Katja Tamm
Project Coordinator | Docent
E-mail: katja.pokrovskaja@ki.se
Visiting address: J6:20 BioClinicum, Akademiska stråket 1, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Övriga Core-enheten, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me
Molecular biologist, PhD in Tumor biology and Docent at KI. Joined employment
as a Team leader and a coordinator at OnkPat.
Honored and passionate to be an environment and sustainable development
delegate at OnkPat (miljö- och hållbarhetsombud).
EDUCATION:
2011 Docent at KI
1999 PhD at the Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska
institutet.1983 M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Research
Main focus is to find novel drug targets to enable for a more precision-based anti-cancer therapy and novel therapeutic approaches to overcome therapy resistance to the drugs used in anti-cancer treatment.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Targeting autophagy and lysosomal degradation in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Inhibition of autophagy and activation of IFN responseCOLLABORATIONS
Sample collection of live-frozen primary cancer cells from patients with acute leukemia
Activation of immune response against leukemic blasts
PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced cell death in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Autophagy in cancer and anti-cancer therapy
STAT3 as a target for anti-cancer therapy
Teaching
Coordinator at Degree Project in Medicine
Supervisor of bachelor and master degree projects
Examiner at Biomedicine program
Principle and co-supervisor of PhD students
Articles
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2025;207(6):2462-2474Lilienthal I; Tao S; Nilsson C; Leonard E; Zhang R; Sorteberg AL; Fredrikson L; Xagoraris I; Fard SS; Tsesmetzis N; Zachariadis V; Cai H; Sandhow L; Langeback A; Bohlin A; Tamm KP; Bengtzen S; Schinazi RF; Lehmann S; Kim B; Rassidakis GZ; Qian H; Jadersten M; Herold N
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;16(1):8964Ahlgren L; Pilheden M; Sturesson H; Song G; Walsh MP; Yang M; Maillard M; Zhao H; Cheng Z; Singh V; Castor A; Pronk CJ; Marquart HV; Lausen B; Schneider P; Barbany G; Pokrovskaja Tamm K; Abrahamsson J; Lohi O; Fogelstrand L; Menendez P; Pieters R; Zhang J; Lindkvist-Petersson K; Yang JJ; Gruber TA; Stam RW; Ma J; Hagstrom-Andersson AK
- Article: MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY. 2024;18(8):1904-1922Yu Y; Bogdan M; Noman MZ; Parpal S; Bartolini E; Van Moer K; Kleinendorst SC; Saether KB; Tresaugues L; Silvander C; Lindstroem J; Simeon J; Timson MJ; Al-Hashimi H; Smith BD; Flynn DL; Alexeyenko A; Viklund J; Andersson M; Martinsson J; Tamm KP; De Milito A; Janji B
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2024;14(1):4000Bwanika HC; Leo IR; Struyf N; Talanti A; Aswad L; Konnur A; Bjoerklund A-C; Heyman M; Rassidakis G; Erkers T; Seashore-Ludlow B; Jafari R; Pokrovskaja Tamm K
- Article: LEUKEMIA. 2023;37(3):550-559Stratmann S; Vesterlund M; Umer HM; Eshtad S; Skaftason A; Herlin MK; Sundstrom C; Eriksson A; Hoglund M; Palle J; Abrahamsson J; Jahnukainen K; Munthe-Kaas MC; Zeller B; Tamm KP; Lindskog C; Cavelier L; Lehtio J; Holmfeldt L
- Article: HEMASPHERE. 2022;6(10):e785Pilheden M; Ahlgren L; Hyrenius-Wittsten A; Gonzalez-Pena V; Sturesson H; Marquart HVH; Lausen B; Castor A; Pronk CJ; Barbany G; Tamm KP; Fogelstrand L; Lohi O; Noren-Nystrom U; Asklin J; Chen Y; Song G; Walsh M; Ma J; Zhang J; Saal LH; Gawad C; Hagstrom-Andersson AK
