COVID-19 Resource Hub
This is a hub for Karolinska Institutet’s education and research related to the new coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. Staff and students at KI will find important information and recommendations updates throughout the ongoing pandemic (please go to 'For staff and students at KI').
Information about the corona virus for staff and students
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Support KI's research on the new coronavirus
Support KI's research on the new coronavirus
Scientists around the world are working diligently to uncover solutions to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19. At Karolinska Institutet, researchers are trying to develop effective treatments and vaccines, and to increase knowledge to better understand the course of the disease. Would you like to contribute to this work?
Karolinska Institutet launches Covid-19 training for care providers and medical staff
Karolinska Institutet launches Covid-19 training for care providers and medical staff
Karolinska Institutet has launched Covid-19 courses for care providers and medical personnel following a request from the National Board of Health and Welfare. After one week of intense preparation, two online courses are now available.
Digital meeting-spot for COVID-19 researchers
Digital meeting-spot for COVID-19 researchers
The digital innovation platform Crowdhelix Network has started an international meeting spot for researchers and companies ready to tackle the ongoing pandemic. The COVID-19 group within Crowdhelix is led by Karolinska Institutet.
Resource teams for support during the pandemic
Resource teams for support during the pandemic
President Ole Petter Ottersen has set up a number of resource teams to bring together internal experts at KI to aid the university management and to help in our internal and external communication.
The hunt for antibodies against the coronavirus
The hunt for antibodies against the coronavirus
Researchers around the world are working hard to find solutions to the coronavirus crisis. Gerald McInerney, Associate Professor of Virology at KI, focuses on developing antibodies that can block the virus’ ability to infect cells.
”The lab is my frontline”
”The lab is my frontline”
Immunologist Qiang Pan Hammarström coordinates an international research consortium that is working on three tracks to develop treatments against COVID-19. ”As a scientist, I feel it is my duty to try to find a cure against this virus", she says.
The search for a coronavirus vaccine
The search for a coronavirus vaccine
Matti Sällberg leads a team that searches for a vaccine against the coronavirus. "Others will be quicker, and therefore we are thinking long-term and focusing on finding a vaccine that can protect against several coronaviruses, including those that may pop up in the future," he says.
KI staff, students, and alumni share their stories of the pandemic
KI staff, students, and alumni share their stories of the pandemic
All of our lives have been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read stories sent in by staff, students, and alumni and get a glimpse of life in our strange new world.
Why we react differently to COVID-19
Why we react differently to COVID-19
The international career-network Academic Positions has interviewed KI researcher Anna Smed Sörensen to find out more about the role played by the human immune system in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Mental health during the pandemic
Physical distancing and emotional closeness
Physical distancing and emotional closeness
We’re to keep a physical distance to reduce the risk of infection, but it’s now on an emotional level that we need to get closer” says Danuta Wasserman, director of the National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP) at KI.
Resources for mental wellbeing
Resources for mental wellbeing
The NASP have listed evidence-based resources, to help people manage negative mental health effects during the corona pandemic (such as stress and anxiety) as well as to strengthen psychosocial wellbeing.
Recommendations on how to sleep better during the pandemic
Recommendations on how to sleep better during the pandemic
The outbreak of the new coronavirus is the cause of much anxiety, an anxiety that can lead to insomnia. Yet sleep is essential to our mental and physical health. Two psychologists at KI have now collected some evidence-based tips for getting a good night’s sleep.