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  • Pioneering work in sequencing and analyzing the first tree genome

    Pioneering work in sequencing and analyzing the first tree genome

    Dr. Gerald Tuskan is awarded the 2025 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his pioneering work in sequencing and analyzing the first tree genome. His leadership in this project has revolutionized research in tree and forest genomics and biotechnology, paving the way for genome-based breeding of commercially important trees.
    Dr. Tuskan led the project to sequence the genome of the black cottonwood tree (

  • Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph receive the 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize

    Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph receive the 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize

    Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph receive the 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize
    Pioneering research for advanced understanding of lignin
    The 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph for their groundbreaking research leading to a fuller understanding of lignin biosynthesis and structural diversity. King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the prize on Monday 11

  • Conceptual framework and pioneering research for advanced understanding of lignin

    Conceptual framework and pioneering research for advanced understanding of lignin

    The 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph for their groundbreaking research leading to a fuller understanding of lignin biosynthesis and structural diversity. Both scientists developed and innovatively applied advanced analytical techniques in ways that greatly enhance our view of lignin biosynthesis and structure in trees. Their research provides a basi

  • Konceptuellt ramverk och banbrytande forskning för avancerad förståelse av lignin

    Konceptuellt ramverk och banbrytande forskning för avancerad förståelse av lignin

    Marcus Wallenbergpriset 2024 delas ut till Professor Wout Boerjan och Professor Johan Ralph för deras banbrytande forskning som bidrar till en mer omfattande förståelse av ligninets biosyntes och strukturella mångfald. Forskarna har utvecklat och tillämpat avancerade analytiska tekniker på ett innovativt sätt, som förändrar vår syn på biosyntesen hos lignin och vedstrukturen. Deras forskning utgör

  • Banbrytande ekonomiska modeller för integrerad analys av skogssektorn

    Banbrytande ekonomiska modeller för integrerad analys av skogssektorn

    Marcus Wallenbergpriset 2023 delas ut till Drs Darius M. Adams, Joseph Buongiorno och Richard W. Haynes för utvecklingen av deras banbrytande ekonomiska modeller för skogsindustrin, TAMM och PAPYRUS. Priset delas ut av Kung Carl XVI Gustaf under en ceremoni i Stockholm i november i år. Läs mer på: www.mwp.org

  • Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta receives the 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize

    Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta receives the 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize

    The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres. King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the prize on Monday 11 October in Stockholm.

    The future demand for textile fibres is growing due to global population growth. Pro

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