Sjöberg Prize Lectures 2026
- Date
- 30 March 2026, 11:00–13:30
- Location
- University Hospital, H:son Holmdalsalen
- Type
- Lecture
- Lecturer
- Charles Swanton, Tobias Sjöblom och Panagiotis Baliakas.
- Web page
- https://www.kva.se/en/prizes/sjoberg-prize/
- Organiser
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Sjöberg Foundation, with support from Regionalt cancercentrum Mellansverige, Uppsala Comprehensive Cancer Centre (UCCC), Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital.
Welcome to the Sjöberg Prize Lectures 2026 with lectures by this year’s Sjöberg Laureate Charles Swanton and invited speakers Tobias Sjöblom and Panagiotis Baliakas.
Charles Swanton. Photo: Michael Bowles.
The Sjöberg Prize is awarded to a person or persons who have made decisive contributions to cancer research. This year’s prize was awarded to Charles Swanton, at the Francis Crick Institute in London. He has described how tumours’ mutations arise and develop. His discoveries could help explain why treatments do not always work, as well as leading the way to more accurate diagnostics.
Programme
11:00
Welcome – Eva Tiensuu Janson
11:05
Colorectal cancer: Lessons learned from 20 years of genome analyses – Tobias Sjöblom
11:25
Translating research findings in the clinical practice: milestones and challenges – Panagiotis Baliakas
11:45
Lunch
12:15
Introduction of the Sjöberg Prize lecture – Thomas Perlmann
12:20
Targeting Environmental and Ageing-Induced Myeloid Mayhem – Preventing Lung Cancer and Age-Related Pathologies – Sjöberg Prize Laureate 2026, Charles Swanton
13:00
Discussion – Anna Dimberg
13:30
Coffee
The lecture is organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Sjöberg Foundation, with support from Uppsala Comprehensive Cancer Centre (UCCC), Uppsala University, Akademiska sjukhuset and Regionalt cancercentrum Mellansverige.
The event is free of charge and open to the public, registration is not required. The lecture will be recorded and later published on www.kva.se.
The Sjöberg Prize is awarded as a partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Sjöberg Foundation. The Sjöberg Foundation also finances the prize.