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Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

The main mission of NCMBM Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is to offer academic and strategic advice as well as benchmark the performance of the research groups, their group leaders, and Centre internationally.

Seven individuals standing on the roof terrace of Oslo Science Park.

NCMBM Scientific Advisory Board (Judith Zaugg, Olli Kallioniemi, Alvis Brazma, Richard Treisman, George Vassiliou, Titia Sixma with Centre Director Janna Saarela).

By Photo: E Smethurst
Published Feb. 26, 2025

The SAB was first appointed in 2011 and then reappointed from 2015. It consists of six internationally renowned scientists that meet NCMBM core members every 12-24 months.

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board

  • Prof. Richard Treisman, Director of CRUK London Research Institute, London, UK and Research Director, the Francis Crick Institute, London,UK (Chair of SAB)
  • Ewan Birney, Director of EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
  • Edith Heard, CEO of the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
  • Prof. Olli Kallioniemi, Director SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Prof. George Vassiliou, Professor of Haematological Medicine, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge
  • Dr. Judith Zaugg, Research Group Leader, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Published Feb. 26, 2025 4:21 PM - Last modified Sep. 17, 2026 10:33 AM