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).
Science Award - March 10, 2026
Magnus Essand named Cancer Researcher of the Year
Elicera Therapeutics' Chief Scientific Officer has been named Cancer Researcher of the Year 2026 by the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden).
Science Award - February 12, 2026
He is the winner of the Sjöberg Prize
This year’s Sjöberg Prize of one million US dollars is awarded to a British cancer researcher who has provided fundamental knowledge about evolution in tumours.
Science Award - October 24, 2025
She is the winner of Forskningsfyren
Julia Ravanis is awarded Forskningsfyren 2025 “for her innovative way of spreading knowledge across generational boundaries through a unique union of poetry, humanities and natural sciences.”
Science Award - October 8, 2025
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors the development of metal-organic frameworks
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025.
Science Award - October 6, 2025
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2025 honors findings about peripheral immune tolerance
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, USA, Fred Ramsdell, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, San Francisco, USA, and Shimon Sakaguchi, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
