1. Studytour 2012 Programme overview By Ralph Slijkerman & Bart Borghans 28-02-2012

2. Introduction Overview of the planned visits and excursions as expected at this time –Obligatory: companies, universities and cultural trips –Free time: scheduled and outside the planning All participants: daily reports during the entire tour Division into pairs, responsible for preparing for all visits on one day –Will be taken care of later

3. Introduction Early morning of April 23rd: Nijmegen – Schiphol (touringcar) Schiphol – Uppsala airport (plane) –ID card or passport necessary –Flight is 2 hours long

4. Overview Uppsala: 4th largest city of Sweden Monday 23rd – Wednesday 25th of April Stockholm: capital of Sweden Thursday 26th – Tuesday 1st of May Oslo: capital of Norway Wednesday 2nd – Monday 7th

5. Uppsala Uppsala Vandrarhem at Kvarntorget (Hostel at Mill Square) Close to trainstation

6. Uppsala (day 1 – Monday 23 Apr ) Uppsala University City tour –Uppsala Cathedral: Linnaeus’ grave

7. Uppsala (day 2 – Tuesday 24 Apr ) GE Healthcare Provides services in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceuticals. Uppsala Biopark A life science pathfinder: "We build new ways to make life science flourish, in close collaboration with industry, academia, society and healthcare"

8. Uppsala (day 3 – Wednesday 25 Apr ) Uppsala University, Photosynthesis Group Travel from Uppsala to Stockholm by train –Ride takes 40 minutes

9. Stockholm Hostel: Lodge32 On Kungsholmen: Kings’ Island Also close to station (arrow)

10. Stockholm (day 4 – Thursday 26 Apr ) Karolinska Institutet Stockholm University, Department of Neurochemistry – “Studies of GalR ligands with xCelligence” – “Antiviral approach with CPP applications”

11. Stockholm (day 5 – Friday 27 Apr ) Sandvik High-technology engineering group and a world-leader in tooling, stainless steel alloys, materials technology, mining and construction. Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet) –17th century ship: Vasa –Tour with conservator

12. Stockholm (day 6 – Saturday 28 Apr ) Stockholm University, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics –Structural biochemistry –Virus research Swedish National Museum of Science & Technology (Tekniska Museet) –Old server of The Pirate Bay

13. Stockholm (day 7 – Sunday 29 Apr ) Skansen: open-air museum –19th century town –Zoo Boatride around the many islands that form Stockholm

14. Stockholm (day 8 – Monday 30 Apr ) Stockholm University, Department of Organic Chemistry Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton or simply Valborg) – Bonfires?

15. Stockholm (day 9 – Tuesday 01 May ) Nobel Museum (Nobelmuseet) –About the Nobel Prize, the people receiving it and its founder Alfred Nobel International Workers’ Day: May Day –Festivities and parades Last day in Sweden

16. Oslo (day 10 – Wednesday 02 May) Traintravel Stockholm-Oslo (~6h) Sleeping: Anker-hostel -7-8 minutes walk from CS -Laundry -Wireless internet (free) / internet café next door

17. Oslo (day 11 – Thursday 03 May) -Lytix Biopharma (Morning) -Started 2003 from university of Tromsø -Office Tromsø and Oslo -Vision: “cure treatment-resistant microbial infections and cancers” via “peptide based drugs” -Life Technologies (former invitrogen) (Afternoon) -Life science products: “a global biotechnology tools company” -Magnetic Beads (separation technology)

18. Oslo (day 12 – Friday 04 May) -Oslo University: Cell Biology -Gunnar Dick (prof. Kristian Prydz) -basic cell biology: intracellular transport, glycosylation and extracellular matrix -Mass Spectrometry of glycans -HPLC analysis of proteoglycan modifications -Confocal microscopy and imaging facility -Oslo University Hospital: dept. Tumor Biology (part of Cancer Institute) -prof. Ola Myklebost -Genomic profiling / Expression profiling / Epigenomic profiling / Nuclear programming / Chemotherapy studies / Experimental and clinical studies / Model system development

19. Oslo (day 13 – Saturday 05 May) -City tour -Oslo City Hall (Oslo Radhus) (Nobel Peace Price cermony) -Viking museum (Bygdøy)

20. Oslo (day 14 – Sunday 06 May) Free time -Explore city (centre) -Shopping centre -Souvenirs

21. Oslo (day 15 – Monday 07 May) -Institute for Energy Technology (Kjeller) -founded in 1948 -Annual turnover of NOK 775 million (~103 million euros) -~600 employees -Vision: “Internationally leading energy research institute” -Journey homewards -Airplain (Oslo – Amsterdam) -Arrival Schiphol: ~19.05u) -Train (Amsterdam – Nijmegen) (Own occasion)

22. To be continued… Contacts for internships/work +4 master-ECTS Study-tour sweater Travel book: -Your stories -Photos -Pre-studies + Case-studies -Sponsors