Research groups and teams at CIM

On this page you find all the research groups and teams at the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM).

Meet the research leaders at CIM

Photo: Erik Flyg

Niklas Björkström group

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Niklas Björkström group: Human tissue-resident NK cells Andrea Ponzetta team: Unconventional T cells in human pathology

Photo: Amalia Kewenter

Susanna Brighenti group

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Discovery of pathogenesis in human tuberculosis

Photo: Melker Dahlstrand, SSMF

Marcus Buggert group

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Marcus Buggert group: Human T cell immunity to evolving viruses and cancers Takuya Sekine team: Tissue immunosurveillance by cytotoxic lymphocytes

Photo: Peter Holgersson

Malin Flodström Tullberg group

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Etiology and pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes

Photo: Tyler Sandberg

Sara Gredmark Russ group

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Viruses and their interactions with the immune system

Photo: Martina Holmberg

Jonas Klingström group

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Understanding the mechanisms behind hantavirus-mediated pathogenesis

Photo: Ulf Sirborn

Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren group

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Immune responses to human virus infections and cancer Quirin Hammer team: Innate Immune Regulation

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Karl-Johan Malmberg group

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Natural Killer Cell Biology and Cell Therapy

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Jakob Michaëlsson group

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Development, regulation and function of human innate lymphoid cells throughout …

Photo: Ulf Sirborn

Jenny Mjösberg group

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Jenny Mjösberg group: Human innate lymphoid cell lab Clinical Lung and Allergy Research Unit (CLARU) Jakob Theorell team: Autoimmune neurology Chris Tibbitt team: Defining the metabolic signatures of tissue resident human …

Photo: Bosse Johansson

Anna Norrby-Teglund group

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Disease mechanisms in severe acute bacterial infections Benedict Chambers team: NK cells in the development of adaptive immune responses

Photo: Stefan Zimmerman

Johan Sandberg group

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Role of T cells in human host defense

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Mattias Svensson group

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Studies of tissue microbiology and immunology

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Photo: Anders Lindholm

Peter Svensson group

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Mechanisms behind HIV-1 latency and rebound

Photo: Emma Karlsson

Tim Willinger group

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Understand Fundamental Immune Mechanisms to Develop New Treatments for Lung Dis…

Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Photo: Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer and Austin Athman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH

Sub-unit

Clinical Infectious Diseases

The research at this sub-unit is focused around studies on how the interplay between humans and micro-organisms results in disease and how this can be treated and prevented.

About the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM)

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Photo: Peter Holgersson

About the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM)

The Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) is headed by Professor Anna Norrby-Teglund. CIM:s vision is to be one of the leading translational research centers within immunology and infectious diseases in Europe. Since its inauguration in 2002, the center has rapidly grown and gained national and international recognition.

Technological platforms

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Technological platforms

The Center has invested a significant amount of economic resources to amass cutting edge technology and scientific expertise.

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Malin Flodström Tullberg

Editor:Karin Vikström

Page updated:22-09-2025