Donations 2022 by foundation owning Medicon Village

Medicon Village

Great energy and dedication, as 2022 year’s donations from ”Mats Paulsson’s Foundation for Research, Innovation and Societal Development” the public foundation owning Medicon Village, were announced at a ceremony yesterday in Inspira. The SEK 15,6 million donation to eight research projects focusing on life science manifests Medicon Village’s position as a natural node for life science research and entrepreneurship in Scandinavia.

More information on the research projects receiving donations can be found on the foundation’s web page (in Swedish). Starting next week, we’ll also present these research projects on the science park’s wall screens, in our news letters and at LinkedIn.

Among the noted guests at the ceremony, hosted by Erik Jagesten (CEO of Medicon Village Fastighets AB) and Petter Magnusson Hartman (CEO of Medicon Village Innovation AB), were donation receivers:

  • Franziska Olm, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds Universitet
  • Maria Antfolk, Biomedicinsk Teknik, LTH, Lunds universitet
  • Per Augustsson, Biomedicin, LTH, Lunds universitet
  • Denis Music, Institutionen för materialvetenskap och tillämpad matematik (MTM), Malmö universitet
  • Pontus Nordenfelt, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds Universitet
  • Harry Björkbacka, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet
  • Henrik Ahlenius, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet
  • Håkan Toresson, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet
  • Ida Arvidsson, Matematikcentrum, LTH, Lunds universitet
  • Miguel Ochoa Figueroa, Matematikcentrum, LTH, Lunds universitet

… but also:

  • Pia Kinhult (chairperson of Medicon Village Innovation AB)
  • Anders Sundström (chairperson of Medicon Village Fastighets AB)
  • Erik Renström (Vice Chancellor at Lund University)
  • Thomas Arnebrant (Pro Vice Chancellor at Malmö University)
  • Anna Mannfalk (Member of the Regional Executive Committee at Region
  • Jenni Nordborg (National Coordinator for Life Sciences at Regeringskansliet).
  • Göran Grosskopf (chairperson of “Mats Paulsson’s Foundation for Research, Innovation and Societal Development”)
  • Jan Nilsson (research and innovation council member of “Mats Paulsson’s Foundation for Research, Innovation and Societal Development”)
  • Thomas Laurell (research and innovation council member of “Mats Paulsson’s Foundation for Research, Innovation and Societal Development”)