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Research Infrastructures

Research infrastructures are resources that make advanced research possible.

Research infrastructures are resources that make advanced research possible. They provide researchers with the tools and environments required for groundbreaking ideas. They also serve as creative meeting places for exchanging expertise and driving scientific progress. The research carried out at these facilities leads to innovations that address societal challenges, while industry and society benefit from the generated knowledge and technology.

At Linköping University, we offer equipment (laboratories, microscopes, supercomputers, test facilities), data and databases (large datasets, biobanks, archives), digital platforms and systems, as well as services and expert support. Other universities, organisations and companies are welcome to use most of these resources. Please contact the relevant research infrastructure if you are interested in collaboration or wish to access the facilities.

LiU hosts two national research infrastructures and participates in numerous other national and international ones. See below to find the resource relevant to your needs.

Resources at LiU

Laboratories, microscopes, super-computers, test facilities, databases, biobanks, archives, services, digital platforms and systems and experts.

National research infrastructures hosted by LiU

National research infrastructures are major research resources within a country that are used by many research groups and are too extensive for a single university to operate on its own. They are jointly built and funded by several Swedish universities, government agencies or other actors, and are accessible to researchers nationwide. LiU hosts two national research infrastructures.

NAISS - National Academic Infrastructure for Super­computing in Sweden

NAISS provides large‑scale computing resources, storage, and data services for academic users. It also offers qualified, decentralised support through a national branch structure in collaboration with universities across the country. NAISS is a centre hosted by LiU and is funded primarily by the Swedish Research Council, as well as by LiU’s thirteen partner universities and institutes.

A room with large-scale computers.

NAISS - National Academic Infrastructure for Super­computing in Sweden

NAISS - National Academic Infrastructure for Super­computing in Sweden, provides large-scale computational resources, storagevand data services for academic users. NAISS is the largest and most widely used research infrastructure in Sweden.

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ARTEMI - Atomic Resolution TEM Infrastructure of Sweden

ARTEMI is a national infrastructure for advanced transmission electron microscopy. Its purpose is to provide researchers with access to experts, cutting‑edge microscopes, and the capability to perform precise measurements of materials at the atomic scale. This means actually visualising how atoms are arranged in a material and how they bond to one another, in order to understand how the material’s properties are formed.

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ARTEMI – Atomic Resolution TEM Infrastructure network of Sweden

ARTEMI has, since 2022, been a national infrastructure for advanced transmission electron microscopy. Linköping University hosts the infrastructure, which also includes the universities of Uppsala, Lund and Stockholm, as well as KTH and Chalmers

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National research infrastructures in which LiU participates

National research infrastructures are major research resources within a country that are used by many research groups and are too extensive for a single higher‑education institution to operate on its own. They are jointly built and funded by several Swedish universities, government agencies or other actors and are accessible to researchers nationwide. The infrastructures listed below are those in which LiU participates.

Biobank Sweden

Biobank Sweden makes it easier to find, use and share biobank samples for research. Through national coordination, harmonised procedures and support in navigating legislation, it creates better conditions for medical research and clinical studies.

Visit biobanksverige.se

CBCS - Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden

The unit at CBCS Linköping provides support throughout the entire process — from developing analytical methods to confirming promising compounds. The unit offers two types of services: electrophysiological testing and advanced drug screening.

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InfraVis

InfraVis helps researchers visualise and analyse large and complex datasets. Through expert support, advanced methods and national coordination, InfraVis makes it easier to identify patterns, understand results and communicate research effectively.

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LiU’s own Research Infrastructures

LiU has its own research infrastructures consisting of advanced equipment, databases and other resources required for high‑level research. They also provide the associated expert competence needed to support researchers in methods, usage and data management. These infrastructures are intended to be used by multiple research groups, both within and outside the university, rather than by a single researcher.
Two scientists are sitting infront of an MRI

Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization, CMIV

CMIV conducts focused front-line research providing solutions to tomorrow’s clinical issues. The CMIV mission is to develop future methods and tools for image analysis and visualization for applications within health care and medical research.
Mikael Pihl and Jan Ingvar Jönsson by the Cytof2

Core Facility (COREF)

The Core Facility at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences consists of several units that provide advanced equipment and qualified human resources.
Computer room with a few students.

Cybersecurity lab at LiU

The cybersecurity lab at LiU offers facilities that are tailored for teaching cybersecurity in undergraduate and professional training programs. These facilities enable training in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity within secure settings.

SciLifeLab – Science for Life Laboratory

SciLifeLab is one of Sweden’s largest national research infrastructures in the life sciences. Since 2022, SciLifeLab has had a local hub at LiU, making LiU an active partner in the infrastructure and its national organisation. The host universities are Karolinska Institutet, KTH, Stockholm University, and Uppsala University.
Campus US with cherry blossom in the foreground.

SciLifeLab Linköping

SciLifeLab Linköping is both a local and a national research infrastructure, with unique technologies and expert competence accessible for academic and industrial researcher in the field of life sciences, health and data-driven life science.
Sign of SciLifeLab at Solna.

SciLifeLab

Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab, is a national center for molecular biosciences with focus on health and environmental research.

SciLifeLab

International research infrastructures LiU participate in

The international research infrastructures listed below are those in which LiU participates. These are large‑scale research resources built and used jointly by several countries to give researchers access to advanced tools that no single nation could operate alone.

Petra III

PETRA III is a synchrotron radiation facility at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron) that delivers extremely intense hard X-rays for advanced materials research. Swedish researchers access the facility via the Swedish Material Science beamline.

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EATRIS

EATRIS helps researchers develop new medicines, diagnostics and vaccines by providing access to advanced infrastructure, expert knowledge, sample collections and support for moving research findings from the laboratory toward clinical use.