
Save the date – join a global community of excellence
Do you want to become a future top researcher at a world-leading medical university? In 2025, KI will recruit outstanding junior researchers with particularly excellent scientific merits and future potential. Stay tuned, advertisements for 20 Assistant Professor positions with a generous funding package will be published here on 25 June. Don’t miss the opportunity to apply!

KI to recruit junior researchers with a focus on excellence
On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility. As one of Europe’s leading medical universities, KI offers fully developed research infrastructure, exchanges with other pre-eminent researchers, secure financing for pioneering research and support to make sure accompanying family members also feel at home.

Research at KI

Kristiina Tammimies explores genetic and environmental causes of autism
Associate Professor Kristiina Tammimies conducts frontline research on the medical, genetic, and molecular underpinnings of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Among other things, she and her research team are working on the complex and much debated issue of heredity versus environment as a cause of autism.

Gonçalo Castelo-Branco wants to fundamentally understand MS
His research shows molecular changes in brain cells when a person has Multiple sclerosis (MS). But it is still unclear whether they contribute to - or even protect against - the disease. Gonçalo Castelo-Branco is open to the answer.

Double the joy with two days of degree celebrations
Degree ceremonies for students on KI’s Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes were held on 5 and 6 June, and as tribute was paid to the graduates, an atmosphere of joy, expectation and pride filled Aula Medica.
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