INFORMATION FOR NEWCOMERS

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  Department of Molecular Biology
  Biomedical Center, Box 590
  SE-751 24 Uppsala
  Sweden
  
  
• Uppsala University
  Department of Cell and Molecular Biology - Structural Biology
  Biomedical Center, Box 596
  SE-751 24 Uppsala
  Sweden

• Links

  • A joint homepage for the department is located at http://xray.bmc.uu.se/
  • BMC homepage http://www.bmc.uu.se/
  • SLU homepage http://www.slu.se/
  • UU homepage http://www.uu.se/
    
    If you need information about salaries, working environment, rules for employment etc. you may find some useful tips on the university home pages (only in swedish though). Look under 'Internt'.

• General lab rules

  • Before you start working in the lab you must receive information about general safety. You should know how to handle chemicals, various equipment and what to do in case of fire etc. This is important and must always be respected even if you work in the lab only for a shorter period. Contact persons:
    • Dept. Molecular Biology/SLU: Margareta Ingelman
    • Dept. Cell- and Molecular Biology/UU: Terese Bergfors
    • and/or your supervisor/boss

• X-ray work

  • Those of you who want to work on the X-ray generators must get special training ('Drivers license') from Torsten Unge, Dept. Cell and Molecular Biology/UU and Christer Andersson, Dept. Molecular Biology/SLU

• Administrative and general matters

  • Contact persons:
    • Dept. Molecular Biology/SLU: Elleonor Uhlin
    • Dept. Cell- and Molecular Biology/UU: Ingrid Söderström
  • A bulletin board is found at the entrance of corridor D11:1. Here you find information about seminars, applications, scholarships etc. Note that this type of information tends to be transferred to the web. i.e. it does not appear on paper.
  • Door cards for the main entrances can be obtained at the reception. Contact your secretary for information.
  • To enter the corridors during non-office hours you need a code number.
  • Mailboxes are found outside the secretarys office in D11:1 (Molecular Biology/SLU and Cell and Molecular Biology/UU) and in the middle of corridor C10:1 (Biochemistry/UU) .
  • A photocopying machine is located outside the secretary's office.

• Computing

  • Accounts can be arranged by Erling Wikman (D11:108b) or David van der Spoel.
  • Please note that all users must take care of their own back-ups.

• Libraries

  • There is a local library located in D11:1 room 107 a. Here you find structurally related journals as well as Nature, Science, etc. The departments also subscribe to a local daily paper (Upsala Nya Tidning).
  • The BMC library is located in A6:2 (above the restaurant).
  • Copy cards for the BMC library are available at the reception in C7:2.
  • The main Ultuna library is located at the Ultuna campus, Undervisningsplan 10 (link)

• Seminars

  • Joint seminars for the structural groups are held on Fridays at 14.00 usually in room C10:305.
  • BMC seminars are announced here.
  • Some of the individual groups also have group meetings/seminars.

• Food

  • There is a small kitchen with microwave ovens in connection to the local library where you also will find a coffee machine. A newly built larger lunch room is available in corridor C10:3.
  • The BMC restaurant is in A6:1. There are also several lunch restaurants within 5-10 minutes walking distance from BMC.

• Car park

  • You may park your car in one of the BMC-parking areas. You pay per hour/day (parking meters) or buy a card for 6 month or 1 year.

• Residence permit and 'Personnummer'

  • In Sweden you need a personal number and in order to get that you need a residence permit.
  • Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway):
    • Before you leave your home country you have to get a 'internordiskt flyttbevis'. You hand this over to Skatteförvaltningen in Uppsala to get your personal number directly.
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  • EU/EEA members:
    • start by going to Invandrarverket (http://www.siv.se/)

      Local office:
      Dragarbrunnsgatan 36 C (note: small entrance; hard to find !)
      753 20 Uppsala
      Tel: 018-16 19 60
      

    • Get a form called 'Recidence permit for EEA'
  • Non-EU/EEA members: your recidence permit has to be arranged before you come to Sweden !
  • Now it is time to get your personal number. This consists of your date of birth (YYMMDD) plus 4 digits. These digits can be obtained from 'Skatteförvaltningen' (Tax authorities; link):

    Local office:
    Lokala Skattekontoret i Uppsala
    Kungsängsgatan 43
    018-17 51 00 or 17 54 55 (ask for registration matters)
    

  • It might be practical to get a swedish ID-card. This can be issued by a bank assuming you have an account there for which you usually need a personal number.