The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation (Hans Wigzells forskningsstiftelse) will today award
\nits third annual scientific prize to the neuroscientist Professor Li-Huei Tsai at
\nMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA. Professor Tsai is to
\nreceive the prize of USD 100,000 for her pioneering research on the causes and possible
\ntherapy of Alzheimer’s disease.
\nThe research, carried out at Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Department of Brain
\nand Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology has rapidly resulted in
\nongoing, advanced clinical trials on Alzheimer’s patients, and has attracted considerable
\ninterest in the medical world.
\nPart of the foundation’s citation reads:
\n“Professor Li-Huei Tsai at MIT has made a number of impressive findings in Alzheimer’s
\ndisease. In her research she has been involved in developing completely new methods that,
\nthrough selective light stimulation in animal experiments, have been able to cause
\nAlzheimer’s disease mice to drastically improve in their disease.”
\nRhenman & Partners Asset Management is the initiator and founder of the research
\nfoundation.
\nFor more information, please contact:
\nHans Wigzells Forskningsstiftelse
\nE-mail: hw@forskningsstiftelse.se<\/p>\n
About Li-Huei Tsai
\nProfessor and Director of Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Department of Brain
\nand Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
\nLi-Huei Tsai received her Ph.D degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
\nCenter at Dallas. Dr. Tsai completed her postdoctoral work with Ed Harlow\u2019s laboratory at
\nCold Spring Harbor laboratory and Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1994, Dr. Tsai joined
\nthe faculty in the Department of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and was named an
\ninvestigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1997. In 2006, she was appointed
\nProfessor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and joined the Picower
\nInstitute for Learning and Memory at MIT. In 2015, she co-founded the Aging Brain Initiative
\nat MIT.<\/p>\n
HANS WIGZELLS
\nFORSKNINGSSTIFTELSE
\nAbout Hans Wigzell
\nProfessor of Immunology, Karolinska Institutet
\nFormer President of Karolinska Institutet, Chairman of KI\u2019s Nobel Committee, Director
\nGeneral of the Infectious Diseases Institute and National Bacteriological Laboratory. Hans
\nWigzell is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish
\nAcademy of Engineering Sciences IVA.
\nAbout the Hans Wigzell Research Foundation
\nThe foundation promotes its support of scientific research and education in the medical
\nfield, in particular through scholarships and other grants. It will also organize and\/or support
\nseminars and conferences.<\/p>\n
About Rhenman & Partners
\nRhenman & Partners Asset Management, founded in 2008, is a Stockholm-based investment
\nmanagement company focusing on two niche funds: Rhenman Healthcare Equity L\/S,
\nfounded in June 2009, and Rhenman Global Opportunities L\/S, founded in August 2016.
\nAssets under management amount to approximately 6 billion SEK. Investment Teams of both
\nFunds are in their investment processes supported by renowned Advisory Boards, including
\nprofessors and experts with many years of market experience and extensive networks
\naround the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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