Profiles in Science - April 22, 2026
Julia Ravanis: Shining a light on knowledge
It’s one thing to “do” physics – but it’s another to explain its fundamentals to others, and the role that physics and other sciences play in their lives.
Profiles in Science - March 23, 2026
Pioneering mitochondrial research earns Dr. Joanna Rorbach the Göran Gustafsson Prize
Dr. Joanna Rorbach, principal researcher at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Karolinska Institutet, has been awarded the prestigious Göran Gustafsson Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien).
Profiles in Business - December 8, 2025
Leif Johansson: “We should double the government’s R&D funding from 1% to 2% of GDP”
Successful businessman and former chairman of AstraZeneca, Leif Johansson, has accumulated vast experience and knowledge about international competition, leadership, business development, and entrepreneurship, not least when it comes to science-driven industries like the life science industry.
Nobel Prize 2025 - November 25, 2025
Dr. Sakaguchi’s quest to understand immune tolerance
With a family legacy in medicine dating back to the Shogun era, the Japanese immunologist Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi has dedicated his career to the science. A 30-year-old pivotal discovery led him to this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research in peripheral immune tolerance.
Nobel Prize 2025 - November 25, 2025
“Really dive deeply into something that excites you”
Nobel Prize laureate Mary E. Brunkow’s career path has shifted between industry and academia but her end goal to generate clinical benefit and her passion for exploring new areas have never wavered.
Nobel Prize 2025 - November 21, 2025
“Faith in and commitment to solving problems and research must be restored”
The only thing Frederick J. Ramsdell does better than scientific research is drop off the grid.
