Sebastian Ols receives the Dimitris N. Chorafas Prize 2023
The Prize (USD 5.000) is meant to reward pre-graduate scientific contributions within the doctoral education. The candidate should not have reached the age of 32 years at the time he/she is nominated to the prize. The prize will be awarded at the Installation Ceremony of Karolinska Institutet
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Sebastian Ols at the Department of Medicine, Solna, is awarded the prize for his thesis ‘Cellular and molecular mechanisms for induction of broad anti-viral B cell responses through vaccination’
Prize motivation:
"Sebastian Ols recently successfully defended a thesis in vaccine immunology – a thesis in which he developed and refined methods to study how multivalent nanoparticle vaccine formulations enhance the priming of antiviral B cell responses. During his PhD-project he demonstrated remarkable scientific maturity, leadership, media proficiency, and most importantly an exceptional scientific output that could have high translational value."