Department of Laboratory Medicine
The research conducted at the Department of Laboratory Medicine is of immediate significance to human health. An important part of the department's work is to contribute the specialised skills needed for the training of future healthcare personnel.
Promising vaccine for Crimean-Congo virus
Promising vaccine for Crimean-Congo virus
Ali Mirazimi and Matti Sällberg at the Department of Laboratory Medicine are leading a study on vaccine for Crimean-Congo virus which can cause fatal haemorrhagic fever. According to the study, which has been published in the journal Nature Microbiology, the research team has tested the vaccine on primates and it showed no serious side-effects.
ERC grant to Samir EL Andaloussi for research on synthetic nanoparticles
ERC grant to Samir EL Andaloussi for research on synthetic nanoparticles
Congratulations Sami EL Andaloussi, researcher at the Department of Laboratory Medicine who has been awarded the 2020 European Research Council Consolidator Grant for the project “Release of engineered Extracellular vesicles for delivery of Biotherapeutics”.
KI participates in the construction of a vaccine network in the EU
KI participates in the construction of a vaccine network in the EU
KI and Karolinska University Hospital are contributing to a new network (VACCELERATE) for the evaluation and testing of new vaccines. Responsible for KI is Christian Giske and Matti Sällberg at the Department of Laboratory Medicine.