Title: Life Science Research Infrastructures – Strategic pillars that require revision of the Life Science Ecosystem” – let me know if you want to focus it differently
Speaker: Clara Prats joined the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen in 2002 as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Center. Since then, she has shaped her professional profile in the interface between Metabolic Research, Advanced Microscopy Technologies, and Core Facility Leadership and Management. Appointed Associate Professor in 2010, her research at the Department of Biomedical Sciences has led to novel knowledge in basic metabolic regulation, in both health and disease. At the same time, she led the construction, implementation and operation of the Light Microscopy and Image Analysis services at the Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy (www.cfim.ku.dk). Her double affiliation created a bridge between research and core facility operation, bridging the technology platform to the life scientists’ needs, driving the development and testing of methodologies, and fund raising to support continuous development of the offered service portfolio. She played a key role in the creation of a National BioImaging Network (DBI), facilitated the Danish membership to the ERIC Euro-BioImaging (EuBI), and directed the implementation of the Danish BioImaging Infrastructure (www.dbi-infra.eu) since 2021. In June 2025, she was appointed Director of the newly created Center for Core Facilities (CCF) at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. CCF was officially launched September 2025, aiming at democratizing access to advanced research technologies and foster interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Copenhagen. CCF coordinates and develops strategic core facilities across the faculty, ensuring cutting-edge technologies, transparent processes and pricing, and strong links to leading research environments.