The Sven and Ebba-Christina Hagberg Foundation works to support scientific research. Annually, a personal award is given to a man or woman who has distinguished themselves through their research. This year, the personal prize was awarded to Kristina Jonas, and in addition a research grant was also awarded, a total of 650,000 Swedish kronor. Kristina received the prize for her studies in biochemical and molecular biological research on bacterial growth and reproduction.

Kristina Jonas comments the annoucements of the prize "It’s a great honor to receive this prize. Previous awardees include really talented scientists in Sweden and I feel honored to be named as one of them. The prize is a recognition of the hard work from present and past members of my research group.“

To read more about Kristina Jonas reasearch, groupmemebers and information about Ebba-Christina Hagbergs foundation, follow the links below.