Collaboration - March 8, 2024
Spotlight on Women in Life Sciences
On International Women’s Day we like to highlight some of the many inspiring women in life science that we have had the opportunity to meet and interview. Bahija Jallal I definitely think it’s important for women in life science to have role models. I have always had mentors and tried to pay that forward by […]
Global report - February 20, 2024
First Neuralink patient said to be able to control mouse through thinking
The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, stated Elon Musk late on Monday. “Progress is good, and the patient seems to have made a full recovery, with no ill effects that we are aware of. Patient […]
Global report - February 12, 2024
Devastating freezer failure at Karolinska Institutet
During the Christmas holidays, the automatic filling of the cryotanks with liquid nitrogen was interrupted for an unknown reason in the Neo building on the institute’s Flemingsberg campus. As a result of the failure, the temperature in 16 of 19 cryogenic tanks rose and large amounts of biological research material dating back decades have been […]
Collaboration - February 12, 2024
Closing the gender gap in science
This year’s International Women and Girls in Science Day, implemented by UNESCO and UN-Women, focused on Closing the gender gap in science: Accelerating action. Despite the progress made in recent decades, still today only one in three researchers globally is a woman, describes UNESCO. This persistent gender disparity is the result of the numerous barriers […]
Business article - February 6, 2024
UK ATMP delegation to Sweden eyes future collaborations
Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, has taken a group of eleven UK businesses specializing in advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) for a deep dive into the Swedish ecosystem. During visits to institutions like Karolinska Institutet, the KTH Royal Institute and AstraZeneca, the UK delegation got a chance to forge new collaboration partnerships with the […]
Collaboration - February 1, 2024
Novo Nordisk Foundation partners with CARB-X
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is committing up to USD 25 million to support the early-stage development of innovative tools to prevent, diagnose and treat the most dangerous drug-resistant bacterial infections. The three-year grant will go to the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X), a global non-profit public-private partnership in this space. The partnership plays a […]
