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Four junior researchers at the Department of Medicine, Solna, have each been awarded a three-year research grant from the Swedish Rheumatism Association as part of a special initiative focusing on rheumatic systemic diseases.
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On 1 October, researchers, decision-makers and representatives from industry and international organisations gathered at KI for the high-level meeting Vaccines for All: Health. Security. Growth. Benjamin Dousa, Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, participated in the important meeting, organised by Karolinska Institutet and the Stockholm School of Economics in collabotation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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A new thesis from Karolinska Institutet studied how mental health problems run in families. Using nationwide Swedish registers, the researchers followed millions of parents and their children over decades, revealing several important findings about how and why mental health problems pass from parents to children, and importantly, how to interrupt this cycle.
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Professor Emerita Sigbritt Werner has died at the age of 86. Sigbritt Werner was known as a highly skilled clinician and appreciated teacher. Between 2001 and 2003, she was KI's first female vice president.
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A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that an heart rhythm disorder, POTS, is particularly common in people with long COVID. The majority of those affected are middle-aged women. The study has been published in the scientific journal Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.
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During the autumn term, KI employees have been targeted by attempted fraud via telephone and text message, which is currently on the rise both in Sweden and internationally. There are a few things to keep in mind to reduce the risk of becoming a victim.
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Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholm University (SU) are launching a new investment fund through their respective holding companies for early-stage deep tech ventures. The fund, Trio Impact Invest, is co-financed by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket), the European Regional Development Fund and private investors, and will address a critical financing gap for research-intensive ventures based in Sweden.
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Knut Steffensen heads up the newly opened Karolinska ATMP Centre, which has been established to convert research on cell and gene therapy into actual treatments. Equipped with experience from both academia and the pharmaceutical industry, he wants to combine the best of both worlds.
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Meet Nick Tobin, lecturer, principal researcher and docent at the Department of Oncology and Pathology at KI. Nick teaches in the subject area of Bioinformatics, but also runs seminars on various aspects of cancer including its hallmarks and the utility of cancer gene expression signatures in a clinical setting. Nick is one of Clinicum's advisors within Bioinformatics.
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Audience: Medarbetare
KI has signed an agreement with the Public Health Agency of Sweden that enables the lending of personnel between the authorities. Personnel loans (secondments) can be utilised both during peacetime crises and in normal situations to assist each other when there is a temporary need for specific expertise.
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When children are diagnosed with cancer, it is not only the disease itself that poses a threat. During treatment, the immune system becomes weakened, and infections can become life-threatening. To better understand why some children are more severely affected, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital are working together with colleagues at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda.
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A new study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) at Karolinska Institutet shows that women with premenstrual disorders have significantly lower quality of life compared to women without such conditions. The more severe form, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), has the most negative impact on well-being.
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Two research infrastructures, one that Karolinska Institutet coordinates and one it participates in, have been awarded a grant in the Swedish Research Council’s call for research infrastructure of national interest: the Chemical Biological Consortium and Protein Production Sweden 2.0. Seventeen other infrastructures have also been granted financing.
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LIME Newsletter #7
Welcome to read our LIME Newsletter - either via link below or if you want to read older ones you can find them in All about LIME / Kommunikation.
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Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik
Karolinska Institutet awards grants from a large number of foundations and from donations. The foundations & donations award research and travel grants.
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In early September 2025, NASP’s team from Karolinska Institutet travelled to Pisa, Italy, for the third and final review meeting of the EXPERIENCE project, hosted by the University of Pisa. Running from January 2021 to June 2025, the project was funded under the EXCELLENT SCIENCE – Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) call within the Horizon 2020 framework of the European Commission.
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Monday, September 1st, was the opening of the new temporary micro area in BZ, where students can heat their food and store it in a refrigerator on site.
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Hi Melissa Kotte, doctoral student at the Division of Nursing. On October 24, you will defend your thesis ”Reaching cancer survivors where they are : effects and experiences of live-remote exercise”. What is the main focus of the thesis?
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To further enhance safety in the ANA Futura freezer facility, an audio alarm has been installed.
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Laboratoriemedicin, Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, Medicin, Huddinge, Odontologi
People who sleep poorly are more likely than others to have brains that appear older than they actually are. This is according to a comprehensive brain imaging study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal eBioMedicine. Increased inflammation in the body may partly explain the association.
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A recent study from Karolinska Institutet reveals how a gene associated with several rheumatic diseases affects how cells move, providing new insights into disease mechanisms and potential future therapies. The study was recently published in the scientific journal PNAS.
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As the autumn semester kicks off, KI Housing is happy to welcome around 450 new tenants to four accommodation areas. One of the new faces in KI Residence Solna is Erik Bassermann, who recently moved into his studio with shared kitchen. 
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On 26 September, around 2500 high school students from the Stockholm area visited the science festival Researchers' Night (Forskarfredag) at Albanova. Many researchers from KI participated in the programme, including the Science fair and the Researchers' Grand Prix. The event is a collaboration between KI, KTH, Stockholm University, the City of Stockholm and Vetenskapens hus. The initiative is part of the EU's Researchers' Night celebrating science across Europe.
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Karolinska Institutet hereby announces research grants for studies on the common disease osteoporosis, funded by a donation from Ebbe and Lena Krook. A total of SEK 5 million for 2025.
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President Annika Östman Wernerson has taken decisions on further aspects of KI’s new model for the allocation of the government appropriation for research and doctoral education. The decisions concern performance-bases allocations and premises costs. The model will come into effect in its entirety in 2026, replacing the former “activity” model.
