{"id":2832,"date":"2023-10-05T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2025-03-11T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:49:22","slug":"uppsala-universitys-2023-linnaeus-medal-awarded-to-mattias-jakobsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2023\/10\/05\/uppsala-universitys-2023-linnaeus-medal-awarded-to-mattias-jakobsson\/","title":{"rendered":"Uppsala University\u2019s 2023 Linnaeus Medal awarded to Mattias Jakobsson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mattias-Jakobsson1200-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mattias-Jakobsson1200-2023.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mattias-Jakobsson1200-2023-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photograph: Tobias Sterner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Uppsala University\u2019s Linnaeus Medal was first awarded on 23 May 2007 in connection with the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus. The gold medal is conferred \u201cfor, in particular, truly outstanding scientific achievement, especially in the Linnaean subject areas or fields related to the legacy of Linnaeus\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Mattias Jakobsson is being honoured for his research on population genetics and human evolution. In his research, he uses computational methods to describe complex patterns of human genetic variation in both modern and historical populations. Jakobsson has made important contributions to research on the origins of modern humans and on historical colonisation and migration on the Eurasian landmass and in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, Mattias!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-db32e940 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-underlined-heading\">Related content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linnemedaljor-UUpressmeddelandet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2833\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Linn\u00e9medalj\u00f6r och Rudbeckmedalj\u00f6rer utsedda<\/h2>\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:\/\/www.uu.se\/press\/pressmeddelanden\/2023\/2023-09-14-linnemedaljor-och-rudbeckmedaljorer-utsedda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UU Press Release (in Swedish)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uppsala University\u2019s Linnaeus Medal was first awarded on 23 May 2007 in connection with the 300th anniversary of the birth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,24,12],"tags":[69,80],"class_list":["post-2832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-in-the-media","category-news","tag-awards","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832","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=2832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2835,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832\/revisions\/2835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}