Distinguished Professor Grants to five KI researchers
Five researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been approved Distinguished Professor Grant by the Swedish Research Council, each of approximately 3.5-5 million SEK annualy for ten years. In total almost half a billion SEK will be allocated to ten researchers in Sweden.
The aim of the Distinguished Professors Grant programme is to create conditions for the most distinguished researchers to conduct long-term, innovative research with great potential to achieve scientific breakthroughs.
The five Distinguished Professors from Karolinska Institutet
Henrik Ehrsson
Henrik Ehrsson, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience
Project title: Ego experiences: Experimental studies and biopsychological processes [Jagupplevelse: experimentella studier och biopsykologiska processer]
Abdel El Manira
Abdel El Manira, Professor of Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience
Project title: The organization of neuronal networks that control motor movements [Organisationen av neuronala nätverk som styr motoriska rörelser]
Ulf Eriksson
Ulf Eriksson, Professor of Vascular Biology at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Project title: Studies of vascular diseases and underlying mechanisms [Studier av vaskulära sjukdomar och underliggande mekanismer]
Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam
Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, Professor of Vaccine Research at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology
Project title: Genetic studies of antibody diversity [Genetiska studier av antikroppsdiversitet]
Rickard Sandberg
Rickard Sandberg, Professor of Molecular Geneticsprofessor at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Project title: Understanding gene regulation by massive parallel genomic analysis of individual cells [Förstå genreglering genom massiv parallell genomisk analys av enskilda celler]