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Previous prize winners

The Eric K Fernström prize winner 2023 - Jenny Mjösberg 

Jenny Mjösberg at the Department of Medicine receives the 2023 Eric K. Fernström prize for young, especially promising and successful researchers, at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, for her outstanding research on the role of innate lymphoid cells in various diseases.

The prize winner 2021  - Gonçalo Castelo-Branco

Gonçalo Castelo-Branco at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB) received the 2021 Eric K. Fernström prize for young, especially promising and successful researchers, at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, for his significant research in the oligodendrocyte/myelin field and multiple sclerosis.

The 2020 prize and ceremony was cancelled due to the pandemic

The prize winner 2019

at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (FYFA) receives the 2019 Eric K. Fernström prize for young, especially promising and successful researchers, at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, for his pioneering research in developmental biology.

Prize winner 2018 - Pernilla Lagergren

Prof. receives the 2018 Eric K. Fernströms prize for young, promising and successful researchers, at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, for her outstanding research in the area health-related quality of life, particularly in patients with cancer of the oesophagus.

Prize winner 2017- Óscar Fernandez-Capetillo

Drreceives the Eric K. Fernströms prize for young, promising and successful researchers, at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ for his groundbreaking research on the field of cancer and ageing.

2016 - Rickard Sandberg

, Professor at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, is awarded the prize for pioneering single-cell technologies and his important discoveries of gene regulatory mechanisms across mammalian tissues and in singe cells.

In his research, Rickard Sandberg combines genome-wide experimental and computational techniques to study gene regulation in development and disease.

2015 - Sten Linnarsson

Sten Linnarsson, Professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics has been awarded the Eric K Fernström Prize for 2015. He is receiving the prize for establishing himself as an internationally leading researcher within the area single cell analysis, where he contributed with both publicized work focusing on methods and with studies where this technology has been used for investigations which have resulted in breakthrough biological findings.

2014 - Thomas Helleday

, Professor of Chemical Biology at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, is awarded the prize for his efforts to find new types of targets for cancer treatment.

2013 - Tibor Harkany

Professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, is awarded the prize for his discoveries concerning the structure and function of nerve cells.

2012 - Kirsty Spalding

, Senior research fellow at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, is warded the prize for her pioneering studies on fat and adipose cell (adipocyte) turnover and their role in general metabolism.

2011 - Luca Jovine

, Professor at the Department of Bioscience and Nutrition, is awarded the prize for his research on conception and the interaction between sperm and egg at a molecular level.

2010 - Jussi Taipale

, Professor at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition is awarded the prize for his pioneering research on growth in cells and organs and what it is that goes wrong when cancer occurs.

2009 - Nico Dantuma

, Professor at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology is awarded the prize in recognition of his groundbreaking work into the mechanisms of protein degradation.