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6 September, 2023
Welcome Karin Vikström - new Communications officer at MedHOn 28 August, Karin Vikström started as communications officer at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge

22 August, 2023
A step towards solving the riddle of tumor cell invasionA study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and physicians from Karolinska Hospital shows that a capsule of connective tissue around liver metastases from colorectal cancer improves patient survival and represents a healing response by the liver, not a phenomenon caused by the tumor itself.
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We congratulate these researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) who receive CIMED:s project grant 2024-2026.
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Maria Karvouni from the Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) is defending her thesis: "Cellular and personalized therapies in Multiple Myeloma with special emphasis on retargeted NK cells" 16 June 2023. Main supervisor is Evren Alici (MedH).
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Welcome Patricia Degnell - new Financal controller at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) since May 2023. Patricia is part of the Economy team at the Central Administration at C2:94 in the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge.
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge

A new study demonstrates that the dietary fatty acid gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) derived from the mother's milk triggers a metabolic shift essential for heart cell maturation in newborn mice. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet contributed to the study published in Nature in May 2023.
While the relevance for human heart development still needs to be addressed, GLA is found in human breast milk and the GLA-activated nuclear receptors are highly conserved between mice and humans.
While the relevance for human heart development still needs to be addressed, GLA is found in human breast milk and the GLA-activated nuclear receptors are highly conserved between mice and humans.
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The first-ever career program at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) is now launching! The program aims to help junior researchers/postocs to advance their career within research and academia. Applications are open between 17 May and 8 June 2023.
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge, Centrum för Infektionsmedicin, Hematologi
3 April, 2023
Kristina Linkyte - new Financial controller at MedHWelcome to Kristina Linkyte - new Financial controller at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH). Kristina is part of the Economy team at the Central Administration at C2:94 in the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge.
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge

Immunotherapy has been shown to greatly improve survival rates for certain types of cancer. However, in some cases, it can lead to an over-activation of the immune system, which can be dangerous. In a recent review by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, potential therapies have been identified, which might make it possible to continue with immunotherapy even when facing severe side effects.
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27 February, 2023
Free period products at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge The Environmental and sustainability representative at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), Sara, shares some insights from the current work to make MedH a more sustainable department and workplace. One action currently underway is free period products at the department.
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge, Centrum för Infektionsmedicin, Hematologi

Aristeidis Grigoriadis, from the Gastroenterology and Rheumatology Unit at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) will defend his thesis "Magnetic resonance imaging as a tool for diagnosis, evaluation and prognosis in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis" on February 17, 2023. Main Supervisor is Annika Bergquist (MedH).
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18 January, 2023
Erik Pettersson - new Educational administrator at MedHWelcome Erik Pettersson, new Educational administrator at the Department of Medicne, Huddinge (MedH). Erik started on January 9th 2023 and is filling in for Josefine Berg who is on parental leave. Erik will mainly work with administration for the new medical program (läkarprogrammet).
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge, Centrum för Infektionsmedicin, Hematologi

27 December, 2022
Inauguration of the Centre for NutritionOn December 16, 2022, the KI president inaugurated the Centre for Nutrition at Karolinska Institutet. More than 150 people attended the event with representatives from the funding agencies present; the Swedish Cancer Society, the Swedish Heart Lung Foundation and Formas.
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15 December, 2022
MedH researchers granted millions for ground breaking stem cell researchResearchers at Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital and Cellevate AB, have received almost 5 million SEK from Vinnova, to investigate how stem cells interact with their environment. The goal is to develop more effective production of stem cell therapies, and eventually contribute to better treatment of public diseases such as heart failure and diabetes.
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13 December, 2022
Monica Häggström - new Financial controller at MedHWelcome to Monica Häggström, who is new Financial controller at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH). Monica started her employment on December 6th and is part of the Economy team at the Central Administration at C2:94.
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge

