KI researchers receive SEK 35 million from SSF for research technology
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is investing SEK 120 million in the development of instruments, technology and methods that will enable scientific breakthroughs. Four researchers at Karolinska Institutet have received a total of almost SEK 35 million for projects that improve diagnostics, develop new therapies and provide researchers with advanced analytical tools.
Instrument, technology and method development is a necessary factor for competitive research and innovation. Already in 2017, SSF's first call was made to strengthen the branch of activity, and now it is clear who the grant recipients are in the second call
The grants from SSF concern the development of new tools and methods that will enable scientific and technological breakthroughs, and at the same time promote the grant recipients' own career paths.
KI researchers and projects that receive funding from SSF
Andre Görgens, researcher at the Department of Laboratory Medicine
Project: Next generation nanoparticle sorting platform
Grant: SEK 9.969.244
Vladana Vukojevic, docent at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Project: Time-resolved nano-diagnostics with ultimate sensitivity
Grant: SEK 8.500.000
Margherita Zamboni, researcher at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Project: Development of a platform for programmable DNA therapeutics
Grant: SEK 6.450.689
Henrik Johansson, docent at the Department of Oncology-Pathology
Project: Proteoform elucidation and knowledge graph system – PEAKS
Grant: SEK 9.999.977
In total, SSF has granted twelve projects at Swedish universities and colleges with the aim of strengthening research and Sweden's competitiveness.