Studytour 2012Programme overview

By Ralph Slijkerman & Bart Borghans

28-02-2012

Introduction

• Overview of the planned visits and excursions as expected at this time– Obligatory: companies, universities and cultural trips– Free time: scheduled and outside the planning

• All participants: daily reports during the entire tour

• Division into pairs, responsible for preparing for all visits on one day– Will be taken care of later

Introduction

Early morning of April 23rd:

• Nijmegen – Schiphol (touringcar)

• Schiphol – Uppsala airport (plane)– ID card or passport necessary– Flight is 2 hours long

Overview

• Uppsala: 4th largest city of SwedenMonday 23rd – Wednesday 25th of April

• Stockholm: capital of SwedenThursday 26th – Tuesday 1st of May

• Oslo: capital of NorwayWednesday 2nd – Monday 7th

Uppsala

Uppsala Vandrarhem at Kvarntorget(Hostel at Mill Square)

• Close to trainstation

Uppsala (day 1 – Monday 23 Apr )

• Uppsala University

• City tour– Uppsala Cathedral: Linnaeus’ grave

Uppsala (day 2 – Tuesday 24 Apr )

• GE HealthcareProvides services in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceuticals. 

• Uppsala BioparkA life science pathfinder: "We build new ways to make life science flourish, in close collaboration with industry, academia, society and healthcare"

Uppsala (day 3 – Wednesday 25 Apr )

• Uppsala University, Photosynthesis Group

• Travel from Uppsala to Stockholm by train– Ride takes 40 minutes

Stockholm

Hostel: Lodge32

• On Kungsholmen:Kings’ Island

• Also close to station(arrow)

Stockholm (day 4 – Thursday 26 Apr )

• Karolinska Institutet 

• Stockholm University, Department of Neurochemistry– “Studies of GalR ligands with xCelligence”– “Antiviral approach with CPP applications”

Stockholm (day 5 – Friday 27 Apr )

• Sandvik High-technology engineering group and a world-leader in tooling, stainless steel alloys, materials technology, mining and construction.

• Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet)– 17th century ship: Vasa– Tour with conservator

Stockholm (day 6 – Saturday 28 Apr )

• Stockholm University, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics– Structural biochemistry– Virus research

• Swedish National Museum of Science & Technology (Tekniska Museet)– Old server of The Pirate Bay

Stockholm (day 7 – Sunday 29 Apr )

• Skansen: open-air museum– 19th century town– Zoo

• Boatride around the many islands thatform Stockholm

Stockholm (day 8 – Monday 30 Apr )

• Stockholm University, Department of Organic Chemistry

• Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton or simply Valborg)– Bonfires?

Stockholm (day 9 – Tuesday 01 May )

• Nobel Museum (Nobelmuseet)– About the Nobel Prize, the people receiving it and its founder Alfred Nobel

• International Workers’ Day: May Day– Festivities and parades

• Last day in Sweden

Oslo (day 10 – Wednesday 02 May)

• Traintravel Stockholm-Oslo (~6h)

• Sleeping: Anker-hostel- 7-8 minutes walk from CS- Laundry- Wireless internet (free) / internet café next door

Oslo (day 11 – Thursday 03 May)

• -Lytix Biopharma (Morning)- Started 2003 from university of Tromsø- Office Tromsø and Oslo- Vision: “cure treatment-resistant microbial infections and cancers”

via “peptide based drugs”

• -Life Technologies (former invitrogen) (Afternoon)- Life science products: “a global biotechnology tools company”- Magnetic Beads (separation technology)

Oslo (day 12 – Friday 04 May)

• -Oslo University: Cell Biology - Gunnar Dick (prof. Kristian Prydz)- basic cell biology: intracellular transport, glycosylation and extracellular matrix- Mass Spectrometry of glycans- HPLC analysis of proteoglycan modifications- Confocal microscopy and imaging facility

• -Oslo University Hospital: dept. Tumor Biology (part of Cancer Institute) - prof. Ola Myklebost- Genomic profiling / Expression profiling / Epigenomic profiling / Nuclear programming /

Chemotherapy studies / Experimental and clinical studies / Model system development

Oslo (day 13 – Saturday 05 May)

• -City tour- Oslo City Hall (Oslo Radhus)

(Nobel Peace Price cermony)

• -Viking museum (Bygdøy)

Oslo (day 14 – Sunday 06 May)

• Free time- Explore city (centre)- Shopping centre- Souvenirs

Oslo (day 15 – Monday 07 May)

• -Institute for Energy Technology (Kjeller)- founded in 1948- Annual turnover of NOK 775 million (~103 million euros)- ~600 employees- Vision: “Internationally leading energy research institute”

• -Journey homewards- Airplain (Oslo – Amsterdam)- Arrival Schiphol: ~19.05u)- Train (Amsterdam – Nijmegen)

(Own occasion)

To be continued…

• Contacts for internships/work

• +4 master-ECTS

• Study-tour sweater

• Travel book:- Your stories- Photos- Pre-studies + Case-studies- Sponsors