In Cancerfonden’s latest call, SEK 19,5 million was awarded to 6 researchers at the Department of Laboratory Medicine for the years 2026-2028.
Edvard Smith , Senior Professor
Title: “The ‘Goner’ Cancer Concept and TEC Family Kinases with Focus on BTK Inhibitors”
Project grant, total amount: SEK 6 000 000
Mattias Carlsten , Docent
Title: “Sharpening the therapeutic efficacy of long-lived tumor- homing NK cells by exploration of CARs and cytokine variants optimized for the tumor environment”
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000
Sidinh Luc , Researcher
Title: “Understanding the origins of leukemic stem cells: the influence of stem cell heterogeneity and age”
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000
Joel Nordin , Assistant Professor
Title: “CRISPR Cas9- Homology Directed Repair generated CAR T cells – Clinical implementation and development of next-generation in vivo CAR T cells”
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000
Margaret Sällberg Chen , Professor
Title: “Harnessing the Microbiome to Improve Immune-Based Cancer Prevention and Therapy”
Project grant, total amount: SEK 3 000 000
Katarina Le Blanc , Professor
Title: “Cured but not well: Long term fatigue and cognitive dysfunction due to synaptopathy or Graft versus Host Disease in the brain?”
Project grant, total amount: SEK 1 500 000
