Inauguration ceremony

28May12

Thomas Helleday was installed as the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professor of Translational Medicine at Karolinska Institute during a ceremony held at SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet Science Park on Wednesday 23 May 2012. Representatives from the Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse and Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse, the President of Karolinska Institutet, Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson and the Dean of the Board of Research, Martin Ingvar as well as invited guests and family participated in the event featuring a lecture by Professor Thomas Helleday.

In his talk, Thomas Helleday spoke about his research within translational cancer research and the importance of academia for drug development. Thomas emphasized how important it is that today’s modern academic research also leads to new innovations and new therapies to treat patients.

About the Chair

Karolinska Institutet received a jubilee donation of 100 million Swedish kronor from the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations in 2010 in honor of the 200 year anniversary of Karolinska Institutet. Half of this donation, 50 million Swedish kronor is for the Chair as Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professor in Translational Medicine.  The Chair is placed at Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) which is a collaborative effort between four universities Karolinska Institutet, Royal School of Technology, Stockholm University and Uppsala University. The aim of SciLifeLab is to combine advanced state-of-the-art technologies with expert knowledge within translational medicine and molecular life sciences.

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