Jan-Ã…ke Gustafsson

Scientist
Endocrinology Meabolism
Karolinska Institute
Sweden

Biography

Jan-Åke Gustafsson (born 1943, Sweden) is a Swedish scientist and professor in Biology, Biochemistry and Medical Nutrition. When he decided to move to Houston, Texas, USA, in 2008, the State of Texas decided to give a major US $ 5.5 million research grant to the University of Houston, enabling the establishment of the Center of Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling under the leadership of Jan-Åke Gustafsson. The grant was announced at a February 5, 2009, press conference by Rick Perry, Governor of Texas and running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election

Research Intrest

He is one of the scientists in Sweden that receives the largest annual research and science grants, i.e. government- and private funding, for his research projects.