Thaher Pelaseyed has been awarded the Sahlgrenska Academy International Starting Grant for the 2015 academic year. The grants targets young scientists who have held a postdoctoral position at a foreign higher education institution. Thaher Pelaseyed, who is expected to complete his postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell by the end of 2016, is looking forward to re-establishing his research at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

- I am very thankful for the grant and I am looking forward to bring the knowledge and skills that I have acquired at Cornell back to University of Gothenburg, says an excited Thaher Pelaseyed.

Thaher Pelaseyed will use the The Sahlgrenska Academy International Starting Grant of 500 000 SEK to establish an independent lab in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology.