"We will discover things we didn't even know we were looking for"

 

For over hundred years Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has given long term support for basic research in Sweden. For recent years, every year, more than two billion Swedish crowns – for building new knowledge for a brighter future.

Photo Magnus Bergström
In his previous research Sten Linnarsson studied early brain development and produced a detailed cell atlas. This new knowledge about the brain now forms the basis for a new and more goal-oriented focus – to fight brain cancer, especially glioblastoma.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Gunnar von Heijne is demonstrating at a previously inconceivable level of detail how protein folding is achieved.
Photo Johan Gunséus
Some mitochondrial diseases are not caused by energy shortage; they are the result of stress signals from the mitochondria. Paulina Wanrooij wants to use the opportunity as a Wallenberg Academy Fellow to study the signals sent by mitochondria in the cell.
Photo Magnus Bergström
Organs donated for research are set to provide new knowledge about the immune system, and hopefully shortcuts to improved diagnoses. At the same time, a unique biobank is being created for future research projects.