The Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center at Karolinska Institutet is a novel initiative aimed to attract and integrate cutting edge nanotechnologies with medical research. As this interdisciplinary center is uniquely positioned within the medical faculty, medical problems guide the nanoscience development within a setting that offers a blend of technological, pre-clinical and clinical expertise.

The Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center will act as a knowledge hub on the national and international arena, forming a physical platform where scientists from the fields of medicine and engineering intimately collaborate in real life. This will foster a new breed of scientists with true interdisciplinary knowledge.

Ultimately, the research outcomes are expected to open for novel therapies for the benefit of the patient, and we aim to establish an efficient route for commercialization of medical innovations.

Agneta Richter-Dahlfors