{"id":2413,"date":"2019-12-22T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:11:49","slug":"mattias-jakobsson-appointed-a-wallenberg-scholar-2019-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2019\/12\/22\/mattias-jakobsson-appointed-a-wallenberg-scholar-2019-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattias\u00a0Jakobsson appointed a Wallenberg Scholar, 2019-24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cThe Wallenberg Scholar grant gives me the freedom and the economic means to take on high-risk projects. It really is a gift for a researcher to be able to work without the normal constraints. Thanks to the Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden has a unique position in the world in the field of independent and free-thinking research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mattias_new-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1485\" style=\"width:210px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mattias_new-edited.jpg 301w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mattias_new-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mattias Jakobsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KAW-logo-black@300x-100-1024x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1769\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moving the cradle of humankind<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The strides made in recent years in genetic research mean the family tree of Homo sapiens will have to be redrawn. Mattias Jakobsson is using prehistoric DNA combined with archeological finds to maps human evolution. His findings raise the question of whether the cradle of humankind should be sought elsewhere than in East Africa.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where do the Scandinavians come from?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ycmhwN7Adr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Big congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kaw.wallenberg.org\/en\/research\/moving-cradle-humankind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Wallenberg Scholar grant gives me the freedom and the economic means to take on high-risk projects. It really is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,17,12,11],"tags":[72,71,73],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grants-projects","category-highlights","category-news","category-research","tag-kaw","tag-wallenberg-foundation","tag-wallenberg-scholar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions\/2417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}