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In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Queen Mary University of London have investigated how the physical structure of fat tissue helps ovarian cancer cells invade the body, offering potential new treatment strategies.
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Gianluca Renzi from the Center for Reproduction, Metabolism and Molecular medicine (CeRM), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends her thesis titled "The Role of Creatine Metabolism in Human White Adipose Tissue", on 3 October, 2025. Main supervisor is Niklas Mejhert (MedH).
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Businessman Fredrik Lundberg is donating SEK 30 million to Karolinska Institutet and a research project looking into how the immune system can combat colorectal cancer and prevent it spreading.
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A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the scientific journal The BMJ, shows how a simple blood analysis can predict the risk of developing severe liver disease. The method may already start to be applied in primary care to enable the earlier detection of cirrhosis and cancer of the liver.
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Karin Modig and Viktor Ahlqvist at the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) have recently published two articles on the news platform The Conversation.
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There is now an updated guide for choosing the applicant entity for the research for the ethical application for a research project where Karolinska Institutet collaborates with health care providers in Region Stockholm.
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On 4 November 2024, Karolinska Institutet (KI) hosted the symposium “Beyond Amyloid and Tau: The Importance of Co-Pathologies in Alzheimer's Disease” at the Nobel Forum, Stockholm. Jointly organized by the Center for Alzheimer Research (CAR) and the Aging Research Center (ARC), both part of the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), the event was supported by the Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM) and the Strategic Research Area in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at KI.
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Are you studying medicine, biomedicine, or life sciences at KI and interested in the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of AI and big data?
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancer types. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with the Department of Pathology at Karolinska University Hospital, shows that tumour cells grow not only in the connective tissue–rich environment typical of the disease, but also in damaged parts of the pancreas where normal tissue is altered. The findings may provide new insights into tumour development and treatment.
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Karolinska Institutet retains its place among Sweden's 100 most attractive employers according to this year's edition of the Young Professional Attraction Index (YPAI). With this year's ranking of 8th, up from 42nd last year, KI is now at the very top alongside employers such as Ikea, Google and Spotify.
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Bachelor, Master, and PhD students at KI are invited to apply now for the Autumn School of Clinical Neurotechnology taking place in Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca (UMF Cluj)
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Cardiac arrhythmias are common, can substantially impair quality of life, and may even prove fatal. Frieder Braunschweig is dedicated to improving the care for these patients, with a particular focus on remote home follow-up solutions. Meet one of the new professors of Karolinska Institutet who will participate in this year's installation ceremony at Aula Medica on 9 October.
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Antibiotic resistance is sometimes referred to as the silent pandemic – a contagion that spreads without us really knowing its extent or severity. But research is in progress to find new ways of fighting bacteria. And as with COVID-19, everyone can help to reduce the spread – and save lives.
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Depression and psychosis are more common in women after childbirth than before, but the risk of suicide attempts decreases. This is shown by two new studies from Karolinska Institutet. The results suggest that national guidelines for screening can help women get help earlier.
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A study led by Vincenzo Condello and Christofer Juhlin, has been published in Endocrine Pathology. The researchers explored why some papillary thyroid cancers don’t respond well to radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy - a key treatment used after surgery to eliminate remaining thyroid cancer cells.
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On Physiotherapy Day, Monday, September 8, the Division of Physiotherapy organized a farewell conversation and tribute for long-time colleague Professor Lena Nilsson-Wikmar ahead of her retirement.
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Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with international colleagues, have identified a protein that is crucial for the TBE virus to infect human cells. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, could pave the way for new treatments for tick-borne encephalitis.
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KI researcher Samir EL Andaloussi has been awarded the Swedish Society for Medical Research’s (SSMF) Jubilee Prize of SEK five million for his groundbreaking research in gene therapies that could revolutionise the treatment of hard-to-treat diseases. The recipient will also receive an honorary medal presented by H.M. The Queen on 17 October.
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What do you think of the food at KI's Solna campus? Nordrest, who runs the restaurants and cafés on campus, would like to know what you, as a student or employee, think about the range and service. Is it time for more taste experiences - or is coffee enough to save the day?
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Current treatment strategies for endocrine and metabolic diseases are often sub-optimal. Both the diseases and the treatments can have adverse effects on the brain. Svetlana Lajic hopes to improve therapeutic strategies. Meet one of the new professors of Karolinska Institutet who will participate in this year's installation ceremony at Aula Medica on 9 October. 
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Women who miss their first mammogram run a higher risk of being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and dying from the disease. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific journal BMJ.
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The first revolution in quantum technology paved the way for mobile telephony and GPS navigation. With its extreme computational capacity, the technique is now of interest to the field of life science and could prove the key to such advances as smarter drug development and optimised therapies to treat cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. By virtue of its involvement in the Swedish Quantum Life Science Centre, KI is a driver of the country’s research in the field.
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This year’s draft budget has landed. For the higher education sector, we can see that the government is signalling a greater focus on excellence and competitiveness. In it, it is proposed that five per cent of the direct research appropriation be divided among universities based on excellence. There is also a general SEK 172.6 million increase in the appropriation, of which KI receives an extra SEK 20.5 million.
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The Biophysical Society has selected Erdinc Sezgin, Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, as the recipient of the 2026 Early Independent Career Award. The award recognises his outstanding work combining chemistry, physics, biology and computer science to advance fundamental and translational insights into how the biophysics of cells influence health and disease.
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Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Pete Williams wants to find new ways of treating this disease by protecting and restoring nerve cells in the eye. Meet one of the new professors of Karolinska Institutet who will participate in this year's installation ceremony at Aula Medica on 9 October.
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