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Karolinska Institutet announces that its official account on the platform X (formerly Twitter) will be deactivated. The account will remain, but will no longer be actively used.

In November 2024, KI students participated in an exciting hackathon organized by NeurotechEU at Boğaziçi University in Turkey. Bringing together students from various disciplines and backgrounds, the event provided a dynamic environment for collaborative problem-solving in neurotechnology.

A new Swedish study has, for the first time, shown a link between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and cognitive decline in dementia patients. The study, published in the scientific journal Neurology, emphasizes the importance of careful monitoring and management to prevent cognitive decline.

The tragic school shooting in Örebro affects us all in different ways.

During 2025 the Legal Office will initiate a 30-minute educational webinar programme, including time for questions from the participants. The chosen topics for these webinars are ones that usually generate a lot of questions. All webinars will be held in both Swedish and English.

The European NUCLEAR-network is announcing 16 positions of Doctoral Candidates to build the future experts in metabolic regulation and genome function. One position is currently announced at Karolinska Institutet.

Women who have experienced pregnancy complications have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Now, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the European Heart Journal shows that sisters of women with complicated pregnancies are also at higher risk, even if they had uncomplicated pregnancies. The findings suggest that genes and shared environmental factors may influence the association between pregnancy complications and cardiovascular disease risk.

Welcome to Family Day at the Health Hub on the 15th of Februay.

The Committee for Higher Education annually announces funding for pedagogical development projects, and Nicola Orsini was one of the researchers at KI whose application was approved and received a grant of 722,000 SEK.

Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) is a brand-new course in Sweden, that is being taught for the first time at Karolinska Institutet. During two intense days in February, medical doctors, nurses, paramedics and people with special responsibilities in the field of CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials) are trained in medical care in the event of exposure to hazardous chemicals.

StratNeuro aims to support the development and dissemination of new technologies and therefore announces a new round of this funding call.

On 20 January, Forskarwebben was shut down and replaced by VIS, the new system for financial project overviews, which automatically retrieves and compiles data from different source systems, saving time and simplifying report generation. We spoke to Hannes Asplund, finance manager at GPH about what it means for you as a researcher and the support available in the new system VIS.

The teaching and learning unit is launching a new network within Karolinska Institutet for educators called HEarts – Health Education Arts. The overall idea is to explore how arts and humanities can be integrated into our curricula to enhance teaching and learning.

Désirée Lichtenstein combines her doctoral education with public health work as a resident in social medicine. She works at the Center for Epidemiology and Community Medicine in Stockholm and a PhD student in Anna-Mia's research group Global Sexual Health, with a strong interest in reproductive health.

KI NeurotechEU steering group is pleased to announce the availability of limited competitive funds for KI faculty, staff and/or students to conduct collaborative interactions within the field of Neurotechnology.

The school shooting in Örebro has provoked many reactions. Here is some information on security at KI for students and employees, and details about whom to turn to if you have questions or feel anxious.

We congratulate Tobias Granberg, Docent and research group leader at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (CNS), appointed adjunct professor of neuroradiology.

In a recent Q&A session on SVT News, trauma expert Björn Tingberg answered questions about children's health and trauma.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet are part of a research project that has recently been awarded a grant from the EU's Innovative Research Programme. The project aims to develop methods to facilitate the identification of patients in need of treatment and the choice of treatment for viral infections.

Professor Thomas Perlmann was awarded a medal by HM the King at a formal ceremony at Stockholm Palace on 4 February.

When Sophie took over as Head of Department nearly three years ago, she and the management team initiated a change programme aimed at creating a stronger department, with collaboration, sustainability and excellence in both research and teaching as its guiding stars. Now, the time has come to involve all FyFa staff in the change process, through a series of workshops called FyFa Dialogue.

The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) is hosting the fifth edition of International Staff Week May 19 – 23, 2025.

A number of Swedish and international funding bodies have their application deadlines during the coming months. There is now an updated list of upcoming grant opportunities. Here are some tips on how to act.

As of this quarter, KI's computer rental service has been in place for three years. This means it is now time to replace the computers introduced into the service when it was launched.

On 30 January, a symposium on dementia was held in honour of HM Queen Silvia at Karolinska Institutet. The event was part of the "experience gift" that KI presented in connection with the Queen’s 80th birthday.

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In 2024, the KI internal environmental audit involved visits to all institutions to identify and assess positive and negative environmental impacts of KI’s activities on the environment. Marie Hasselberg, Therese Lind and GPH environment and sustainability representative Ann Liljas met with the external audit lead and KI’s environmental coordinators to present and discuss the work on environment and sustainability at GPH.

The Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR) awards Josefin Särnholm the Neal Miller New Investigator Award.

The grant for ALS research is awarded over a three-year period and pertains to the project ”Validation of PET camera tracer for the examination of motor neurons in ALS and related motor neuron diseases.”

A research internship enables doctors on an internship to combine their regular clinical internship (in Swedish Allmäntjänstgöring - AT) with up to 12 months of research at KI. Apart from being eligible for an internship, candidates must also at the time of the application, hold a medical degree and either as a registered doctoral student at KI or a PhD engaged in research at KI.

On 29 January, KI's Professional Services gathered for a first staff meeting in the new organisation. All offices were introduced and researcher Ylva Trolle Lagerros described how Professional Services and research are linked at KI. Below is a summary of the information shared at the meeting.

Cecilia Lundholm is the coordinator of Clinicum's advisory network, the network of methodology experts who help researchers with methodological issues. Cecilia is also an advisor in the network, in biostatistics and epidemiology with a special focus on reproductive epidemiology and pediatric epidemiology. In addition, she is the head of the department's applied biostatistics group.

Fellow-KI researchers Anders Kvanta and Fredrik Lanner have been awarded a grant of SEK 10 million from the Promobilia foundation to develop a treatment for inherited retinal diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). There is currently no effective therapies for these diseases, which are the main cause of blindness in the developed world.

The MSCA Doctoral Network RESPIRE-EXCEL is announcing 15 PhD positions to study precision medicine for respiratory diseases. One position is currently announced at Karolinska Institutet.

Patricia Colque, a long-time co-worker at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at Karolinska Institutet, passed away earlier this week at the age of 77 years.

The year started off with a visit by the Getinge leadership team to the Global Child Health & SDGs group. During the visit, ongoing research and doctoral programs in Indonesia and Vietnam, in collaboration with Carl Bennet, were discussed. Critical care initiatives, focusing on mothers and newborns, conducted in partnership with Universitas Airlangga in Surabaya, Indonesia, and Phu San Hanoi Hospital in Vietnam, was presented. Additionally, progress was reviewed and future plans were outlined.

In Q2 2025, KI's central Active Directory (AD/directory service) will be updated to the latest version. Before this update, local system owners or department technicians must check the systems connected to KI's central AD.

T-cells from the liver and lymph nodes show promising potential for future treatments of liver cancer, according to a new study. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have investigated how immune cells react to tumor-specific antigens in the complex environment surrounding liver cancer.

The Trustworthy & Ethical AI Lab (TEA Lab) has been established at Center for Social Sustainability (CSS) as an interdisciplinary research initiative focused on promoting ethical, transparent, and sustainable AI applications in healthcare. The TEA Lab will align its work with the EU Guidelines for Trustworthy AI and combine expertise from fields including medicine, philosophy, psychology and social sciences.

Between October 3-4, 2024, five separate evacuation drills were carried out at Biomedicum. The drills were documented by Facility Management Biomedicum in order to analyze the organization's status, shortcomings, and needs.

What I most look forward to now, in the early days of the spring term, is the receding darkness and getting to meet all of you under various circumstances. Only last week, for instance, I and my colleagues in the university management had the privilege of meeting around fifty of our colleagues on Campus Flemingsberg in an open dialogue meeting, just like the one we held on the Solna campus just before Christmas.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have mapped the genome of the Iberian ribbed newt and revealed how the composition and organization of the DNA are linked to its ability to regenerate entire body parts.

Asthma biologics can be used during pregnancy to reduce the risk of complications associated with the disease.

The spring term of 2025 began with an orientation week, a welcome ceremony, and a mingling fair for around 400 new students in the occupational therapy, physiotherapy, medical, and nursing programmes.

Nomination deadline: March 11, 2025

Stockholm Trio (Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology & Stockholm University) and University College London (UCL) invite you to express interest in two days of workshops in London, the 8-9 April 2025.

A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Södersjukhuset shows that advanced ultrasound imaging analyses cannot identify patients who would benefit from beta-blocker treatment after a myocardial infarction. The study, published in the scientific journal European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, is a follow-up to the previous REDUCE-AMI study.

A large proportion of babies born very early need intensive care, which can be painful. But the healthcare system fails to provide pain relief to the full extent. This is shown by the largest survey to date of pain in neonatal care, now published in the journal Pain.

Times Higher Education in the UK has published its World University Rankings by Subject 2025. The ranking is based on both hard data and reputation surveys. KI improves its position in several categories.

Nominate candidates for the Dimitris N. Chorafas prize for outstanding scientific work. You may nominate a recently graduated postdoc researcher or a doctoral student who plans to graduate in 2025.