The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research announces its decisions for distributing SEK 400 millions to strategic research in biosciences. Among the 4 prioritized areas, a research team led by Professor Stefan Jansson receive a grant in the field of "Parasite resistance in trees and crops". The specific project concerns "Parasite resistant trees". The team concists of groups from Umeå University, SLU and KTH.

For further information, look at the SSF decision (in Swedish).

News from Umeå University (in Swedish).