"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.

Gröna lasrar och optiska komponenter på en metallisk plattform.
Photo Johan Wingborg
Professor Raimund Feifel and his project team will establish an entirely new experimental station where extremely short laser pulses are used to release electrons from molecules, enabling the researchers to closely monitor the charge redistribution that occurs. Their aim is to understand, and then control, quantum electronic processes.
Man står bakom en grön gran med soligt himmel i bakgrunden.
Photo Johan Gunséus Vikdal
Wallenberg Scholar Professor Ove Nilsson is working to find a single small gene that functions as nature’s own clock.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam’s research team is conducting an in-depth study of immunogenetics to learn more about the human immune system.
Forskare i labbrockar arbetar vid ett bord fullt med laborationsutrustning.
Photo Magnus Bergström
It is now possible to treat the inflammation that causes rheumatoid arthritis, but the pain may persist nonetheless, and become chronic. Patrik Ernfors is heading a project that aims to trace the origin of the pain. These advances may ultimately lead to entirely new therapeutics.