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This year the Marcus Wallenberg Prize recognizes achievements in the field of tree nutrition. The understanding of the function of trees and forest ecosystems is essential to the forest-based sector..

New kinds of fertilizers for a sustainable forestry

Torgny Näsholm is awarded the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for having documented how trees use amino acid molecules as sources of nitrogen. He has also shown how this organic nitrogen dominates..

A portrait of the 2017 MWP laureate

Ronald R. Sederoff became a scientist when he received the key to the laboratory, and his dog Boris made him choose forest genetics.

Young Researchers in a new competition

Minna Hakalahti showed a photo from a waterfall to illustrate her research on a process to capture heavy metal ions from water. The performance gave her the first prize in a three-minute presentation competition..

“So much cutting-edge research in Sweden”

Junior scientists from North Carolina State University, USA, were impressed by the study tours to companies and departments in..

Awarded for new methods of gene discovery in trees

The development of gene discovery in conifer species is being awarded The 2017 Marcus Wallenberg Prize. Professor Ronald..

“It was a privilege to be selected”

New materials and applications of wood and fibres for the forest industry were presented at the Young Researchers’ Challenge 2016..

Forest molecular genetics to improve the quality of trees

Better quality and higher productivity are the incentives for molecular genetics of forest trees. Ronald R. Sederoff is awarded the..

CT scanner for whole tree logs received scientific award

The 2016 Marcus Wallenberg Prize was awarded to Alexander Katsevich and Federico Giudiceandrea for the development..

Surprising announcement

Federico Giudiceandrea was deeply moved when he learned that he and Alexander Katsevich are awarded the Marcus..