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Panel 10 – medicine | Laboratory
4.2 Review of the four main programs
divided based on publication records obtained, not according to the
programs as described in the description of the Center.
Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Regulation, and Gene Transfer Program:
The hematopoietic stem cell program has produced numerous publications
in journals with IF>20. These publications represent very important contributions
to the field of HSC biology. Somewhat concerning in view of the
departure of one of the senior scientist is that the publication record of the
more junior faculty members independent of their postdoc mentor, whether
at the Center or abroad is relatively weak, and it is not obvious that the line
of high quality, cutting edge science will be continued in the absence of the
departed senior scientist. However, many of the junior faculty members
have only been recruited recently, which may explain the relatively low
number of independent publications. In addition, it appears customary that
the mentor is included on papers in the Swedish system. It will, however, be
important that other senior faculty at the Center take on a mentoring role
for the different junior assistant professors and researchers.
Score: Outstanding
The program in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Publications
from the group encompass a number of publications in IF>10 journals
even though some of these papers are reports from working groups in
Sweden or in Europe, wherein investigators from the Lund Stem Cell
Center partake. In view of the future goals of the Center to emphasize
translational science, this part of the HSC program is very important to
the Center and should perhaps be strengthened further. Although the
publication record suggests some interactions between the clinical and
basic biology program in HSC, chiefly due to the fact that some of the
junior investigators recruited to the Center have a dual appointment, it
is clear from the literature list provided that these programs will need
to collaborate more closely to accomplish the translational goals (home
grown therapies applied in the clinic).
Score: Good – Excellent
Related to the HSC program is the Gene transfer and therapy program.
This is a program comprising one senior and several more junior investigators
(assistant, associate professors and researchers), many of whom publish
in IF>10 journals. Although the fact that many of the publications
are co-authored by multiple members of this subprogram might suggest
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