17 research projects receive funding from the Swedish Cancer Society
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The Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden) has announced that will grant more than SEK 27 million in research funding to 17 cancer-related projects at Umeå University.
Four of the 17 projects are based at the Department of Medical Biosciences and three each at the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, and the Department of Radiation Sciences. The single largest recommended total allowance of SEK 3 million was awarded to Richard Palmqvist at the Department of Medical Biosciences for a project on intestinal cancer.
The Swedish Cancer Society reached the decision for 2012, and has made funding recommendations for 2013 and 2014. The 17 projects at Umeå University have received a total amount of SEK 10.7 million for 2012, while a total of approximately SEK 17 million has been recommended for 2013 and 2014 (in most cases). In addition to the project grants, the Cancer Society also approved a planning group grant to Roger Henriksson, Department of Radiation Sciences.
Project recipients
Niklas Arnberg, Department of Clinical Microbiology Stefan Björklund, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Thomas Borén, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Lars Franzén, Department of Radiation Sciences Kjell Grankvist, Department of Medical Biosciences Roger Henriksson, Department of Radiation Sciences Erik Johansson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Marene Landström, Department of Medical Biosciences Jan Larsson, Department of Molecular Biology Ya-Fang Mei, Department of Clinical Microbiology Peter Naredi, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences Karin Nylander, Department of Medical Biosciences Richard Palmqvist, Department of Medical Biosciences Torgny Rasmuson, Department of Radiation Sciences Malin Sund, Deparment of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences Simon Tuck, Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine (UCMM): Göran Wadell, Department of Clinical Microbiology
Planning group
Roger Henriksson, Department of Radiation Sciences: Tumours of the central nervous system – experimental and clinical studies SEK 100,00 in 2012 (total recommenation of SEK 300,000
The Swedish Cancer Society is an independent non-profit organisation with the vision of finding cures for cancer. The overall aim of the Society is to achieve a higher survival rate and a reduction in the incidence of cancer. Our main task is to raise and distribute money for cancer research. As the single largest financer of cancer research in Sweden, the Swedish Cancer Society essentially acts as a national research council.
