2018-06-13
Lars Forsberg’s and Jan Dumanski’s research on how loss of chromosome Y in blood cells is can be associated with the generally shorter life expectancy for men was described in an article in New York Times on 11 June.
In the article, where both Lars Forsberg and Jan Dumanski are cited, the author presents new findings that show the importance of the Y chromosome and how it affects the risk of certain diseases.
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Aglaia Schiza awarded for this year’s best thesis 2018-09-12
Upsala Läkareförening has awarded Aglaia Schiza the Hwasser prize for best PhD thesis in the 2017/2018 season. |
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Lars Forsberg receives the award Erik K. Fernströms Svenska pris 2018-09-04
The Erik K. Fernström foundation has decided to award Lars Forsberg the Swedish Prize, which is presented to young, particularly promising and successful researchers at medical faculties in Sweden. |
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2018-06-25
IGP doctoral student Rasel Al-Amin has received the Tony B. Academic Travel Award to attend the conference SLAS Europe 2018. |
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IGP researchers receive grants from Hjärnfonden 2018-06-20
The funding agency Hjärnfonden has decided to award Niklas Dahl and Lars Feuk grants for research projects on epilepsy and schizophrenia respectively. |
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IGP research presented in New York Times 2018-06-13
Lars Forsberg’s and Jan Dumanski’s research on how loss of chromosome Y in blood cells is can be associated with the generally shorter life expectancy for men was described in an article in New York Times on 11 June. |
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Karin Forsberg Nilsson answered questions from radio listeners 2018-06-07
On 2 June, Karin Forsberg Nilsson visited the radio show “Ask what you want in P3” where she answered questions about the use of animals in cancer research. |
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Tobias Sjöblom granted funding for commercialisation project 2018-05-28
The grant will be used for a project about software for mutation analysis and was awarded in the innovation programmes Swelife and Medtech4Health’s common call for applications on better health. |
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2018-03-22
Sara Bolin, Ulla Martinsson and Artur Mezheyeuski have been granted funding for post doc positions and research months. |
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Research grants from Sjöbergstiftelsen 2018-01-29
Patrick Micke at IGP has together with Klas Kärre at Karolinska Institutet been awarded a research grant of SEK 4 million from the foundation Sjöbergstiftelsen. During 2017, the foundation has also supported the network project Partnership for Precision Medicine in Cancer, led by Tobias Sjöblom at IGP. |
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Christer Betsholtz receives the Louis-Jeantet prize in medicine 2018-01-24
Christer Betsholtz is awarded the Swiss Louis-Jeantet prize for his research on how blood vessels are formed and function. |
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Heart-Lung Foundation Fellowship to Marcel den Hoed 2018-01-24
Marcel den Hoed has been awarded a three-year fellowship by the Swedish Heart Lung Foundation. The fellowship will allow Marcel den Hoed and his group to continue their genetic screens for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. |
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NIH funding to Marcel den Hoed 2018-01-04
Marcel den Hoed is co-applicant in a project that was recently awarded a grant from the American NIH. The project aims to characterise genes that influence the risk of diabetes and is a collaboration between researchers from USA, UK and Sweden. |
