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Panel 13 – PHYSICS / MATHEMATICS
There is no question that this program will generate ground breaking
research results. In part, this is due to the enthusiasm and energy that
a new generation of scientists will feel being part of the computational
revolution within biology and also when extrapolating the excellent
track record of the senior investigators. It is a cross-disciplinary engagement
where this group will take a lead. It is conceivable that during the
next ten years, the field will gradually percolate into different biomedical
areas as a new generation of scientists being trained in a dual way
emerges.
3.1.3 Productivity
The computational biology group has an extremely good publication
record seen over the last 5–7 years. They have published in the absolutely
highest-ranking journals within the field of biological physics and biology,
such as ”Nature Medicine”, Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, and PLoS Biology. Furthermore, one notices that the group
has a long list of collaborators both from the physical, biological and
medical sciences. Clearly, the group has been extremely active in pursuing
collaborative efforts outside their group, both in Sweden and in other
countries all over the world.
The group has received an impressive series external grants in recent years
and at present roughly 60–70% of the group funding is external. Clearly
the group has been extremely active in pursuing external support. The
very high success in obtaining external grants both indicates that the research
topics of the group are of fundamental timely importance and that
the group has excellent judgement in applying to those sources. Currently
the group has around ten external grants.
3.1.4 Teaching
The computational biology group has produced a good list of PhD
students in recent years. Clearly the group has the potential to attract
very good students. The students educated in the group do very well
afterwards, going for post-docs abroad or going into industry. Already,
some of their previous students are back in the group after very successful
post-doc periods abroad.
Furthermore, the group participates vigorously in undergraduate teaching
both in the physics major programme and also in the biocomputing/
bioinformatics niche sector.
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