Gonçalo Castelo-Branco receives the Hans Wigzell Research Foundation’s science prize amounting to SEK 925,000.
The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation (Hans Wigzells Forskningsstiftelse) awards its annual scientific prize to Professor Gonçalo Castelo-Branco at Karolinska Institutet (KI). Professor Gonçalo Castelo-Branco receives the prize of SEK 925,000 for his important research around oligodendrocytes – a cell type which plays important roles in relation to how the human brain develops and functions. In his research, Professor Castelo-Branco has shown how a cell's DNA can be controlled to develop into an oligodendrocyte. These cells have a significant role in how myelin, the insulating