Key Research Areas

Cancer and Stem Cell Biology

Research groups within the key area Cancer and Stem Cell Biology
 

Frida Abel 
Genomic studies of neural tumors

Fredrik Bergh Thorén
NK cells in inflammation and cancer

Susanna Cardell
Regulation of autoimmunity and tumor immunity

Helena Carén
Brain cancer stem cells and tumour epigenetics

Linda Fogelstrand
Measurable residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia 

Carolina Guibentif
Mammalian developmental hematopoiesis and leukemia

Claes Gustafsson
Mitochondrial gene expression

Bengt Hallberg
The function and importance of ALK TRK in development and disease

Ola Hammarsten

Kristoffer Hellstrand
Cell-mediated immunity in leukemia

Pekka Jaako
Protein synthesis control in hematopoiesis and leukemia

Martin Johansson
Martin Johansson group

Meena Kanduri
Epigenetics of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Göran Landberg
Göran Landberg group

Erik Larsson Lekholm 
Human genomics and bioinformatics group

Anders Lindahl

Per Lindahl

Sara Lindén 
Mucins in infection and cancer

Tommy Martinsson

Anna Martner
Anna Martner group

Tanmoy Mondal
Model MYCN mediated oncogenesis in Neuroblastoma using human trunk neural crest cells: transcriptomics and epigenomics based approaches

Mikael Nilsson
Mechanisms and pathogenesis of thyroid cancer

Ola Nilsson Wassen
Ola Nilsson group

Ruth Palmer

Lars Palmqvist
Molecular mechanisms in the development of acute myeloid leukemia

Marianne Quiding-Järnbrink
T cell immunity in intestinal tumors

Stina Simonsson

Göran Stenman  
Göran Stenman group

Anders Ståhlberg
Anders Ståhlberg group

Ka-Wei Tang
Ka-Wei Tang group

Ulf Yrlid
Improvements of immune responses against colorectal cancers and enterotoxins

Pierre Åman
Pierre Åman group

Genetics and Molecular Medicine

Research groups within the key area Genetics and Molecular Medicine

 

Frida Abel
Genomic studies of neural tumors

Levent Akyürek

Magnus Braide
Peritoneal dialysis and peritoneal reactions to biomaterials 

Sven Enerbäck
Transcriptional regulation of metabolic pathways

Maria Falkenberg
Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication in human mitochondria

Linda Fogelstrand
Measurable residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia 

Ola Hammarsten

Gunnar Hansson
Mucus and mucins in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts

Carola Hedberg Oldfors

Christina Jern
On the hemostatic and inflammatory pathways in ischemic stroke: an integrated clinical and experimental study

Martin Johansson
Martin Johansson group

Linda Johansson
Structure-function of transmembrane protein complexes

Chandrasekhar Kanduri
Noncoding RNA in Development and Disease

Göran Larson

Malin Lönn
Human adipose tissue and metabolic disease - focus on pregnancy and women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus

Tommy Martinsson

Ola Nilsson Wassen
Ola Nilsson group

Anders Oldfors
Neuromuscular disorders

Kjell Olmarker
Disc herniation and sciatica - Improved diagnostics and innovative medical treatments

Lars Palmqvist
Molecular mechanisms in the development of acute myeloid leukemia

Fredrik Sterky
Mechanisms of synapse formation and neurodevelopmental diseases

Åsa Torinsson Naluai
Mapping inflammation and metabolism in chronic disease

Cell and Molecular Biology, including Glycobiology

Research groups within the key area Cell and Molecular Biology, including Glycobiology

 

Levent Akyürek

Fredrik Bergh Thorén
Fredrik Bergh Thorén group

George Birchenough
Goblet cell-mediated mucosal defence

Anders Ranegaard Clausen
DNA replication and DNA repair on a genome-wide scale at single nucleotide resolution level

Maria Falkenberg
Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication in human mitochondria

Claes Gustafsson
Mitochondrial gene expression

Bengt Hallberg
The function and importance of ALK TRK in development and disease

Gunnar Hansson
Mucus and mucins in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts

