Projects
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| Aging Research Centre | Laura Fratiglioni | Karolinska Institutet (Huddinge) |  |
Aging Research CentreDescriptionAging Research Centre (ARC) is a multidisciplinary center focused on aging research in which both the medical university Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholm University (SU) are collaborating. The administration of the center is placed at the Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Department of Neurotec, KI. The primary goals are to (a) carry out and support high-quality aging research from a medical, psychological and social perspective; (b) advance multidisciplinary efforts in research on aging; (c) offer graduate students a high-quality education in a stimulating environment; (d) foster collaboration with aging researchers in Sweden and abroad; (e) develop cross-links between available data sets; and (f) direct the acquired knowledge into interventions. ARC was established in the year 2000 and thanks to the initiative of The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) that announced a call for applications to promote multidisciplinary centers focused on aging research. ARC was appointed a FAS-centre 2007. |
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| AlbaNova Center for Protein Technology | Amelie Eriksson Karlström | Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) | |
AlbaNova Center for Protein TechnologyDescriptionAlbaNova Center for Protein Technology. The ProNova VINN Excellence Centre for Protein Technology is a competence centre initiated by VINNOVA, involving ten research groups at the School of Biotechnology, KTH, and eleven industrial partners. The centre was formed in 2007 with the vision to become one of the leading academic centres in the world for multi-disciplinary research in protein technology including relevant technology-driven research in combinatorial protein engineering, microfluidics, bioautomation and bioinformatics. Utilizes the newly discovered information about the human genome in order to investigate the corresponding proteins (the proteome). |
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| Alzheimer´s disease (The artic gene) | Lars Lannfelt | Uppsala University (Uppsala) | |
Alzheimer´s disease (The artic gene)DescriptionAlzheimer´s disease (The artic gene). Focusing on an understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The identification of disease-causing mutations in Alzheimer’s disease has greatly contributed to our understanding of the pathogenesis. |
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| Berzelii Center EXSELENT on Porous Materials | Xiaodong Zou | Stockholm University (Stockholm) | |
Berzelii Center EXSELENT on Porous MaterialsDescriptionThe Berzelii Center EXSELENT on Porous Materials is a joint initiative to promote excellent, multidisciplinary and innovative research on porous materials. The center will generate new ideas for designing and synthesizing porous materials tailed for different applications. The current research is focused on catalysis, gas separation, biomaterials, new porous materials and characterization. |
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| Center for Genetics and Genomics of Comparative Diseases | Kerstin Lindblad-Toh | Uppsala University (Uppsala) | |
Center for Genetics and Genomics of Comparative DiseasesDescriptionCenter for Genetics and Genomics of Comparative Diseases. The center will focus on dog disease gene mapping and on comparative genomics. A recent discovery is a gene for a chronic febrile disease that often affects the dog breed Shar-Pei. The same gene was found to be associated with the wrinkled skin that characterizes this breed. These findings open up an entirely new research field for inflammatory diseases in both dogs and humans. The next stages of this research may lead to the development of better treatments for various inflammatory diseases in humans. |
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| Center for Integrated Cancer Studies at Karolinska Institutet – an environment for translational cancer research | Rune Toftgård | Karolinska Institutet (Huddinge) | |
Center for Integrated Cancer Studies at Karolinska Institutet – an environment for translational cancer researchDescriptionCenter for Integrated Cancer Studies at Karolinska Institutet - an environment for translational cancer research. A new initiative aims to translate research into new methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer. The research will focus on four aspects: prevention and early detection of disease; how genetic variation affects cell function; microenvironments of tumours; and adapting treatments to the individual. |
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| Center for Regenerative Medicine | Urban Lendahl | Karolinska Institutet (Solna) | |
Center for Regenerative MedicineDescriptionCenter for Regenerative Medicine. Karolinska Institutet has together with Stockholm county council established a theme center which is connected to the Strategic programme in stem cells and regenerative medicine. In the Center for Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet will bring together leading basic and clinical research in neural and hematopoietic research. The research will address important medical questions that are beyond the reach of the individual research group. The Center plans to focus on three major disease areas: Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) and blood diseases that can be cured by allogeneic stem cell transfer. |
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| Centre for Allergy Research | Sven-Erik Dahlén | Karolinska Institutet (Solna) | |
Centre for Allergy ResearchDescriptionCentre for Allergy Research. The centre for Allergy Research (Cfa) is a forum for inter- and multidisciplinary research, development and education in Allergy and promotes collaboration between society, health care, research and industry. Within the research network of Cfa, researchers from different research areas collaborate to perform allergy research. The centre manages an interdisciplinary research education and promotes collaboration between society, health care, research and industry. |
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| Centre for Functional Genetics | Leif Andersson | Uppsala University (Uppsala) | |
Centre for Functional GeneticsDescriptionThe Centre for Functional Genetics (CFG) has two main focuses: Genes, Phenotypes and Animal Welfare and Metabolism and Disease. Fourteen research groups participate to form a congregation of competence in many related fields of functional genetics. The vision of Genes, Phenotypes and Animal Welfare is that domestic animals provide unique opportunities for genetic dissection of phenotypic traits and that the potential for farm animal genomics has increased tremendously due to the generation of draft genome sequences for several domestic animals. The combined use of domestic animals and model organisms provides a powerful approach to understand genotype-phenotype relationships. The vision of Metabolism and Disease is to understand the functional role of all coding as well as non-coding DNA sequences. Functional genetics and comparative genomics are utilized to resolve the genetics of metabolic, inflammatory and malignant syndromes. The strong competence in bioinformatics, statistical genetics, high-throughput genetic analysis, expression analysis and cell biology among the team members ensures that we are in a unique position to use functional genetics all the way from identifying interesting phenotypes to understanding disease mechanisms. The CFG is financially supported as a Strong Research Environment with a grant from The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS). |
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| Centre for hearing and communication research | Mats Ulfendahl | Karolinska Institutet (Solna) | |
Centre for hearing and communication researchDescriptionCentre for hearing and communication research. The Center for Hearing and Communication Research was founded by the Board of Research at the Karolinska Institutet in 2002 and is located at the Karolinska University Hospital. The aim is to strengthen and promote research at the Karolinska Institutet focusing on oral communication, from the sender to the receiver. The field of activities includes both speech and hearing, and has connections with several different disciplines within and outside the Karolinska Institutet both nationally and internationally. Today, hearing related research has a strong position but the Center welcomes participants from all areas and will actively support also research outside traditional hearing research. The competence center has been appointed a FAS-centre by The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS). |
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