Katja Pokrovskaja Tamm

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

Main focus is to find novel biomarkers and drug targets to enable for a more precision-based anti-cancer therapy, and, through the analysis of molecular landscape of cancer cells, find therapeutic approaches to overcome therapy resistance to the drugs used in anti-cancer treatment.
RESEARCH PROJECTS OF THE PRESENT AND PAST:
Autophagy in cancer and anti-cancer therapy
Vps34, STAT3 and IFN response
Mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced cell death in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Targeting autophagy and lysosomal degradation in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Sample collection of live-frozen primary cancer cells from patients with acute leukemia
STAT3 as a target for anti-cancer therapy

Tutor at the course “Molecular oncology and biostatistics” in Biomedicine at KI
Examiner at Biomedicine program
Coordinator at Degree Project in Medicine
Supervisor of bachelor and master degree projects
Principle and co-supervisor of PhD students