"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
What can guppies and their parasites reveal about the occurrence of pandemics? Researcher Jessica Stephenson is studying the interplay between social behavior and the spread of infection.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Petter Brodin has developed a technique to map immune system development from a single drop of blood.
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Photo Johan Wingborg
Wallenberg Scholar Johan Åkerman has his sights set on solving combinatorial optimization problems using large networks of oscillators.
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Photo Kennet Ruona
The flow of complex fluids is impacted by velocity, pressure, and the softness of its particles. The last-mentioned factor is the one that has been least explored. Andrea Scotti wants to understand the effect of softness on the particle flow in both synthetic and natural complex fluids. This knowledge might pave the way for creating a synthetic form of blood.