New unpublished results from KI and shows that many with mild or asymptomatic #COVID19 show #tcell immunity to the new #coronavirus, even if they don’t have antibodies. This means #Immunity is probably higher than antibody tests suggest. bit.ly/2ZklrR5
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Swedish study by KI researcher shows severe #COVID19 in #children is rare - even with open schools. The findings also show no increased risk of severe COVID-19 in teachers. Published as a letter to the editor in . bit.ly/3s14ngl
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The #NobelPrize 2022 in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”
Grattis , forskare vid KI, vetenskapsskribent och programledare, som tilldelats Konungens medalj av 8:e storleken i Serafimerordens band ”för betydelsefulla insatser för att sprida kunskap om vetenskap och forskning”. Läs mer:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”
Wearing cloth #facemasks could help reduce the spread of viruses such as #SARSCoV2, according to a literature review by researchers at KI and . "This evidence should be more than sufficient to recommend their use," KI's Juan Jesus Carrero says. bit.ly/2Xl14CY
KI researchers Simon Elsässer and Magda Bienko have been awarded 2022 ERC Consolidator Grants. 👏
The funds will support two ambitious basic research projects that aim to further our understanding of the complex nature of our cells. #ERCCoG
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In honour of Professor Hans Rosling, there will be a memorial ceremony open for public attendance ki.se/en/about/memor
⚡️Press conference with Nobel Prize laureate #SvantePääbo at KI’s Nobel Forum.
“It’s been overwhelming,” Pääbo says when asked about his experience receiving the #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.
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“Our research group is obsessed with the Neanderthals since 20 years,” Professor Svante Pääbo told a packed auditorium at KI’s Aula Medica during his highly anticipated Nobel Lecture. #NobelPrize
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The 2021 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.”
KI professor and colleagues report in that they have developed a #SpatialOmics technology that can map simultaneously how #genes are switched on/off and how they are expressed in different areas of tissues and organs. #RNA news.ki.se/new-technology
Today the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine 2019 delivered their Nobel Lectures in Aula Medica. Thanks, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, Gregg L. Semenza and William G. Kaelin Jr.! #NobelPrize
KI has now received the test material for Covid-19 that will allow scientists to perform analyses on patient samples. The lab will soon be ready thanks to the swift cooperation of KI researchers and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation bit.ly/2wWi4FQ
Congratualtions Tomas Lindahl, Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet!
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BREAKING NEWS The 2015 #NobelPrize in Chemistry is awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar:
The number of B cells greatly increases after bowel damage, preventing the tissue from healing, finds a new study in by at KI. This can be of significance to the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, #IBD. #Gastroenterology news.ki.se/common-immune-
Karolinska Institutet climbs in international ranking – 38th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (last year 44) shanghairanking.com/ARWU2019.html
Prof. Kevin Eva is awarded the 2022 KIPRIME. He is Associate Director and Senior Scientist in the , and Professor and Director of Educational Research and Scholarship at the . #amee2022
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The #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
Four major research projects at Karolinska Institutet are to receive project grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation this year bit.ly/3cQv3JO
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What a thrill! 😃Today KI and three other universities were recognized with the first ever EU Awards for Gender Equality Champions, marking #InternationalWomensDay.
Congrats to fellow champions at , and ! 👏
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A new study published in by at KI shows that supercomplexes have no major role in cellular energy production and that altered levels therefore are unlikely to affect physiology and disease. #mitochondria #metabolism
KI:s rektor var en av flera som höll tal i samband med en demonstration till stöd för KI-alumnen Ahmadreza Djalali, som hotas av avrättning i Iran. #FreeDjalali
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KI researchers have identified a small neutralizing antibody, a so-called #nanobody, that has the capacity to block #SARS_CoV_2 from entering human cells and may play a role in future antiviral treatments against #COVID19. @LeoHanke2 bit.ly/3lIRjJs
Congratulations to KI researchers David Marlevi, Enric Llorens and Onur Dagliyan who have been awarded the 2022 ERC Starting Grant! In all, will support 408 early-career researchers with EUR 636 million in this prestigious grant.
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A drug already tested against lung disease shows promising results in inhibiting early stages of #COVID-19 infection in cell cultures and engineered human tissue. Study by KI:s Ali Mirazimi and a team of intl researchers published in . bit.ly/34bhHTZ
New study in by Joanna Rorbach and Anas Khawaya visualizes in detail the machinery that the cells’ powerhouses, the #mitochondria, use to form their proteins. Collaboration with researchers at . #ribosomes news.ki.se/unique-insight
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'A regrettable decision, made without any preceding dialogue with the universities and researchers, - says Annika Östman Wernerson, President of Karolinska Institutet, critisizing the Swedish government’s choice to stop all grants for development research
We soon have a new president! ⚡️The Swedish government today appointed Professor Annika Östman Wernerson, our former academic vice president for higher education, as president of KI. She will assume office on March 1, succeeding .
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Decades-long endurance #training alters the activity of genes in human skeletal muscle that are important for metabolic health, according to a study published in by researchers at KI and the University of San Diego. #metabolichealth #Genetics bit.ly/385v0aJ
Three researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been awarded the ERC Starting Grant 2019 bit.ly/2ZI1eCN
Hans Rosling föreläste och världen lyssnade ki.se/nyheter/hans-r
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Kasper Karlsson and Juan Pablo Lopez for being awarded the prestigious Starting Grants! 🙌 #ERCStG
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KI-researcher et al. have created a new method of studying the smallest bioparticles in the body. The study, published in , has considerable scientific potential, such as in the development of more effective #vaccines.
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KI researchers have identified a group of nerve cells in the mouse #brain that are sensitive to estrogen levels and that are involved in creating negative emotional states and chronic #stress. New study in . #neuroscience news.ki.se/chronic-stress
Over 1,200 with rare diseases received a diagnosis thanks to the integration of large-scale genomics into Stockholm's healthcare system, constituting a major leap forward in the emerging field of #precisionmedicine. Results out in .
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New study in led by ’s and KI's describes a new technology for identifying which regions of the chromatin are accessible genome-wide in cells at specific locations in a tissue. #epigenetics
Att dela med sig av sin kunskap är viktigt. Men forskare har också ett särskilt ansvar att bygga sina argument på fakta och att vara tydliga även med vad man inte vet, konstaterar Jan Albert, professor i smittskydd vid Karolinska Institutet bit.ly/2XRNYy9
Congratulations to KI Professors Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Maria Eriksson and Björn Högberg for being awarded ERC Advanced Grants! 👏
#ERCAdG
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The 2018 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.”
Right now: welcoming the Queens of Spain and Sweden during a state visit in Biomedicum, campus Solna. Central topic of the visit is rare diseases.
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Soo Aleman, överläkare och docent vid Karolinska Institutet, har blivit utsedd av regeringen till nationell koordinator för kliniska studier om läkemedel mot covid-19 bit.ly/2Rl5UgE
#covid19sverige #svmed #tillsammansmotcorona
A systematic review and meta-analysis published in and involving researchers at KI, shows that #VitaminD supplementation protects against #respiratory #infections. This can be important for vulnerable groups. #infection bit.ly/3m4Xp7A
In a new study published in , KI researchers , @nikmej and others show how disturbances in the energy #metabolism in human fat cells can lead to the development of #inflammation and insulin resistance. #obesity news.ki.se/energy-crisis-
Study in by and others at KI, and identifies several cell types that play a key part in the immune response to the new #coronavirus and the hyperinflammation seen in severe cases of #COVID19. #Immunology bit.ly/30zAHLO
Grattis KI-forskaren , nominerad till Stora journalistpriset i kategorin Årets Röst! goo.gl/tdzxrk #storajournalistpriset
Three researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been awarded the 2020 ERC Starting Grant bit.ly/3lIcefM #ERCStG
Study published in by KI researchers , , and others identifies a ‘default’ pathway that generates early B lymphocyte memory to #vaccines and pathogens. Collaboration with . #Immunology #Antibodies news.ki.se
KI researcher and others have developed a microneedle patch that delivers antibiotics locally in the skin to treat MRSA skin infections. New study published in Advanced Materials Technologies . #MedTech bit.ly/3xVrood
KI researcher and colleagues at KI, and have identified a synthetic antibody that may prevent the new #coronavirus from infecting human cells. Study published today in . #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #antibodies bit.ly/2TRxeE3
