Karolinska Institutet
As one of the world’s foremost medical universities, KI accounts for the single largest share of all academic medical research conducted in Sweden. KI also offers the country’s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences.
Live stream the professorial installation on 8 October
On 8 October, KI's new professors will be inaugurated and several academic prizes will be awarded in Aula Medica. Here is more information about the ceremony and a link to the live broadcast, which starts at 4:45 pm. Welcome to one of the highlights of the academic year.
Meet KI's new professors
On Thursday 8 October 2026, 21 new professors are to be inaugurated at Karolinska Institutet in solemn forms in Aula Medica. In addition, we give our new adjunct and visiting professors a warm welcome, and honour recipients of several academic awards. The professors' installation ceremony is one of the highlights of the academic year.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 is awarded for optogenetics — a method that makes it possible to show how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviours in the living brain. Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel discovered a remarkable protein, channelrhodopsin, in a single-celled alga. Karl Deisseroth transformed the protein into a light-controlled switch for nerve cells. The laureates have laid the foundation of a new era in neuroscience.
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