:
- Olaug Elisabeth Torheim Bergum: How I ended up at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH/FHI)"
- Bente Sirin Barge: "Applying for the DLN industrial internship turned out to be one of the best decisions I made this year".
- Ataur Rahman used the LC-MS to see the degradation pattern of the antimicrobial peptides in his internship
- Verena Mertes had a great internship at ArcticZymes Technologies in Tromsø from September to November
DATA MANAGEMENT
The Data & Models competence area of the Centre for Digital Life Norway (DLN) has had a productive year in 2022, with a continued focus on building competencies, developing infrastructure and engaging in policy work. These three pillars have helped to further advance DLN's mission to promote responsible and sustainable use of data in life sciences research.
FAIR Data Award 2022
DLN is thrilled to congratulate Elisabeth Lundsør from the University of Oslo as winner of the DLN FAIR Data award 2022! The team’s Inner Oslofjorden Phytoplankton Database is a comprehensive database containing quantitative phytoplankton cell counts, associated metadata and available environmental data from 605 sampling events from 1896 to 2020.
“We are honored to receive this award. It was a long and tedious job collecting all the data from “boxes and drawers”, and convincing everyone that it was essential to share it. This reward greatly acknowledges that work and shows everyone how important and appreciated data sharing is!” - Elisabeth Lundsør
Read more about the award here.
Competence workshops
After several virtual workshops, DLN held its first in-person software carpentry workshop in December in Bergen together with ELIXIR Norway, NRIS and the UiB library. This workshop aimed to provide attendees with hands-on training in open-source software development, data visualization thereby improving their competencies in these areas. In addition, DLN organized two data management planning workshops with the institutions and ELIXIR Norway. Further the Data & models team contributed to three PhD courses with lectures on Research Data Management (RDM) aspects. These initiatives have helped to build the competencies of the wider life science research community, enabling them to handle and manage their data more effectively.
Infrastructure development
DLN has been working on interoperability between easyDMP and the Data Stewardship Wizard together with ELIXIR Norway and Sigma2. This includes the exchange of data management plans (DMPs) in the RDA DCS format, making it easier for researchers to reuse the information from their DMPs across different tools. Furthermore, DLN has further developed the possibilities to use the Norwegian e-infrastructure for Life Sciences through the user interface of SEEK, improving the useability for the community.
Policy engagement
In 2022, DLN joined the Digital Sequence Information Scientific Network (DSI scientific network) open letter on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and appealed to the Norwegian government. Possibly as a result of the DSI scientific network’s efforts, the CBD Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in 2022 released a statement on the need for FAIR and open digital sequence information. Additionally, the Research Council of Norway has now changed its policy and assesses proposals based on open data and open science. This change aligns with the opinion expressed across several hearings and opinion pieces by the DLN data & model team, and we are very pleased with this outcome.
Data management events
Below is a list of DLN Data management events in 2022:
- FAIR Data Management in Life Sciences
- Life Science Data Management: Planning workshop
- Data management in practice with FAIRDOM-SEEK
- Digital Frukost - Open Access Week: The Rise of the Data Stewards
- Software Carpentry course in research computing skills: Shell, R for reproducible analysis, Git
- Webinar: Open Data requirements for Life Science Projects
- Data management in practice with FAIRDOM-SEEK
- Data Management Planning workshop for Life Science Projects
RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (RRI)
The primary focus of RRI activities have been towards building stronger institutional anchoring and collaborating with other stakeholders. While the focus in DLN 1.0 have been towards the research projects themselves, DLN 2.0 and 2022 activities emphasized increased collaboration with the Research Council of Norway and also strengthening the interaction and collaboration with the AFINO centre.
Key performance indicators developed in and for DLN
- Anders Braarud Hanssen, NTNU, DLN Senior adviser for RRI
- Randi Elisabeth Taxt, UiO, DLN Senior adviser for Innovation
- Elisabeth Gulbrandsen, Research Council of Norway (previously)
- Tom Pike, OsloMet, DLN board member industry representative
- Hanne Haslene-Hox, SINTEF, DLN project leader & Expert Task Force member
- Kjetill Sigurd Jakobsen, UiO, DLN project leader & Expert Task Force member
- Kam Sripada, NTNU, DLN Centre manager & Chair of KPI working group
II. Outcomes
III. Who and where
IV. Collaboration
V. Culture change
VI. Open science
VII. Transdisciplinary
VIII. Climate sustainability
Policy forum
Building on the previous policy forums in 2020 and 2021, DLN co-organized a 2-day policy forum at Kringler gjestegård in September 2022. Alongside AFINO the event sought to build stronger collaboration, learning and knowledge exchange between AFINO and DLN and discuss the changing policy landscape with participants from the Research Council of Norway. Read more about it here and see video interviews with participants.
Joint summer school with AFINO
On August 7-9, DLN and AFINO co-organized a summer school at UiO focusing on ‘critical research within institutions’ challenging participants from the research schools of AFINO and DLN to share experiences working on inter- and transdisciplinary research and RRI-related research problems.
