Published: 29-01-2026 13:19 | Updated: 29-01-2026 13:21

Grant from the Radiumhemmet Research Funds to researchers at Labmed

Seven pictures side by side showing recipients of grants from Radiumhemmet's Research Fund at Labmed.
Recipients of grants from Radiumhemmet's Research Fund to researchers at Labmed, from left: Mattias Carlsten, Margaret Sällberg Chen, Edvard Smith, Dhifaf Sarhan, Mikael Björnstedt, Helen Kaipe and Jonas Fuxe. Photo: N/A

In the long history of the Radiumhemmet Research Funds, the largest funding allocation was awarded across several KI projects, including grants to seven cancer research projects at the Department of Laboratory Medicine. Congratulations!

Docent Mattias Carlsten

Project title: Exploring unique cytokine and homing molecules to improve NK cell targeting of leukemia in the bone marrow and as extramedullar disease manifestation
 

Professor Margaret Sällberg Chen

Project title: Harnessing Microbiome-Immune Interactions to Improve Cancer Prevention and Therapy
 

Professor Edvard Smith

Project title: Studies on BTK Inhibitors in Hematological Malignancies
 

Docent Dhifaf Sarhan 

Project title: Study the therapeutic potential of adaptive NK cells in solid tumors
 

Professor Mikael Björnstedt

Project title: Multimodal kartläggning av resistent tumörsjukdom, som bas för precisionsmedicinsk diagnostik och redoxmodulerande behandling
 

Docent Helen Kaipe 

Project title: Combining tumor-reactive T cells and CAF targeting to improve immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer
 

Professor Jonas Fuxe

Project title: EMT as a novel biomarker in precision-based medicine to identify breast cancer patients with increased risk of developing metastatic disease