https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/minister-anna-tenje-visits-kis-new-centre-for-return-to-work On Wednesday 25 March, Minister for Older People and Social Security Anna Tenje visited Liljeholmen's University Health Centre to learn about the work of the newly formed Stockholm Centre for return to work. The centre is led by Theo Bodin, associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:26:32 +0200 https://news.ki.se/decision-on-revised-guidelines-for-research-centres-within-ki The Committee for Research has reviewed the guidelines for KI‑governed research centres and decided on a simplified process for their establishment, evaluation and discontinuation. The decision means, among other things, that responsibility for centres established at the university will be moved closer to the departments. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:55:52 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-radiation-centre-in-stockholm-a-joint-effort-for-the-future-of-cancer-treatment Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University and Region Stockholm intend to establish a new centre for medical radiation science in Stockholm. By combining the universities' cutting-edge expertise in key research areas with healthcare sector expertise, it is a gathering of forces to develop the cancer treatment of the future. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:15:10 +0100 https://news.ki.se/how-arc-emerged-25-years-ago The Aging Research Center (ARC) was established in the year 2000, at a time when geriatric research was still in its infancy and little was known about dementia-related diseases. This happened during a period when politicians and decision-makers began to take an interest in the growing ageing population and the challenges that were becoming apparent in healthcare and social care as a result. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:04:54 +0100 https://news.ki.se/karolinska-atmp-center-behind-breakthrough-cancer-treatment A new form of CAR T-cell therapy has recently made headlines after a patient in a clinical trial became cancer-free in record time. The treatment was produced at Karolinska ATMP Center, a collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital. Production takes place at the affiliated manufacturing unit, Vecura. Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:26:33 +0100 https://news.ki.se/as-it-turns-25-the-arc-looks-to-the-future The Aging Research Centre (ARC), one of Sweden’s leading research centres looking into the health and living conditions of older people is celebrating its 25th anniversary. With its multidisciplinary research and broad-based collaborations, the ARC contributes to a deeper understanding of ageing and how society can promote a more favourable environment for a dignified and healthy old age. Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:45:48 +0200 https://news.ki.se/knut-steffensen-taking-cell-and-gene-therapy-from-the-lab-to-the-hospital 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. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:14:03 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-ki-centre-to-make-ai-research-more-accessible The aim of the newly established Centre for AI Innovation at Karolinska Institutet is to support and expedite the development of AI innovations in healthcare. “While AI has huge potential, there are many factors to take into account before AI solutions can become practicable,” says the centre’s director Johanna Furuhjelm. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:00:30 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-donation-to-the-osher-center-for-integrative-health Bernard and Barbro Osher donate USD 2,100,000 (approx. SEK 23 million) to the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Karolinska Institutet. The donation follows an earlier donation in 2005 from the same donors. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:50:31 +0200 https://news.ki.se/sek-30-million-for-new-centre-of-excellence-at-ki Five researchers at Karolinska Institutet are awarded 30 million Swedish kronor from the Swedish Research Council (VR) to establish a so-called centre of excellence for further development of cell-based cancer treatments. The funds will be distributed over five years, with the potential for another five years of funding after evaluation. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:54:09 +0200 https://news.ki.se/comments-from-the-ki-president-on-the-military-aggression-against-ukraine COMMENTARY Last night’s military aggression against Ukraine must be condemned in the strongest possible terms, comments the KI president Ole Petter Ottersen on the military aggression against Ukraine. Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:40:32 +0100 https://news.ki.se/johan-von-schreeb-named-director-of-the-new-centre-for-health-crises Johan von Schreeb, professor of global disaster medicine and director of the Centre for Research on Health Care in Disasters at Karolinska Institutet, has been named director of KI’s newly established Centre for Health Crises. The aim is to create a center based on KI’s knowledge and capability, that finds connections between groups and people, with the aim of increasing preparedness for a new pandemic or health crisis. Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:35:41 +0100 https://news.ki.se/karolinska-institutet-and-karolinska-university-hospital-establish-new-centre-for-bioinformatics-and-biostatistics-at-campus-flemingsberg 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. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:00:03 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-center-focus-on-integrated-science Meet Agneta Richter Dahlfors, director of a new interdisciplinary research centre with the focus on societal benefits, that was inaugurated on 30 September. What is AIMES? Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:51:43 +0200 https://news.ki.se/first-in-sweden-to-have-oeci-accreditation-as-comprehensive-cancer-centre Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital are the first institutions in Sweden to be accredited as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:59:47 +0200 https://news.ki.se/speed-dating-when-alzheimers-researches-met Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:16:27 +0100 https://news.ki.se/seminar-held-to-launch-a-new-centre-for-tuberculosis-research-at-ki Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:53:36 +0200 https://news.ki.se/why-has-ki-set-up-a-tb-research-centre Hello there Knut Lönnroth, professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences and director of KI’s new TB research centre ... why has KI set up a TB centre? Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:20:43 +0200 https://news.ki.se/the-first-projects-to-start-at-the-new-research-center-medtechlabs MedTechLabs is now open – the research centre formed by a close collaboration between Karolinska Institutet (KI), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm County Council (SLL). The objective of the centre’s first project is to develop technology to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients who have, for example, suffered a stroke. Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:10:18 +0200