A major expansion of expertise in data-driven life sciences – the DDLS program expanded to SEK 3.55 billion

SEK 590 million for Alpha Cell – initiative extended through 2033

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is extending its support for Alpha Cell with an additional SEK 320 million.

 

Read the press release from SciLife Lab

"We will discover things we didn't even know we were looking for"

 

For over hundred years Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has given long term support for basic research in Sweden. For recent years, every year, more than two billion Swedish crowns – for building new knowledge for a brighter future.

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AI models such as Chat GPT, Claude and Gemini require enormous resources to be trained and to operate. Wallenberg Scholar Dejan Kostic thinks it is a democracy problem that only the largest businesses can afford to develop the models. The solution may be an entirely new AI platform.
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Wallenberg Academy Fellow, Haining Tian aims to understand how light can drive chemical reactions in the same way as in nature, but using artificial materials.
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Wallenberg Academy Fellow Nicolò Maccaferri is investigating how light can be used to understand and manipulate matter at an extremely detailed level. His work could lead to computers powered by light instead of electricity.
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Wallenberg Scholar Gonçalo Castelo-Branco is seeking to discover what happens in the brain during the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). His findings may lead to new ways of diagnosing and treating the disease earlier than is currently possible.