Profiles in Science - July 16, 2024
“I am glad to have contributed direct answers to human biology”
Kirsty Spalding started her career as a neuroscientist and given a succession of casual events, she ended up studying adipose biology.
Profiles in Science - June 24, 2024
Exclusive interview: Jens Juul Holst
His is not a household name, but the drugs developed thanks to Danish scientist Jens Juul Holst’s research certainly are.
Profiles in Science - June 18, 2024
From the archive: “I would like to push the field of cell therapy forward”
Anna Falk, Head of Lund University’s Center for Advanced Therapies (LU-ATMP) and principal researcher of the Department of Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet (KI) shares insights into her research, her multi-faceted job, and her vision for the future of neuroscience. Anna Falk is a molecular biologist with a PhD in neural stem cells and adult neurogenesis. […]
Profiles in Biotech - April 23, 2024
Mia Phillipson: Pioneering immunotherapies
Despite being the co-founder of Ilya Pharma and co-director at the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Dr. Mia Phillipson, considers herself a scientist foremost, not an entrepreneur.
Nobel Prize Laureate - December 20, 2023
Katalin Karikó: “Decades and decades of work were involved”
Scientific research demands years, sometimes a lifetime’s worth, of persistence. One of the 2023 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, Dr. Katalin Karikó, PhD, has shown more determination than most. Despite a series of setbacks, she forged ahead on messenger RNA research that contributed to a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.
Nobel Prize Laureate - December 20, 2023
Drew Weissman: Unlocking the power of mRNA
Drew Weissman was one of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on messenger RNA that paved the way for the COVID-19 vaccine.
