Researchers at MTC A-Ö
Research teams and project groups within the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
A-E
PI: Jan Albert, Group Leader
Research Area: Evolution and Epidemiology of HIV
Jan Albert Group: HIV and enterovirus evolution and spread
Division: Clinical Genomics & Virology
Location: Karolinska University Hospital
PI: Tobias Allander
Research Area: Virus Discovery
Tobias Allander Group: Clinical Virology and Virus Discovery
Division: Clinical Genomics & Virology
Location: Karolinska University Hospital
PI: Marie Arsenian Henriksson, Group Leader
Research Area: Neuroblastoma and MYNC Oncogene
Marie Arsenian Henriksson Group: Neural differentiation as a strategy for neuroblastoma treatment
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 7B
Velmurugesan Arulampalam, Division Head, Deputy Head of Department
Research Area: N/A
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Marie-Stephanie Aschtgen
Research Area: Klebsiella pneumoniae & pathogenicity
Affiliated to Birgitta Henriques- Normark Group
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: Biomedicum, 5A
PI: Erik Benson, Team Leader
Research Area: DNA and RNA Nanotechnology
Affiliated to Birgitta Henriques- Normark Group
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: SciLifeLab
PI: Magda Bienko, Group Leader
Research Area: 3D organization of the human genome
Magda Bienko Group: Quantitative Biology of the Nucleus
Division: SciLife
Location: SciLifeLab
PI: Annelie Brauner
Research Area: Infections in the urinary tract
Affiliated to Martin Rottenberg Group
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Karin Blomqvist
Research Area: Bacterial Protein kinases
Affiliated to Birgitta Henriques- Normark Group
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: Biomedicum 5A, Karolinska University Hospital
PI: Yihai Cao, Group Leader
Research Area: Angiogenesis
Yihai Cao Group: Angiogenesis, Cancer, Metabolic disease, Cardiovascular disease, Eye disease
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 8C
PI: Francesca Chiodi
Research Area: HIV
Affiliated to the Martin Rottenberg Group
Francesca Chiodi Lab Website: Mechanism of B and T cell death during HIV infection
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Jonathan Coquet
Research Area: Lymphocyte differentiation
Affiliated to Gerald McInerney Group
Lab Website: Laboratory of Lymphocyte Differentiation
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Nicola Crosetto
Research Area: Genome fragility
Affiliated to Magda Bienko Group
Division: SciLife
Location: SciLifeLab
PI: Pia Dosenovic, Team Leader
Research Area: B cell biology
Affiliated to Lisa Westerberg Group
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Juan Du, Team Leader
Research Area: Interaction between pathogens and commensal bacteria
Affiliated to Lars Engstrand Group
Lab Website: Juan Du Lab
Division: Translational Microbiome Research and Pandemic Preparedness
Location: Biomedicum, 8C
PI: Noushin Emami
Research Area: Host-pathogen-vector signalling-communication
Affiliated to Susanne Nylén Group
Division: Parasitology and Core Facilities
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Lars Engstrand, Group Leader, Division Head
Research Area: Microbiome
Lars Engstrand Group: Translational Microbiome Research and Pandemic Preparedness
Division: Translational Microbiome Research and Pandemic Preparedness
Location: Biomedicum, 8A
PI: Ingemar Ernberg
Research Area: Infections and cancer
Affiliated to Galina Selivanova Group
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 8C
F-L
PI: Andrea Fossati, Team Leader
Research Area: Mycobacterial responses to phage infection
Affiliated to Susanne Nylén Group
Lab Website: Fossati Team
Division: Parasitology and Core Facilities
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Pedro Gil
Research Area: Drug resistance in malaria parasites
Affiliated to Velmurugesan Arulampala Group
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Group Leader, Division Head
Research Area: Host-bacteria interactions and pneumococcal infections
Birgitta Henriques-Normark Group: Host-Pathogen Interactions in Health and Disease
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: Biomedicum, 5A
Maria Johansson: Unit Manager for FACS Facility and Klas Kärre Group (Former)
Research Area: NK cells
Affiliated to FACS Facility
Division: Parasitology and Core Facilities
Location: Biomedicum, 3C
PI: Akira Kaneko, Team Leader
Research Area: Malaria elimination
Affiliated to the Susanne Nylén Group
Division: Parasitology and Core Facilities
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Mikael Karlsson, Group Leader
Research Area: Inflammatory responses in cancer and autoimmunity
Mikael Karlsson Group: B Cells and Autoinflammation
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, Group Leader
Research Area: Genetic basis for B and T cell recognition and function
Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam Group: Genetic Basis for B Cell Recognition and Function
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Claudia Kutter, Group Leader
Research Area: Functional interactions of the coding and noncoding part of genomes
Kutter Group: Regulatory transcriptions
Division: SciLife
Location: SciLifeLab
PI: Klas Kärre
Research Area: NK cell recognition
Affiliated to Maria Johansson Group
Lab Website: NK Cell Recognition
Division: Parasitology and Core Facilities (link to FACS)
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Sonia Lain, Group Leader
Research Area: New substances for cancer therapy
Sonia Lain Group: Discovery and Elucidation of the mechanisms of Action of Tumour Selective Compunds
