Uncategorized - May 14, 2020
Karolinska Institutet’s Board of Research has appointed 3 new honorary doctors
Pascale Cossart, Sven Hagströmer, and Thomas Sakmar will have their doctorates formally conferred at Stockholm City Hall on 13 November 2020. An honorary doctorate can be awarded to researchers who have contributed to science, humanity, or Karolinska Institutet. It can also be awarded to individuals who lack the official requirements of a PhD but have […]
Uncategorized - April 27, 2020
Sara Mangsbo awarded the ÅForsk’s scholarship
Sara Mangsbo, Associate Senior Lecturer at Uppsala University, has been appointed one of Sweden’s ten most innovative entrepreneurs 2020 by the Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (SISP) and ÅForsk. Mangsbo will receive the ÅForsk’s entrepreneur Scholarship of 200 000 SEK to further develop her research project, Immune Gas Pedal (IMMGAP), a platform that can help […]
Financing - April 22, 2020
Pioneering synthetic biology company secures financial and strategic support
Swedish EnginZyme has announced a Series A investment of 6.4 million EUR led by Sofinnova Partners. The funds will be used to accelerate the development of the company’s technology platform and take its first internal production process to pilot, it states. A cell-free synthetic biology platform The chemistry industry has a central role to play […]
In a new job - April 20, 2020
Medicon Valley Alliance strengthens its Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA), the Danish-Swedish life science cluster organization, have welcomed new members. At the Ordinary General Meeting, Thursday 16th of April, which was organized as an online meeting, the MVA Board of Directors welcomed Linn Mandahl, General Manager at AbbVie Scandinavia, as a new board member. “It is […]
Financing - March 26, 2020
The Stockholm Material Hub receives 0.5 MEUR from European Regional Development Fund
The Stockholm Material Hub (SMH) has secured funding from the EU’s European Regional Development Fund, enabling continued research into novel materials and their use in life science applications. SMH is coordinated by Stockholm University (SU) and integrates materials expertise existing in Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Karolinska Institute (KI) and other academic institutions. The vision […]
Uncategorized - March 12, 2020
A better understanding of the human brain
An international team of scientists led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet has launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed in the brain, published in the journal Science. The open-access database offers medical researchers an unprecedented resource to deepen their understanding of neurobiology and develop new, more effective therapies and diagnostics targeting psychiatric and neurological […]
