Scandinavian Baltic shared curricula in Biotechnology Life and Environmental Sciences -Research networking -Master cou

1. Scandinavian Baltic shared curricula in Biotechnology Life and Environmental Sciences -Research networking -Master courses and programmes -New collaborationsPhD courses Katarina Gårdfeldt, Project manager ScanBalt Campus.

2. ScanBalt BioRegion www.scanbalt.org

3. Reykjavik Helsinki St. Peters-burg Oslo Stockholm Tallinn Copenhagen Riga Vilnius Warsaw Berlin Where? 11 countriesDenmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, North Germany, Northwestern Russia. 85 million people 67 universities > 800 biotech companies ScanBalt BioRegion

4. Who ? • ScanBalt fmba, founded in august 2004 • Non profit member based association • Triple helix (academia – industry – authorities) • Vision: BB (Borderless Biotech) • Goals: • Knowledge formation & education • Commercialisation • Forum for discussion onbiotech – society impact

5. Why? • No individual biovally, biocluster, university or company has the critical mass • to be visible globally and to attract human, economic and other resources • to compete with major biovalleys and bioclusters internationally like Boston, San Fransisco, Chapel Hill • Very few existing biovalleys in Northern Europe has reached the mode 3 status where there is a productive mix of large, small and middlesized companies, academic research and education and applied research

6. How? • By shaping a ”meta-network” we can together: • Promote information, communication and create visibility • Create identity & infrastructure • Focus on competences and complementarities • Shape critical mass • By using bottom up action lines we can make it a strong force • By working together we can form a platform for dialogue with supranational institutions and increase the financing possibilities in ie. EU, the Nordic Council of Ministers • By working together we can give added value for all partners in the “metaregional value chain”

7. ScanBalt bodies • Executive committee • Representatives of founding members • Chairmanship • Chairman: Bo Samuelsson • Vice chairmen/women: Wolfgang Blank, Boerge Diderichsen, Jaanus Pikani • Joint secretariat • General secretary: Peter Frank

8. Networks BioCon Valley Bioforum Oulu/Technopolis BioMedico Forum BioTeam South Biotop Berlin BioTurku Estonian Biotech Association MedCoast Scandinavia Medicon Valley Academy Norgenta/Bay to Bio Öresund Science Region Funding members

9. Universities and Res.Inst. Baltic University Biomed. Res. Univ. Of Latvia Center for Intell.Prop.Studies Inst. of Biotechnology, Vilnius Inst. of Exp. Med. St.Petersburg Sahlgrenska Univ. Hospital Medical Univ. Of Gdansk Linköping University Lund University Marine Res. Inst. Iceland University of Gdansk University of Göteborg University of Helsinki University of Kalmar University of Rostock Under membership negotiation University of Lübeck medical faculty Åbo Academy Åbo University Åbo Buisinees School Tallin University of Technology University of Hamburg Funding members

10. Funding members • Industry/Tech Transfer • Centre of Tech.Transfer, Gdansk • Hedmark Innovation Center/BioInn • Helsinki Business and Science Park • Innovation Norway • Novo Nordisk • Lithuanian Innovation Center • Steinbeis Foundation

11. Institutional Members • Activision Life SA • Adam Mickiewicz Univ. • Chalmers University of Technology • Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw • Kaliningrad Regional Economic Development Agency • Nordic Inst. Of Dental Materials • Scandinavian International Management Institute • Technical University of Denmark • Turku Biomaterial centre • University of Bremen, Centre of Applied Gensensorik • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppemdorf • Tartu Biotechnology Park • Monsanto Crops Sciences Sweden AB • Triip Ltd

12. Some funded projects MetaregionaI identity and infrastructure Thematic projects– networks of competence • ScanBalt Campus (Interreg IIIB) • ScanBalt Network of Networks (NICe) • ScanBalt Competence Region (EU FP6) • Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU FP6) • Educational mobility (NICe) • Economic Barriers for borderless Cooperation (NICe) • Biotech, one click away (NICe) • Communication (NICe) • ScanBalt IP Knowledge Network (EU FP6) • ScanBalt Marine Biotech (NorFA) • ScanBalt Clinical Research Network (NICe) • ScanBalt AgroBiotech (NorFA) • ScanBalt Stem Cell Network (NorFA) • Lignin as Raw Material for Chemicals (NICe) Total funding: ~4 M EURO

13. Conditions for ScanBalt projects • Member of ScanBalt (Funding or Institutional) • Follow simple project guidelines • Serve ScanBalt BioRegion

