Niklas Klas Evert Björkström
Professor/Senior Physician
E-mail: niklas.bjorkstrom@ki.se
Telephone: +46852482912
Visiting address: Alfred Nobels allé 8, plan 7, 14152 Huddinge
Postal address: H7 Medicin, Huddinge, H7 CIM Björkström, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Niklas Björkström is a research group leader at Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and a physician at Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital. Björkström earned his medical and doctoral degrees at Karolinska Institutet. He performed postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA, and have been a principal investigator at Karolinska Institutet since 2014. Björkström has authored >100 articles within the fields of immunology, infection, and cancer. The main focus of his research is to understand the biology of human tissue-resident lymphocytes in health and disease with a particular focus on liver and bile duct disorders as well as on pregnancy. His research group is specialized in advanced immunological methods for analysis of rare populations of human immune cells.
Education
2016, Associate Professor in Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2013, Swedish Medical License, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
2011-2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, VRC, NIH, USA
2011, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2010, MD, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Academic honours, awards and prizes
2021 NovoNordisk Foundation Emerging Investigator
2020 Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers
2020 ERC Starting Grant
2016 SSF Future Research Leader Award
2016 Wallenberg Academy Fellow Award
2015 United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Rising Star
2014 NovoNordisk Young Excellence Award for Young Researchers
2013 SSMFs Stora Anslag
2012 Sven Gards award for best thesis within virology at KI
2011 Jonas Söderquist scholarship for a young talented virology researcher
2010 Asklepios award for best publication 2010 by a young researcher
2008 Poster award, 38th Annual meeting of the SSI
2008 ISAC student award recipient
2006 The McKinsey Sweden award
Research
Our research group at the Department of medicine Huddinge, performs translational immunological research studying cytotoxic lymphocytes in human tissues. The main focus is to understand the biology of human tissue-resident lymphocytes in health and disease with a particular focus on liver and bile duct disorders as well as on pregnancy. We arespecialized in advanced immunological methods for analysis of rare populations of human immune cells.
Articles
- Article: JHEP REPORTS. 2026;8(7):101875Holmberg M; Niehrs A; Dalgard O; Berhe N; Desalegn H; Aleman S; Weis N; Stenstad T; Heggelund L; Samuelsen E; Karlsen LN; Lindahl K; Kleppa E; Winckelmann AA; Brugger-Synnes P; Simonsen HE; Svendsen J; Bjorkstrom NK; Reikvam DH; Johannessen A
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2026;233(6):e1330-e1340Strunz B; Zhan Q; Khera T; Hengst J; Jankovic M; Deterding K; Niehrs A; Cornberg M; Xu C-J; Wedemeyer H; Bjoerkstroem NK
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 2026;223(4):e20252667Bub L; Evren E; Verwaerde S; Ruscitti C; Vanneste D; Ghosh P; Gao Y; Sleiers N; Deng R; Lopez Montes M; Howley K; La Rocca R; Niehrs A; Glaros V; Reina-Campos M; Dahlen B; Smed-Sorensen A; Lund H; Kreslavsky T; Bjorkstrom NK; Reboldi A; Bossios A; Marichal T; Lambrecht BN; Willinger T
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2026;56(4):e70189Fardellas A; Barreby E; Brice M; Nock S; Russick J; Vankova A; Edberg C; Robertsen I; Hertel JK; Stal P; Mellgren G; Karlsson C; Hjelmesaeth JS; Hagstrom H; Naslund E; Lauschke VM; Ferno J; Chen P; Morgantini C; Aouadi M; Bjorkstrom NK
- Article: GUT. 2026;:gutjnl-2025-337579Gehl V; O'Rourke CJ; Cornillet M; Nousias O; Fardellas A; Yangngam S; Rogalska-Taranta M; Aldana BI; Hogdall D; Marquardt JU; Bjorkstrom NK; Andersen JB
