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  • Oestrogen in the gut affects immune response to cancer

    Researcher in lab.
    Cecilia Williams is a professor in proteomics at KTH. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Apr 29, 2025

    According to a recent study published by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the effect of oestrogen in the gut affects how immune cells penetrate colon tumors.

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  • KTH researchers make progress in cell cultivation

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    KTH researcher Johanna Pechan has been working on growing MSCs more efficiently. Photo: KTH
    Published Apr 09, 2025

    Researchers at KTH and the company Cellcolabs have successfully cultured a special type of stem cells in a bioreactor at KTH. These cells inhibit inflammation and restore balance between the immune sy...

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  • New Swedish initiative to integrate research and healthcare

    Man in lab.
    The researchers behind PROMISE aim to establish a national database to facilitate access and integration of research and healthcare data. Photo: Mostphotos
    Published Apr 03, 2025

    A groundbreaking national initiative, Precision Omics Initiative Sweden (PROMISE), aims to connect research with healthcare and establish Sweden as a world leader in data-driven precision medicine. Th...

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  • 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society

    Man with glasses.
    Mark Rutland, professor of surface and corrosion science at KTH and co-chair of the 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Feb 26, 2025

    This summer, chemists from all over Sweden will meet in Västerås. Participants from all fields of chemistry are welcome and the programme includes top-level international plenary speakers, interactive...

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  • Paris Carbone is Teacher of the Year

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    “Students are really the toughest critics of every professor," says KTH Teacher of the Year Paris Carbone. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Jan 24, 2025

    He was destined to go for a career in music, until he discovered programming and computer science. Now, the student union at KTH has awarded Associate Professor Paris Carbone the title as teacher of t...

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  • Catherine Trask gets funding for research on plug-in vehicle repair safety

    Catherine Trask
    Catherine Trask receives a grant to research the working conditions of car repairers in the green transition to battery-powered electric vehicles. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Dec 10, 2024

    Two KTH researchers are receiving a total of more than SEK 10 million from Afa Försäkring for research within the new R&D programme The work environment in the green transition. One of them is Catheri...

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  • Mark Rutland new co-editor of influential journal

    Mark Rutland.
    Mark Rutland, professor of surface and corrosion science. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Nov 20, 2024

    Professor Mark Rutland has been appointed co-editor of the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. The journal has an impact factor of around 10.

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  • New methods for modifying drugs with electricity

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    There will be an open call for the position. Photo: KTH
    Published Nov 14, 2024

    A new PhD project at KTH will investigate electrosynthetic modification of PROTAC drugs. The project has been granted funding from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) and will be carri...

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  • Prize for thesis on catalyst for cheaper hydrogen fuel

    Hao Yang, postdoc
    Postdoc Hao Yang has has developed a polymeric catalyst that can make solar fuels more accessible and environmentally friendly. Photo: Sabina Fabrizi
    Published Nov 06, 2024

    Postdoc Hao Yang is awarded the 2024 Anna Sundström Award for his thesis in physical chemistry. He has developed a polymeric catalyst that can make solar fuels more accessible and environmentally fr...

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  • Newly appointed professor researches biomarkers for rare diseases

    Cristina Al-Khalili Szigyarto
    Cristina Al-Khalili Szigyarto. Photo: Åsa Karsberg, KTH
    Published Oct 15, 2024

    When Cristina Al-Khalili Szigyarto began studying mathematics, her former chemistry teacher back home in Trollhättan protested. It didn’t take long, however, for her to realise that it wasn’t mathemat...

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  • New professor wants to improve things for patients

    Rodrigo Moreno, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
    Rodrigo Moreno, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Sep 04, 2024

    Rodrigo Moreno is passionate about improving the situation of patients by developing new tools for healthcare. In June, he was promoted to Professor of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

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  • Summer school at Campus Flemingsberg – towards a better diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

    Daniel Carlsson from KTH Innovation
    Daniel Carlsson from KTH Innovation held a much appreciated workshop on taking research to market. Photo: Åsa Karsberg, KTH
    Published Sep 03, 2024

    At the end of August, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems organised a summer school as part of the Bosomshield project at KTH’s campus in Flemingsberg. Bosomshield is an EU-fun...

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  • New professor with a passion for leadership and work environment

    Andrea Eriksson
    Andrea Eriksson. Photo: Åsa Karsberg
    Published Aug 28, 2024

    Andrea Eriksson is a professor of psychosocial work environment at the Division of Ergonomics. Her focus is on leadership and work environment – where it is the practical benefits of the research that...

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  • Two CBH projects receives funding from NordForsk

    Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol and Helene Lundberg.
    Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol and Helene Lundberg. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Jun 19, 2024

    NordForsk has decided to fund ten research projects on the green transition in the Nordic and Baltic States. Two of the projects involves KTH and the CBH School: COLDREFINERY and AGRIWASTE2H2. Both pr...

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  • Using data to reveal healthcare overcrowding

    Luca Marzano
    Luca Marzano. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Jun 11, 2024

    Together with CBH researchers Sebastiaan Meijer, Adam Darwich and Jayanth Raghothama and staff from Uppsala University Hospital, Luca Marzano, PhD student of the Health informatics and Logistics, has ...

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  • Summer school at Campus Flemingsberg

    A group of happy young students
    This photo is from last year's Summer School at Campus Flemingsberg. on 13 June, there will be a new group arriving at KTH in Flemingsberg for a day of workshops. Photo: Södertörn University
    Published Jun 04, 2024

    For nine days in June, more than 40 pupils who have just finished year seven will visit Campus Flemingsberg and take part in exciting workshops. The so-called Summer School was started by Södertörn Un...

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  • Catherine Trask receives this year's Levi Prize

    Catherine Trask recieves the Levi Prize
    Catherine Trask recieves the 2024 Levi Prize
    Published May 29, 2024

    Catherine Trask, Associate Professor at the Division of Ergonomics, and Programme Director of the master’s programme in Technology, Work and Health, is the recipient of this year's Levi Prize for Work...

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  • CBH launches new Master's programme – Data-driven health

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    Published May 21, 2024

    In autumn 2025, a new Master's programme in Data-Driven Health will start at Campus Flemingsberg in the main field of technology and health. “We have been working for several years to develop this...

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  • Researchers in protein analysis can receive inventor award

    Simon Fredriksson and Ulf Landegren.
    Simon Fredriksson and Ulf Landegren, finalists in European Inventor Award 2024.
    Published May 21, 2024

    Simon Fredriksson, Adjunct Professor in Molecular Diagnostics at SciLifeLab, is together with Ulf Landegren one of three finalists in the European Inventor Award 2024 under the category "Industry". ...

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  • KTH Chemist chosen for sought-after program

    Woman with glasses.
    KTH postdoc Daisy Pooler. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published May 06, 2024

    KTH Postdoc Daisy Pooler has been selected for the CAS Future Leaders program. She is the first chemist from a Swedish university to be chosen in more than ten years. “I think it’s an excellent oppor...

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