karologo
KI
Karolinska Institutet, Dept.of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Karolinska University Hospital, Solna
S-171 76 Stockholm
Sweden
Role
Partner of WP1, 3
Persons in charge
Jon Lundberg,
Eddie Weitzberg
KI is a world leading medical university with an outstanding international reputation. KI integrates state-of-the art patient care at the Karolinska Hospital with excellent basic science. KI upholds a long tradition of translational research between basic and clinical researchers in which the Lundberg/Weitzberg collaboration is an excellent example. The Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care is integrated in the Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology which facilitates interaction between research in clinical medicine and cardiovascular biology. Within the department expertise in molecular biology, physiology, pharmacology, in vitro and in vivo animal models as well as experience to perform clinical studies generate excellent conditions for translational research.