About HALRIC
About HALRIC
Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium (HALRIC)
During the past decade, significant development and investments have been made in advanced research infrastructures in the Öresund Kattegat Skagerrak (ÖKS)-Hamburg area. The facilities already provide advanced Life Science tools, but there is an untapped potential to further expand the collaboration at and around the sites, as well as cross-borders.
HALRIC aims to be a springboard for innovation capacity in the ÖKS-Hamburg Life Science sector via increased access to and use of cross-border front-end technologies, instruments, expertise, and data handling solutions.
HALRIC is an EU-supported project working to bring more companies, hospitals and academic researchers together in collaborations with:
– The large-scale infrastructures, such as MAX IV & DESY and ESS & European XFEL
– And with cutting-edge complementary infrastructures such as cryoEM, advanced biological MS, and 7Tesla-MR.
With the infrastructures comes advanced know-how and technology for sample production and preparation. The research facilities can also be used in pre-clinical and clinical research areas, which brings the innovation potential close to the patient in the shape of potential new treatments.
Through pilot projects HALRIC will facilitate collaboration between academia, hospitals, SMEs as well as larger biotech and pharma companies and we call for research project proposals for the use of one or more research infrastructures in the HALRIC consortium.
HALRIC will also work on prototype models for handling the huge amounts of electronic data generated by such infrastructures, as well as on strengthening the Life Science ecosystems and strategic dialogues between the four countries in the project.
Lund University is lead partner for the HALRIC consortium, which includes 20 other partner organizations across Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Norway. The consortium constitutes the full spectrum of organizations needed for multi-disciplinary collaboration with the Life Science industry.
HALRIC is a 3-year project funded by the EU-program Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak, which supports joint projects in the southwest of Scandinavia that promote development of societal innovation, green economy, transportation and employment.
PILOT PROJECTS
Exploring X-ray tomographic microscopy in severe autoimmune asthma, to identify lung structures and assess treatment
Asthma is a common chronic disease, affecting up to 300 million people worldwide. Approximately 10% of these have severe asthma and they experience recurrent hospitalizations and...
Investigating Amyloid Fibril‐Protein Interactions and Their Impact on Neuroinflammation
This HALRIC pilot project investigates the intricate process of protein interactions in Parkinson's disease (PD) by studying a phenomenon called the "protein corona" (PC) formed...
Probing Pea Protein Digestion Dynamics: A Multiscale Exploration addressing allergenicity potentials
This HALRIC pilot project investigates the complex process of protein-rich food digestion through a multiscale approach integrating scattering and microscopy. Pea proteins, often...
NEWS
HALRIC kicks off mapping of Life Science Research Infrastructures
To facilitate cross-border collaboration and more efficient use of resources, HALRIC is mapping Research Infrastructures in the ÖKS-Hamburg Region. The mapping is expected to be a desirable tool to help different user groups to identify and gain access to a wide range of resources, services, and facilities.
HALRIC invites Research Infrastructures and hospitals to combine techniques and competences for the benefit of clinical research
Early March, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE) facilitated a workshop to familiarize clinical researchers with HALRIC. The first HALRIC pilot-project involving clinical researchers from Rigshospitalet kicked off in February and it addresses the feasibility of using Micro-CT to optimize surgical precision in oral cancer.
Hanseatic Science Cloud (HSC) launches user survey
Have you used Research Infrastructures? If so, we urge you to help the Hanseatic Science Cloud answer the user needs survey. The answers will enable the Hanseatic Science Cloud to provide services that meet the needs and expectations of users in the Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak-Hamburg Region.