14. ScanBalt Campus Creating Critical Mass and Mobility in Education and Research

15. 31 Partners Centre for Environment and Sustainability (SE) University of Copenhagen (DK) Copenhagen Business School (DK) Danish University of Pharm. Sciences (DK) BioMedicoForum (DK) Øresund Environment Academy (SE/DK) Aalborg University (DK) Novo Nordisk(DK) Turku BioValley (FI) University of Oulu (FI) Aabo Academy (FI) Helsinki University (FI) Turku School of Economics (FI) Steinbeis Transfer Center (DE) Norgenta (DE) TuTech Innovation (DE) BBB Management (DE) BioConValley (DE) University of Rostock (DE) Göteborg University (SE) MedCoast Scandinavia (NO/SE) University of Kalmar (SE) Öresunds University (SE/DK) Center for IP studies (SE) Norwegian School of Vet. Sci. (NO) Estonian Genome Foundation (EE) P. Stradins University Hospital (LV) Fermentas (LT) Medical University of Gdansk (PL) University of Gdansk (PL) Research Inst. of Exp Medicine (RU)

16. Strategic challenges for ScanBalt Campus • Pioneering in putting the Bologna process into practise • No university alone hosts leading expertise in all disciplines in the biotech and life science area • Improve collaboration with industry and hospitals • Attract resources for research and education • Improve balance between demand and supply of education • Improve flexibility in a rapidly changing scientific area

17. Scanbalt Campus board • Bo Samuelsson, Göteborg University, Sweden (chairman) • Horst Klinkmann, BioCon Valley, Germany • Wieslaw Makarewicz, Medical University of Gdansk Poland • Børge Diderichsen, Vice President, Novo Nordisk, Denmark • Valdis Pirags, P.Stradins University Hospital, Latvia.

18. ScanBalt Academy • Kaare Norum, chair, Oslo • Leena Peltonen, vicechair, Helsinki • Criteria endorsed by the Scanbalt ExCo • The academy now has 25 members from 11 countries and regions, one Nobel Prize laureate

19. Introduction to ScanBalt Campus Knowledge Networks • Transnational, thematic, networks in research and education, connects key competencies and creates critical mass. • The activities have to be inside life sciences and biotechnology • Activities can be both research and education • Requirement of mobility between at least two countries • Activities to be based on win-win situations for the partners • - When possible activities should strengthen links to industry

20. “Knowledge Networks” • Molecular DiagnosticsUniversity of Gdansk/Medical University of Gdansk. • Regenerative MedicineUniversity of Rostock and BioCon Valley, Germany • Environmental BiotechnologyGöteborg University, Sweden. • Informational Biology. Åbo Akademi University, Finland. • Process Analytical Technology (PAT)Linköping University, Sweden

21. “Knowledge Networks” • Intellectual Property and Bio-entrepreneurshipChalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden. • Baltic Entrepreneurship TrainingBaltic Entrepreneurship Centre, Rostock, Germany. • Education and training of leaders for the life science industry of the future Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. • High quality training for small and medium enterprises in the field of life sciences in the ScanBalt Region TuTech Innovation GmbH • Diagnostics and Therapeutics based on IgY technology University of Hamburg Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pending

22. ScanBalt ScanBalt Executive committee ScanBalt projects Infrastructural: Competence Region Boost. Baltic Biot. FP6 ScanBalt Campus Thematic: ScanBalt Academy ScanBalt Marine Netw. Lund Universtity Strandins University Hospital Clinical Research Netw. Tallinn University of Technology IP Knowledge Center Agrobiotech Stem Cells

23. ScanBalt Executive committee ScanBalt Campus Board Universities, companies, partners ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Regenerative medicine Environmental biotechnology ¤ ¤ Molecular diagnostics Intellectual Property and Bio-entrepreneurship Baltic Entrepreneurship Training Knowledge networks Informational Biology University of Turku – Åbo Akademi Lund University Novo Nordisk Gdansk University Rostock University University of Helsinki Greisfwald University Göteborg University ScanBalt Academy Education and training of leaders for the life science industry of the future Process Analytical Technology (PAT) xx Summer schools ¤ Individual coarses

24. ScanBalt Campus Knowledge networks – how to approach to shared curricula!?

25. Shared Curricula in many different ways • Exchanging lectures and seminars in Knowledge NetworksBy getting information on what is done in other universities there could be exchanges of good lectures, where you go to another university personally or have your seminar over the internet. In both cases, the seminars broaden the information available in the subject area. • Acceptance of courses in higher educationBy the Bologna system of higher education, it will be easier to accept courses in a subject area from other universities at the home university education examination. At the SBC home page the courses in a subject area will be easy to find for the students. The Knowledge Networks will do this listing of courses. • Building new, ScanBalt Masters ProgramsThe Knowledge Networks could when they see the different courses for the Masters level also build a special ScanBalt Masters Program with the same name as the Knowledge Network or another subject area.

