Innovation and life sciences at University of Oslo: Six new teams ready for SPARK Norway | Mirage News
Six new teams have been admitted to UiO´s innovation programme SPARK Norway. They will develop their ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society.
The UiO:Life Science board admitted six new teams to the innovation programme SPARK Norway 29 January.
The new teams:
Project leader: Dr. Deo Pandey, Dept. of microbiology, Oslo University Hospital
Team members: Silje Lier, UiO
Project leader: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Håvard Jostein Haugen, Department of Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry, UiO
Team members: Dr. Dung Tien Nuygen, Dr. Claudio Mortier, Prof. Jonathan J. Blaker and Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas
Project leader: MD PhD Hendrik Frølich Stange Fuglesang, Orthopaedic department, Akershus University Hospital
Team members: MD Max J. Temmesfeld
Project leader: Dr. Anette Weyergang, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norwegian Radium Hospital
Team members: Dr. Kristian Berg and Dr. Olav Engebråten, The Radiumhospital Research Foundation
Project leader: Dr. Tor Kristian Andersen, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Immunology, UiO
Team members: Dr. Gunnveig Grødeland, UiO
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)
Mentors and milestone plans next
UiO:Life Science received 18 applications in the fourth open call for SPARK Norway fall 2020.
Each of the admitted projects is now assigned a mentor, advisors and project coordinator who is responsible for following up individual projects. The projects start with setting up milestone plans that respond to the challenges identified by the evaluation committee. The projects receive partial payments related to the milestones, a maximum of NOK 500,000 per year for 2 years.