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June 17, 2014

2010 - New treatment strategies for cancer and viral infections - Kristoffer Hellstrand - University of Gothenburg

June 17, 2014

2010 - Application for SEK 10 million to establish an additional research professorship in medicine - Staffan Normark - Kungl. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

June 17, 2014

2010 - Proto-oncogenes as effectors and therapeutic targets in inflammation and autoimmune arthritis - Maria Bokarewa - University of Gothenburg

June 17, 2014

2010 - Translational study on angiogenesis in regulation of obesity and diabetes - Yihai Cao - Karolinska Institutet

June 17, 2014

2010 - Functional brown adipose tissue in healthy humans- a new target for anti-obesity therapy - Sven Enerbäck - University of Gothenburg

June 17, 2014

2013 - Is schizophrenia a ciliopathy? - Peter Swoboda - Karolinska Institutet

Schizophrenia is a complex, chronic illness that can affect up to 1% of the population. Symptoms include hallucinations, personality disorders, distorted thinking and...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Laminins - cell differentiation, phenotype stability, pancreatic islet expansion - Karl Tryggvason - Karolinska Institutet

Most cell types in the body are located on or directly attached to thin connective tissue structures (basement membranes) that contain specific laminin proteins that...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Microbial exposure, immunological maturation and allergy development in children - Eva Sverremark-Ekström - Stockholm University

The early years of life are key to the maturation and balance of our immune system. Many factors can influence this, including...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Preeclampsia, Alzheimer's and Skellefte disease - cause and correlation? - Anders Olofsson - Umeå University

Amyloidosis is the result of a pathological phenomenon in which aggregating proteins are deposited in tissue. Today, 30 different diseases are associated with...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Harnessing the body's immune system to fight infection and inflammation - Artur Schmidtchen - Lund University

Infection and inflammation underlie many diseases. We can suffer from conditions such as chronic eczema of the skin, or chronic wounds,...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Innate lymphoid cells in inflammatory bowel disease - Jenny Mjösberg - Karolinska Institutet

Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) dramatically increases the risk of colon cancer. It is likely that the chronic inflammation in IBD...

June 17, 2014

2013 - Establishment of an additional academic professorship in medicine - Staffan Normark - Kungl. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Torsten Söderberg Foundation and the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation currently fund five research professorships in medicine, and the Torsten Söderberg Foundation itself funds two...