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The first months of life are decisive for #ImmuneSystem development. Study in by KI’s and others finds a connection between breast milk, beneficial gut bacteria and the development of the immune system. #Immunology #Pediatrics bit.ly/3zxEbxK
Inauguration of Karolinska Institutet's new research facility Biomedicum
Immediate skin-to-skin contact, before stabilisation, can reduce mortality by 25% in #newborn babies with a very low birth weight. Study in , led by on the initiative of KI researchers Björn Westrup and Nils Bergman. #pediatric #globalhealth bit.ly/34qF8JK
KI study published in today shows that Infants whose mothers have used #snus during pregnancy run three times the risk of sudden infant death. All types of #nicotine products should be avoided during pregnancy, researchers say. #Pediatrics news.ki.se/nicotine-expos
A new study on mice suggests that morning #exercise is more efficient at burning fat than evening exercise. The study is published in by at KI and colleagues at and . #metabolism #obesity news.ki.se/time-of-day-ma
. at KI and report in that their method can detect whether or not #bacteria respond to #antibiotics within minutes. Spinoff company will take it from bench to bedside to fight #AMR. news.ki.se/new-method-rev
New diagnostic test for #COVIDー19 can be performed without advanced lab equipment and deliver the result in half an hour, according to study by at KI and researchers in China. Verification trials are underway. Published in @Clin_Chem_AACC. bit.ly/3bpbfvo
Mer än 10% av unga och tidigare friska personer som får svår #COVID19 har felriktade antikroppar som attackerar immunsystemet och ytterligare 3,5% har en genetisk mutation, rapporterar ett internationellt forskarlag, inkl , i . bit.ly/333q2u9
Skeletal muscle cells in #type2diabetes patients have a disrupted biological clock reports , and in . Discovery could help fine-tune timing of interventions to treat type 2 diabetes. news.ki.se/mitochondria-o
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Many people were delighted to hear that Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, particularly so Hugo Zeberg, researcher at Karolinska Institutet. He has collaborated with Svante Pääbo for years news.ki.se/hugo-zeberg-on
Study in finds new mechanism behind #ALS that indicates a hitherto unknown connection between the nervous and vascular systems. Study led by at KI in collaboration with researchers at , and others. bit.ly/3a9R4TC
Even more reason to exercise: This study by KI researchers in explains why #exercise helps slow #cancer growth in mice. Physical activity changes the metabolism of cytotoxic #Tcells and thereby improves their ability to attack cancer cells. bit.ly/35DgiGO
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What would Hans Rosling say about the current pandemic? , participating in the first annual Rosling seminar 6 October, together with and others, contemplates in an interview:
The previously communicated study on #tcell immunity to the new #coronavirus by and others at KI has now undergone peer review and been published as a pre-proof in . Mild #COVID19 cases can produce strong T cell response. bit.ly/3iJbLHY
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Speechless! HAPPY! Pinching ourselves! #NobelPrize2022 in Physiology or Medicine
Svante Pääbo @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @maxplanckpress 
Svante Pääbo @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @maxplanckpress Congratulations to Patrik Ernfors who recieves the ERC Advanced Grant for the third time! news.ki.se/ki-researcher-
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Professor Jan Albert, professor of infectious disease control, especially virology, gives a lecture on the new coronavirus. What is the new coronavirus? When and how did it start, and how will it end? #COVID19 #tillsammansmotcorona
As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study by and published in the reports.
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760 gram. Det väger den minsta hjärtstartaren som med hjälp av drönare kan transporteras till avlägsna platser och rädda liv.
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119 KI researchers receive in total SEK 541,913,333 from . The funding includes 90 project grants, 21 establishment grants, 6 consolidator grants and 2 grants for employment.
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Nobel lectures with James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo in Aula Medica #nobelprize #nobelprizemedicine
Women vaccinated against HPV have a significantly lower risk of developing cervical cancer, and the positive effect is most pronounced for women vaccinated at a young age, according to a KI study published in . #CervicalCancer #HPVvaccine bit.ly/3jlkCA7
The ERC Advanced Grant, one of Europe’s most prestigious programmes for research financing, has been awarded to Ernest Arenas at Karolinska Institutet to tailor dopamine-producing brain cells for patients with Parkinson’s disease bit.ly/2R0jINn
#parkinsons
Researchers from @aouadilab discovered a microRNA able to rewire key TCA cycle enzymes in livers of obese people. The findings published in Gastroenterology shed a new light towards therapeutic treatment of #metabolic diseases.
