Science Award - February 21, 2018
Talented life science researchers honored in Norway
Two of the Research Council of Norway’s three Awards for Young Outstanding Researchers have been awarded this year to cancer researcher Kyrre Eeg Emblem and nanotechnologist Øivind Wilhelmsen. The winners each receive a cash prize of NOK 500 000 an the awards will be presented on 1 March. “These prizes honor three researchers who have already […]
Science Award - September 5, 2017
Elias Tillandz Prize awarded to best BioCity Turku publication
Doctoral Candidate Norma Jäppinen and Docent Pia Rantakari received the prize at a ceremony held during the BioCity symposium on 17 August. The prize, which is awarded to the best publication of BioCity Turku, is named after Professor Elias Tillandz (1640‒1693) who introduced empirical life science to Finland and published the first scientific study in […]
Science Award - June 30, 2017
Lennart Nilsson Award is awarded to Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang is the recipient of the 2017 Lennart Nilsson Award for making breakthrough discoveries in the beautiful world of cell biology, literally making the invisible visible, with the STORM technique that was developed in her laboratory. Xiaowei Zhuang is the David B. Arnold Professor of Science at Harvard University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute […]
Pharma Award - May 29, 2017
Jan Holmgren is awarded vaccine prize
Dr. Jan Holmgren has received the 24th annual Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award in honor of his pioneering work in mucosal immunology and leadership in the development the world’s first oral cholera vaccine. Awarded annually since 1994, the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award recognizes a researcher who has made extraordinary contributions in the field […]
Science Award - February 15, 2017
The Sjöberg Prize to discoveries that have led to new and effective cancer treatments
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sjöberg Prize 2017 to James P. Allison , The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA and Tony Hunter , Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA “for groundbreaking studies of cellular processes that have led to the development […]
Science Award - January 27, 2017
The Scheele Award 2017
The Scheele-award 2017 prize-winner is Professor Charles L Sawyers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA. In honor of the world-renowned Swedish chemist and pharmacist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences has since 1961 bestowed the Scheele Award on prominent scientists in the field of drug research or related disciplines. By tradition the […]
