Careers - October 13, 2023
Steering a life science company
Promotions and hefty raises do not create leaders. While some people always want to sit in the driver’s seat, leadership – effective leadership – is a learned skill.
Global report - June 28, 2023
Post-pandemic lessons in the USA
The USA was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. What insights have been made, what actions have been taken, what are the new strategies and how is the country preparing for the next one? The world has suffered immensely over the past three years as leaders have navigated their way through a never-before-seen health crisis. […]
Profiles in Business - February 13, 2023
Making an Impact – in Business and in Society
Iris Öhrn considers herself a cosmopolitan person, and with good reason. The investment advisor for life science at Business Region Göteborg left her native Cuba to study and work abroad before settling in Sweden. While up until recently, most of Iris Öhrn’s goals were professional, now she is seeking to have more of an impact […]
Nobel Prize Laureate - December 20, 2022
Carolyn Bertozzi: “I fell in love with organic chemistry”
Carolyn Bertozzi, currently Anne T. And Robert M. Bass Professor at Stanford University, CA. USA, was awarded one of the three Nobel Prizes in Chemistry 2022.
Investor interview - January 25, 2022
Investor interview: ”You need a global perspective”
Masha Strømme, founder of PAACS Invest, shares her advice to aspiring life science entrepreneurs looking to succeed and make a difference for patients. A French-Canadian by birth, Masha Strømme prepared for a career in research, earning a doctorate in genetics and neuroscience thanks to a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford in the United […]
Nobel Prize Laureate - December 20, 2021
David Julius: “We need to restore the faith in science”
One of Nobel Laureate David Julius’ greatest joys is when people in his lab show him exciting data and make their own discoveries, and as a scientist and educator his goal is to bring society back to fact-based thinking.