SPARK Norway projects

UiO:Life Science's innovation programme SPARK Norway for health related life sciences has a portfolio?of 13 active teams and 34 alumni teams.

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Active teams

ProClass – A patient-specific molecular classifier independent of heterogeneity in primary prostate cancerSPARKee Bjarne Johannessen.

  • Project leader:?Bjarne Johannessen, Department of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Rolf I. Skotheim, Karol Axcrona, Ragnhild A. Lothe, Ulrika Axcrona, Tor ?ge Myklebust, Susanne G. Kidd, Anne Cathrine Bakken, Lise R?dsten

Wearable Electrophysiology Mobility Solutions in Parkinson’s Disease [WEBSPD]SPARKee Tarun Arora.

  • Project leader: Tarun Arora, Researcher, Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Mathias Toft (UiO), Christian Tronstad (OUH), Kristian Bernhard Nilsen (OUH), Lasse Pihlstr?m?(OUH)

Small molecules targeting FoxP3+ Regulatory T cells for cancer immunotherapySPARKee Qian Wei.

  • Project leader:?Qian Wei, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Cancer Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Professor Kjetil Taskén (UiO/OUH), Professor Rafi Ahmad (INN University), Postdoc Nuria García-Díaz (OUH) and UiO Growth House

Blocking pancreatic cancer by small-molecule inhibitorsSPARKee Bj?rn Dalhus.

  • Project leader:?Bj?rn Dalhus, Researcher, Department for Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Professor Lars Eide, Department for Medical Biochemistry, UiO,?Pernille Blicher, UiO and Marte Eikenes, UiO

Advanced Technology for Identifying and Detecting RNA Modification-Based Cancer MarkersSPARKee Yanjiao Li.

  • Project leader:?Yanjiao Li,?Postdoctoral researcher, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Arne Klungland, Professor and Director CRESCO - Centre for Embryology and Healthy Development, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo


Autologous cell-based therapy for coagulation factor deficiencySPARKee Giacomo Roman.

  • Project leader:?Giacomo Roman, Department of Haematology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Maria E. Chollet (UiO/OUS), Anindita Bhattacharya (UiO/OUS), Knut Lauritzen (UiO/OUS), Christian Qvigstad (UiO/OUS), Gareth Sullivan (OUS), Per Morten Sandset (UiO/OUS), Benedicte Stavik (OUS)

Blood-based test for solid cancer early detectionSPARKee Carmen Herrera.

  • Project leader: Carmen Herrera, Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
  • Team members:?P?l Falnes (UiO) and UiO Growth House

Ligament balancing in total knee arthroplasty - a systematic approach to Bellemans techniqueSPARKee Lars Engseth

  • Project leader: Lars Engseth, Department of Orthopaedics - Ullev?l, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members:?Stephan R?hrl (OUS/UiO), J?rgen Gr?nsund (UiS/Moreld Capnor)

EvoMab: germinal center guided affinity maturation of therapeutic antibodiesSPARKee Johanne Tracey Jacobsen

  • Project leader: Johanne Jacobsen, Department of Immunology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo
  • Team member: Valgerdur Bj?rnsdottir (UiO)

Mathematical biomarkers for personalized cancer medicine The picture shows Alvaro K?hn-Luque.

  • Project leader:?Alvaro K?hn-Luque,?Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo and Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members:? Arnoldo Frigessi (UiO/OUS), Aleix Prat (Hospital Clinic Barcelona), Fara Brasó-Maristany (Hospital Clinic Barcelona), Vessela Kristensen (OUS/UiO), Leonard Schmiester (OUS)

PharmaChipSPARKee Steven Wilson.

  • Project leader:Steven Ray Wilson, Section for Chemical Life Sciences - Biomolecules, Bio-inspired Materials and Bioanalytics, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Fr?ydis Sved Skottvoll (SINTEF), Aleksandra Aizenshtadt (UiO), Stefan Krauss (UiO/OUS), Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard (UiO), Michal Mielnik (SINTEF)

Development of engineered NK-EVs for Targeted Therapy in Breast CancerSPARKee Marit Inngjerdingen.

  • Project leader: Marit Inngjerdingen, Dept. of Pharmacology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UiO
  • Team members: Amanda Sudworth (UiO) and?J?rgen Wesche (OUS/UiO)?

Personalized Rapid Ex vivo Determination of Immunotherapeutic Cancer Treatment (PREDICT)SPARKee Audun Kvalvaag

  • Project leader: Audun Kvalvaag, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Dr. Ieva Ailte (OUS) and Professor Harald Stenmark (OUS/UiO)

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