Unit of Biochemical Toxicology
Our research is focused on cancer and endocrine disruption and involves risk assessment, mechanisms and prevention.
The objective of our research is to understand the connection between exposure to chemicals and cancer and endocrine disruption. We work with both cellular models and analyze data bases to understand mechanisms behind chemically-induced cancer and prevention mechanisms. We also develop methods for biomonitoring and risk assessment. Other areas of interest are combined effects of carcinogens and gender differences in carcinogenesis.
Progress within these areas will lead to improved risk assessment and development of prevention strategies.
Head of unit
Head of department
Ulla Stenius
| Phone: | +46-(0)8-524 878 72 |
| Organizational unit: | Biochemical toxicology |
| E-mail: | Ulla.Stenius@ki.se |
Research group leaders
Senior researcher
Kristian Dreij
| Phone: | +46-(0)8-524 875 66 |
| Organizational unit: | Biochemical toxicology |
| E-mail: | Kristian.Dreij@ki.se |
Professor
Annika Hanberg
| Phone: | +46-(0)8-524 875 26 |
| Organizational unit: | Biochemical toxicology |
| E-mail: | Annika.Hanberg@ki.se |
Senior researcher
Hanna Karlsson
| Organizational unit: | Biochemical toxicology |
| E-mail: | Hanna.L.Karlsson@ki.se |
Professor
Ralf Morgenstern
| Phone: | +46-(0)8-524 875 74 |
| Organizational unit: | Biochemical toxicology |
| E-mail: | Ralf.Morgenstern@ki.se |
Head of department
Ulla Stenius
| Phone: | +46-(0)8-524 878 72 |
| Organizational unit: | Biochemical toxicology |
| E-mail: | Ulla.Stenius@ki.se |
Unit members
| Imran Ali | Assistant professor |
| Jessika Barron Cuenca | PhD student |
| Marika Berglund | Senior researcher |
| Anna Beronius | Assistant professor |
| Felipe De Oliveira Galvao | Postdoc |
| Kristian Dreij | Senior researcher |
| Laura Escrivá LLorens | Associated |
| Monika Ezerskyte | PhD student |
| Aram Ghalali | Associated |
| Annika Hanberg | Professor |
| Johan Högberg | Professor, senior |
| Bengt Jernström | Associated |
| Hanna Karlsson | Senior researcher |
| Peter Moldeus | Associated |
| Ralf Morgenstern | Professor |
| Magnus Olsson | Senior lab manager |
| Liang Shuo | Postdoc |
| Ankuten | Associated |
| Ulla Stenius | Head of department, Professor |
| Rongrong Wu | PhD student |
| Huiyuan Zheng | Assistant professor |
| Johanna Zilliacus | Senior lecturer |
| Emma Åkerlund | PhD student |
Projects
Mechanisms and prevention
- Autotaxin and toxicity of diisocyanates
- Cancer risk associated with low dose silica exposure
- Computational and toxicological modeling of cellular metabolism
- Gender differences in carcinogenesis
- Interactions between PAHs in complex mixtures and cellular effects
- Membrane protein enzymology
- Toxicity of (nano)particles with a focus on genome instability
- Transcriptional mutagenesis and cellular effects
Risk assessment
- A harmonized approach for human biomonitoring on the European level: COPHES and DEMOCOPHES twin projects
- EuroMix - Assessing the health risks of combined human exposure to multiple food-related toxic substances
- Exposure and risk assessment of persistent pollutants in food and water
- Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in early childhood and health effects in childhood and adolescence
- Genotoxic evaluation in Bolivian populations exposed to mixtures of pesticides
- Health risk assessment of Endocrine Disrupters – focus on bisphenol A and development of methodology
- Quantitative health risk assessment in historical contaminated areas – exposure and risk characterization
- Systematic review of nonmonotonic dose-responses of substances for human risk assessment
- Using text mining to aid cancer risk assessment