Science Award - January 12, 2017
The Crafoord Prize awarded to discoveries in immune regulation
Three immunology researchers share 2017’s Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis, for which the prize money is 6 million Swedish krona. The Royal Science Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2017 Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis to Shimon Sakaguchi, Osaka University, Japan, Fred Ramsdell, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA, USA and Alexander Rudensky, […]
Science Award - August 31, 2016
The Karolinska Prize for Research in Medical Education
Professor Brian Hodges is awarded the 2016 Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education. His research has led to changes in educational practice, both scientific and practical, in the training of health professionals around the world. As an example, simulations and assessment of patients’ mental health and students’ communication skills are now included in […]
Science Award - April 29, 2016
Charpentier recieves Forska!Sveriges research award
This year’s Forska! Sverige’s research award will be awarded to professor Emmanuelle Charpentier, for her discovery about the CRISPR-Cas9 mechanism. The CRISP-Cas9 system has been shown to have unique potential for gene editing in all living cells and organisms. The award will be handed out on May 2nd at the Forska!Sverige Day at the Tessin Palace […]
Business Award - April 1, 2016
Sirpa Jalkanen wins second place in the Women Innovators Contest
The prize is awarded to European women who have brought their scientific expertise to the market and founded an innovative company, in which they have benefited from the EU research and innovation funding. The second prize which was received by Jalkanen is €50,000. “Winning the second prize from among 64 contestants is of course a […]
Science Award - March 11, 2016
Kjetil Taskén awarded King Olav V’s Cancer Research Award
Taskén, who is director of the Biotechnology Centre and the Norwegian Centre for Molecular Medicine (NCMM), receives the award for his work with immunotherapy. He has contributed greatly to the understanding of immuno-oncology. Research that will be even more relevant in the development of next generation immunotherapy. King Olav V’s Cancer Research Award 2016 is […]
Science Award - February 13, 2016
The IgNobel Prize
The winners of the IgNobel Prize are on a tour of Scandinavia, and will be coming to Sweden and Karolinska Institutet to talk about research that is everything but conventional in terms of its subject matter and method. IgNobel is a play on the name Nobel and the word ignoble, which means inferior and undignified. […]
