Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology

The coronavirus pandemic has shaken all our lives—and researchers around the world are working hard to find solutions to the crisis. Gerald McInerney, Associate Professor of Virology at Karolinska Institutet, focuses on developing antibodies that can block the virus’ ability to infect cells, so-called neutralizing antibodies.

Ben Murrell, Gerald McInerney and Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam have received an EU grant to develop neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. The project also involves other partners at ETH Zürich, Imperial College London and Statens Serum Institut, Denmark and will run for 2 years. Congratulations Ben, Gerry and Nilla!

Ute Römling, professor of Medical Microbial Physiology, has just released her new book “Microbial Cyclic Di-Nucleotide Signaling”. Read more about what it's all about!

Kaisa Lehti and colleagues published in EMBO Molecular Medicine.

MTC Professor Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam was elected member of the Academy's Class for medical sciences on 15 January 2020.

Using a trick involving detergent and mass spectrometry, Michael Landreh's  group has been able to wash and weigh protein molecules to determine which lipids make the protein work. The findings may help for the development of new drugs including antibiotics and cancer therapies. Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Newly recruited Pia Dosenovic is among the 29 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows appointed in 2019. The five-year grant is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to provide the young and talented researcher leaders with long-term research funding in Sweden.

Professor Birgitta Henriques Normark has, as the main applicant together with collaborators, received a grant for 35 M SEK from Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning (SSF).

Newly recruited Pia Dosenovic at MTC is among three KI researchers awarded an ERC starting grant. The European Research Council Starting Grant (ERC StG) aims at supporting up-and-coming research leaders