The Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research is one of the most prestigious medical awards in the Nordic region. The award is presented annually at the University of Oslo. The award is named after the Norwegian ship owner and philanthropist, Anders Jahre.
The Anders Jahre Award was established to recognise outstanding contributions to medical research. Award recipients are selected by an independent committee consisting of recognised experts in the field of medicine.
Join the celebrations!
This year’s award winners are Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Copenhagen and Marcus Buggert from Karolinska Institute. The Anders Jahre Award Ceremony and lectures are an experience not be missed! This is especially true if you have an interests in the recipients’ fields of study.
- Register to attend the traditional Anders Jahre lectures at Domus Bibliotheca on 9 November between 11:00 and 14:00. Registration deadline: November 2 for catering reasons.
- Register to attend the formal award ceremony on 9 November between 18:00 and 19:15 in the beautiful University auditorium.
We pay tribute to the two award recipients for their invaluable contributions to medical research. Their efforts have led to exciting advances that will have a significant impact on both society as a whole and the health of individuals. Congratulations on your well-deserved success!
Maiken Nedergaard conducts research into the brain’s cleaning system
Maiken Nedergaard receives the Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research for her pioneering work on the glymphatic system in the brain. The system acts as a kind of cleaning service in the brain. The system removes waste products that arise as a result of brain activity. Such waste products can be substances that are formed during metabolism or protein residues.
Nedergaard first described the cleaning system back in 2012 and she has since studied the system in detail. She discovered that the system in the brain becomes particularly active when we are asleep, which helps explain why sleep is so important. She also found that the glymphatic system is involved in removing waste from proteins that are linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. This means that problems with this system could be linked to dementia.
Marcus Buggert conducts research into the immune system
Marcus Buggert receives the Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers for his research into how T-cells fight virus-infected cells during HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infections. In particular, he has examined how specific T-cells located in the organs of the body are involved in fighting viruses. His research has contributed to our understanding of the immune system’s function during COVID-19.
Join our breakfast meeting on brain cleaning
The Faculty of Medicine is the initiator and co-organiser of the UiO event series entitled Focus on the Brain (Hjernen i sentrum). We are excited to invite you to attend our breakfast meeting on brain cleaning, which takes place on 9 November, the same day as the award ceremony, between 08:00 and 09:30.
Join us as neuroscientist and award recipient Maiken Nedergaard and her Norwegian colleague, UiO Professor Rune Enger, deliver a talk on the fantastic processes of the brain, sleep and brain cleaning. You need to register to attend the breakfast, but you can also join and watch remotely.
Congratulations and welcome
The Anders Jahre Awards for Medical Research honour both fundamental and groundbreaking research. We would like to congratulate Professor Maiken Nedergaard and Marcus Buggert on their outstanding research efforts and important results. We look forward to hearing from and meeting them at the Award Ceremony at the University of Oslo on 9 November and to welcoming both the award recipients and others to the ceremony.
Yours sincerely,
Hanne and Jan
