The mission of Stockholm Science City Foundation is to attract academia and business within Life Sciences to the area Stockholm Life.
The Stockholm Science City Foundation is commissioned by the three leading universities Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University as well as the two cities Stockholm and Solna as well as the county and the business sector. The Stockholm - Uppsala region is the leading region in Europe within research and education in Life Sciences (THS ranking 2009).
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8/31/2010 3:02:00 PM : Large donation to Karolinska Institutet boosts clinical and medical research
Karolinska Institutet has received a donation of 100 million Swedish kronor from the Torsten and Ragnar Söderbergs foundations. This contribution allows for the creation of four professorship chairs, of which, one will be dedicated to large scaled medical research.
From the four positions, the”Söderberg Jubilee Professorship in Medical Research” is focused on large scaled biomedical research. It...
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8/27/2010 2:39:00 PM : Scientific American: Sweden fourth most biotech-friendly country
Sweden has been ranked among the countries which best promote biotechnology development by the magazine Scientific American. The list is topped by the US, with Singapore and Canada occupying second and third positions, respectively. Sweden holds the fourth place on this ranking, whose criteria is based on the balance between intellectual property conditions, education and workforce development,...
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8/19/2010 3:58:00 PM : Universities in Stockholm-Uppsala region jump high in world ranking
Stockholm University, Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have climbed a number of positions of the Shanghai ranking. In the 2010 edition of this classification system, Stockholm University was upped 9 levels (occupying now no. 79), Karolinska Institutet went up 8 positions (to the 42nd position) and Uppsala University climbed 10 places (the current no. 66).
The ranking is reviewed...
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