Pekka Jaako
Protein synthesis control in hematopoiesis and leukemia

Eva Jennische

Malin Johansson
Studies of different goblet cells and proteins involved in mucus protection of the intestinal epithelium
Linda Johansson
Structure-function of transmembrane protein complexes

Chandrasekhar Kanduri
Noncoding RNA in Development and Disease

Michael Kann
Intracellular transport of viral structures

Niclas Karlsson
Pathological glycosylation

Göran Larson

Erik Larsson Lekholm 
Human genomics and bioinformatics group

Per Lindahl

Sara Lindén 
Mucins in infection and cancer

Anna Martner
Anna Martner group

Tanmoy Mondal
Model MYCN mediated oncogenesis in Neuroblastoma using human trunk neural crest cells: transcriptomics and epigenomics based approaches

Thomas Nyström
Cellular aging and protein quality control

Ruth Palmer

Ingela Parmryd
The Interplay between Lipid Nanodomains, Protein Clusters and Cell Topography in Cell Signalling

Thaher Pelaseyed
Membrane mucins in mucosal innate immunity

Aishe Sarshad
Noncoding small RNAs in health and disease 

Fredrik Sterky
Fredrik Sterky Group

Annetta Svitorka Härtlova
Anetta S. Härtlova group

Susann Teneberg

Anne Uv
Epithelial tube morphogenesis

Infection and Immunology

Research groups within the key area Infection and Immunology

 

Ingegerd Adlerberth

Davide Angeletti 
B cell and antibody immunodominance in antiviral immune response

Mats Bemark 

Johan Bengtsson-Palme
Interactions in the microbiome

Tomas Bergström

George Birchenough
Goblet cell-mediated mucosal defence

Susanna Cardell
Regulation of autoimmunity and tumor immunity

Vanda Friman

Magnus Gisslén

Ali Harandi
Understanding the mechanisms of action of human vaccines

Kristoffer Hellstrand
Cell-mediated immunity in leukemia

Jan Holgersson
Glycan engineering of cells and proteins

Jan Holmgren

Gunnar Jacobsson

Michael Kann
Intracellular transport of viral structures

Niclas Karlsson
Pathological glycosylation

Martin Lagging
Translational research on Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) and other flavivirus infections

Joakim Larsson
Environmental dimension of antibiotic resistance

Michael Lebens

Jan-Åke Liljeqvist
Development of a vaccine against herpes simplex virus 2 infection

Sara Lindén 
Mucins in infection and cancer

Per Lindahl

Anna Lundgren

Nils Lycke

Inger Mattsby-Baltzer
Antimicrobial peptides and proteins in humans

Edward Moore
Studies on microbial diversity: characterisation, classification and identification of clinically-relevant microorganisms

Peter Norberg
Viral evolution and genetics

Thomas Nyström
Cellular aging and protein quality control

Lars Olaison

Thaher Pelaseyed
Membrane mucins in mucosal innate immunity

Marianne Quiding-Järnbrink
T cell immunity in intestinal tumors

Sukanya Raghavan 
Identification of biomarkers of clinical response to PD-1 blockade in lung cancer patients

Susann Skovbjerg 
Pneumococci and related infections globally and in Sweden

Marie Studahl
Viral infections of the central nervous system

Ann-Mari Svennerholm

Annetta Svitorka Härtlova
Molecular mechanisms of innate immune signalling

Ka-Wei Tang
Ka-Wei Tang group

Susann Teneberg

Åsa Torinsson Naluai
Mapping inflammation and metabolism in chronic disease

Rune Wejståhl
Antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C and the effect on quality of life, cognitive function and cerebrospinal fluid markers of neuronal injury and inflammation.

Christine Wennerås
The Neoehrlichia Eosinophil (NEOs) Project

Johan Westin

Mary Jo Wick
The role of intestinal mononuclear phagocytes in driving the chronic inflammation of inflammatory bowel disease

Agnes Wold

Ulf Yrlid
Improvements of immune responses against colorectal cancers and enterotoxins

Christina Åhrén
Improved therapeutical guidelines and surveillance of muli-resistant gut bacteria with ESBL

Lena Öhman
Gut microbiota, immune profile and the link to gastrointestinal diseases