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2026;233(3):e630-e640Ghorbani M; Kvedaraite A; Al-Manei K; Too CB; Cederberg S; Johannessen A; Reikvam DH; Valentini D; Maucourant C; Bjorkstrom NK; Aleman S; Sallberg Chen M
- Article: SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2026;18(840):eadp2583Strunz B; Ivarsson MA; Sun D; Mayer C; Ziegenhain C; Crona-Guterstam Y; Solders M; Molne J; Bjorklund A; Marquardt N; Kaipe H; Floter Radestad A; Gidlof S; Brannstrom M; Bjorkstrom NK
- Article: JHEP REPORTS. 2026;8(3):101719Cornillet M; Bave AL; Sun D; Nouairia G; Villard C; Grigoriadis A; Von Seth E; Jansson H; Alvez MB; Bergstrom S; Nilsson P; Uhlen M; Edfors F; Stal P; Sparrelid E; Bjorkstrom NK; Halfvarson J; Bergquist A
- Article: HEPATOLOGY. 2026Han Y; Byun J; Vanlith CJ; Cooley MA; Shaw VR; Hatia RI; Ahmed FY; Giama NH; Ali HM; Campbell NA; Hassan M; Andersen JB; Ankoma-Sey V; Banales JM; Bujanda L; Bathe OF; Bekaii-Saab TS; Borad MJ; Bjorkstrom NK; Chan CHF; Cleary SP; Cornillet M; Folseraas T; Galle PR; Genkinger JM; MacInnis RJ; Gores GJ; Goyal L; Houlston RS; Ilyas SI; Javle M; Johansen JS; Christensen TD; Kamath AS; Kelley RK; Khan SA; Kim RD; Kwee SA; Lamarca A; Lammert F; Larusso NF; Lindsey S; Macias RIR; Malhi H; Patel TC; Permuth JB; Reeves HL; Rossi S; Sanchez W; Smoot RL; Swerdlow AJ; Tran Cao HS; Valle JW; Weinmann A; Weinmann-Menke J; Wong LL; Zhang X; Zimmer V; Zhu AX; Lazaridis KN; Juran BD; Jalal P; Knox JJ; Hutchinson A; Hicks B; Koshiol JE; Chanock SJ; Hassan MM; Amos CI; McGlynn KA; Roberts LR
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2026;27(3):1243Parke A; Strunz B; Chen P; Religa D; Ljunggren H-G; Rooyackers O; Aleman S; Norrby-Teglund A; Bjorkstrom NK; Hansson M; Stralin K
- Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2026;26(1):178Zulkhuu D; Kamal H; Enkhtaivan S; Narantsogt O; Jargalsaikhan G; Batkhuu M; Ochirsum B; Ahl M; Lindahl K; Ingre M; Stiglund N; Petropoulos A; Sandh G; Bjorkstrom NK; Saario S; Cederberg S; Olsson A; Baye AW; Derdabi I; Georgos D; Bungert AS; Dashdorj NB; Onom NDD; Aleman S
- Article: JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;172:104647Mayer C; Sun D; Thier J; Strunz B; Schott K; Kaipe H; Lundin V; Gidlof S; Bjorkstrom NK; Ivarsson MA
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2025;181:105882Ekman M; Mahani AN; Aralaguppe SG; Normark T; Stamouli S; Andersson-Li L; Sun D; Broddesson S; Wirta V; Albert J; Allander T
- Article: HEPATOLOGY. 2025;82(6):1565-1581Chen P-C; Deterding K; Engelskircher SA; Port K; Sandmann L; Chakkadath A; Ristic T; Wu Q; Bremer B; Kraft ARM; Cornberg M; Heim A; Kefalakes H; Bjorkstrom NK; Woller N; Wedemeyer H
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;26(11):2004-2015Niehrs A; Hertwig L; Buggert M; Nordstrom I; Statzu M; Pampena MB; Samer S; Knox JJ; Strunz B; Sun D; Nguyen S; Janoschka C; Xing Y; Wu VH; Sparrelid E; Alisjahbana A; Gao Y; Sleiers N; Strauss O; Filipovic I; Ponzetta A; Medina-Andrade I; Nilsen V; Jorns C; Cornillet M; Maucourant C; Ziegenhain C; Hengst J; Tweet G; Kroll K; Golden GJ; Wedemeyer H; Kurtuncu M; Dori Y; Itkin MG; Klotz L; Schaffer M; Ericzon B-G; Ivarsson MA; Paiardini M; Nowak G; Willinger T; Reeves RK; Betts MR; Bjorkstrom NK
- Article: HEPATOLOGY. 2025;82(4):911-926Cornillet M; Geanon D; Bergquist A; Bjorkstrom NK
- Article: EJSO. 2025;51(8):110123Akiki A; Jacobsson H; Nouairia G; Cornillet M; Björkström NK; Sparrelid E; Taflin H; Jansson H
- Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2025;25(1):960Sender V; White JK; Bolinder L; Amilon K; Haegg M; Bhattarai KH; Bjorkstrom NK; Saeedi B
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;55(6):e51311Niehaus C; Geanon D; Lietzau A; Jankovic M; Maucourant C; Maasoumy B; Sparrelid E; Wedemeyer H; Kahlhoefer J; Falk CS; Andrade IM; Ponzetta A; Bjoerkstroem NK; Kraft ARM; Cornberg M; Strunz B
