Research projects 2013
Research projects with high scientific potential
Medicine
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Project: ”Maintaining Neuronal Identity – Transcriptional control of the aging brain”
Grant: SEK 40 436 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Thomas Perlmann, Karolinska Institutet
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Project: ”Growth control and cancer”
Grant: SEK 38 919 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Jussi Taipale, Karolinska Institutet
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Project: ”Novel treatment of advanced melanoma by targeted pro-senescence therapy combined with immunotherapy”
Grant: SEK 33 623 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Lars-Gunnar Larsson, Karolinska Institutet
Permanently stopped cell division may pave the way for new cancer therapy
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Project: ”Therapy for the future, disarming bacterial phatogenes”
Grant: SEK 33 005 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Sven Bergström, Umeå University
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Project: ”Metabolic disorders of the brain”
Grant: SEK 26 441 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Anna Wedell, Karolinska Institutet
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Project: ”KI Cardo Vascular Initiative”
Grant: SEK 24 633 000 for a three-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Kenneth Chien, Karolinska Institutet
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Project: ”Virus host cell interactions and development of inibitors”
Grant: SEK 23 781 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Niklas Arnberg, Umeå University
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Project: ”Linking social behavior to the brain”
Grant: SEK 23 162 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor David Sumpter, Uppsala University
Guppies show a connection between behavior and the brain’s evolution
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Project: ”Next generation of mucosal vaccines for protection against infectious diseases”
Grant: SEK 16 231 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Nils Lycke, University of Gothenburg
They want to develop new drinkable and spray vaccines for mass vaccinations
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Project: ”Discovering new forms of monogenic hyperlipidemias by whole genome sequencing in families with extreme metabolic phenotypes”
Grant: SEK10 846 000 for a two-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Bo Angelin, Karolinska Institutet
Technology/physics/mathematics
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Project: ”Plasma based compact ion sources”
Grant: SEK 38 515 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Tünde Fülöp, Chalmers University of Technology
Lasers will provide energetic ions for research and medicine
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Project: ”Bridging the THz gap”
Grant: SEK 35 575 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Herbert Zirath, Chalmers University of Technology
New semiconductor needed for mobile communication of the future
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Project: ”The new milky way”
Grant: SEK 33 970 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Sofia Feltzing, Lund University
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Project: “Energy-efficient optic fiber communication”
Grant: SEK 33 894 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Peter Andrekson, Chalmers University of Technology
They are building a future model for energy-efficient data traffic
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Project: ”Zwicky Transient Facility"
Grant: SEK 33 440 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Jesper Sollerman, Stockholm University
Explosive astronomer builds space camera to chase supernovae
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Project: ”Functional Dirac Materials”
Grant: SEK 32 050 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Alexander Balatsky, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Project: ”Strong field physics and new states of matter”
Grant: 27 900 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Patrick Norman, Linköping University
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Project: ”WOV Working on Venus”
Grant: SEK 22 927 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Mikael Östling, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Swedish electronics will overcome the extreme climate of Venus
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Project: ”Seeing organ function – patient specific image data”
Grant: SEK 24 502 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University
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Project: ”Advanced non-intrusive laser diagnostics of high temperature environments”
Grant: SEK 15 516 000 for a two-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Marcus Aldén, Lund University
Natural science
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Project: ”Rationalizing drug design”
Grant: SEK 40 374 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Mikael Akke, Lund University
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Project: ”Architecture and functional dynamics of the cellular power plant”
Grant: SEK 39 121 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Peter Brzezinski, Stockholm University
Studies of the cellular power plant using advanced physical techniques
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Project: ”Molecular interactions controlling soil carbon sequestration”
Grant: SEK 35 072 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Anders Tunlid, Lund University
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Project: ”Inland water ecosystems in the global carbon cycle”
Grant: 31 036 000 for a five-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Lars Tranvik, Uppsala University
They are seeking knowledge about the contributions of lakes to the Earth’s greenhouse gas balance
Continuation grants
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Project: ”New markers predicting glioma drug response”
Grant: SEK 19 000 000 for a three-year project
Principal Investigator: Professor Bengt Westermark, Uppsala University
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Project: ”Aerotaxy: a revolutionary new way to grow semiconductor nanowires”
Grant: SEK18 000 000 for a two-year projekt
Principal Investigator: Professor Lars Samuelson, Lund University
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Project: ”Isotopic Control for Ultimate Material Properties - Phase II”
Grant: SEK 18 000 000 for a two-year projekt
Principal Investigator: Professor Erik Janzén, Linköping University