17 November, 2022
MedH-researchers awarded 29 million SEK from The Swedish cancer societyNine researchers from the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) are awarded a total of SEK 29 100 000 from The Swedish cancer society - Cancerfonden. Congratulations to:
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Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have reported new insights on how copper ions inhibit the aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. The study published in JACS Au presents molecular structures of this complex, which provide a general understanding of the impact metal ions have.
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In the Swedish Research Council's latest call, SEK 91 558 000 was awarded to 15 researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) for the years 2022–2027. Congratulations to:
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27 October, 2022
Four MedH researchers received KID-funding in the 2022 call65 researchers at Karolinska Institutet received KID-funding in the call 2022, and four of these are active researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH).
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26 October, 2022
Five researchers from BioNut received KID-funding in the 2022 call65 researchers at Karolinska Institutet received KID-funding in the call 2022 and five of these are active researchers at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition.
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Karolinska Institutet hosted the annual meeting with the Swedish national Network in Epidemiology and Nutrition (NEON). The theme for this year’s meeting was: ”Digital lifestyle interventions and BigData in nutritional research”. Around a hundred researchers and practitioners in nutrition and epidemiology from all over Sweden met in Flemingsberg.
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14 October, 2022
Installation of New Professor in Nutrition at Karolinska InstitutetMarie Löf, at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, is a new Professor in Nutrition as of February 1st, 2022. Yesterday, October 13th, 2022, the inauguration of new professors at Karolinska Institutet took place with an installation ceremony in Aula Medica.
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The Nobel Minisymposium “From models towards regenerative therapies” was held at Nobel Forum on October 12, where eight prominent international scientists within the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine presented their recent work.
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Audience: Medarbetare
Medicin, Huddinge, Hematologi

7 October, 2022
Martin Bergö re-appointed Vice President for ResearchProfessor Martin Bergö is re-appointed Academic Vice President for Research as well as Chairperson of the Committee for Research at Karolinska Institutet. On October 4th the president of Karolinska Institutet, Ole Petter Ottersen, appointed the academic vice presidents and deputy chairpersons for the three committees that report to the Faculty Board.
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The two-day conference, Collaboration in Science 2022, is held on 6 and 7 October at KI’s Campus Flemingsberg. During the conference, participants will learn about the extensive research being conducted at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital.
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26 September, 2022
Advanced course in Network medicineFrom byte to bench to bed side – addressing large and complex data sets in biomedicine
KI Network Medicine Alliance offers an advanced course in Network Medicine 19th-20th of October 2022
KI Network Medicine Alliance offers an advanced course in Network Medicine 19th-20th of October 2022
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22 September, 2022
BioNut researcher receives the Alzheimer's Association Research GrantA researcher from the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, has received a career supporting grant from the Alzheimer's Association.
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14 September, 2022
Researchers at BioNut receive Novo Nordisk Foundation grants 2022Three researchers at the Department of Biosciences and Nutriton, Karolinska Institutet, have received grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for their research, 2022.
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29 June, 2022
CBB network event October 7th, 12 pm to 6 pmCentre for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics arranges a networking event for researchers within bioinformatics and biostatistics Friday October 7th from 12 pm to 6 pm. The event takes place right after the conference Collaboration in Science 2022 and will be held in Neo building at Campus Flemingsberg. Register before September 9th!
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Universitetstandvården, Biovetenskaper och näringslära, Medicin, Huddinge, Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Odontologi, Klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset, Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, Laboratoriemedicin

