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  • Kristinn B. Gylfason receives a Göran Gustafsson’s Young Researcher Prize

    The miniaturized sensors are embedded in so called Labs-on-Chip, which integrate sample handling and sensing functions in a compact chip.
    The miniaturized sensors are embedded in so called Labs-on-Chip, which integrate sample handling and sensing functions in a compact chip.
    Published May 04, 2012

    Kristinn B. Gylfason, researcher at the KTH Microsystem Technology Laboratory, has been awarded one of the Young Researcher Prizes of the Göran Gustafsson foundation this year, for his work on photoni...

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  • The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) PhD fellowship to Nutapong Somjit

    Published Feb 10, 2012

    The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) awards $2500 PhD fellowships each year to encourage students to pursue a career in the area of electromagnetics. One of the award recipients this year ...

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  • Research Looks to Cut Drug Development Costs

    Published Feb 07, 2012

    The pharmaceutical industry is facing a financial meltdown. The cost of bringing new drugs to market has doubled over the last 15 years, and in 2010 the total bill for medical research in the U.S. and...

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  • Fighting Childhood Cancer with a Nanotech Capsule Therapy

    Published Jan 13, 2012

    Researchers from KTH’s Microsystem Technology Lab are working with colleagues at Karolinska Hospital to develop and test a nanotechnology capsule for precise delivery of stem cell medicine. The aim is...

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  • Strong interest in new fabrication method for micro-fluidics

    Published Sep 26, 2011

    "Beyond PDMS: off-stoichiometry thiol–ene (OSTE) based soft lithography for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices" by researchers at The Microsystem technology lab and the Division of Coating Tech...

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  • Brain valve to ease the pressure

    Published May 31, 2011

    NPH, or Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus gives severe problems for those affected. It gives Dementia-like symptoms and each year 2000 Swedes are affected. It is caused by an over-pressure in the brain fl...

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  • Recognition of major contributions on a micro scale

    Published Feb 25, 2011

    Their most successful project within medical diagnostics is a pressure sensor that measures strictures in the heart and consequently prevent heart attacks. Today hundreds of such sensors are sold ever...

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  • Passion only takes you so far

    Published Dec 21, 2010

    He is striving to obtain the perfect combination of new features in a small size, at a low cost to carry out portable tests for cancer, bacteria or viruses. It must produce results in minutes. The new...

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  • Quick food allergy test - just a drop of blood

    Food allergy skin prick test.
    Food allergy tests can be particularly painful and are usually very traumatic for young children. Positive is about to change that.
    Published Dec 10, 2010

    Over 15 million people in Europe – including eight percent of all children - suffer from food allergies, and this number is growing steadily. Currently, children who portray mild symptoms may undergo ...

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  • Best Student Paper Award at IEEE APMC 2010 to Umer Shah

    Umer with the Award
    Umer with the Award
    Published Dec 09, 2010
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  • A Ph.D. student position in Medical Microwave Microsensors

    Published Sep 15, 2010

    The Microsystem Technology Laboratory conducts research in the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), for applications including medical technology, telecommunication, car safety systems, bi...

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  • Asthma breakthrough in the making

    KTH and Aerocrine are developing a personal monitoring device for asthma sufferers.
    Published Jul 26, 2010

    An estimated 300 million people around the world suffer from Asthma. A personal monitoring device that enables asthma sufferers to determine appropriate medication levels may soon be on the market tha...

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  • When small is big

    Microcomponents are used everywhere - in medical equipment and other consumer products.
    Microcomponents are used everywhere - in medical equipment and other consumer products.
    Published Jul 26, 2010

    Microcomponents are used everywhere – in fuel cells, medical equipment and consumer products like mobile phones and game consoles. Advances in research have led to dramatically lower manufacturing cos...

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  • IEEE Graduate Fellowship given to Nutapong Somjit from MST

    Published Apr 12, 2010

    Nutapong Somjit, a PhD student at Microsystem Technology Lab, advised by Assoc. Prof. Joachim Oberhammer and Prof. Göran Stemme, received a 2010 IEEE Graduate Fellowship from IEEE Microwave Theory and...

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  • Biophotonics research from MST on the cover of the "Lab on a chip" journal

    Published Jan 21, 2010

    Biosensing devices with optical waveguide chips and innovative microfluidic functions, fabricated by the KTH Microsystem Technology Lab, are featured as a cover article in the "Lab on a chip" journal....

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  • Novel through-silicon via concept from MST highlighted by industry

    A through-silicon via according to the MST concept
    A through-silicon via according to the MST concept
    Published Dec 16, 2009

    An innovative concept for fabrication of through-silicon vias, developed by researches of the KTH Microsystem Lab, was presented as "Top Story" in the Advanced Packaging section of I-Micronews.

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  • New possibilities in micromachining

    Published Oct 28, 2009
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  • Best European Microwave Integrated Circuits paper award to Nutapong Somjit from MST

    Nutapong Somjit showing the prize plaque
    Nutapong Somjit showing the prize plaque
    Published Oct 06, 2009

    Nutapong Somjit from MST won the BEST PAPER AWARD at the IEEE EuMIC European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference for his work on millimetre-wave MEMS phase-shifters.

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  • KTH-MST alumni reunion at Silex Microsystems

    A nice barbecue dinner
    Thorbjörn "Toby" Ebefors (Silex co-founder), Hithesh Gatty (present Ph.D. student), Niclas Roxhed (present research associate), Edvard Kälvesten (Silex COO and co-founder) and Björn Samel (Acreo AB)
    Published Sep 21, 2009
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  • Blood poisoning bacteria identified faster

    Published Dec 02, 2008

    Five European research centres and two industry partners have joined in a new research consortium called Intopsens to combat the growing trend of multiresistant bacteria.

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