Euris avnoteras

Styrelsen har beslutat att lista om bolaget på en annan handelsplats, för att minska kraven på administration.

Svenska chefer stryper forskningen

Färre forskare nyanställs och den befintliga forskningsstyrkan kan minskas. Det visar en ny rapport som bygger på svar från knappt trehundra chefer i svenska innovationsföretag.

Forskningsstöd missgynnar kvinnor

Fler män får stöd, och de får i genomsnitt mer pengar. De danska forskningsrådens sätt att fördela pengar förstärker könsskillnaderna i forskningsvärlden, enligt en ny rapport.

Hundra miljoner ska ge friskare barn

Världens största centrum för barns hälsa och välmående ska byggas upp vid Köpenhamns universitet, efter en rekordstor donation.

Stort medicintekniksamarbete i Västsverige

Fem parter ska samarbeta kring nya Medtech West. Akademi, vård och industri ska samverka för att stärka forskning, utveckling och innovationer inom medicinteknik. Fyra forskare får jobb vid det nya centret.

Danska elitforskare belönas

Totalt 45 forskare får dela på 12 miljoner vid årets utdelning av det danska Eliteforskpriset. Ett av årets stora EliteForskpris går till en ung hjärnforskare som forskar kring Alzheimers sjukdom och hjärnskador.

Han blir Alphahelix nya VD

Bolagets tidigare teknikchef tar ett steg upp.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and one is from the University of Uppsala.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.

Grant for development projects in Gothenburg

Seven research projects receive SEK 1 million to promote commercialization of early drug development and medical technology.

New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be re-elected at the AGM in May.

Researchers goes to the bottom of the brain

Swedish researchers have recently got new and deeper knowledge about the smallest part of the brain, the granule cells.

EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

Infidelity produces faster sperms

Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg.

Swedish Medtech söker ekonom/jurist

Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

Prenatal testing breakthrough

For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.

EU grants project on toxicity of nanomaterials

A multinational research project has have been awarded EUR 3 358 500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on the immune system.

Academy for a new turn at work

Are you qualified within life science, but unemployed? Here is your chance for a new career, in high demand.

Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organization TNO Quality of Life.

New tools to fight bacteria

Better guidelines for doctors, detailed patient journals, and national monitoring systems are some of the tools needed to combat the increasing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. That is stated in a report commissioned by the Swedish government.

Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"

Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recognized as good ones: in 2008, he was awarded the Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young researchers. It isn't the first award for the Associate Professor at Gothenburg University's Sahlgrenska Academy. In 2007, he received a grant award of 16 million SEK from the European Research Council for his pioneering work.

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.