More RRI-related events
Among other RRI-related events was the PhD-course Transdisciplinary biotechnology Course, held between 3-6 October and December 1-2 in Trondheim and the Modelling Living Systems seminar on September 15-16 in Bergen.
RRI was also a key topic in several of the Digital Frukost-events during the year.
DLN participated in the Workshop on Public Engagement, 
hosted by AFINO and the Danish Board of Technology (DBT), 19-20 May 2022, in Bergen. Participants from around Norway discussed how public engagement is an intervention in an RRI process. DBT described the wide variety of methods to engage the public — as well as what is NOT considered real engagement (see e.g., Arnstein’s Ladder).
RRI emphasised in Innovation Roadmap project
Responsible Research has been increasingly emphasized as a cross-cutting topic in the Innovation Roadmap project. On February 28, the basis for this roadmap was presented. The report TO BE: Moving the Digital Life Sciences in Norway towards increased innovation - Lessons from international innovation practices was based on 13 case studies from nine countries and examines international practice in supporting research-based innovation and entrepreneurship. The report underscore how RRI-principles in innovation processes and projects is a key factor in building legitimacy and anchoring of innovation activities in a sustainable manner. The RRI team have participated in the planning and implementation of several of the pilots stemming from the Roadmap with particular focus on the pilot AC1, Investor networks and Impact Investing.
TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT - DIGITAL LIFE NORWAY RESEARCH SCHOOL
Science based on convergence in line with the Digital Life mission is challenging, intellectually as well as culturally. It requires that talented young researchers are given opportunities to explore new horizons and embark on challenging scientific and societal problems, perhaps at the risk of failure. In addition, they will meet the intellectual challenge of scientific work in true transdisciplinary research groups, integrating knowledge across boundaries. Excellent researcher training and networking through the research school is a main success factor for the entire Digital Life mission.
Promoting transdisciplinary integration
The main goals of the research school are to promote transdisciplinary integration, build a culture for innovation, and create a new collective team spirit among all younger scientists who are connected to digital biotechnology. An important challenge for the research school is to create a distinct scientific profile and a feeling of belonging and commitment in a large and highly transdisciplinary group of PhD-students, postdocs, and their supervisors. The most important networking activities are PhD-courses, generic courses, and the annual 2-day conference for members. Trying to bring together young researchers with such diverse and transdisciplinary backgrounds is challenging, but in many ways, we have already succeeded in creating fora where PhD-students and post doctors can broaden their horizons and networks. There are good reasons to be optimistic of the Digital Life-concept among young researchers.
Memberships
The research school opened for memberships December 2016, and cas of December 2022 has 466 members and >300 alumni. The research school offers an arena for networking and career development to 300 PhD students and 166 post doctors, of which 277 females and 189 males. Our network also includes PhD supervisors and newsletter subscribers. The members come from a wide variety of scientific fields, from humanities, medical physics, and computer science to more classic disciplines of biotechnology.
Events
The main purpose of the research school is to create a community for PhD students and postdocs within the Digital Life Norway disciplines. This is predominantly pursued through physical events where young researchers can meet and get to know each other, but we also offer a variety of digital courses. In 2022, we organized and supported over 20 events with >260 participants and handed out ~40 travel grants. A complete overview of the 2022 events can be found on our website.
The 6th Annual Research School Conference
The annual conference for and by the members of the research school was held at Voksenåsen Hotel in Oslo from June 13-15th. The aim with this conference is to bring together scientists from different backgrounds and places to mingle, learn from each other’s experiences, ideas, and aspirations. After troubling corona years, the participants were given a chance to reconnect, make new friends and build future dreams. This year’s topics focused on how to establish contacts and a professional network; where to apply for the most suitable funding for our research projects; and how to envision a transition from academia to work in companies.
COMMUNICATION AND THE DIGITAL LIFE NORWAY COMMUNITY
Effective internal and external communication is crucial to reach the goals of Centre for Digital Life Norway. This includes communication between and across the competence hub, the projects, owner institutions and other stakeholders. The Centre also encourage member projects to communicate across disciplines and to make their research accessible to the public through popular science communication.
Monthly newsletters & social media
Information about the centre's activities are published on our website digitallifenorway.org and shared through monthly newsletters and on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
In 2022 we saw an increase in followers and subscribers on all platforms.
Digital Life Conference 2022
Centre for Digital Life Norway would like to thank all participants and contributors to the annual Digital Life 2022 conference in Trondheim! This year's theme was how to work transdisciplinary in biotechnology, and we got exposed to many good examples on how this can be done. We also had insightful workshops and a poster session back by popular demand this year. Here is a quick recap of the conference with video recordings of the plenary event.
Please find a summary of the conference and videos of selected presentations
Voters’ Choice Poster Award at the Digital Life 2022
We congratulate the joint winners of the Voters’ Choice Poster Award at the Digital Life 2022 conference:
Léa Rosselle PhD (Postdoc at Oslo University Hospital Translational Research Unit) with “CellFit: T cells fit to fight cancer” and Anum Masood PhD (Postdoc at NTNU MR Physics Group and MR Cancer Group) with “Automated Lymphoma Cancer Detection and Ann-Arbor Staging Using Deep Learning with 18F-FDG PET/MR Images.”