- Article: ADVANCED SCIENCE. 2025;12(16):2416453Mikaeloff F; Gelpi M; Escos A; Wang T; Gupta S; Olofsson A; Akusjarvi SS; Schuster S; Naval P; Sood V; Nikouyan N; Knudsen AD; Vestad B; Hogh J; Hov JR; Benfield T; Troseid M; Pawar V; Rucevic M; Benfeitas R; Vegvari A; O'Mahony L; Savai R; Bjorkstrom NK; Lourda M; de Magalhaes JP; Weiss S; Mardinoglu A; Varshney MK; Karlsson AC; Syed YA; Nielsen SD; Neogi U
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All other publications
- Review: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2026;:S1471-4906(26)00070-0Niehrs A; Zeqiraj K; Ponzetta A; Björkström NK
- Corrigendum: EJSO. 2026;52(1):111189Akiki A; Jacobsson H; Nouairia G; Cornillet M; Bjorkstrom NK; Sparrelid E; Taflin H; Jansson H
- Editorial: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;25(7):1126-1128Patey E; Bjorkstrom NK
- Conference publication: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;102:65Guterstam Y; Schott K; Ivarsson M; Bister J; Bjorkstrom N; Acharya G; Gidlof SB
- Review: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2022;77(6):1657-1669Bjorkstrom NK
- Letter: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;22(11):1538-1540Sheward DJ; Kim C; Fischbach J; Sato K; Muschiol S; Ehling RA; Bjorkstrom NK; Hedestam GBK; Reddy ST; Albert J; Peacock TP; Murrell B
- Letter: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;22(10):1421-1422Sheward DJ; Kim C; Fischbach J; Muschiol S; Ehling RA; Bjorkstrom NK; Hedestam GBK; Reddy ST; Albert J; Peacock TP; Murrell B
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;22(2):112-123Bjorkstrom NK; Strunz B; Ljunggren H-G
- Conference publication: HPB. 2022;24:s455-s456Jansson H; Cornillet M; Sturesson C; Björkström NK; Sparrelid E
- Corrigendum: NATURE METABOLISM. 2021;3(2):287Morgantini C; Jager J; Li X; Levi L; Azzimato V; Sulen A; Barreby E; Xu C; Tencerova M; Naslund E; Kumar C; Verdeguer F; Straniero S; Hultenby K; Bjorkstrom NK; Ellis E; Ryden M; Kutter C; Hurrell T; Lauschke VM; Boucher J; Tomcala A; Krejcova G; Bajgar A; Aouadi M
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;11:571166Wedemeyer H; Khera T; Strunz B; Bjorkstrom NK
- Review: TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2020;31(1):3-12Ferno J; Strand K; Mellgren G; Stiglund N; Bjorkstrom NK
- Review: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2019;39(Suppl 1):63-78Fabris L; Perugorria MJ; Mertens J; Bjorkstrom NK; Cramer T; Lleo A; Solinas A; Saenger H; Lukacs-Kornek V; Moncsek A; Siebenhuner A; Strazzabosco M
- Corrigendum: NATURE METABOLISM. 2019;1(4):497Morgantini C; Jager J; Li X; Levi L; Azzimato V; Sulen A; Barreby E; Xu C; Tencerova M; Naslund E; Kumar C; Verdeguer F; Straniero S; Hultenby K; Bjorkstrom NK; Ellis E; Ryden M; Kutter C; Hurrell T; Lauschke VM; Boucher J; Tomcala A; Krejcova G; Bajgar A; Aouadi M
- Letter: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2018;218(11):1853-1854zu Siederdissen CH; Bjorkstrom NK; Cornberg M
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;9:2174Blom K; Cuapio A; Sandberg JT; Varnaite R; Michaelsson J; Bjorkstrom NK; Sandberg JK; Klingstrom J; Lindquist L; Russ SG; Ljunggren H-G
- Other: CELL STRESS. 2018;2(8):216-218Strunz B; Hengst J; Wedemeyer H; Bjorkstrom NK
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;16(5):310-320Bjorkstrom NK; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J
- Review: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;163:52-59Maleki KT; Cornillet M; Bjorkstrom NK
- Editorial: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;45(7):2154-2157Hengst J; Theorell J; Deterding K; Potthoff A; Dettmer A; Ljunggren H-G; Wedemeyer H; Bjorkstrom NK
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Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-
- Professor/Specialist Physician, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2016
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2011
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 2010
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Christine Zimmer, 2019
- Lena Berglin, 2015