HTH members admitted to UiO's innovation programme SPARK
Jo Waaler and Stefan Krauss are one of six new SPARK teams at UiO: Life Sciences
In January 2018, six teams have been selected for the University of Oslo’s innovation program SPARK Norway. All teams will develop innovative concepts within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society. The six new SPARK Norway teams, so called SPARKees, were selected after the first open call for SPARK Norway.
Jo Waaler (Project leader) and Stefan Krauss (Team member) were admitted with their project: Tankyrase inhibition in cancer immune therapy.
SPARK Norway
- based on the prestigious Stanford SPARK programme
- a two-year innovation programme to further develop ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society
- the aim of the programme is to get more innovation out of basic research.
- researchers from UiO and affiliated research groups at OUS or Ahus can apply UiO:Life Science to be included in the programme.
- researchers who are admitted to the SPARK Norway programme receives mentoring from seasoned experts from academia, hospital, industry and venture capital funds, milestone-based funding, guidance and education.
Read more about SPARK Norway on uio.no/life-science/spark.
Published Mar. 13, 2018 2:37 PM
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