
Science Award - July 20, 2021
Inge Marie Svane receives the Marie and August Krogh Prize
She receives the 2021 Marie and August Krogh Prize for her dedicated efforts in cancer and immunotherapy. The Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding health researcher in Denmark. The Foundation and the Organization of Danish Medical Societies award the Prize, which is accompanied by DKK 1.5 million, of which DKK 1.25 million is for […]

Imaging - April 30, 2021
The best in life science imaging
Olympus has unveiled the winners of their second Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award, an annual competition that recognizes the best in life science imaging. The contest launched on Sept. 15, 2020 with a call for users to submit their best life science microscopy images through Jan. 31, 2021. The winning […]

Science Award - October 28, 2020
The Pasteur medal was awarded to Professor Didier Pittet
The Swedish Society of Medicine (SSM) has decided to award the Pasteur medal to Professor Didier Pittet, director of the Infection Control Programme at the Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine. The Pasteur medal is awarded every ten years and rewards basic discoveries in bacteriology in the spirit and tradition of Pasteur. Professor Didier […]

Science Award - September 16, 2020
Biomedicum wins a MIPIM Award
C.F. Møller Architects wins a MIPIM Award in the category of Best Healthcare Development with Biomedicum, a research complex in Stockholm for the Karolinska Institutet. This year’s MIPIM Awards ceremony took place in Paris where it was announced that C.F. Møller Architects was the winner in the category of ‘Best Healthcare Project’. “We are very […]

Science Award - September 9, 2020
He is awarded the Prize for Research in Medical Education
Glenn Regehr is awarded the 2020 Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education (KIPRIME) Dr. Regehr of University of British Columbia, Vancouver (UBC), whose work has improved the educational and scholarly practices in health professions education, will be the tenth winner of this award. His research looks broadly at the experiences of both learners […]

Science Award - September 2, 2020
The Lennart Nilsson Award 2020
Jan Huisken wins the prize for his developments in light-sheet microscopy. Jan Huisken, Director of Medical Engineering at the Morgridge Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, US, is a pioneer in light-sheet microscopy who has made significant developments to the technique, states the jury of the award. A pioneer in light-sheet microscopy Light-sheet microscopy, also called SPIM (selective […]