
Science Award - November 26, 2021
The winners of the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
This global prize aims to reward scientists at an early stage of their careers. The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists was established in 2013. Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and SciLifeLab, joined forces in creating the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists to recognize excellence amongst young […]

Uncategorized - November 22, 2021
Researchers find new way to kill cancer cells
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the SciLifeLab Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS) have identified a chemical compound, CBK77, that has the potential to inhibit protein recycling in cancer cells, subsequently leading to tumor cell death. CBK77 also turned out to have an unexpected advantage, it only affects cells that express the NQO1 enzyme, commonly upregulated […]

Uncategorized - July 21, 2021
A new Swedish immunotherapeutic cancer vaccine delivery-platform
SciLifeLab Group leader, Sara Mangsbo, Uppsala University, and her immunotherapeutic cancer vaccine delivery-platform, is now ready to leave the SciLifeLab Drug Discovery and Development platform (DDD). The immunotherapeutic cancer vaccine delivery platform is based on a new technique, called Adaptable Drug Affinity Conjugate (ADAC), that can help the immune system to detect “invisible” tumors and […]

COVID-19 - June 21, 2021
SciLifeLab to support Sweden’s pandemic laboratory preparedness
SciLifeLab has been commissioned by the Swedish government to support important societal functions in coordinated improvement of laboratory preparedness during possible coming pandemics. The aim is to strengthen Sweden’s preparedness in the event of a new pandemic or other crisis that requires national laboratory coordination, states SciLifeLab in a press release. Investment in laboratory support […]

Collaboration - June 2, 2021
SciLifeLab enters new collaboration with EMBL
SciLifeLab and The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) will intensify collaboration between the two organizations under the joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU declares a joint ambition to stimulate mutually beneficial scientific and academic exchange and collaboration in various areas of life science research in order to ensure greater connectivity, availability of scientific data, […]

Collaboration - May 3, 2021
WASP and DDLS collaborate
The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) and the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), will initiate a collaboration. The ultimate goal of the collaboration will be to solve ground breaking research questions and to create synergies across disciplines. The effort will bring together state-of-the-art research infrastructures, research networks […]