Shipping address
Oslo University Hospital
Institute for Cancer Research, Building K
Department of Cancer Immunology, Room K03.001
Ullernchausseen 70
0379 Oslo, Norway

ORCID: Sigrid Skånland
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sigrid-skanland
Sigrid Skånland's project group: https://www.ous-research.no/skanland group

Biography
Sigrid S. Skånland received her PhD from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at University of Oslo in 2009, under the supervision of Prof. Kirsten Sandvig. She was then awarded with a long-term EMBO fellowship to do her post-doctoral training in the Molecular Signaling Group of Prof. Ivan Dikic (2009-2011) at the University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany. From 2011, Skånland has been affiliated with the research group of Prof. Kjetil Taskén, first at the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine in Norway (NCMM), currently at Oslo University Hospital. Here, she has established her own research group focusing on functional precision medicine in haematologic cancers, in particular the B-cell malignancy chronic lymphocytic leukemia. By performing functional analyses including ex vivo drug sensitivity screening and single cell signaling analyses, her aim is to identify biomarker signatures that can predict treatment outcomes for the individual patient. In 2020, Skånland became coordinator of the European Commission ERA PerMed consortium CLL-CLUE on tailoring the targeted treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and in 2023 she was awarded "Researcher of the year" at the Institute for Cancer Research.

Curriculum Vitae
Education
2009                  PhD “Mechanisms in intracellular transport of toxins.”
                           The Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, NO
                           Supervisor: Prof. Kirsten Sandvig
2005                  MSc “The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase hVps34 modulates endosome to Golgi transport of ricin.”
                           The Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, NO

Current positions
2022-present    Researcher in The Norwegian Centre for Clinical Cancer Research (MATRIX)
2021-present    Coordinator of the ERA PerMed consortium CLL-CLUE
2021-present    Project group leader. Department of Cancer Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research
2018-present    Researcher and Lab leader in Prof. Kjetil Taskén’s lab
                            Oslo University Hospital, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo, NO

Previous positions
2017-2018        Lab leader in Prof. Kjetil Taskén’s lab
                           Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), Nordic EMBL Partnership, University of Oslo, NO
2015-2018        Senior Researcher in Prof. Kjetil Taskén’s lab
                           NCMM, Nordic EMBL Partnership, University of Oslo, NO
2011-2015        Postdoc in Prof. Kjetil Taskén’s lab
                           NCMM, Nordic EMBL Partnership, University of Oslo, NO
2009-2011        EMBO fellow/Postdoc in Prof. Ivan Dikic’s lab
                           Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University School of Medicine, DE

Fellowships and Awards
2025-present    EP PerMed JTC2024 cofunded by the European Commission (coordinator, 1.5 mEUR)
2024                   Fondsstiftelsen (170 000 NOK)
2023                   Researcher of the Year 2023 (100 000 NOK), Institute for Cancer Research
2023                   Excellent Research Article 2022 (50 000 NOK), Oslo University Hospital
2022                   Fondsstiftelsen (400 000 NOK)
2022                   Prize for best article 2022, K.G. Jebsen Centre for B-cell Malignancies
2021-present    ERA PerMed JTC2020 cofunded by the European Comission (coordinator, 1.5 mEUR)
2019                   Legacy: Lilly Constance og Karl Ingolf Larssons stiftelse (400 000 NOK)
2015-2019         Career Development Research Fellowship, The Norwegian Cancer Society
2012                   Legacy: Ella og Kristian Nyerrøds stiftelse for medisinsk forskning ved Universitetet i Oslo
2009-2011         EMBO Long-term fellowship

Mobility
2022                  Sabbatical (5 months) in Dr. Omar Abdel-Wahab's lab
                           Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
2019                  Visiting scientist (1 month) in Dr. Adrian Wiestner's lab
                           NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
2009-2011        EMBO fellow/Postdoc in Prof. Ivan Dikic’s lab
                           Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University School of Medicine, DE
2006                  Visiting student (3 months) in Prof. Tom A. Rapoport’s lab
                           Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Supervision and teaching
2015-present    3 Postdocs, 1 researcher, 5 PhD fellows, 1 MD/PhD, 8 Master students, 1 UiO:Life Science internship
2024                   MED3059 - Cancer research, University of Oslo, NO
2022                   Cancer Genomics (PhD course), BRIC, University of Copenhagen, DK
2021-present    BIOS9710 - Advanced cancer biology (PhD course), University of Oslo, NO
2020-present    MF9135 - Biomarkers in clinical research (PhD course), University of Oslo, NO
2019-present    MF9120BTS - Molecular Medicine (national PhD course), University of Oslo, NO
2009-2011         Laboratory practical courses. Goethe University School of Medicine, DE