https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/kib-podcast-about-the-importance-of-looking-back-when-heading-forward-exploring-the-hagstromer-library As of 2025, the Hagströmer Medical History Library is officially an integrated part of Karolinska Institutet University Library (KIB), with exciting plans to move to Campus Solna. Listen to Anna Lantz, Thomas Perlmann and Sven Hagströmer in the latest episode of the KIB podcast! Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:57:17 +0100 https://news.ki.se/nobel-lectures-on-decades-of-searching-for-the-guardians-of-the-immune-system The 2025 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered how the immune system keeps itself in check, paving the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes, MS and cancer. Before a packed Aula Medica, the trio described decades of challenges and successes that led to the world’s most coveted science prize. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:52:53 +0100 https://news.ki.se/the-hunt-for-bacteria-researchers-join-forces-with-school-pupils-across-sweden During the past year, 33 lower secondary schools have assisted KI researchers in collecting soil samples from preschools across Sweden as part of the project Bakteriejakten. On 5 December, a final conference was held at the Nobel Prize Museum, featuring one of this year’s Nobel laureates, Fred Ramsdell. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:19:23 +0100 https://news.ki.se/this-years-nobel-prizes-in-chemistry-and-physics-equally-valuable-to-life-science The 2025 Nobel prizes in Chemistry and Physics both have medical implications. While the former rewards versatile molecular frameworks able to combine treatment and diagnosis, the latter concerns discoveries that can provide tools like quantum computers and quantum sensors. Applications in health and life science are being explored at a national collaboration centre based at Karolinska Institutet. Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:39:52 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-prize-rewards-key-to-future-ms-and-cancer-treatment The year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine rewards discoveries that reveal how our immune system is kept in check – in other words, how the body protects itself from attack by its own immune cells. The discoveries pave the way for possible new therapies for many conditions, including autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes, MS and cancer. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:43:21 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-2025-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-to-mary-e-brunkow-fred-ramsdell-and-shimon-sakaguchi The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:54:19 +0200 https://news.ki.se/take-part-in-inspiring-activities-during-nobel-calling-stockholm During the first week of October, Karolinska Institutet, together with the Nobel Prize Museum, invites you to inspiring events open to the public. Listen to a conversation about what 50 years of free abortion rights have meant for women's health, learn more about how the development of genetic engineering has affected us, or explore current research on water. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:12:55 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-department-of-fyfa-turns-75 The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology celebrated 75 years since its royal inauguration on the Solna campus during 2024. But FyFa's history goes further back than that - and looks forward to many years of community and outstanding research and teaching. On 23 April, the department celebrates with a full day of lectures and a Dragons’ Den. Fri, 09 May 2025 11:05:59 +0200 https://news.ki.se/make-your-event-part-of-nobel-calling-week-2025 Are you planning an event for autumn 2025 being aimed at the public? Schedule it between 3 to 13 October and be a part of Nobel Calling Stockholm! A week that offers inspiring events and educational meetings in the spirit of knowledge. Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:01:35 +0200 https://news.ki.se/celebrity-worm-researchers-hold-nobel-lectures Moon landings, worms and micro-RNA are just three shared interests held by Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, who told the story of how they first aimed for the stars and achieved a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in their Nobel lectures with humor and erudition. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:16:12 +0100 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-helps-us-understand-the-building-blocks-of-life David Baker, USA, has succeeded in creating entirely new proteins – the building blocks of life that control all biological processes in the body. He shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 with Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, UK, who have developed the AI tool AlphaFold2. “Now it can take minutes instead of years to get a good idea of what a protein looks like and how it may function,” says KI professor Luca Jovine, who intitiated a collaboration with DeepMind early on. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:00:30 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-a-groundbreaking-discovery-that-has-finally-been-rewarded Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun share this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. They are being awarded for their discovery of microRNAs, which play a crucial role in the development of complex organisms. Research is underway at Karolinska Institutet on how these small molecules can be applied clinically. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:10:14 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2024-to-victor-ambros-and-gary-ruvkun The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:35:10 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-laureate-and-former-ki-president-bengt-samuelsson-has-passed-away Nobel laureate and former president of Karolinska Institutet, Bengt Samuelsson, passed away at the age of 90. Bengt Samuelsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982, along with Sune Bergström (1916–2004) and John R. Vane (1927–2004), for their discoveries related to prostaglandins – hormone-like substances that regulate several important processes in the body. Bengt Samuelsson also served as president of Karolinska Institutet from 1983 to 1995. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:20:22 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-laureates-extolled-the-potential-of-mrna The discoveries of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman made possible the first COVID-19 vaccine. But it was just one of the many things that can be done with mRNA, explained the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine in their Nobel lectures. