Sjöberg Prize Lecture 2023

Date: 2023-03-31

Time: 11:00 - 12:00

Address: Karolinska Institutet, Aula Medica, Nobels väg 6, Solna

Venue: Ehrling Perssonsalen

This year´s Sjöberg Prize was awarded to professor Kevan M. Shokat, University of California, USA “for discoveries that enable the inhibition of mutated K-Ras in cancer treatment”

On 31 March, Kevan M. Shokat will give his Prize Lecture at Karolinska Institutet. The Lecture is organised by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and The Sjöberg Foundation, with support from Karolinska Institutet.

Programme

11:00
Welcome and introduction of the Sjöberg Prize lecture

11:15
Overcoming the undruggable nature of the most common human oncogene K-Ras
Sjöberg Prize Laureate 2023 Kevan Shokat, University of California, San Fransisco, University of California, Berkley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

12:00-13:00
Mingle and lunch

The event is free of charge and open to the public, registration is not required.

The Sjöberg Prize is awarded as a partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Sjöberg Foundation, with the Sjöberg Foundation financing the Prize.

Photo: Noah Berger

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