About HALRIC
About HALRIC
Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium (HALRIC)
Looking to fast-track your research or product development? Then you might want to connect with HALRIC in the Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak (ÖKS)-Hamburg Region!
We aim to be a springboard for innovation capacity in the Life Science sector via increased access to and use of cross-border front-end technologies, instruments, expertise, and data handling solutions. This includes large-scale infrastructures, such as MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, as well as cutting-edge complementary infrastructures at the Universities and Hospitals in the ÖKS-Hamburg Region.
Through pilot projects HALRIC is facilitating collaboration between academia, hospitals, SMEs as well as larger biotech and pharma companies and we call for more research project proposals for the use of one or more Research Infrastructures in the HALRIC consortium. HALRIC’s Hanseatic Science Cloud is also working on prototype models for handling the huge amounts of electronic data generated by the Research Infrastructures in collaborative projects.
The 21 partners in our EU-Interreg ÖKS supported project want to open the door to new techniques and methologies that help solve research questions, and we also work to strengthen the Life Science ecosystems and strategic dialogues between the four countries in the project (Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden).
PILOT PROJECTS
Limiting the cell toxicity of antimicrobial peptides through NMR spectroscopy
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat that has been thoroughly documented by WHO, EPHA, OECD and the CDC. Although the response to this threat needs to be...
Developing a drug delivery system for the antifungal agent Amphotericin B
Invasive fungal infections (IFI) present a significant challenge for clinicians in a range of clinical settings, particularly in patients with a compromised immune system or...
Engineering biocompatible microcapsules for targeted enzyme delivery to enhance anticancer treatments
Cancer cells often exhibit unusual sugar patterns on their surfaces, which play a central role in tumor development and progression. These sugar patterns, particularly sialic...
NEWS
Cryo-EM is a popular technique in HALRIC pilot projects
Striking advances in cryo-EM techniques have been made in the last decade and the accompanying resolution revolution has made it the primary method in structural biology for high resolution studies of proteins, cells and tissue. CryoEM is increasingly used in the drug discovery journey in both academia and industry.
BioSAXS and LU-Fold Facilities at Lund University Open Doors for Collaborative Research
The state-of-the-art facilities at Lund University provide unique resources and expertise to advance research in Life Sciences and material science. BioSAXS and LU-Fold were inaugurated in 2023 and are open to foster collaborative projects and advance scientific discovery through cutting-edge technology and expertise.
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.