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"PRISMAS has a unique collaborative and multicomponent environment and connects fundamental science

A new intersectoral and interdisciplinary project between nine Swedish Universities and MAX IV – a Ph.D. programme called PRISMAS – launches in January 2023. The program is dedicated to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Horizon Europe's essential research and innovation areas. The project will create a connected network of next-generation X-ray experts, enabling various stakeholders to take full advantage of world-leading synchrotron facilities such as MAX IV, while tackling current societal challenges in the same breath.

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Mika Sipponen to receive an ERC Starting Grant on lignin research!

Mika Sipponen has been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant worth EUR 1.5 million for the project Circular lignin materials from well-defined functional building blocks (CIRCULIG). Sipponen, Assistant Professor and docent at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK), is one of the 408 winners selected out of nearly 3000 applicants across all disciplinaries in the competitive call.

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Anneli Kruve receives VR funding to study Endocrine Disruptives using AI in silico !

Congratulations to MMK’s Anneli Kruve who received a VR grant from the Medicine and health area! The project “MS2Tox: Deep Learning for Automated Prediction of the Endocrine Disruptive Potency of Chemicals in Complex Mixtures” will evaluate the possibility of combining non-target liquid chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry (LC/HRMS) and AI to better predict the hazard of the chemicals.

Anneli Kruve receives VR funding to study Endocrine Disruptives using AI in silico ! - Read the full article
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Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry

Anneli Kruve receives VR funding to study Endocrine Disruptives using AI in silico !

Congratulations to MMK’s Anneli Kruve who received a VR grant from the Medicine and health area! The project “MS2Tox: Deep Learning for Automated Prediction of the Endocrine Disruptive Potency of Chemicals in Complex Mixtures” will evaluate the possibility of combining non-target liquid chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry (LC/HRMS) and AI to better predict the hazard of the chemicals.

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Plants can resist climate change challenges and recover by adjusting lignin “chemical code"

A new study shows that we can create and/or select plants that can better recover from drought without affecting the size of the plant or seed yield by genetically modifying their lignin chemistry. These results could be used in both agriculture and forestry to tackle future climate challenges.

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Mika Sipponen named Research Leader of the Future, by the Foundation for Strategic Research!

The Foundation for Strategic Research has appointed at total of 16 Research Leader of the Future, and one of them is MMK’s own Assistant Professor Mika H. Sipponen, for his research on “Lignin-based functional materials for a sustainable future”

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New mechanism for regulating supply of DNA building blocks may lead to better antibiotics

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Stockholm University show for the first time how NrdR binds to DNA to inhibit RNR. The novel mechanism could help scientists design better antibiotics by targeting a pathogen’s ability to reproduce.

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Nicklas Österlund receives this year's Sigrid Arrhenius scholarship!

The prize is given for outstanding research that leads to a doctoral degree, this year's monetary award is 61 000 SEK. Nicklas Österlund is doing his PhD at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and his research is about proteins that do not form stable folded states, which can lead to Alzheimer's disease.

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Nicklas Österlund receives this year's Sigrid Arrhenius scholarship!

The prize is given for outstanding research that leads to a doctoral degree, this year's monetary award is 61 000 SEK. Nicklas Österlund is doing his PhD at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and his research is about proteins that do not form stable folded states, which can lead to Alzheimer's disease.

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She hopes to continue her research in Stockholm

Physicist Lesya Demchenko fled the war in Ukraine with her family and arrived in Nynäshamn on March 16. With the help of a research grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, she hopes to be able to continue her research at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry at Stockholm University.

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Stockholm University Center for Circular and Sustainable Systems

New European network on sustainable use of tree bark for wooden construction

Wooden construction is important for many European countries. Stockholm University will coordinate an ERA-NET ForestValue project that brings together partners from six European countries to develop and demonstrate sustainable technologies for the utilization of bark residues from the forest industry.

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80% of alumni are satisfied with their time at Stockholm University

A survey sent out in the spring of 2021 to alumni who graduated in 2018 and 2019 shows that 80% of those who responded are satisfied with their time at Stockholm University. A strong contributing factor to a positive overall experience is whether and to what extent the alumni felt they had received information about job opportunities and career support.

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New lignin based material to replace fossil plastics and adhesives

Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a resource-efficient method to produce new lignin-based materials that can be thermally reprocessed and used to substitute thermosetting resins and adhesives.

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