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Panel 14 – chemistry
Relevance of the department’s research is ‘outstanding’ It has also been
at the forefront of the discovery of biomarkers in the areas of cancer,
auto-immunity and allergy research. Its advances in the areas of antibody
engineering and antibody microarray technologies are highly innovative
and have far-reaching applications within the field, for example to
potentially develop and improve the diagnosis of cancers and is currently
at the forefront of research globally in these areas.
From the evidence of the international standing of the researchers within
this department and their research expertise and track record, including
its multi-disciplinary nature, I would rate the vitality and organisational
capacity of the department as ‘excellent’.
5.5 Collaboration
The researchers in the department have an excellent record of leading,
coordinating and participating in high quality international and national
organisations and conferences, such as within HUPO, the EU and within
Sweden. The researchers have reputations for establishing, maintaining
and managing strong and successful national and international collaborations
and consortia. I would rate the reputation, profile and quality of the
collaborations as excellent.
5.6 Research activity and teaching
This area of research of this department is internationally highly competitive
and is inter- and multi-disciplinary requiring extensive expertise,
critical mass and infrastructure. The department focuses on post-graduate
and advanced training of researchers. This is in line with international
practice in such areas, as members within this department would be in a
position to give advanced level training in areas of cutting edge research.
As such the department acknowledges that it is involved in relatively little
undergraduate education, but is very much involved in post-graduate and
advanced level training. For example, it participates and organizes many
national and international courses, conferences and workshops, such
as developing a Proteomics Masters education program for the Human
Proteome Organisation (HUPO) and the European Proteomics Association
(EuPa), in addition to developing and delivering a number of 1 week
courses.
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