Forskning for folket! (Science to the people!)
Popular science helps to increase the participation of more people in society in research and allows them to contribute with their own perspectives.
Centre for Digital Life Norway encourages our member projects to share their research widely and make it understandable for other disciplines and the public in general. This is an important part of working towards the Centre's overall goal to foster transdisciplinary collaboration and contribute to responsible and sustainable creation of value for Norwegian society.
On the evening before the Digital Life 2022 conference kicked-off in October, the Centre organised a popular science challenge at a public event in Trondheim. The challenge was tackled head-on by young researchers from Digital Life Norway member projects.
Please find a summary and recordings for the presentations below (in Norwegian).
Project videos
The first projects to become members in DLN 2.0 got assistance to make an information video that communicates the project to a broad audience. The project research groups and communications at the DLN worked together to plan and execute the video productions with assistance from professional video production companies (RedAnt and Newslab).
You can see the videos on the Digital Life Norway YouTube channel here.
New member projects and onboarding
In 2022 two new exciting projects joined the Centre - CellFit and FINALphagy.
DLN organized onboarding sessions in Tromsø and Trondheim for the projects that joined in 2021. During these sessions, DLN introduced the new projects to its areas of competence and services. The existing member projects also participated in these sessions, providing an opportunity for both new and existing members to network and mingle.
Projects highlights
The centre has more than 45 transdisciplinary biotechnology projects led by universities and research institutes all over the country. The projects combine biotechnology with digital technology in health, aquaculture, agriculture, and industrial biotechnology.
Map includes projects added in early 2023. Projects that have passed their completion date remain in the DLN network and are now called “alumni projects.” Both active and alumni projects are shown on this map.
Click on the map to get full overview of all the projects.
PhD defences 2022
Several PhD candidates in the research projects in the Centre for Digital Life Norway defended their theses in 2022. Click on the name of their theses to download from the host universities of the candidates.
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dCod 1.0 - Decoding the systems toxicology of Atlantic cod
Karina Dale, UiB
- DigiBrain project - From genes to brain function in health and disease
Linn Rødevand, UiO
Cardiovascular disease risk across psychosocial and genetic factors in severe mental disorders
- OXYMOD - Optimized oxidative enzyme systems for efficient conversion of lignocellulose to valuable products
Anton Stepnov, NMBU
- DigiBiotics - Digital discovery of antimicrobial molecules from marine Artic resources with reduced risk of triggering resistance
Marte Jenssen, UiT, DLN Junior Resource Group
- PROVIZ - Prostate cancer visualization by MRI
Maria Bårdsen Hesjedal, NTNU, DLN Junior Resource Group
- Genome-scale metabolic modeling of metabolism in Bacillus safensis
Emil Karlsen, NTNU, DLN Junior Resource Group
Theoretical and applied aspects of genome-scale metabolic modeling
- DigiBiotics - Digital discovery of antimicrobial molecules from marine Artic resources with reduced risk of triggering resistance.
Eric Juskewitz, UiT, DLN Junior Resource Group
- BEDPAN - Developing an environmentally friendly, low-cost method for making palladium (Pd) nanoparticles
Nadeem Joudeh, UiO
Escherichia coli-mediated palladium nanoparticle synthesis
2022 AT A GLANCE
Event timeline 2022
Links to the events 2022
The people
Members from the seven host institutions, NTNU, UiO, UiB, NMBU, OUS, SINTEF and UiT, in addition to industry representation and the Research Council of Norway.
The Expert Task Force is part of the The Centre for Digital Life Norway (DLN) competence hub.
The Junior Resource Group (JRG) is a voice of young researchers in digital biotechnology in Norway. Its members provide advice and feedback that help shape DLN’s activities to reach PhD students, post-docs, and other younger researchers.
In 2022, as three previous JRG members moved ahead in their careers, we invited applications to join the JRG and were happy to select four engaged younger researchers from around Norway. Together with continuing JRG members Maria Bårdsen Hesjedal and Emil Karlsen, the JRG members bring expertise on diverse research topics, ranging from zebrafish models of pediatric brain cancer, to socio-economic aspects of CRISPR in aquaculture, pharmacological treatment of heart valve calcification, the human muscle transcriptome, transdisciplinarity in biotechnology, and advanced data analysis in the life sciences. They have all been active participants in DLN and the DLN Research School. Younger researchers should feel free to reach out to the JRG with questions or feedback.
The Digital Life Norway (DLN) International Advisory Committee (IAC) is a stakeholder panel consisting of internationally renowned experts in fields of high relevance to the DLN mission, with a proven track record in managing large and complex academic structures. The IAC serves as consultants and advisors to the DLN competence hub by reviewing the progress of DLN 2.0 with an international lens. In addition, the IAC contributes independent recommendations on academic matters, DLN's internal operations, and DLN’s role as a national network.
The operational management team of the Centre for Digital Life Norway (DLN).
The team is part of the centre's competence hub and consists of a centre manager and senior advisers employed at NTNU, UiO and UiB.
