Science Award - February 14, 2024
She is the winner of the Sjöberg Prize
Catherine J. Wu, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA, is a pioneer in research that may result in the development of personalized vaccines to treat cancer. She is now awarded the Sjöberg Prize, worth one million US dollars, for her work. “I’m a strong supporter and believer in innovation that comes from academic medicine. […]
Science Award - October 27, 2023
Danish big pharma among Prix Galien Award winners
The Prix Galien USA Committees honored excellence and innovation in life sciences during the Prix Galien USA Forum and 17h annual Prix Galien Awards Gala last week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The USA Committees, composed of 20 committee members, 12 subcommittee members and 20 advisory board members, represented […]
Global report - October 3, 2023
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter. The three Laureates are being recognised for their experiments, which have given humanity new […]
Science Award - September 19, 2023
The Ig Nobel Prize 2023
The 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes celebrates for example backward reading and counting nostril hairs. The 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at the 33rd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, September 14, 2023. The Prizes honor achievements that make people laugh, then think, and they are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — […]
Science Award - May 16, 2023
Jens Juul Holst receives the Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture prize
Professor Jens Juul Holst has made discoveries that have strongly influenced how people with obesity or type 2 diabetes are treated today. Throughout a long career, this internationally recognized researcher has put gut hormones on the world map and helped to make discoveries that enable millions of people to be treated for type 2 diabetes […]
Science Award - May 4, 2023
Åslaug Helland receives prestigious cancer award
Professor Åslaug Helland is the recipient of the King Olav Vs Cancer Research Award 2023. “This is a great honor, and I am very happy about this recognition of the research environment involved. I have been very fortunate working with lots of very talented people over the years!” Helland commented to Oslo Cancer Cluster. The […]