26. Shared Curricula in many different ways • Exchanging PhD students and PhD coursesBy information on positions as PhD students in different universities of the Knowledge Networks there could be a exchange of knowledge. Also the PhD courses could be offered to a broader group of PhD students, when announced at the SBC home page. • Exchanging available positionsBy information on the home page we could also have a more specified information on positions as post-graduate, teacher, researcher as well as industry and hospital positions. • Information on research and projectsA list of ongoing research projects and papers within the knowledge networks will be available on the SBC home page. Here will also be a good place to invite the best researchers in the ScanBalt area into new research conferences and research applications .

27. What is the added value of Scanbalt campus curricula? The ScanBalt Master Program partners have complementing expertise beyond what any partner alone can offer. Building new, ScanBalt Masters Programs

28. Research Cooperation • Each Scanbalt Campus Knowledge Networks (SBC KN) has defined it´s research area • E.g. Scientific area/focus: SB KN Environmental Biotechnology • Renewable energy, chemicals and new products from forestry and agriculture

29. Nordic Environmental technology – Clean, Cleaver and Competitive: Project No H06246 Lignin as raw material for chemicals The overall aim: Utilize products from forestry and agriculture for chemical production with initial focus on lignin as raw material. Project Manager: Katarina Gårdfeldt, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, Chalmers and Göteborg University

30. Lignin as raw material for chemicals Why? • The aromatic and/or phenolic precursors for many chemicals are generally based on mineral oils. • Due to our need to limit greenhouse and climate change effects we will have to find several renewable alternatives to oil consumption. • The last years the price of the oil has reached very high levels. • A substantial amount of the fossil oil that is today used for production of certain chemicals can be competitively replaced by alternative processes based on lignin as raw material

31. Project Summary: • This project aims efficiently upgrade lignin fractions which will provide significant steps towards sustainable solutions for the society. • Compile methods for processing the lignin, characterize potential yield and potential market value. • Explore the possibility of replacement of plastics by cross-linked lignin materials. • Create a road-map for the future to guarantee the efforts to launch new lignin-based products on the international market, beyond the present project.

32. Lignin as raw material for chemicals • Lignin is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth • The aim of our activities in this project is to by-pass ”mother-natures” slow process of forming oil

33. Project platformHigh innovation potential! • Research institutes and companies together host the knowledge on classical lignin chemistry, biotechnology and industrial production • Merge to find appropriate methods for industrial production of lignin based chemicals having high commercial value. • Novel lignin extraction process crucial for a large scale production of raw lignin

34. Partners Centre for Environment and Sustainability (GMV), Chalmers and Göteborg University: Coordination/project manegement Chalmers University of Technology, Forest Products and Chemical Engineering (Chalmers): Lignin Chemistry, processing and modification of lignin, separation processes that extracts lignin from the black liquor. Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (IWC): Lignin structure and physico-chemical properties., Development of lignin matrix modification procedures for obtaining high-value-added products for environment protection, agriculture and industry. Novozymes (NVZ): Development of enzyme based technologies for improved processing and improved upgrading of lignin based products with commercial potentials. University of Helsinki (UH): lignin chemistry and in applications of biomimetic catalysts on lignocellulosic materials. UH will study e.g. the use of lipid peroxidation for the modification of industrial lignins. VTT Processes (VTT): Enzymatic modification of lignin. Lignin desulphurization by chemical methods. Cracking of lignin into smaller, phenolic components.

35. Partners Øresund Environment Academy Dk/Se (ØEA): establish and facilitate networks and projects between researchers and private companies. In the project Øresund Environment Academy will take on the task of creating relationships with other actors working in the field of lignin research. Øresund Environment Academy will also use our knowledge on environmental technology (ET) export and collaboration with ET promoting organisations to promote the project. Södra: Producer of lignin as a by-product during the production of wood pulp. Use of result and support commercialization. STFI-Packforsk AB: Produce a variety of selected lignin samples (annual plant, kraft lignin, soda lignin) to be tested in the project. Modify the lignin and characterize the lignin chemically and physically. Evaluate the new value chain in terms of economy, sustainability and technical realism. VOLVO. Assist with knowledge and application for lignin-based replacement materials for plastics. Testing of performance of lignin-based replacement materials using climate chamer with various conditions for humidity, temperature and UV irradiation. Akzo Nobel: User of kraft lignin. Evaluation of modified lignin, upgraded products and commercialization into our existing surfactant applications. Perstorp Specialty Chemicals: Assist implementation of roadmap and commercialisation on a global market.

36. ScanBalt Campus Knowledge networks – how to approach to shared curriculaDesired role and possibilities of cities in promoting science and research and R&D based business clusters

37. What is the desired role and possibilities of cities in promoting science and research and R&D based business clusters in Scanbalt?E.gsupport Liason offices:1.Government in Mecklenburg Vorpommern has offered to finance a Scanbalt Liaison office in Rostock to handle SB campus activities, around 200 000 E per year during the first two years with possibility of prolongation.2. The County of WestSweden, Göteborg under negotiation.3. City of Helsinki, Riga....?

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