Science article - April 26, 2023
Scientific research through an artist’s lens
The Royal Institute of Art and SciLifeLab have connected the creative minds of artists and scientists and the outcome of this fusion is explored in an exhibition at SciLifeLab campus. In February 2023, scientists and art students were given the possibility to present their respective fields to each other through the initiative Coalescence; Scientific research […]
Science Award - February 8, 2023
He is the winner of the Marie and August Krogh Prize
Henrik Toft Sørensen, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, is receiving the 2023 prize, accompanied by 1.5 million DKK. He receives the Prize in recognition of his major contribution to epidemiological research in Denmark and internationally, describes Novo Nordisk Foundation in a press release. In 2000, Henrik Toft Sørensen established the […]
Science article - February 1, 2023
Icelandic study changes the definition of multiple myeloma precursor condition
Findings from the major study iStopMM has been used to redefine monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), a precursor to multiple myeloma. We spoke with Þórir Einarsson Long, one of the authors of Defining new reference intervals for serum free light chains in individuals with chronic kidney disease: Results of the iStopMM study, published in […]
Science article - January 24, 2023
Science Q&A: Does evolution have a built-in preference for symmetry?
An international team of researchers have combined ideas from biology, computer science and mathematics to explain why evolution seems to favor symmetry. We spoke with Iain Johnston, a professor at the University of Bergen, and one of the authors behind the article Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution, published in […]
Prio - December 14, 2022
The world’s first research centre for cluster headaches
Thanks to a donation of SEK 35 million from financier and philanthropist Rune Andersson, Karolinska Institutet’s research group leader Andrea Carmine Belin will very soon be setting up the world’s first research centre specializing exclusively in cluster headaches. “The emergency prophylactic treatments available have been developed for other diseases and aren’t optimal,” says docent and […]
Science Award - November 21, 2022
She is the winner of the Novelties in Biomarkers award
Olink Holding has announced the 2022 winner of the young researchers’ award, Novelties in Biomarkers, Maria Martin-Grau at the University of Valencia, Spain. Novelties in Biomarkers is an annual award established in 2019 by Olink Proteomics with the purpose of encouraging and motivating young scientists in the use of biomarker discovery in their research. “To […]
