Graduated SPARK Norway projects

In addition to?13 active teams?UiO:Life Science's innovation programme SPARK Norway has a portfolio?of 34 alumni teams.

Experimental-computational platform for antibody-target designSPARKee Puneet Rawat

  • Project leader: Puneet Rawat, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Dept. of Immunology, UiO
  • Team members: Professor Victor Greiff (UiO/OUS), Professor Jan Terje Andersen (UiO/OUS), Dr. Fridtjof Lund-Johansen (OUS/UiO)

DUCT chip – An artificial bile duct on a chip recapitulating immune functionsSPARKee Henry Hoyle

  • Project leader: Henry Hoyle, Division of Surgery, Inflammatory Diseases and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO
  • Team members: Anna Katharina Frank (OUS), Espen Melum (OUS/UiO), Stefan Krauss (UiO/OUS), Mathias Busek (UiO), Aleksandra Aizenshtadt (UiO) and Kayoko Shoji (UiO)

Novel vaccine platform for animal healthSPARKee Hanne Winther-Larsen

  • Project leader: Hanne Winther-Larsen, Institute of Pharmacy, UiO
  • Team members: Saranya Subramani (UiO) and Aina Rengmark (Inven2)

Novel targets for attenuating disease progression in Parkinson’s diseaseNicola

  • Project leader: Nicola Pietro Montaldo, Dept. of Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine,?University of Oslo
  • Team members: Prof. Hilde Nilsen, Francisco G Naranjo, Kulbhushan Sharma, Swapnil Gupta, Torkild Visnes

Cancer Stem Cell Prognostics in Patient Prostate Tumor OrganoidsAdam Filipczyk

  • Project leader: Adam Filipczyk, Div. of Laboratory Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Carsten Marr, Arne Klungland, Kyrre Eeg Emblem, Rune Ougland

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p95HER2-CAR T cell targeting metastatic breast cancer on-Target, but no off-TumorSPARKee Esmaeil Dorraji

  • Project leader: Esmaeil Dorraji, Institute for Cancer Research, Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Jon Amund Kyte, Aina Rengmark, Eivind Roverud, Magdalena Gjefle and Bj?rn Naume

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Targeting the TREM2-receptor for Alzheimer’s disease therapy SPARKee Lars Nilsson

  • Project leader: Lars Nilsson, Pharmacology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO
  • Team members: Vibeke ?rskog, Sandra Kühn, Jo Klaveness


?rOoC (revolving Organ-on-chip platform)Alexandra Aizenshtadt.

  • Project leader: Dr. Alexandra Aizenshtadt,Centre of Excellence - Hybrid Technology Hub, University of Oslo
  • Team members: Dr. Mathias Busek, Chencheng Wang, Prof. Steven Ray Haakon Wilson, Prof. Stefan Krauss, Dr. Hanne Scholz

Broadly reactive vaccines against seasonal infectious disease Image may contain: Smile, Eyebrow, Black, Gesture, Style.

  • Project leader: Kristin Lunder Klausen PhD candidate, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital
  • Team member: Dr. Gunnveig Gr?deland, UiO

Tankyrase inhibition for therapy of fibrotic diseases

  • 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)

Novel Treatment for Patients with GlioblastomaImage may contain: Woman, Face, Hair, Photograph, Facial expression.

  • Project leader: Postdoc Aleksandra Dukic, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO and Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Professor Kjetil Taskén, Associate Professor Rafi Ahmad and Inven2

Development of a new product to relieve the symptoms of dry mouth

  • Project leader: Professor Marianne Hiorth, Department of Pharmacy, UiO
  • Team members: PhD student Julie Frig?rd, Professor Gro Smistad, Professor Janicke Liaaen Jensen and Professor Hilde Kanli Galtung

Targeting transcriptional addictions in glioblastomaImage may contain: Glasses, Forehead, Hair, Nose, Smile.

  • Project leader: Dr. Deo?Pandey,?Dept. of microbiology, Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Silje Lier, UiO

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A solution to the kneecap fracture problem Image may contain: Nose, Cheek, Ear, Jaw, Neck.

  • Project leader: MD PhD Hendrik Fr?lich Stange Fuglesang, Orthopaedic department, Akershus University Hospital
  • Team members: MD Max J. Temmesfeld

A Novel Biomarker for Antibody Drug Conjugates Image may contain: Forehead, Nose, Cheek, Smile, Lip.

  • Project leader: Dr. Anette?Weyergang, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norwegian Radium Hospital
  • Team members:?Dr. Kristian Berg and Dr. Olav Engebr?ten, The Radiumhospital Research Foundation

Image may contain: Face, Hair, Eyebrow, Forehead, Facial expression.MyFood –?a decision support system to prevent and treat disease-related malnutrition

  • Project leader: PhD student Mari Mohn Paulsen, Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO
  • Team members: Professor Lene Frost Andersen, Dagfinn Bergsager and?Gard O. S. Thomassen

Inhibition of aortic valve calcification

  • Project leader: Professor?K?re-Olav Stensl?kken, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO
  • Team members: Professor emeritus Jarle Vaage and Dr. Arsenii Zabernyk

Image may contain: Face, Hair, Forehead, Eyebrow, Chin.A medical device for obesity treatment

  • Project leader: Christer T?nnesen, Department of Health Management and Health Economics (HELED), The Institute of Health and Society, UiO and Oslo University Hospital
  • Team members: Nj?l H?stm?lingen, Professor Michael Bretthauer, Associate Professor Magnus L?berg, Professor II Lars Aabakken, Marianne Lyngra and Yuichi Mori

Human antibodies for therapeutic, selective Notch targeting in rheumatoid arthritis

  • Project leader: Guttorm Haraldsen, center leader, UiO
  • Team members: Anita Kavlie, Stig Krüger and Katarzyna Marciniak

Healthy soils for a healthy life

A novel vaccine technology platform

  • Project leader: Malin Bern, postdoc, Oslo University Hospital (OUS)
  • Team members: Jan Terje Andersen (UiO) and?Inger Sandlie (UiO)

High-Performance Cyclotron Target for Gallium-68?

  • Project leader: Bent W. Schoultz, Associate Professor,?Norwegian Nuclear Research Center, Dep. of physics, UiO
  • Team members: Andreas G?rgen and Sunniva Siem (UiO) as well as Elin Melby and Bjarne Tvete (Inven2)

A biologic therapeutic for pulmonary fibrosis

  • Project leader: Ole J?rgen Kaasb?ll, researcher, Inst. clin. med., UiO
  • Team member: H?vard Attramadal, Inst. clin. med. (UiO)


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IVF FitTM: Optimising?in vitro?fertilisation hormone dosage

A novel strategy to tailor the pharmacokinetics of IgA antibodies???? ????

Tankyrase inhibition in cancer immune therapy?????????????????????????????????????

  • Project leader: Jo Waaler, Faculty of Medicine, UiO
  • Team member: Stefan Krauss, (UiO and OUS)

Novel therapy for currently untreatable hypertension

Restoration of a functional urinary bladder using cutting-edge technology

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RACeR: Improvement of A Genetic Tool that Enhances Homology Dependent Gene Repair

Petomics: a commercial Norwegian microbiome service for performance animals and pets

  • Project leader:?P?l Trosvik, UiO
  • Team member: Eric Jacques de Muinck

Influenza vaccine that can be rapidly produced to counter an emerging pandemic threat

Targeted pharmacological treatment of ventricular arrhythmias

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