Evaluations
External Ministry of Research, Innovation and Higher Education Evaluations
An external panel of experts was appointed by The Danish Ministry of Research, Innovation and Higher Education at the beginning of the grant period to evaluate the UNIK iniatives.
2014 Final Evaluation
"UNIK Synbio has resulted in establishing an internationally recognized center of excellence"
Read the complete final evaluation on the Ministry's homepage here.
2012 Evaluation
"World leading potential"
"Management has done an excellent job in creating a good working climate with a mixture of young and more established scientists."
"Considerable progress has been made with regard to attracting industry"
Read the 2012 evaluation on the Ministry's homepage here.
2011 Evaluation
"Synthetic Biology contains several potentially groundbreaking ideas and a high level of research excellence"
"There is a vast cross-disciplinary collaboration and collaboration among faculties, which drives the research forward."
Read the 2011 evaluation report on the Ministry's homepage here.
Scientific Advisory Board Report
UNIK Center for Synthetic Biology established a scientific Advisory Board comprised of international experts Professor Stephen Sligar, Professor Brian Kobilka and Professor Mark Reed.
2013 Report
"The UNIK initiative has enabled the establishment of a center of excellence with wold leading competences within synthetic biology"
UNIK Synbio Final Report
External Panel Members
Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson - President, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Olli Ilkkala - Professor, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
'We need more initiatives like UNIK'
UCPH pro-vice-chancellor, Thomas Bjørnholm, looks back on the succesful UNIK initiative and advises government and funding bodies to harvest from the lessons learned.