The Division of Neuro

Bob Harris has been ranked number 5 on the list “Top 20 LinkedIn Influencers in Sweden in 2025” by the platform Favikon.

This funding initiative is designed to support researchers in the development of innovative technologies and methods to advance our understanding of the nervous system in both health and disease. The grant specifically prioritized high-risk, high-reward projects with the potential for wide impact across the neuroscience community.

Christoph Pfeiffer, in collaboration with Janina Seubert, is behind one of the seven projects awarded the StratNeuro Collaborative Neuroscience grant 2025. Each project has been awarded SEK 3 million over a two-year period.

The scientific review of the Center for Innovative Medicine (CIMED) project applications is now complete and award decisions have been made by the CIMED Board of Directors following the recommendation of the review panels. We are happy to announce that Tobias Granberg and Russell Ouellette are two of the grant recipients.

On June 5, 2025, the Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Network (KNIMS) PIs hosted The Nobel Symposium - Multiple Sclerosis: from molecular mechanisms to disease-modifying treatments.

KNIMS distinction was recognized by the  “Excellence in Neuroscience Annual Reward (EINAR)” prize awarded during the Clinical Neuroscience Department Day on May 26, 2025.

Fredrik Piehl voted Neuroprofile of the Year 2025, chosen by the Neuroförbundet's own members.

The Docent Committee decided on the 29 of April 2025 to admit Kyla McKay as docent in public health, global health and social medicine.

In multiple sclerosis (MS), antibodies to the common Epstein-Barr virus can accidentally attack a protein in the brain and spinal cord. New research shows that the combination of certain viral antibodies and genetic risk factors can be linked to a greatly increased risk of MS.
Tomas Olsson led the research with professor Ingrid Kockum and assistant professor Olivia Thomas.

The Committee for Research at Karolinska Institutet has, after a careful inventory, decided to award Eric Thelin's research group SEK 730,000 from a donation bequeathed by Erik Gut.

When we are not doing anything in particular, the brain is still busy producing thoughts and daydreams.
Peter Fransson has researched the brain's resting state - that is, what the brain does when it is not doing anything in particular.

We congratulate Tobias Granberg, appointed adjunct professor of neuroradiology.

Kyla McKay has been awarded the Bjarne Ahlström Minnesfonds pris in “Clinical Neurology - especially inflammatory mechanisms affecting central or peripheral nervous system function”.

For 2025, the Parkinson's Foundation has decided to provide funding for more than 40 new projects that can help Swedes with Parkinson's disease, of which 14 research projects are conducted at Karolinska Institutet. Per Svenningsson is involved in the project.

The Committee for Research at Karolinska Institutet has granted a total of SEK 1.8 million to the Karolinska Neuroimmunology and Multiple sclerosis network (KNIMS), a consortium of preclinical and clinical scientists who share a common aim to improve the understanding, treatment and healthcare of neuroinflammatory diseases with a special focus on Multiple Sclerosis.

The Committee for Doctoral Education at Karolinska Institutet has granted five KID grants to the Division of Neuro (Department of Clinical Neuroscience) for projects focusing on multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.

Congratulations to our seven researchers who have been granted over 31 million SEK in project grants from the Swedish Research Council 2024!

Daniel Lundqvist will be employed as Professor of Neuroimaging as of November 1, 2024.

Pictures from our annual Neuro Division Day, October 4, 2024.

The Erling-Persson Foundation is pleased to announce that as of September 24, 2024, a decision has been made to support the project Enabling personalized medicine in Multiple Sclerosis with SEK 6,000,000, distributed over three years.
The project is led by Fredrik Piehl. Also involved in the grant are Maja Jagodic, Tobias Granberg, Thomas Frisell and Nicolas Ruffin - all from the Neuro division.

Eva Kosek has been awarded Roland Melzack Lecture Award by the International Association for the Study of Pain.

Professor Bob Harris, academic vice-president of doctoral education, has been awarded the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Education Award. This is the first time that the prize has been awarded.

On March 20, Caroline Ingre received a grant from the Royal foundation, supporting and acknowledging ALS research conducted in Sweden.