Bennie Lemmens
Researcher
| Assistant Professor
E-mail: bennie.lemmens@ki.se
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C2 Medicinsk biokemi och biofysik, C2 Genome biology Bartek, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Assistant Professor &
- Principal investigator at Department of Medical Biochemistry and
Biophysics / Group Leader SciLifeLab
Lemmens laboratory
↳ DNA replication
↳ Time-resolved genetics
↳ Nanoscale imaging
2022-2027: ASPIRE award for Innovative Cancer Research (Mark foundation, US)
2022-2026: 100% KID grant for top-ranked junior group leaders at KI
2020-2021: Awarded start-up grant in Medicine by the Åke Wiberg foundation
2020-2021: Awarded start-up grant by the Jeanssons foundation
2020-2021: Blue Sky Continuation Award for Innovative Cancer Research
2020-2021: Awarded Special KI research grant for top-ranked junior
scientists
2020-2024: KID funding to support doctoral education
2020-2024: Awarded 4-year Starting Grant by the Swedish Research Council
(VR)
2019-2020: Blue Sky Award for Innovative Cancer Research (KI-Cancer/StratCan)
2018-2019: Awared KI research grant for young scientists
2017-2020: Awared 3-year fellowship by the Swedisch Cancer foundation
2016-2017: Awared KI research grant for young scientists
2014-2016: Awarded 2-year fellowship by the Wenner-Gren foundation
Research
- My research group focuses on understanding how human cells copy their DNA and
maintain genome stability. We apply advanced genetics and imaging techniques
to control and visualize DNA replication in time and space.
Articles
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Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2023;30(7):1666-1678
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Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH. 2022;50(11):6235-6250
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Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):7126
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Article: MOLECULAR CELL. 2018;71(1):117-128.e3
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Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2015;6:8909
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Article: GENETICS. 2013;195(3):1187-1191
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Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2013;9(3):e1003339
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Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2013;9(2):e1003276
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Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2006;16(19):1950-1955
All other publications
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Review: JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY. 2019;218(12):3892-3902
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Review: CHROMOSOMA. 2011;120(1):1-21
Grants
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The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research1 November 2023 - 1 November 2027
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2020 - 31 December 2023
Employments
- Researcher, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2027