Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and UK DRI at King’s College London have managed to identify a common denominator for different gene mutations that cause ALS.

Högskoleföreningen (The Liberal Arts College Association) has awarded the 2024 prize for outstanding scientific work to Friederike Allgöwer for her thesis "Mechanistic Insight into Photosystem II".

Professor Ville Kaila from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, is one of this year's laureates of the prestigious Göran Gustafsson Prize.

Proteins are the building blocks of life. They build our cells, send signals and transport substances. But they will only work correctly if they attain their exact 3-dimensional form.

Pål Stenmark, professor of biochemistry at Stockholm University, has been awarded 2.5 million SEK in funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and SciLifeLab's Proof of Concept program for life sciences.