New equipment for Flow Cytometry and Single Cell Sequencing

Grantee: University of Copenhagen

Amount: DKK 10,755,847

Grant category: Standalone grants

Year: 2022

Geography: Denmark

The Institute for Immunology and Microbiology is the host of the LEO Foundation’s major strategic initiative, the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Center (SIC). ISIM has been established with flow cytometry and single cell sequencing as main areas of expertise and serves as a platform for integrative cell analysis.  

ISIM provides local and external research groups and biotech companies with access to highly specialized equipment for analysis using flow cytometry and state-of-the-art single cell sequencing, as well as highly specialized staff who are experts at analyzing samples in complex projects.  

In support of ISIM the LEO Foundation provides new equipment to the organization to upgrade technological options for cell and single cell analysis, to make it possible to implement new methods using new and existing equipment together, and to help ensure that the core facility can support experiments in the entirety of their pipeline – from initial idea formation to full-scale experiments.  

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The SIC Springtime School 2023-2028

Grantee: University of Copenhagen

Amount: DKK 4,300,000

Grant category: Standalone grants

Year: 2022

Geography: Denmark

SIC Springtime School is hosted annually by the LEO Foundation Skim Immunology Research Center (SIC) and has shown to be a great success over the two previous years. The international school is held at Hornbækhus on the North Coast of Zealand and forms part of SIC’s educational and career development activities – in 2022 representing 86 speakers, international students, and postdoc participants.  

The SIC Springtime School offers participants the opportunity to interact with leading scientists, providing for rich and positive learning experiences.  

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SIC PhD Program 2023-2027

Grantee: University of Copenhagen

Amount: DKK 13,387,500

Grant category: Standalone grants

Year: 2022

Geography: Denmark

The SIC PhD Program aims to nurture the development of upcoming skin immunologists and to further tap into the collaborative possibilities of the research groups within the by the LEO Foundation Skim Immunology Research Center (SIC). 

The program features a 1+3-year structure for five PhD studies at the center. In their first year, students are onboarded into the program as Research Assistants, before eventually enrolling as full-time PhD students in their year two. 

The program sets to strengthen not only the collaborative nature of the center, but also allows for potentially high-gain projects to be set into motion.