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Meet this year's Crafoord Prize Laureates – Lars Klareskog, Sweden and Peter K. ...

4/23/2013 1:44 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Tens of millions of people all over the world suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. The discoveries behind the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013 have in a decisive manner contributed to our understanding of the disease. For instance, Lars Klareskogs's research shows that if no-one in Sweden smoked, one in five cases could probably be avoided.
You are welcome to register for interviews on 2-3 May with this year's...

The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013

1/17/2013 2:01 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013 to:

Peter K. Gregersen,
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research,
Manhasset, NY, USA

Lars Klareskog
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Robert J. Winchester
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

“for their discoveries concerning the role of different genetic factors and their interactions with...

The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013 is announced on Thursday 17 January

1/14/2013 1:52 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
On Thursday morning on 17 January, at 08:00 am (Swedish time, CET +1) the Crafoord Prize for 2013 will be announced. This year’s discipline is Polyarthritis (diseases that causes inflammation in several joints, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis).
A press release and an illustrated popular science article will be distributed and scientific experts are available on telephone. Hopefully, the Laureate/-s (max. 3 persons)...

REMINDER: CRAFOORD DAYS – Meet the mathematical genius Terence Tao and the first...

5/8/2012 2:00 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Welcome to a press conference with the world leading mathematicians within harmonic analysis, Jean Bourgain and Terence Tao, and the astronomers who hunt for Black Holes, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
Press conference with the Laureates
Time: Tuesday 15 May, at 2:00–3:00 pm
Venue: The University house, Lund University, Paradisgatan 2, Lund (see signs)
NB! Limited amount of places.
Mandatory registration...

Crafoord Days 14–15 May 2012: Meet the Crafoord Laureates in Mathematics and Ast...

4/30/2012 2:00 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Welcome to a press conference with the world leading mathematicians Jean Bourgain and Terence Tao, and the astronomers Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez which indicated the presence of a supermassive black hole in the centre of our own Galaxy.
Press conference with the Laureates
Time: Tuesday 15 May, at 2:00–3:00 pm
Venue: The University house, Lund University, Paradisgatan 2, Lund (see signs)
NB! Limited amount...

The Crafoord Prize in Mathematics 2012 and The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2012

1/18/2012 7:00 PM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
In 2012 the Crafoord prizes in Mathematics and Astronomy are for the first time awarded simultaneously as two separate prizes with a prize amount of SEK 4 million each.
THE CRAFOORD PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS 2012

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Mathematics 2012 to

Jean Bourgain
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA and

Terence Tao
University of California,...

The Crafoord Prize in Mathematics 2012 and The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2012 ...

1/17/2012 2:32 PM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
News this year are that the prize amount is doubled to totally SEK 8 million and that Video News Releases with experts from the prize committees, and newly recorded interviews with chosen Laureates are released with the press material.
On early Thursday morning on 19 January, at 01:00 am (Swedish time, CET) the Crafoord Prize for 2012 will be announced for international media. This year’s disciplines are...

The Crafoord Days 9-11 May 2010: Meet the ecologist Ilkka Hanski - the first Nor...

5/2/2011 8:09 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Welcome to meet the butterfly-expert, Ilkka Hanski, who comes to Sweden to receive the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011, “for his pioneering studies on how spatial variation affects the dynamics of animal and plant populations”. He has studied exotic species from Greenland to the rain forests in Borneo, but it was in the Åland islands where his most important discoveries on so called metapopulations were...

The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011

1/20/2011 2:00 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011 to

Ilkka Hanski
University of Helsinki, Finland,

“for his pioneering studies on how spatial variation affects the dynamics of animal
and plant populations”.
Patches of diversity in increasingly fragmented habitats

This year’s Crafoord Prize Laureate has established
himself, in his more than 30-year...

The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011 is announced on Thursday 20 January

1/17/2011 2:00 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Biosciences – with emphasis on ecology
On Thursday morning on 20 January, at 08:00 am (Swedish time, GMT +1) the Crafoord Prize for 2011 will be announced.
This year’s discipline is biosciences – the knowledge of life on Earth.

A press release and an illustrated popular science article will be sent out and scientific experts are available on telephone. Hopefully, the laureate/-s (max. 3 persons) will also...