Brief facts

* The Center was in 2003 recognized as a "Strategic Research Center" within Life Sciences by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, and in 2009 as a thematic "Theme Center" by Karolinska Institutet and the Stockholm County Council

* CIM operates in an "under-the-same-roof" environment within the Department of Medicine, Huddinge and is affiliated with the Infectious Diseases Department at the Karolinska University Hospital

* CIM is built around 18 research groups

* The Center trains at the moment around 25 graduate students and 20 postdocs

* The Center has excellent clinical collaborations and international collaborations with more than 50 leading international universities as well as with research sites in several developing countries

* Research competence areas within the Center include viral immunology, microbial immunology, parasite immunology, hematology/cancer, diabetes/autoimmunity, immunotherapy/vaccinology, immunogenetics/genomics and structural biology

* Research is organized around defined platforms including model systems for disease, diagnosis, pathogenesis, prevention, and therapy

* The Center is leading the development in advanced flow cytometry. CIM also has strong platforms in atomic, cellular, tissue and intra vital whole body imaging techniques. It has access to GMP-production unit for vaccines and cells for therapeutic use

* International advisors visit the Center at a regular basis to provide advice and feedback on the latest research developments

* CIM maintains close interactions with biotech and industry, and its members have been involved in the formation of several Biotech companies

* Since 2003 more than 500 research articles have been published from the Center in peer-reviewed journals of high quality. Of these more than 100 have been published in journals with an impact over 10.