The Council for Research Infrastructure handles the call and distribution of research infrastructure funding. The Strategic Board for Research (FoN) makes the decision on the allocation of infrastructure grants.
The Faculty of Medicine announces an annual funding call for proposals for research infrastructure.
Infrastructure grants
The list of research infrastructure grants approved by the Faculty of Medicine dating back from 2018 below.
2023
PREDICT infrastructure for precision health
Beatrice Melin, Department of Radiation Sciences, 550 000 SEK
NorthPop
Christina West, Department of Clinical Sciences, 550 000 SEK
Acquisition of the Pannoramic Midi II, from 3DHISTECH™
Daniel Öhlund, Department of Radiation Sciences, 800 000 SEK
Upgrading UHRF with imaging equipment
Felipe Cava, Department of Molecular Biology/MIMS, 420 000 SEK
850 MHz NMR Parallel Steering Unit
Jürgen Schleucher, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1000 000 SEK
Building a research infrastructure for precision medicine at Umeå University integrated with Clinical Genomics/SciLifeLab and Genomic Medicine Center North
Maréne Landström, Department of Medican Biosciences, 1000 000 SEK
Creating the BioMolecular Characterization Umeå
Ronnie Berntsson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, 180 000 SEK
Epigenetic Platform Umeå - iScan microarray scanner with Tecan robot system
Sofie Degerman, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 500 000 SEK
2022
SARIF
Fahad Sultan, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, 180 000 SEK
Upgrading UHRF with imaging and protein purification
Felipe Cava, Department of Molecular Biology/MIMS, 300 000 SEK
NorthPop
Magnus Domellöf, Department of Clinical Sciences, 950 000 SEK
Odyssey M
Olof Lagerlöf, Department of Clinical Sciences, 500 000 SEK
Automated instrument for immunochemistry
Oskar Franklin, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, 600 000 SEK
Microscopy system for live cell super-resolution imaging
Richard Lundmark, Integrative Medical Biology, 1 570 000 SEK
The Northern Sweden MONICA study 2022
Stefan Söderberg, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, 900 000 SEK
2021
Refeyn One Mass photometer
Anders Hofer, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, 400 000 SEK
Electric cell-substrate impedance sensing Ibidi –cell experiments using impedance and culture under flow
Ann-Marie Fors Connolly, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 400 000 SEK
NorthPop
Christina West, Department of Clinical Sciences, 600 000 SEK
Optimizing non-invasive imaging tools within the Small Animal Research Imaging Facility (SARIF)
Fahad Sultan, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, 1000 000 SEK.
Support for the establishment and initial steps of UHRF
Felipe Cava, Department of Molecular Biology, 340 000 SEK
Acquisition of cell sorter allowing for sorting BSL2-classified research material
Kristina Lejon, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 700 000 SEK
Force spectroscopy for biological and medical applications
Marta Bally, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 860 000 SEK
Washer/Dispenser for semi-automatization of ELISA, luminescence and flourescence assays
Mattias Forsell, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 200 000 SEK
The Protein Expertise Platform (PEP) Core Facility
Uwe Sauer, Department of Chemistry, 500 000 SEK
2020
Establishment of eHealth lab
Karin Wadell, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, 450 000 SEK
Flow@CliMi
Kristina Lejon, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 400 000 SEK
Incubator for IncuCyte-S3 live-cell imaging system and specific software analysis modules
Silvia Remeseiro, Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine, 150 000 SEK
J-1700 circular dichroism spectrometer
Nasim Sabouri, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, 500 000 SEK
Northpop
Magnus Domellöf, Department of Clinical Sciences, 450 000 SEK
Real-time cytometer and multimode plate reader Spark Cyto
Andrea Puhar, Department of Molecular Biology, 350 000 SEK
Small animal research imaging facility (SARIF)
Fahad Sultan, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, 400 000 SEK
The 8th MONICA survey
Stefan Söderberg, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, 1 200 000 SEK
The Protein Expertise Platform (PEP)
Uwe Sauer, Department of Chemistry, 400 000 SEK
Upgrading the small-animal ultrasound imaging platform at Umeå Centre for Comparative Biology (UCCB)
Daniel Öhlund, Department of Radiation Sciences, 700 000 SEK
2019
Thunder - microscope
Thomas Boren, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, 500 KSEK
The flow cytometry platform
Anders Sjöstedt, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 1100 KSEK
Modular Raman spectromometer /microscope
Malin Sund, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, 600 KSEK
Northpop
Christina West, Department of Clinical Sciences, 700 KSEK
Phase 2 in developing the research area technical method development in ultrasound imaging at Umeå University and Umeå University Hospital
Christer Grönlund, Department of Radiation Sciences, 700 KSEK
Ultracentrifuge for Molecular Biology Centre
Simon Tuck, UCMM, Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine 471 KSEK
State-of-the-art CCD imager for capturing digital images of DNA and protein gels and blots with enhanced sensitivity and multiplex functionality
Barbara Sixt, Department of Molecular Biology, 150 KSEK
Non-invasive imaging of the nervous system in health and disease using animal models of motor learning, normal aging and neurodegenerative/psychiatric diseases
Fahad Sultan, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, 488 KSEK
2018
The research portal – an infrastructure bridge between UmU and Västerbotten County Council that enables easier access, more secure usage and more research collaborations on registry data
Clas Ahlm, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 740 KSEK
Improvement of the common Flow cytometry platform at the Faculty of Medicine
Kristina Lejon, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 150 KSEK
Cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy/Cryo-CLEM
Linda Sandblad, Department of Molecular Biology, 780 KSEK
Introducing a novel model system for translational research by establishing an organoid culturing platform at Umeå University
Daniel Öhlund, Department of Radiation Sciences, 100 KSEK
A "white light" TIRF microscope for single particle tracking experiments
Marta Bally, Department of Clinical Microbiology, 600 KSEK
State of the art scanning confocal microscope and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope (FLIM) for analysis of molecular interactions in living cells
Jenny Persson/Yaowen Wu, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine/Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, 855 KSEK
The Software and Hardware for advanced image analyses and display
Ulf Ahlgren, Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine, 340 KSEK
NorthPop – a new infrastructure
Magnus Domellöf, Department of Clinical Sciences, 600 KSEK
A work station enabling research under defined oxygen tensions
Jonathan Gilthorpe, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neurocience, 400 KSEK
eHealth Lab
Karin Wadell, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, 350 KSEK
Upgrade of server and computer equipment at the Biobank Research Unit
Ingvar Bergdahl, The Biobank Research Unit, 85 KSEK