KI physiologist receives the 2013 Malin and Lennart Philipson Prize
Jorge Ruas PhD, is awarded the Malin and Lennart Philipson Prize and Research Grant for his outstanding and widely cited research regarding the control of muscle cell growth. The prize is a research grant of SEK 2 million, SEK 50,000 of which constitutes a personal award.Dr Ruas received his PhD in 2005, and currently works at Karolinska Institutet’s Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, having previously been active at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in the USA. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms that mediate muscle mass and function, with a