FyFa researchers benefit from record-breaking grant from the Swedish Brain Foundation
Four researchers from FyFa, Sophie Erhardt, Harald Lund, Cristiana Cruceanu and Carl Sellgren Majkowitz, receive funding from the Swedish Brain Foundation. This year, the Swedish Brain Foundation is making its largest grant to date, totalling SEK 152.8 million.
Sophie Erhardt, Harald Lund, Cristiana Cruceanu and Carl Sellgren Majkowitz are four of a total of 39 researchers from Karolinska Institutet who will receive a record-breaking grant from the Swedish Brain Foundation. A total of SEK 152.8 million will be awarded to Swedish research in neuroscience.
FyFa projects receiving grants from the Brain Foundation
Project: Inhibition of CAT III: A novel treatment strategy for immune-induced cognitive impairment and psychosis (Inhibering av KAT III: En ny behandlingsstrategi för immuninducerad kognitiv svikt och psykos)
Principal investigator: Sophie Erhardt
Project: The blood-DRG-barrier in health and disease: From basic mechanisms to neuropathy therapy
Principal investigator: Harald Lund
Project: Temporal programming of neurotransmission in the placental-brain axis (Temporal programmering av neurotransmission i placenta-hjärnaxeln)
Principal investigator: Cristiana Cruceanu
Project: The effects of genetic risk variants for bipolar disorder in a model of early brain development (Effekterna av genetiska risk varianter för bipolär sjukdom i en modell av den tidiga hjärnans utveckling)
Principal investigator: Carl Sellgren Majkowitz