Published: 11-11-2025 14:08 | Updated: 11-11-2025 14:08

SEK 19,5 million from Cancerfonden to researchers at Labmed

Six pictures side by side showing recipients of Cancerfonden 2025: Edvard Smith, Mattias Carlsten, Sidinh Luc, Joel Nordin, Margaret Sällberg Chen and Katarina Le Blanc.
Recipients of Cancerfonden 2025. From left: Edvard Smith, Mattias Carlsten, Sidinh Luc, Joel Nordin, Margaret Sällberg Chen and Katarina Le Blanc. Photo: N/A

In Cancerfonden's latest call, SEK 19,5 million was awarded to 6 researchers at the Department of Laboratory Medicine for the years 2026-2028.

Edvard Smith, Senior Professor

Title: "The ‘Goner’ Cancer Concept and  TEC Family Kinases with Focus on BTK Inhibitors"
Project grant, total amount: SEK 6 000 000

Mattias Carlsten, Docent

Title: "Sharpening the therapeutic efficacy of long-lived tumor- homing NK cells by exploration of CARs and cytokine variants optimized for the tumor environment"
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000 

Sidinh Luc, Researcher

Title: "Understanding the origins of leukemic stem cells: the influence of stem cell heterogeneity and age"
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000

Joel Nordin, Assistant Professor

Title: "CRISPR Cas9- Homology Directed Repair generated CAR T cells – Clinical implementation and development of next-generation in vivo CAR T cells"
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000

Margaret Sällberg Chen, Professor

Title: "Harnessing the Microbiome to Improve Immune-Based Cancer Prevention and Therapy"
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000

Katarina Le Blanc, Professor

Title: "Cured but not well: Long term fatigue and cognitive dysfunction due to synaptopathy or Graft versus Host Disease in the brain?"
Project grant, total amount: SEK 1 500 000