Science News - October 7, 2020
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. In 2012 the two scientists, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier published their ground-breaking findings about the mechanisms behind the CRISPR/Cas 9 system. Using […]
Science News - October 5, 2020
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice, for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus. The three scientists have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem […]
Uncategorized - September 24, 2020
Rapid test shows how antibiotics combine to kill bacteria
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method to rapidly determine how effective two antibiotics combined can be in stopping bacterial growth. The new method is simple for laboratories to use and can provide greater scope for customizing treatment of bacterial infections, states the researchers. The study is published in PLOS Biology. CombiANT With […]
Collaboration - September 21, 2020
A Working Lab Innomedicum has officially been launched
A Working Lab Innomedicum is a new meeting place for life science innovation in Campus Solna at Karolinska Institutet. Akademiska Hus, KI Innovations and KI Science Park have initiated the almost 5 000 squaremeter large co-working environment at Nanna Svartz väg 4 in Solna. It includes flexible workplaces, private offices, laboratories, meeting rooms, makerspaces and […]
Science Award - September 16, 2020
Biomedicum wins a MIPIM Award
C.F. Møller Architects wins a MIPIM Award in the category of Best Healthcare Development with Biomedicum, a research complex in Stockholm for the Karolinska Institutet. This year’s MIPIM Awards ceremony took place in Paris where it was announced that C.F. Møller Architects was the winner in the category of ‘Best Healthcare Project’. “We are very […]
In a new job - September 9, 2020
Oasmia Pharmaceutical appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Oasmia Pharmaceutical has announced the appointment of Fredrik Järrsten as Chief Financial Officer reporting to Francois Martelet, Chief Executive Officer. “We are delighted to have Fredrik joining the Oasmia team as Chief Financial Officer. His vast experience as a leader, developing businesses across the healthcare and life sciences sector, will be invaluable to Oasmia as […]
