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Dr. Kevin J. Tracey receives Hans Wigzell Research Foundation’s Science Prize amounting to USD 100.000

The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation (Hans Wigzells Forskningsstiftelse) awards its annual scientific prize to Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president and CEO, at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Dr. Tracey receives the prize of USD 100.000 for his contributions to the fields of neuroscience and neuroimmunology and his pioneering discoveries in vagus nerve stimulation, the inflammatory reflex and bioelectronic medicine.   Dr. Tracey’s discovery of the body’s “inflammatory reflex” – a neural circuit regulating inflammatory responses, is on of his most important achievements. This

Mats Danielsson receives the Hans Wigzell Research Foundation’s science prize amounting to SEK 925,000.

The Hans Wigzell's Research Foundation awards its annual scientific prize, to Professor Mats Danielsson at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Professor Mats Danielsson receives the prize of SEK 925,000 for his research around medical imaging technology, a technology that can enable earlier diagnosis of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.   In his research, Mats Danielsson has combined research in physics in the form of instruments to detect the most fundamental constituents of matter with medical science by developing new technology that can allow imaging of details

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

Li-Huei Tsai receives The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation's science prize amounting to USD 100,000

The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation (Hans Wigzells forskningsstiftelse) will today award its third annual scientific prize to the neuroscientist Professor Li-Huei Tsai at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA. Professor Tsai is to receive the prize of USD 100,000 for her pioneering research on the causes and possible therapy of Alzheimer's disease.The research, carried out at Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology has rapidly resulted in ongoing, advanced clinical trials on Alzheimer'

Henrik Ehrsson receives The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation's first science prize

The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation (Hans Wigzells forskningsstiftelse) today awarded its first annual scientific prize to the brain researcher Henrik Ehrsson at Karolinska Institutet (KI). Professor Ehrsson gets the prize of 500,000 SEK for his pioneering research on how our minds can be influenced to experience the body.Professor Ehrsson’s research concerns the corporeal self-awareness and how our minds can be influenced to experience the body. The medical use could for instance comprise how a prosthesis can feel real. The research, carried out at KI in Stockholm, has attracted

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