2023 The Swedish Board of Agriculture published an interview with Ljubica Matic and Hong Jin about the application of the 3R principles in animal research: https://ui.ungpd.com/Issues/f33401a1-d29c-473d-bebb-9b0fb2b54214

2023 Hong Jin received the Paul Dudley White “Best Abstract” award from American Heart Association, Vascular Discovery conference in Boston, USA 

2023 Ljubica Matic received the Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator award from the Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology council, Vascular Discovery conference, Boston, USA 

2022 Our publication in collaboration with the INTRICARE EU consortium was followed in KI news: Skenteris, NT; Seime, T; Witasp, A; Karlöf, E; Wasilewski, GB; Heuschkel, MA; Jaminon, AMG; Oduor, L; Dzhanaev, R; Kronqvist, M; Lengquist, M; Peeters, FECM; Söderberg, M; Hultgren, R; Roy, J; Maegdefessel, L; Arnardottir, H; Bengtsson, E; Goncalves, I; Quertermous, T; Goettsch, C; Stenvinkel, P; Schurgers, LJ; Matic, L. Osteomodulin attenuates smooth muscle cell osteogenic transition in vascular calcification. Clinical and Transl Medicine 12;e682-.2 https://news.ki.se/osteomodulin-is-a-novel-biomarker-of-vascular-calcification  

2022 Ljubica Matic received the faculty funded 4-years KI Consolidator grant  

2021 Ljubica Matic was nominated by KI for the prestigious Wallenberg Academy Fellow award (interviewed)  

2020 Our publication was selected for the cover page of Circulation Research and followed in KI news as well as with an Editorial in the same journal issue: Rykaczewska, U; Suur, BE; Röhl, S; Razuvaev, A; Lengquist, M; Sabater-Lleal, M; van der Laan, SW; Miller, CL; Wirka, RC; Kronqvist, M; Gonzalez Diez, M; Vesterlund, M; Gillgren, P; Odeberg, J; Lindeman, JH; Veglia, F; Humphries, SE; de Faire, U; Baldassarre, D; Tremoli, E; Lehtiö, J; Hansson, GK; Paulsson-Berne, G; Pasterkamp, G; Quertermous, T; Hamsten, A; Eriksson, P; Hedin, U; Matic, L. PCSK6 Is a Key Protease in the Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Function in Vascular Remodeling. Circulation Research 126;571-585.5 https://news.ki.se/new-study-shows-that-proprotein-convertase-6-plays-a-key-role-in-vascular-disease   https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.316612    

2020 Ljubica Matic received the 3-years senior researcher fellowship from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation  

2019 Ljubica Matic received the 4-years Swedish Research Council Establishment grant for Young Investigators  

2019 Ljubica Matic received the Sven and Ebba Hagberg Award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences  

2019 Katarina Waden received the Paul Dudley White “Best Abstract” award from American Heart Association, Vascular Discovery conference in Boston, USA  

2019 Ljubica Matic received a 2-years research fellowship from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation  

2018 Our publication in JACC: Basic to Translational Science was followed in KI news and 2 Editorials: Matic, LP; Jesus Iglesias, M; Vesterlund, M; Lengquist, M; Hong, MG; Saieed, S; Sanchez-Rivera, L; Berg, M; Razuvaev, A; Kronqvist, M; Lund, K; Caidahl, K; Gillgren, P; Pontén, F; Uhlén, M; Schwenk, JM; Hansson, GK; Paulsson-Berne, G; Fagman, E; Roy, J; Hultgren, R; Bergström, G; Lehtiö, J; Odeberg, J; Hedin, U. Novel Multiomics Profiling of Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques and Plasma Reveals Biliverdin Reductase B as a Marker of Intraplaque Hemorrhage. JACC. Basic to transl science. 3;464-480.4 https://nyheter.ki.se/ny-metod-att-identifiera-biomarkorer-for-instabil-aderforkalkning http://basictranslational.onlinejacc.org/content/3/4/481  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6309975/    

2018 Ljubica Matic selected as one of the best junior PIs at KI  

2018 Ulf Hedin with co-applicant Ljubica Matic received the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation Big Gift award  

2016 Ljubica Perisic Matic received a 2-years postdoc fellowship from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation  

2014 Ljubica Perisic received a 2-years postdoc fellowship from the Swedish Society for Medical Research  

2014 Ljubica Perisic received the Young Investigator award from American Heart Association, ATVB Conference, Toronto, Canada