The University and lage scale facilities – The Challenge

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Max IV will be 1000 times more brilliant than MAX II and 1011 times more powerful than a closed tube source

Sven Lidin, 2013 Sven Lidin, 2013 Sven Lidin, 2013 Sven Lidin, 2013 Sven Lidin, 2013 1962 Max Perutz, John Kendrew Globular proteins

Francis Crick James Watson Maurice Wilkins DNA

Sven Lidin, 2013 2003 Peter Agre, Roderick McKinnon Channel proteins

Sven Lidin, 2013 2004 Aaron Chicanover, Avram Herschko, Irwin Rose Ubiquitin

Sven Lidin, 2013 2006 Roger Kornberg Transcription

Sven Lidin, 2013 2008 Osamu Shimumura, Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien GFP

Sven Lidin, 2013 2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, Ada Yonath The ribosome

Sven Lidin, 2013 2011 Dan Shechtman Quasicrystals

Sven Lidin, 2013 2012 Robert Lefkowitz, Brian Kobilka GPCR

Sven Lidin, 2013 Large scale facilities are crucial for University research – but are MAX IV and ESS crucial for Lund University.

Yes, it’s all about proximity

Sven Lidin, 2013 What’s in proximity?

There is no guaranteed access. Particularly not for new users. By making ourselves part of the infrastructure, we get access not only to time but to competence.

A unique opportunity to build competence.

Sven Lidin, 2013 At what levels can we participate?

Construction. Implementation and policymaking Training and direct usage Indirect usage

Teaching

Sven Lidin, 2013 Where are the challenges ?

Accept that we are (at least) three different organizations

Who is Who and Who does What at the University? – Transparency in a flat organization.

Sven Lidin, 2013 How do we address these challenges ?

A new, horinzontal, organization of portals that deal with

Visibility Renewal Funding

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