Support the research at the Biosciences and Nutrition Unit

The Biosciences and Nutrition Unit (BioNut), at the Department for Medicine, Huddinge, performs research and teaching in areas of medical sciences, including molecular ageing, cancer biology, biologic drugs and biomaterials, functional genomics, structural biology, bioinformatics, and nutrition.

Donations to BioNut, both small and large, would mean a lot for the success of our research and contribute to the possibility of improving people's health!

You can choose to make a donation via the payment solution Swish or Online payment.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding your donation, please contact the Development Office by e-mail: do@ki.se.
You can also find more information on how to make a donation to Karolinska Institutet on the website.

Swish

If you wish to make a donation by Swish, follow the instructions below:

  • Enter the recipient swish number: 123 202 32 08.
  • Enter the amount of choice.
  • Important! In the message field, enter the name of the research group leader for the research area you wish to support (find the name and more information about their research in the list below) and the department code: H7.
  • Tap “Swish” and you are done!  

Online Payment

If you wish to make a donation via debit card directly on the web, this is done via the Development office. Through card payments you can only make donation of up to SEK 10,000.

Important! In the message field, enter the name of the research group leader for the research area you wish to support (find the name and more information about their research in the list below) and the department code: H7.

Thank you for supporting the research at Karolinska Institutet!
Your donation will contribute to our efforts to further improve the health of people through research as well as education.

Research areas at the Biosciences and Nutrition Unit

Tumour genomics.

Enter: Department code H7 and Lauri Aaltonen

Read more about Lauri Aaltonen's research: Tumour genomics

Cancer, rapid ageing and nutrition.

Enter: Department code H7 and Martin Bergö

Read more about Martin Bergö's research: Cancer, rapid ageing and nutrition 

Development of modern computational bioinformatics methods to analyse and understand cancer data with the aim to bring new technologies to use in health care.

Enter: Department code H7 and Carsten Daub

Read more about Carsten Daub's research: Molecular basis of gene regulation of diseases

Epigenetics - basic mechanisms and disease.

Enter: Department code H7 and Karl Ekwall

Read more about Karl Ekwall's research: Epigenetics - basic mechanisms and disease

Novel treatment strategies for age-associated diseases and progeria premature aging.

Enter: Department code H7 and Maria Eriksson

Read more about Maria Eriksson's research: Genetic mechanisms of ageing

Molecular endocrinology.

Enter: Department code H7 and Rongrong Fan

Biologic drugs against neurodegeneration.

Enter: Department code H7 and Janne Johansson

Read more about Janne Johansson's research: Laboratory for protein misfolding and assembly

Exploiting the 3D structure of proteins to understand human infertility, develop non-hormonal contraceptives and fight urinary tract infections.

Enter: Department code H7 and Luca Jovine

Functional genomics.

Enter: Department code H7 and Juha Kere

Read more about Juha Kere's research: Embryonal, foetal and brain development

Prevent and cure pediatric and adult leukemias.

Enter: Department code H7 and Andreas Lennartsson

Read more about Andreas Lennartsson's research: Epigenetic regulation of leukemia and normal blood development

Early-life obesity and non-communicable disease prevention - with emphasis on digital lifestyle interventions.

Enter: Department code H7 and Marie Löf

Read more about Marie Löf's research: The IMPACT research group

Structural biology.

Enter: Department code H7 and Lennart Nilsson

Search for new mechanisms that regulate how fast we age, and development of ageing-preventive pharmaceuticals.

Enter: Department code H7 and Christian Riedel

Read more about Christian Riedel's research: Ageing – basic mechanisms and interventions

Artificial spider silk - a high performance sustainable fibre and novel biomaterial.

Enter: Department code H7 and Anna Rising

Read more about Anna Rising's research: Spider silk biology for biomedical applications

Tissue stiffening bolsters breast cancer progression – we aim to identify vulnerabilities in the mechano-signaling of cancer cells that can be exploited for improved breast cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Enter: Department code H7 and Staffan Strömblad

More about Staffan Strömblad's research: Cell Biology of Cancer

Virus-host interactions.

Enter: Department code H7 and Peter Svensson

Read more about Peter Svensson's research: Mechanisms behind HIV-1 latency and rebound

We study, in worms and humans, how nerve cells develop and functionally mature, and how they shape behavior. Recently, we successfully established the worm C. elegans as a model for investigating what causes human binge eating disorder.

Enter: Department code H7 and Peter Swoboda

How do epigenetic mechanisms contribute to immuno-metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis?

Enter: Department code H7 and Eckardt Treuter

Read more about Eckardt Treuter's research: Epigenetic mechanisms underlying metabolic-inflammatory diseases

How do hormones impact cancer?

Enter: Department code H7 and Cecilia Williams

Read more about Cecilia Williams's research: Hormone signalling and non-coding RNAs in cancer

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Content reviewer:
Sara Bruce
30-07-2024