GRANT. Volkan Sayin has received just over SEK 3 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for proposals for international postdocs. He defended his thesis last year with a dissertation that showed that antioxidants increase lung cancer aggressiveness, a finding he will continue with as a postdoc in New York. Can you describe the group you will be doing your postdoc with? “I decided to do my postdoc with Dr.…
New Wallenberg Academy Fellow seeks patterns in unknown DNA
GRANTS. That cancer is due to changes in DNA has been the starting point for cancer research, for the past several generations. But until quite recently, only a fraction of the human genetic material had been examined, namely the genes that encode proteins. Erik Larsson Lekholm, who was recently appointed a Wallenberg Academy Fellow, examines the other 97 percent of the genome with the help of powerful computers. Wallenberg Academy…
Four Swedish Research Council grants for young scientists
GRANTS. Emma Börgeson, Johanna Höög, Elisabet Jerlhag Holm and Malin Johansson have each received SEK 6 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for young scientists. Their fields are metabolic syndrome, communication between cells, the reward system of the brain and the protective mucus layer of the gut. Emma Börgeson completed her postgraduate studies at University College Dublin and is just finishing up her EU-financed postdoctoral research at UCSD. Her current…