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):1691Leo IR; Aswad L; Stahl M; Kunold E; Post F; Erkers T; Struyf N; Mermelekas G; Joshi RN; Gracia-Villacampa E; Ostling P; Kallioniemi OP; Tamm KP; Siavelis I; Lehtio J; Vesterlund M; Jafari R
- Article: BLOOD ADVANCES. 2022;6(1):152-164Stratmann S; Yones SA; Garbulowski M; Sun J; Skaftason A; Mayrhofer M; Norgren N; Herlin MK; Sundstrom C; Eriksson A; Hoglund M; Palle J; Abrahamsson J; Jahnukainen K; Munthe-Kaas MC; Zeller B; Tamm KP; Cavelier L; Komorowski J; Holmfeldt L
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):15988Sayyab S; Lundmark A; Larsson M; Ringner M; Nystedt S; Marincevic-Zuniga Y; Tamm KP; Abrahamsson J; Fogelstrand L; Heyman M; Noren-Nystrom U; Lonnerholm G; Harila-Saari A; Berglund EC; Nordlund J; Syvanen A-C
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):11023Vidarsdottir L; Azimi A; Das I; Sigvaldadottir I; Rahmanto AS; Petri A; Kauppinen S; Ingvar C; Jonsson G; Olsson H; Stolt MF; Tuominen R; Sangfelt O; Tamm KP; Hansson J; Grander D; Brage SE; Johnsson P
- Article: BLOOD ADVANCES. 2021;5(3):900-912Stratmann S; Yones SA; Mayrhofer M; Norgren N; Skaftason A; Sun J; Smolinska K; Komorowski J; Herlin MK; Sundstrom C; Eriksson A; Hoglund M; Palle J; Abrahamsson J; Jahnukainen K; Munthe-Kaas MC; Zeller B; Tamm KP; Cavelier L; Holmfeldt L
- Article: MELANOMA RESEARCH. 2020;30(5):443-454Vidarsdottir L; Fernandes RV; Zachariadis V; Das I; Edsbacker E; Sigvaldadottir I; Azimi A; Hoiom V; Hansson J; Grander D; Egyhazi Brage S; Pokrovskaja Tamm K
- Article: SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2020;6(12):eaax7945Busker S; Qian W; Haraldsson M; Espinosa B; Johansson L; Attarha S; Kolosenko I; Liu J; Dagnell M; Grander D; Arner ESJ; Tamm KP; Page BDG
- Article: EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2020;12(3):e10419Rudd SG; Tsesmetzis N; Sanjiv K; Paulin CBJ; Sandhow L; Kutzner J; Myrberg IH; Bunten SS; Axelsson H; Zhang SM; Rasti A; Makela P; Coggins SA; Tao S; Suman S; Branca RM; Mermelekas G; Wiita E; Lee S; Walfridsson J; Schinazi RF; Kim B; Lehtio J; Rassidakis GZ; Tamm KP; Warpman-Berglund U; Heyman M; Grander D; Lehmann S; Lundback T; Qian H; Henter J-I; Schaller T; Helleday T; Herold N
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):536Edsbacker E; Serviss JT; Kolosenko I; Palm-Apergi C; De Milito A; Tamm KP
- Article: CANCER LETTERS. 2018;435:32-43Dyczynski M; Yu Y; Otrocka M; Parpal S; Braga T; Henley AB; Zazzi H; Lerner M; Wennerberg K; Viklund J; Martinsson J; Grander D; De Milito A; Tamm KP
- Article: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. 2018;9(9):846Dyczynski M; Vesterlund M; Bjorklund A-C; Zachariadis V; Janssen J; Gallart-Ayala H; Daskalaki E; Wheelock CE; Lehtio J; Grander D; Tamm KP; Nilsson R
- Article: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. 2018;9(7):736Serviss JT; Andrews N; Van den Eynden J; Richter FC; Houtman M; Vesterlund M; Schwarzmueller L; Johnsson P; Larsson E; Grander D; Tamm KP
- Article: EJNMMI RESEARCH. 2018;8(1):27Sanchez-Crespo A; Jussing E; Bjorklund A-C; Tamm KP
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(6):e0178844Kolosenko I; Yu Y; Busker S; Dyczynski M; Liu J; Haraldsson M; Apergi CP; Helleday T; Tamm KP; Page BDG; Grander D
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All other publications
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH. 2005;25(12):799-810Pokrovskaja K; Panaretakis T; Grandér D
- Other: ONCOGENE. 1995;10(9):1869-1874SZEKELY L; POKROVSKAJA K; JIANG WQ; SELIVANOVA G; LOWBEER M; RINGERTZ N; WIMAN KG; KLEIN G
Employments
- Project Coordinator, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2011
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Karolinska Institutet, 1999