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  • Teng Wang, Division of neuronic engineering

    Teng Wang
    Published Sep 22, 2021

    Teng Wang defended his dissertation "Electroosmosis based treatment approach for cerebral edema" on September 20th 2021. His research has already been noticed and he has made it to the covers of two j...

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  • Rickard Ånell, Division of Environmental Physiology

    Rickard Ånell i en tryckkammare.
    Rickard Ånell. Foto: Jon Lindhe. KTH
    Published Sep 08, 2021

    Rickard Ånell defends his dissertation "Decompression strain during long-duration, high-altitude exposures" on 17 September.

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  • Fracture setting method could replace metal plates

    Ben med tre skruvar och vitt kompositmaterial.
    KTH
    Published Jun 24, 2021

    A new biocompatible polymer-based composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult and unstable fractures. Developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, the newl...

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  • CBH researchers produce aerogels from nanofibers – in an ordinary freezer

    Jowan Rostami
    Jowan Rostami. Foto: Jon Lindhe, KTH.
    Published May 26, 2021

    Jowan Rostami, doctoral student in fibre technology at KTH, has developed a simplified and environmentally friendly method for producing nanocellulose-based aerogels. According to the researchers, the...

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  • Ergonomics tool from KTH internationally awarded

    Published May 20, 2021

    The KTH-developed tool RAMP has been downloaded in over a hundred countries worldwide. Now the researchers behind the tool are praised by one of the world's most respected journals in the field of erg...

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  • Ralph G Nuzzo elected to the National Academy of Sciences

    Nas logo and Ralph G Nuzzo.
    Photo: NAS
    Published May 11, 2021

    Ralph G Nuzzo, long-term affiliated professor in the Division of Surface and Corrosion Science at CBH, has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

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  • Martin Lawoko – new professor in wood chemistry

    Martin Lawoko.
    Martin Lawoko. Foto: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published May 03, 2021

    At the turn of the millennium, Martin Lawoko began his doctoral studies at KTH. Now, 21 years later, he has been appointed professor of wood chemistry. Martin's research group will invest heavily in b...

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  • Production of biopharmaceuticals in a large-scale continuous process tested by CBH researchers

    Forskare i labb.
    Veronique Chotteau och fyra doktorander i labbet på AlbaNova. Foto: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Apr 28, 2021

    Researchers at the CBH School will make an attempt to produce a continuous process for the production of biopharmaceuticals on an industrial scale. The trial is the first of its kind in Sweden.

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  • Welcome Professor Barbara Nozière

    Porträttfoto av Barbara Nozière.
    Foto: Privat
    Published Mar 31, 2021

    Barbara Nozière, professor in Physical Chemistry, just started at the CBH School. The former Director of Research at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Lyon recently received an ERC Advan...

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  • International project aims to improve endometriosis treatment

    FEMaLe-projektets logga och Jayanth Raghothama.
    Jayanth Raghothama. Foto: Privat
    Published Mar 18, 2021

    Endometriosis affects an estimated 200 million women around the world. Now, the EU is supporting a major international research project that aims to improve the treatment and quality of life of those ...

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  • Cancer research to gain from identification of 300 proteins

    A montage of microscopic images that show the stages of the cell cycle,
    A montage of microscopic images that show the stages of the cell cycle, in which a single cell duplicates its DNA and eventually divides into two "daughter" cells. Staining shows the cell nucleus in blue, and the microtubules in red.
    Published Feb 24, 2021

    With the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer, researchers from KTH have identified and mapped 300 proteins that regulate the cell division process.

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  • CBH students investigate hydrogen supply to trains

    Tåg på Kinnekullebanan och Erik Östling.
    Foto: Västtrafik/Thomas Harrysson/Privat
    Published Feb 18, 2021

    Could hydrogen be used to power the Kinnekulle train? The municipality of Mariestad wanted to find out – so they turned to eight master's students from the CBH School. ”It has been great to do a proj...

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  • NGI gets new director

    Tuuli Lappalainen.
    Foto: Christian Lönnholm/Camilla Breiler, KTH
    Published Feb 04, 2021

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology and National Genomics Infrastructure (NGI) at SciLifeLab recruits genetics researcher Tuuli Lappalainen from the New York Genome Center as new director for NGI.

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  • EPNOE Junior Scientist Award 2021 to Yuanyuan Li

    Yuanyuan Li.
    Yuanyuan Li. Foto: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Feb 03, 2021

    Yuanyuan Li, Assistant Professor of Biocomposites at CBH and WWSC, is the winner of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) Junior Scientist Award 2021.

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  • Study identifies new potential covid treatments

    A portable COVID-19 testing site in Uppsala, Sweden. (Photo: David Callahan)
    A new study identified a number of as yet untested treatments for COVID-19. Pictured: a COVID-19 testing site in Uppsala, Sweden. (photo: David Callahan)
    Published Dec 08, 2020

    A virtual screening of the DrugBank database has identified a variety of as yet unexplored ways to attack SARS-CoV-2, even as it mutates. The study identified drugs and possible cocktails that are sho...

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  • Looking back on 20 years with Human Protein Atlas

    Still from a 3D film showing proteins.
    The proteins involved in narcolepsy are shown in this still from a 3D film produced by the Human Protein Atlas. Published Nov 19, 2020
    Published Nov 23, 2020

    On the 20th anniversary of the Human Protein Atlas Project, KTH Professor Mathias Uhlén reflects on the journey of this massive database for understanding human biology and helping researchers develo...

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  • New weapon against bacterial infections

    Illustration av antibiotika inkapslad i nanogeler och hydrogeler.
    Traditionell antibiotika inkapslad i nanogeler och hydrogeler som effektivt dödar bakterier. Illustration: Mads Lüchow.
    Published Nov 19, 2020

    What happens if water-soluble and non-water-soluble antibiotics are combined in medical technology, such as wound dressings? Until recently, researchers have not been able to answer that question, bec...

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  • Degree project takes aim at Covid-19

    Student Aashlesha Chekkala.
    "I feel privileged that I get to tell my friends and family that the project I work on is in the direction of fighting a global pandemic." Photo: Courtesy of Aashlesha Chekkala
    Published Nov 16, 2020

    Aashlesha Chekkala came to KTH to prepare for a career in resource recovery from wastewater. That changed when she began her degree project working with Covid-19.

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  • Study identifies more genes that are likely behind psoriasis and eczema

    Nail displaying the characteristic pitting of psoriasis.
    Nail displaying the characteristic pitting of psoriasis. Photo: Seenms
    Published Oct 28, 2020

    A new study identified 17 new genes that could be targeted for treatment of psoriasis and eczema, two common hereditary skin diseases with no cure.

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  • New center focus on integrated science

    A potato in section.
    A potato in section. Photo: Ferdinand Choong
    Published Oct 02, 2020

    Meet Agneta Richter Dahlfors, director of a new interdisciplinary research centre with focus on societal benefits, that was inaugurated on 30 September. What is AIMES?

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