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:08:32 +0100 https://news.ki.se/students-invited-to-nobel-lecture-behind-the-scenes As part of the Nobel Week, KI students were invited to a lecture on Alfred Nobel and on Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, this year's laureates in Medicine or Physiology. Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly and the Nobel Committee, shared his experiences of both the nomination process and calling surprised laureates in the middle of the night. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:44:46 +0100 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-their-discoveries-have-helped-to-save-millions-of-lives The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded this year to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, whose research gave rise to effective mRNA vaccines that contained the COVID pandemic and saved millions of lives. A well-deserved honour, according to Karolinska Institutet. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:07:45 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2023-to-katalin-kariko-and-drew-weissman The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 11:49:26 +0200 https://news.ki.se/svante-paabo-highlighted-the-neanderthal-in-us When Svante Pääbo talked about the importance of Neanderthals, the audience in Aula Medica listened carefully. The Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine explained, among other things, that we carry their genes and that they may have been more sensitive than we think. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:52:05 +0100 https://news.ki.se/svante-paabo-on-his-nobel-experience-its-been-a-bit-overwhelming Svante Pääbo hasn’t even collected his 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine yet. Still, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is already dreaming of making new ground-breaking discoveries. Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:11:15 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researchers-on-the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-wonderful-and-not-at-all-unexpected The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to K. Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal and Carolyn R. Bertozzi for the development of click chemistry, a quick and efficient way to build molecules. Several KI researchers use the technology in their daily research, one of which has co-authored a study with one of this year's prize winners. Here, they comment on the prize. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:08:49 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-laureate-svante-paabo-shows-us-where-we-came-from Where do we originate from? And who are we? Thanks to Svante Pääbo, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, we know more about what make us uniquely human. We also know what we have in common with our, now-extinct, closest relatives. Wed, 05 Oct 2022 09:37:53 +0200 https://news.ki.se/timeline-of-the-neanderthals-a-family-history-with-health-effects From pregnancies and depression to COVID-19. Neanderthals are physically extinct, but their genes live on. For better or worse, they still affect our health today. We are publishing this timeline, previously published in the magazine Medicinsk Vetenskap, due to the fact that researcher Svante Pääbo has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2022. Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:54:48 +0200 https://news.ki.se/hugo-zeberg-on-his-nobel-prize-awarded-colleague-ive-learnt-a-lot-from-him Many people were delighted to hear that Professor Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, particularly so Hugo Zeberg, researcher at Karolinska Institutet. He has collaborated with Svante Pääbo for years, not least on the work to find Neanderthal genes that can influence how ill different people become after contracting the COVID-19 virus. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 18:43:55 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2022-to-svante-paabo The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 has been awarded to Svante Pääbo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:40:48 +0200 https://news.ki.se/ki-researcher-comments-on-the-chemistry-prize-it-was-expected The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewards Benjamin List and David MacMillan for a new and ingenious tool for building molecules, asymmetric organocatalysis, which has contributed to more environmentally friendly chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Here, KI researcher Per I Arvidsson, Head of the Drug Discovery and Development Platform at SciLifeLab, comments on the discovery. He was one of those who introduced organocatalysis in Sweden and believes that the prize was expected. Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:24:48 +0200 https://news.ki.se/this-years-laureates-unlocked-one-of-natures-secrets The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is about how people can feel temperature and touch. The discoveries explain basic functions in our lives and have opened doors to new treatments for pain, for example. We take it for granted, the fact that we can feel an icy wind, a hot plate or a hug, but how this actually works was unknown until it was discovered by the Nobel Laureates, a discovery made not so long ago. Thu, 07 Oct 2021 09:58:01 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2021-to-david-julius-and-ardem-patapoutian The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 has been awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.” Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:34:59 +0200 https://news.ki.se/researcher-survey-can-hepatitis-c-be-eliminated-0 The discovery of the hepatitis C virus is this year acknowledged by The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It is now possible to detect the virus in blood and to provide an effective treatment for the infection. WHO wants to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, but is this possible? We asked three researchers what they think. Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:59:41 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researchers-comment-on-the-2020-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-fantastic-at-last The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences have decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. Here, KI researchers who uses the method in their own research comment on this year’s prize. “It’s what we’ve been waiting for,” says Fredrik Lanner. Fri, 09 Oct 2020 12:28:44 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-laureates-response-to-congratulatory-text-message-from-ki-incredible The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Thanks to the work of the laureates, it is now possible to detect the virus in blood and to provide an effective treatment for the infection. It has saved the lives of millions of people. The prize also focuses on the importance of research into viruses. Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:30:03 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2020-to-harvey-j-alter-michael-houghton-and-charles-m-rice The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice for their discoveries of the Hepatitis C virus. Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:36:56 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-disappointment-that-led-to-a-nobel-prize When Nobel prize winner Michael Kremer initially looked at the data of his now famous 1990s Kenya school study, he felt shocked and disappointed. The data showed that more textbooks did nothing to improve educational outcomes, contrary to what most researchers believed. But rather than succumbing to disillusionment, Kremer dug deeper into Kenya’s schooling system to uncover what measures truly did make an impact and found his answer: targeted help for weak students. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:27:56 +0100 https://news.ki.se/from-basic-research-to-medicines In three brilliant Nobel Lectures, the laureates describe how research into the systems cells use to deal with hypoxia can lead to improved treatments for anaemia, vascular atrophy and cancer. Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:33:59 +0100 https://news.ki.se/nobel-laureates-explain-vital-ability The winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2019 have explained a vital ability – how cells adapt to the availability of oxygen. These discoveries have opened the door to new strategies for combating anaemia, cancer and many other diseases and are now being investigated further at institutions including Karolinska Institutet. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:14:01 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-prize-in-literature-she-writes-so-wonderfully Congratulations to Lennart Ilke, senior adviser at Karolinska Institutet’s Property and Facilities Office! He now also has the distinction of having translated to Swedish one of the books by the Polish winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature, Olga Tokarczuk. Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:42:37 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2019-to-william-g-kaelin-jr-sir-peter-j-ratcliffe-and-gregg-l-semenza The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:34:19 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-prize-winning-discovery-a-research-area-that-is-developing-rapidly This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes the discovery that it is possible to treat cancer by inhibiting the brakes on the immune system. Behind their discovery lies a bold idea and eager basic research, which has led to an entirely new principle for cancer therapy and new medicines that have already been approved. Many factors contribute to rapid developments in this field—in particular, current research at Karolinska Institutet. Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:45:43 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2018-to-james-p-allison-and-tasuku-honjo The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:34:53 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nobel-prize-winning-method-is-being-refined-for-tissue Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:51:20 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researcher-circadian-rhythm-affects-almost-all-functions-of-the-cell This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for work dedicated to the connection between celestial body movements and molecular fluctuations in our cells. Or, in simpler terms, to our internal biological clocks, also known as our circadian rhythm. Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:11:01 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2017-to-jeffrey-c-hall-michael-rosbash-and-michael-w-young Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:36:11 +0200 https://news.ki.se/jonas-bergh-earns-visiting-professorship-at-oxford-university Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:51:58 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researchers-build-upon-yoshinori-ohsumis-discovery In the 1990s, Yoshinori Ohsumi described how our cells keep their house in order. Now that he has been awarded a Nobel Prize for his discoveries, the research field has exploded – cellular waste management has proved to be critical to cancer and many other diseases. Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:15:12 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2016-to-yoshinori-ohsumi Mon, 03 Oct 2016 11:34:27 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-2015-the-fight-against-parasitic-diseases-continues Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:57:08 +0100 https://news.ki.se/nobel-laureate-tomas-lindahl-i-had-an-excellent-group-at-ki Nobel Week is soon to come, bringing together all the Nobel Laureates in Stockholm. One of them, Tomas Lindahl, one of this year's three Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, made many of his pioneering discoveries at Karolinska Institutet. Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:55:55 +0100 https://news.ki.se/congratulations-on-winning-the-nobel-prize-tomas-lindahl Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:42:26 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-2015-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-tomas-lindahl-conducted-crucial-research-at-karolinska-institutet The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for having mapped, at a molecular level, how cells repair damaged DNA and safeguard the genetic information. Tomas Lindahl made these crucial discoveries, for which he is now being rewarded, at Karolinska Institutet. Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:47:01 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-2015-nobel-prize-discoveries-of-immense-consequence Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:15:49 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2015-to-william-c-campbell-satoshi-omura-and-youyou-tu Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:31:58 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-secretary-for-the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:59:11 +0100