RSG-Sweden

Computational · Biology · Community

RSG-Sweden is a non-profit organisation, for students and researchers from all backgrounds, with a goal to promote and increase knowledge of computational biology and bioinformatics across Sweden.

Our parent organisations are the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB) and the ISCB Student Council.

Read our code of conduct. | Download our flyer (PDF) to help promote RSG-Sweden.

About Us

Sweden's Computational Biology Organisation

RSG-Sweden was launched in February 2018, and it was first introduced at the Lund University. Our mission is to encourage more students and researchers to get interested in computational biology. By bringing people from life science and computer science areas, we aim to create opportunities for cross-disclipinary collaborations across Sweden.

Our collaborators

We aim to organise social and academic events through collaboration with research organisations (from both academia and industry) and other RSGs across Europe.

In addition, with our concept of branches, we encourage members to join us on our mission to increase visibility of computational biology and bioinformatics communities across Sweden. Find out how to set up a branch!

Core Committee

Suze Roostee

President

PhD Student

Lund University

Deborah Oliveira

Secretary

PhD Student

Lund University

Martin Rydén

Co-founder & Finance Chair

PhD Student

Lund University

Nazeefa Fatima

Founder & Advisor

Computational biologist

Uppsala

Dr. Arne Elofsson

Advisor

Professor in Bioinformatics

Stockholm University

Join Sweden’s community of computational biologists!

To become a member, just sign-up on Slack (use your university e-mail address). Don't hesitate to introduce yourself!

We are looking for people to contribute to the following committees regardless of academic level and background. We appreciate a willingness and enthusiasm to learn and grow with our amazing team!

Web Committee

We maintain the website and collaborate with other committees to keep web content up-to-date. Interested in graphic design and web development? Join our team and let's brainstorm ideas.

Education Committee

One of the RSG-Sweden's goals is to foster a collaborative community where people can share education and training resources, and experiences. We aim to achieve our goal by organising workshops, hackathons, and seminars.

Outreach Committee

We promote events and come up with ideas on how to reach more people. You should definitely join us if you are interested in putting together science/tech-themed events.

Finance Committee

We plan and maintain the budget required for RSG-Sweden's events. Interested in giving a helping hand in the area of accounting and finding sponsors? Join us!

Become a branch of RSG-Sweden!

We encourage you to join our growing network of computational biology communities across Sweden. Establishing a branch at your university is a great way to connect with a wider community of people from different fields.

It's easy to get started:

Assemble a team of friends/colleagues with an interest in computational biology and bioinformatics. They can be from different academic backgrounds.

Make sure your branch team has: (i) a president, (ii) a secretary, and optionally (iii) finance chair, (iv) outreach, and (v) advisors. NB: only PIs and postdocs are eligible as advisors.

Interested in setting-up a branch at your university? Get in touch with us through Slack!

What's next?

We'll help you set up your first local events such as seminars or social meetups. For inspiration, you can check out activities from other branches and ISCB's Regional Student Groups!

Committee in Lund

Our branch is associated with the Lunds naturvetarkår (LUNA). Join to get involved as much as you like. No experience is required but willingness and enthusiasm to help grow our branch!

Note: Only primary positions and advisory team are listed here. We have several positions available, depends on where/how you would like to contribute :)

Ninoslav Pandiloski

President

MSc Bioinformatics Student

Joel Ströbaek

Secretary

MSc Bioinformatics Student

David Hidalgo Gil

Finance Chair

MSc Bioinformatics Student

Stein Acker

Outreach

MSc Bioinformatics Student

Raquel Garza

Outreach

PhD Student

Dr. Helena Persson

Advisor

Assistant Researcher,
Oncology & Pathology

Dr. Dag Ahrén

Advisor

Course Organiser Bioinformatics MSc Programme,
Bioinformatician, NBIS (SciLifeLab)

Committee in Umeå

Are you based at Umeå University or SLU Umeå? Join our branch to get involved!

Chayan Kumar Saha

President

PhD Student

Firoj Mahmud

Secretary

PhD Researcher

Dr. Gemma C. Atkinson

Advisor

Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Biology

Dr. Nicolas Delhomme

Advisor

Researcher at SLU, SLUBI representative for the S faculty & UPSC bioinformatics facility manager

Dr. Uwe Sauer

Advisor

Senior lecturer (Associate Professor), Department of Chemistry

Committee in Uppsala

Are you based at Uppsala University or SLU Uppsala? Join our branch to get involved!

Begüm Serra

President

Bioinformatician

Open position

Secretary

Open position

Outreach/Finance

Open position

Advisor

Committee in Gothenburg

Part of the Gothenburg Bioinformatics Network (GOTBIN). Are you based at Gothenburg University and/or Chalmers University of Technology? Join our branch to get involved!