Category: Grants & Projects
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1,000 genomes project supported by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Mattias Jakobsson together with Jan Storå and Anders Götherström from the Stockholm University were awarded a prestigious grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to study 1,000 ancient genomes. The aim is to create a catalog of the genetic variation of people living in Europe and Asia between 1,000 and 50,000 years ago. Skeletal…
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VR Grant for Distinguished Young Researchers
December 10, 2013. The Swedish Research Council’s “Grant for Distinguished Young Researchers” of 18 million SEK is awarded to Mattias Jakobsson. Congratulations!
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Wenner-Gren fellowship goes to Torsten Günther
Torsten Günther is awarded a Wenner-Gren postdoctoral fellowship. Congratulations! Wenner-Gren StiftelsernaWenner-Gren Foundations Wenner-Gren Fellow-stipendier förpostdoktoral utbildning
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Mattias Jakobsson awarded Wallenberg Academy Fellow
Mattias Jakobsson is awarded “Wallenberg Academy Fellow”, and receives 7.5 million SEK. Congratulations! Wallenberg Academy Fellows, the career programme for young researchers launched by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in 2012, provides long-term funding for young, promising Swedish and foreign researchers from all academic fields. The programme runs in close cooperation with five royal…
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The Atlas of ancient human genomes in Sweden
Riksbankens (the Swedish Central Bank) Jubileumsfond (RJ) granted 35.4 million SEK to our program “The Atlas of ancient human genomes in Sweden”. This is a collaborative program together with Anders Götherström and Jan Storå at Stockholm University.
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Mattias Jakobsson receives the Tage Erlander Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Tage Erlander Prize is awarded annually as a reward for outstanding scientific work as a stimulus for continued research, every five years in the following subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, technology and biology. High-quality popular science efforts are also a merit for the award. Recipients of the award are researchers who have not reached the age…