22 November, 2021
Impetus grant to BioNut researcherA researcher at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, has received USD 200 000 for a project aiming to assess the effect of partial re-programming by the transient expression of the Yamanaka factors to rejuvenate the immune system to extend lifespan and health span.
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10 November, 2021
Almost SEK 23 million to BioNut from the Swedish Research CouncilCongratulations!
Five researchers active at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, have received grants from the Swedish Research Council.
Five researchers active at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, have received grants from the Swedish Research Council.
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29 October, 2021
BioNut researchers receive KID-fundingSeventy researchers at Karolinska Institutet received KID-funding in the 2021 call and eight of them are active researchers at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, something that the Head of the Department sees as a much appreciated verification of the high quality of both the established and the new researchers at the department.
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Circular RNAs’ role in cancer initiation and progression has gain a lot of interest recently, but there is no clear picture regarding their functional importance. New findings by researchers at Karolinska Institutet suggest that despite the relative abundance and differential expression, a substantial number of circular RNAs may represent “passenger molecules” with little impact on a cell, reflecting a stochasticity of the gene expression and splicing processes.
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A scientist at Karolinska Institutet reports that machine learning can be used to gain insights into molecular events that change the shape of proteins after they are made, regulating their ability to interact with each other. This suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) may allow us, in the future, to accurately simulate highly complex biological scenarios in silico as well as leverage this information for therapeutic intervention.
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5 October, 2021
Grants from FORTE to BioNut researcherBioNut researcher has received SEK 4.6 million in research grant from FORTE for a project on “Effects of increased ultra-processed food advertisement (outdoors and digital) exposure on behaviours associated with obesity development in Swedish adolescents, evaluated in a socioeconomic context.”
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1 October, 2021
Novo Nordisk Foundation grants to researchers at BioNutThree researchers at the Department of Biosciences and Nutriton, Karolinska Institutet, have received grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for their research in endocrinology.
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8 September, 2021
Autophagy in major human diseases - new article in The EMBO JournalIn this consensus article, Federico Pietrocola, at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, KI, and colleagues explore the pathophysiological relevance of autophagy in human illnesses, while highlighting the therapeutic potential of autophagy-centred strategies in the clinic. This article represents a remarkable collective effort by the international autophagy community, serving a guide for basic and clinical scientists to get more insights on this fascinating process.
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have investigated the use of low dose venetoclax, an experimental drug, for the treatment of the heterogeneous cancer disease multiple myeloma in patients who had relapsed on standard therapies. The findings are published in the American Journal of Hematology and provide new hope for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
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14 April, 2021
We congratulate Francesca Castoldi at BioNutFrancesca Castoldi, at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition (BioNut), KI, has been awarded a research grant of 300 000 SEK from the Alex and Eva Wallström Foundation for scientific research and education.
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12 April, 2021
Interview with Qiang Pan-HammarströmNew weapon in the fight against Covid-19, while waiting for the vaccine. Listen to what Professor Qiang Pan-Hammarström at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, says in an interview in the newspaper Expressen.
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7 April, 2021
Congratulations to Santhilal Subhash at BioNutSanthilal Subhash at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition has received a three-year grant for post-doctoral studies in medical science from the Swedish Society for Medical Research.
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29 March, 2021
ERβ suggested as additional treatment in prostate cancer The standard treatment for advanced metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). And even if this is efficient in the short term, 1/3 of PCa will become resistant to ADT and develop castration-resistant prostate cancer. A new study, by Karolinska Institutet and others, shows that estrogen receptor β (ERβ) agonists together with ADT could be considered useful in the treatment.
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Today's research is generating more and more big data, which means that the demand for bioinformatics and biostatistics is growing. Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital are therefore establishing a new centre at Campus Flemingsberg that will offer expertise and networking opportunities for the preclinical and clinical research environment in the area.
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22 February, 2021
How we can bypass the limitations of spidersWe can produce spider silk fibers stronger than those created by the spiders themselves. This according to the Professors Jan Johansson (KI) and Anna Rising (KI and SLU).
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How do cis-regulatory genome elements regulate gene expression, what are the critical components involved, and can we therapeutically target them? By investigating how corepressors modulate enhancers and silencers during inflammatory macrophage activation, BioNut researchers have found some unexpected answers to these fundamental questions. The study is published today in Molecular Cell.
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24 November, 2020
Formas research grant to BioNut researcherWe wish to congratulate Axel Abelein at BioNut who has received Formas research project grant for early-career researchers for a project on Development of new protein-based biomaterials for sustainable purification of heavy metals from water.
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18 June, 2020
New Head of Department at BioNutProfessor Janne Johansson has been appointed Head of the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, starting on September 1st, 2020 until August 31st, 2025.
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16 October, 2019
Petter Höglund is the new Head of Department at MedH from 1 December “MedH is a department with fantastic opportunities for ground-breaking translational research, and heading such a department is a very attractive proposition", says Petter Höglund.
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9 August, 2019
Hormonal therapy has a long-term effect in breast cancerResearchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have investigated the long-term effect of hormonal therapy in women with the most common types of hormone-sensitive breast cancer. The results, presented in the journal JAMA Oncology, show that the treatment has a protective effect against distant metastatic cancer for both so-called Luminal A and Luminal B breast cancer subtypes, and a long-term effect for women diagnosed with Luminal A cancer.
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