Mikael Karlsson Group - Team
Group members, associates, alumni and collaborators of the Mikael Karlsson research group.
Group members
Associated People
Postdocs
- Pia Dosenovic, Rockefeller University, USA, laboratory of Prof. Michel Nussenzweig.
Students
- Pia Larssen (supervisor, Susanne Gabrielsson) Pia.Larseen@ki.se
- Monica Centa (supervisor, Stephen Malin) monica.centa@ki.se
- Melanie Pieber (supervisor, Robert Harris) melanie.pieber@ki.se
- Martina Soldemo, PhD-student (supervisor Gunilla Karlsson-Hedestam) Martina.Soldemo@ki.se
- Anna Zoltowska (supervisor Gunnar Nilsson) Anna.Zoltowska@ki.se
- Stephanie Hiltbrunner (supervisor Susanne Gabrielsson) Stephanie.Hiltbrunner@ki.se
Other
- Erik Holmgren (Lab photographer ) Erik.Holmgren@ki.se
- Malin Winerdal (Lab visual artist) Malin.Winerdal@ki.se
Alumni
- Anna-Maria Georgoudaki, PhD: Dissertation 2015, Karolinska Institutet. Thesis Exploring Immunotherapeutic Targets in the Tumor Microenvironment (opponent: Prof. Siamon Gordon, Oxford University, UK). Anna-Maria left the lab for a postdoc at Rockefeller University, New York, USA.
- Eva Hellqvist, Postdoc: Left the lab in 2015 for a second postdoc at department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet.
- Mattias Forsell, Postdoc: Left the lab in 2015 for a position as Assistant Professor at Umeå University.
- Kajsa Prokopec, Postdoc: Did a joint postdoc with Harvard Med. School the lab of Prof. Michael Carroll. Kajsa left the lab in 2014 to do a second postdoc at the department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet.
- Yunying Chen, Postdoc/Assistant Professor: Left the lab in 2014. Yunying studied innate B cell activation in Allergy and Autoimmunity and left to pursue a continued science career in the biotech industry.
- Emilie Grasset, PhD: Dissertation 2013, Karolinska Institutet. Thesis: Regulation of B cell Responses to Modified Self (opponent: Prof. John Kearney, University of Alabama, USA). Emilie left the lab for Postdoc at Mount Sinai School of medicine, New York, USA, supported by the Swedish Research Council.
- Evelina Lindmark, PhD (co-supervisor): Dissertation 2013, Karolinska Institutet. Thesis: Studies on peripheral tolerance in AIRE deficient mice (opponent Dr Eric Meffre, Yale Univ, USA). Evelina continued as postdoc at dept. of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet.
- Sara Lind, PhD: Dissertation 2010, Karolinska Institutet. Thesis: Innate Mechanisms Regulating B cell Activation in Inflammatory Diseases (opponent: Prof. Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Boston, USA). Sara left the lab for postoc at MBB, Karolinska Institutet.
- Fredrik Wermeling, PhD: Dissertation 2010, Karolinska Institutet. Thesis: Innate Mechanisms regulating peripheral B cell tolerance (opponent: Prof. Keith Elkon, Washington, USA). Fredrik received a Wenner Gren fellow postdoc fellowship and left the lab for posdoc at the Rockefeller University, New York.
- Emma Lindh, PhD: (co-supervisor) Dissertation 2009, Karolinska Institutet. Thesis: The autoimmune regulator; studies of immunological tolerance in mouse and man (opponent: Prof. Susanna Cardell, Gothenburg, Sweden). Emma left the lab for employment by the ITH biotech company as senior scientist.
- Nina Mattsson, MSc: Left the lab in 2005 to work as a clinical research associate (CRA) for monitoring clinical trials.
Collaborators
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada: Prof. Tak Mak
- Rockefeller University, New York, USA: Prof. Jeffrey Ravetch
- NIH, Bethesda, USA: Prof. Susan Pierce
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA: Prof. Michael Carroll and Prof. Michael Brenner
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada: Assoc. Prof. Tracy McGaha
- University of St Antonio, Texas, USA: Assoc. Prof. Elisabet Leadbetter
- University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany: Prof. Falk Nimmerjahn and Prof. Diana Dudziak
- Gothenburg University, Sweden: Dr Åsa Tivesten
- Karolinska Institutet, Sweden: Prof. Göran Hansson, Dr Elisabet Svenungson, Prof. Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, Prof. Robert Harris, Prof. Vivianne Malmström; Associate Professors, Lisa Westerberg, Susanne Gabrielsson, Benedict Chambers, Charlotte Rolny, Rikard Sandberg, Stephen Malin and Jonas Fuxe.
- Uppsala University, Sweden: Dr Johan Botling
- Umeå University, Sweden: Dr Malin Sund
Contact and visit us
Postal address
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biologt
171 77 Stockholm
Visiting address (visitors, couriers, etc.)
Karolinska Institutet
Biomedicum
Solnavägen 9
171 65 Solna
Delivery address (goods, parcels, etc.)
Tomtebodavägen 16
171 65 Solna