KI researchers, incl. , have developed a method for fast, inexpensive and accurate testing for #COVID19 infection. The method simplifies and frees the testing from expensive reaction steps, enabling upscaling of the diagnostics. bit.ly/3cpueHv #CovidTesting
KI-Professor Birgitta Henriques Normark has been selected new President of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga vetenskapsakademien
@vetenskapsakad). She will succeed the present President, Dan Larhammar, on July 1st.
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KI researcher has been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant and 1.5 million € for his research on human cell-mediated immunity against virus diseases. #ERCStG
KI’s 153 new doctors graduated tonight at a festive ceremony in the City Hall, celebrating their attainment of the highest academic degree possible. Congratulations to you all!
Meet Gerald McInerney, one of KI's researchers searching for antibodies against the new #coronavirus. "I’m glad there are many researchers working on this—it would have been a lot more pressure if we were the only ones." #COVID2019
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Congrats to KI researcher Lu Yi, who is awarded an ERC Starting Grant for research on different subtypes of #depression. Her goal is to find better treatments that work for more people.
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Ny forskning som publiceras i visar att en viss bit DNA som medför upp till tre gånger ökad risk att drabbas av allvarlig covid-19 är nedärvd från neandertalare bit.ly/36fJqpH
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KI Professor Emeritus and infectious disease specialist Johan Giesecke comments on Sweden’s #COVID19 approach in . Even two weeks of lockdown would cause a lot of disruption to social and economic life, he says. #COVID19SWEDEN
Vitamin C and other #antioxidants activate a mechanism that causes #cancer tumours to form new blood vessels, which can help them grow and spread, according to a KI study published today in by Martin Bergö and colleagues. #nutrition news.ki.se/antioxidants-s
KI researchers have discovered that degradation of the power plants of our cells plays an important role in the onset of mitochondrial disease in children, which can have severe consequences. Study published in by . #CellBiology bit.ly/3dTvZNa
KI Professor Rickard Sandberg has been awarded the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . The donation of SEK10m will support high-level basic research of the human genome. 🧬
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New pain organ discovered in the skin: "Our study shows that sensitivity to pain does not occur only in the skin's nerve fibres, but also in this recently-discovered pain-sensitive organ." bit.ly/31Gk5j9
KI-forskaren Petter Brodin, , om mannen i Hongkong som efter 4 månaders sjukdomsfrihet återinfekterades av #COVID19.
"Han hade en mycket mildare infektion andra gången. Det är precis så vi vill att immunförsvaret ska fungera."
KI-researcher interviewed by about #interferons, immune proteins that seems to play a role in #COVID19 infections.
"“We know that individuals differ in their ability to mount an interferon response." #immunesystem
Study in by and et al found a 17-fold increased risk of #livercancer in patients with #NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) vs healthy controls. Even early stages of NAFLD were associated with excess cancer risk. bit.ly/3mLPdJZ
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Researchers from KI and have developed a new #antibiotic-free antibacterial gel for wounds. The gel kills drug-resistant bacteria and induces the body’s own immune responses to fight infections. In by , . news.ki.se/gel-fights-dru
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KI-researchers @AouadiLab found a molecular pathway that when silenced could restore the normal function of immune cells in people with fatty liver disease. The findings may lead to new strategies for treating the condition. #obesity #NAFLD bit.ly/393uUjs
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Congratulations to all our new professors who were installed at the annual inauguration ceremony yesterday 🎓 🙌🏼 🎉
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Welcome to 21 professors and 13 adjunct professors who were celebrated during yesterday’s inauguration ceremony! 🎊🎓 Jorge Ruas was one of the professors who was honored for receiving an academic award🥇
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KI researcher and colleagues at KI, and report in that they have developed combined nanobodies that prevent #SARSCoV2 from entering human cells – even if the virus mutates. #COVID19 #antibodies bit.ly/39pD331
KI researchers and Xinsong Chen have developed a new method that should be able to predict whether a patient with #breastcancer will benefit from a particular treatment or not.
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Three KI-led coronavirus projects selected in EU funding round. Now begins grant negotiations for EUR9m that will go toward funding vaccine development, immunotherapies and neutralizing antibodies against #SARS_COV_2 #COVID19 #H2020 bit.ly/39veLDB
Study by KI researchers published in shows how the immune system’s natural killer (NK) cells detect #COVID19 – they respond to a certain peptide on the surface of #SARSCoV2 infected cells. news.ki.se/why-natural-ki