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 7B
PI: Michael Landreh, Team Leader
Research Area: Mass spectrometry and protein-protein interactions
Affiliated to Marie Arsenian Henriksson Group
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: David Lane
Research Area: Tumor supression
Affiliated to Marie Arsenian Henriksson Group
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 7B
PI: Kaisa Lehti
Research Area: Tumor Cell – Microenvironment Communication in Cancer
Affiliated to Margareta Wilhelm Group
Kaisa Lehti Group: Tumor Cell – Microenvironment Communication in Cander Invasion, Metastasis and Drug Resistance
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 7B
PI: Peter Liljeström
Research Area: DNA vaccines
Affiliated to Gerald McInerney Group
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Edmund Loh, Team Leader
Research Area: Gene regulation and RNA biology of Neisseria meningitidis
Affiliated to Birgitta Henriques-Normark Group
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: Biomedicum, 5A
M-R
PI: Itziar Martinez Gonzalez, Team Leader
Research Area: Immunological memory of Innate Lymphoid Cells
Affiliated to Gerald McInerney Group
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Gerald McInerney, Group Leader, Division Head, Vice Prefekt
Research Area: Cellular response to viral infection
Gerald McInerney Group: Regulation of Gene Expression during Viral Infection
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Benjamin Murrell, Group Leader
Research Area: Computational biology
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Benjamin Nilsson Payant
Research Area: Mechanisms of viral RNA genome replication
Affiliated to Gerald McInerney Group
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Staffan Normark
Research Area: Molecular mechanisms of bacteria- host interaction
Affiliated to Birgitta Henriques-Normark Group
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: Biomedicum, 5A
PI: Susanne Nylén, Group Leader, Division Head, Head of Department
Research Area: Immune response to chronic infections
Susanne Nylén Group: Susanne Nylén Group
Division: Parasitology and Core Facilities
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Manuel Patarroyo
Research Area: Laminins in tumor invasion and metastasis
Affiliated to Marie Arsenian Henriksson Group
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 7B
PI: Vicent Pelechano, Group Leader, Division Head
Research Area: RNA and Genomic Technologies
Vicent Pelechano Group: Genomic Science and RNA Biology
Division: SciLife
Location: SciLifeLab
PI: Sylvain Peuget
Research Area: Molecular function of the tumor suppressor gene p53
Affiliated to Galina Selivanova Group
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 8C
PI: Mikael Rhen
Research Area: Salmonella
Affiliated to Birgitta Henriques-Normark group
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: Biomedicum, 5A
PI: Antonio Rothfuchs, Group Leader
Research Area: Aerosol transmission of Mycobactrium tuberculosis
Antonio Rothfuchs Group: Immmunology and Aerobiology of Mycobacteria
Division: Parasitology and Core Facilities
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Martin Rottenberg, Group Leader
Research Area: Immune regulation of Mycobactrium tuberculosis
Martin Rottenberg Group: Intracellular Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Ute Römling
Research Area: Microbial biofilms
Affiliated to Martin Rottenberg Group
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
S-Ö
PI: Amir Ata Saei, Team Leader
Research Area: Cancer metabolism
Lab Website: Amir Saei Lab
Affiliated to Lars Engstrand Group
Division: Translational Microbiome Research and Pandemic Preparedness
Location: Biomedicum, 8C
PI: Galina Selivanova, Group Leader
Research Area: p53 gene and cancer
Galina Selivanova Group: Development of small molecules restoring the tumor suppression functions of p53
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 8C
PI: Daniel J. Sheward. Team Leader
Research Area: Vaccine development
Lab Website: Sheward Lab
Affiliated to Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam Group
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Ina Schuppe Koistinen
Research Area: Women’s Health
Affiliated to Lars Engstrand Group
Division: Translational Microbiome Research and Pandemic Preparedness
Location: Biomedicum, 8A
PI: Daniel Sorobetea, Team Leader
Research Area: Immune mechanisms of pathogen restriction
Affiliated to Martin Rottenberg Group
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Georgios Sotiriou, Team Leader
Research Area: Bionanomaterial technologies
Lab Website: Sotiriou Lab
Affiliated to Birgitta Henriques Normark Group
Division: Microbial Pathogenesis
Location: Biomedicum, 5A
Valerie Valeriano
Research Area: Culturomics
Affiliated to Lars Engstrand Group
Division: Translational Microbiome Research and Pandemic Preparedness
Location: Biomedicum, 8A
PI: Mats Wahlgren
Research Area: Malaria biology
Lab Website: Biology of Plasmodium Falciparum
Division: Host-Microbe
Location: Biomedicum, 9C
PI: Lisa Westerberg. Group Leader
Research Area: Immunodeficiency diseases
Lisa Westerberg Group: Immunodeficiency Diseases
Division: Virology and Immunology
Location: Biomedicum, 7C
PI: Margareta Wilhelm, Group Leader, Division Head, Vice Prefekt
Research Area: Mechanisms of cancer regulation
Margareta Wilhelm Group: Mechanisms regulating tumor development and tumor microenvironment
Division: Tumor Biology
Location: Biomedicum, 7B
PI: Valtteri Wirta, Section Head, Division Head
Research Area: Clinical Genomics
Valtteri Wirta Group: Clinical Genomics Stockholm
Division: Clinical Genomics & Virology
Location: SciLifeLab