CIMED Research Grants 2015-19
Allocation of CIMED Junior and Senior grants for the 5-year period 2015-19.
The overall quality of the applications received was very high, both for Junior and Senior Investigator grants. The grant applications underwent external review by an international expert panel and the KI/SCC management group has now taken the decision regarding allocation of the grants.
CIMED Junior Investigator grants
Out of a total of 72 applications the following 7 applicants are selected for CIMED Junior Investigator grants in medical research and innovation involving basic, translational or clinical research. In alphabetical order:
EMMA R ANDERSSON
Project title: “Notch signaling control of development and malignancy” (2 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
YENAN BRYCESON
Project title: ”Elucidating mechanisms of human lymphocyte cytotoxicity in health and disease” (2 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
MARIA ERIKSSON
Project title: ”Genetic variation in somatic tissue and its contribution to premature and healthy aging” (2 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
MARIA KASPER
Project title: ”Stem Cell Dynamics In Skin – From Homeostasis To Cancer” (2 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
PEKKA KATAJISTO
Project title: “Stem Cell Niche and Asymmetric Cell Division in Aging” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
MIIA KIVIPELTO
Project title: ”Multimodal interventions in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease: creating an innovative research platform (MIND-AD)” (2 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
TIM WILLINGER
Project title: “Human Immune-Microbiota Crosstalk” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
CIMED Senior Investigator grants
Out of a total of 45 applications the following 9 applicants are selected for CIMED Senior Investigator grants in medical research and innovation involving basic, translational or clinical research. In alphabetical order:
PETER ARNER
Project title: “Adipose Tissue Turnover – Mechanims And Clinical Impact” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
KATARINA LE BLANC
Project title: “Experimental and clinical studies of interactions between mesenchymal stem cells and innate and adaptive immunity as treatment of immune mediated disorders” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
KARL EKWALL
Project title: “Basic research on Epigenetic Mechanisms and Cancer Epigenetics” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
JAN-ÅKE GUSTAFSSON
Project title: “Targeting ERβ and LXRβ to treat neurodegenerative diseases and depressive disorders” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
STEN EIRIK W JACOBSEN
Project title: “Functional and molecular characterisation and therapeutic targeting of the disease-propagating stem cells in myelodysplastic syndromes” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
JAN JOHANSSON
Project title: ”New Approaches to Understand and Treat Amyloid Diseases” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
LUCA JOVINE
Project title: “Egg-sperm interaction at fertilization and Hedgehog (Hh) signaling” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
STEPHEN STROM
Project title: “Stem Cell Therapy of Liver Disease” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)
JUSSI TAIPALE
Project title: “Growth Control and Cancer” (3 million SEK/ year for 5 years)