Here is the list of researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy with major support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation 2013. Fredrik Bäckheds research team gets the largest contribution: ten million DKK.
Advanced Investigator Grant: DKK 10.000.000
Professor Fredrik Bäckhed
Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Project title: Are the positive metabolic effects of bariatric surgery mediated by an altered gut microbiota?
Project grant: DKK 1.500.000
Professor och överläkare Claes Ohlsson
Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition/Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg Universitet
Project title: Identification of Novel Fracture Targets
Project grant: DKK 500.000
Professor of Physiology Suzanne Dickson
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Göteborg Universitet
Project title: The Endocrine Gut-Brain Reward Axis as a Therapeutic Target for Weight Loss Maintenance in the Post-Obese State
Project grant: DKK 500.000
Professor Jan Borén
Dept Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Göteborg Universitet
Project title: Mechanisms for and Consequences of Ectopic Lipid Accumulation
Project grant: DKK 278.000
Assistant Professor Liesbeth Vandenput
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg Universitet
Project title: Serum Sex Steroids: Assay Development and Validation, Genetic Determinants and Clinical Significance
Project grant: DKK 250.000
Professor Ulf Smith
The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Göteborg Universitet
Project title: Adipogenesis is regulated by WISP2/WNT and adipose tissue microvascular endothelial cells
The full list of recepients is found here: www.novonordiskfonden.dk/da/bevillingslister
