News – CALPROTECT

May

Dr. Alexandru Schiopu receives 3 MSEK from the Bundy Academy at Lund University

Dr. Alexandru Schiopu has been awarded the big prize in cardiology of 3 000 000 SEK (approximately 300 000 EUR) by the Bundy Academy at Lund University. The funds will finance Dr. Schiopu’s research aiming to understand and modulate the role of inflammation in heart disease.

Read more about the prize here (Swedish):
Lund University – Bundy Academy’s big prize in cardiology 2020 (Swedish)

The prize has also been announced in Läkartidningen, the professional magazine of Swedish doctors:
Läkartidningen – Bundy Academy’s big prize in cardiology 2020 (Swedish)

Sep

Dr. Alexandru Schiopu won the Grand Prize in the Future Innovation Award competition

Dr. Alexandru Schiopu, founder of CALPROTECT, won the Grand Prize in the Future Innovation Award competition held by Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne, in the “Employee” category. The prize has been awarded for Dr. Schiopu’s project aiming to develop a novel anti-inflammatory therapy for myocardial infarction patients that will be further advanced by CALPROTECT.

Read more about the prize here:
Future Innovation Award competition 2020, Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne (English)

or here:
Lunds universitets och Sparbanken Skånes pris för framtidens innovationer 2020 (Swedish)

Watch a short video about the project here:
A new treatment for myocardial infarction patients (English)

May

Calprotect’s founder receives the “Prince Daniel research grant for young promising researchers” and 6 MSEK for further development

In a ceremony held at the Royal Castle in Stockholm, CALPROTECTs founder Dr. Alexandru Schiopu has personally received the “Prince Daniel research grant for young promising researchers” from His Royal Highness Prince Daniel. The grant of 6 000 000 Swedish kronor (approximately 600 000 EUR) is financed by the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation and will support further development of the groundbreaking scientific findings that have laid the foundation of CALPROTECT AB.

Read the full press release here:
Prins Daniels anslag för yngre lovande forskare (Swedish)

Read more about the prize here (Swedish):
Hjärt-Lungfonden – Prins Daniels forskningsanslag för yngre lovande forskare (Swedish)

Watch Dr. Alexandru Schiopu discuss the importance of inflammation and repair in myocardial infarction with Kristina Sparreljung, general secretary of the Heart and Lung Foundation here:
Dr. Alexandru Schiopu on the role of inflammation in myocardial infarction (Swedish)