Responsibilities/Tasks
- Outreach: recruit researchers to EU consortiums, working groups, COST-actions, quality and reproducibility initiatives, as presenters or mentors in international mentor programs.
- Inform about relevant funding opportunities and services.
- Organization of events, meetings, or workshops.
- Reporting activities including EATRIS national strategic and communication plan, annual reports to NFR/HOD/EATRIS
- WP lead: EATRIS-CONNECT (WP3)
Background/ Experience
- 2020 - present: National Coordinator EATRIS Norway, Innovation Manager, NCMBM, UiO.
- 2014 - 2020: Senior Researcher, OUH. Biotek2021 NFR/SPARK program.
- 2006 - 2023: Partner and board member, DaiKai Norway AS, DaiKai Europe AS, DaiKai Bjørvika AS (2022).
- 2000 - 2010: Principal Scientist Affitech AS, Oslo Research Park. 20 granted patents. Two antibodies launched to market.
- 1998 - 2000: Scientist OUS-Radiumhospitalet - Scientist (100%). EU financed project in collaboration with Dynal AS, Affitech AS and DKFZ in Heidelberg, Germany.
Education
2004: PhD in Molecular Biology, Oslo Research Park, Univ of Oslo
1990: MSc in Biotechnology, University of Bergen
Awards
EATRIS national node reward 2022
Collaborations
Together with the Swedish and Finnish node coordinators initiated the formation of a Nordic hub on advanced medicinal therapeutic products.
Academic/Research Interests
Translational medicine, Phage Display, Antibody Discovery, Inflammation