Bo Nilsson awarded research grant for covid-19 research
2020-07-03
The Swedish Research Council has decided about the funding of projects concerning research on coronavirus and COVID-19. Bi Nilsson is awarded SEK 1,77 million to study the innate immune response in COVID-19.
In the end of the spring, the Research Council opened a call for applications with the aim to support research that can quickly contribute to stopping the spread of COVID-19 and preventing future pandemic outbreaks. In the call, 23 out of 255 applications have been granted, out of which 5 from Uppsala University.
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Bo Nilsson awarded research grant for covid-19 research
2020-07-03
The Swedish Research Council has decided about the funding of projects concerning research on coronavirus and COVID-19. Bi Nilsson is awarded SEK 1,77 million to study the innate immune response in COVID-19.
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IGP researchers receive grants from the Swedish Brain Foundation
2020-06-11
Niklas Dahl and Jan Dumanski have been awarded grants of SEK 1 200 000 for two years, and Åsa Johansson and Fredrik Swartling receive SEK 600 000 for one year.
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Research prize to Peter Nygren
2020-05-19
Peter Nygren has been awarded Region Uppsala’s research prize for 2019 for his research on individualised and more effective cancer therapy, often called precision medicine.
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IGP researcher receive grants for covid-19 research
2020-05-07
Gunilla Enblad is one of the researchers who has been granted funding in SciLifeLab’s call for applications for covid-19 research, financed by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. She is awarded SEK 700 000 for the project Biological investigations of Covid-19 in cancer patients.
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Research grant to Xingqi Chen
2020-05-06
Xingqi Chen has been awarded SEK 500 000 from the foundation Petrus och Augusta Hedlunds stiftelse.
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Several research grants to Oskar Eriksson
2020-04-17
Oskar Eriksson has been granted funding from the Agnes and Mac Rudberg foundation, Magnus Bergvall foundation, and Reumatikerförbundet.
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Göran Gustafsson prize to Di Yu
2020-04-09
IGP researcher Di Yu has been awarded a Göran Gustafsson Prize for young researchers.
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Swedish Cancer Society positions to IGP researchers
2020-03-18
Fredrik Swartling and Marika Nestor receive a Senior Investigator Award, Anzhelika Vorobyeva is awarded a position for research on ovarian cancer and Milena Doroszko is awarded a postdoctoral position.
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New on the IGP web: Picture of the week
2020-03-09
Starting today, we will each week publish a beautiful/stunning/interesting picture as examples of the research performed at IGP.
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Taija Mäkinen awarded the Göran Gustafsson prize
2020-03-02
She is awarded "for her molecular studies of the lymphatic vasculature's growth and function". The prize consists of a research grant of SEK 5.1 million during three years, and a personal prize of SEK 250 000.
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U-CAN 10 years!
2020-02-28
U-CAN has been in operation for 10 years. To celebrate this, a day of scientific presentations and discussion of how U-CAN best contributes to future cancer research is organised.
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Three IGP reseachers receive grants from Linnéstiftelsen
2020-02-21
Anzhelika Vorobeyeva, Yumeng Mao and Xingqi Chen have been awarded research grants of SEK 200 000 from the foundation Linnéstiftelsen för medicinsk forskning.
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The Prostate Cancer Association funds two research projects at IGP
2020-02-19
Anzhelika Vorobyeva is awarded SEK 340 000 to study how targeting of EpCAM using DARPin molecules can be used as a combined diagnostics and therapy of prostate cancer.
Masood Kamali-Moghaddam receives SEK 200 000 to develop and implement advanced technologies for detection and characterization of exosomes as biomarkers for prostate cancer.
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Marcus Lundberg awarded a research grant from Diabetes Wellness
2020-01-29
The foundation Diabetes Wellness Sweden has awarded Marcus Lundberg at IGP a grant of SEK 200 000 for studying the role of the pancreas’ acinar tissue for the etiology of the disease.
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IGP researchers awarded SEK 9 million from Sjöbergstiftelsen
2020-01-15
The foundation Sjöbergstiftelsen has decided to award grants to two applications from IGP researchers.