Simon Elsässer
Principal Researcher
E-mail: simon.elsasser@ki.se
Telephone: +46852481227
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C2 Medicinsk biokemi och biofysik, C2 Genome biology Elsässer, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
Prof. Simon Elsässer is currently a tenured Associate Professor in Chemical and Synthetic Systems Biology at Karolinska Institutet (KI). He has developed his independent research program at KI since 2015, when he was recruited through the highly selective Science for Life Laboratory Fellows Program. He has been named a Fellow of the Ming Wai Lau Center for Reparative Medicine at KI. In 2018, he received a faculty-funded tenured Associate Professor position at KI in open competition. In 2019, he was awarded the Wallenberg Academy Fellowship and Future Research Leader Fellowship by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Next to publishing over 50 publications, he is also an scientist entrepreneur.
Selected publications
- Article: SCIENCE. 2022;376(6592):476-483
- Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH. 2022;50(3):e13
- Article: CHEMBIOCHEM. 2021;22(22):3208-3213
- Article: NATURE METHODS. 2016;13(2):158-164
- Article: NATURE. 2015;522(7555):240-244
- Article: NATURE. 2012;491(7425):560-565
Articles
- Journal article: ISCIENCE. 2025;28(3):111884
- Journal article: NATURE PROTOCOLS. 2024;:779-809
- Article: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS. 2024;1868(7):130619
- Article: CELL REPORTS: METHODS. 2023;3(11):100626
- Journal article: PHYSIOLOGY. 2023;38:5732603
- Journal article: PHYSIOLOGY. 2023;38:5732753
- Article: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. 2023;25(4):579-591
- Article: METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2023;2676:169-180
- Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH. 2022;50(15):8491-8511
- Article: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. 2022;24(6):845-857
- Journal article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2022;36
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):1223
- Article: MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY. 2022;18(1):e10407
- Journal article: CHEMBIOCHEM. 2021;22(22):3108
- Article: SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2021;7(32):eabf7561
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):3695
- Article: BIOLOGIA FUTURA. 2021;72(2):119-125
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):1820
- Article: FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY. 2021;9:768535
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2020;142(47):20080-20087
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):5095
- Article: GENES & DEVELOPMENT. 2020;34(15-16):1065-1074
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2020;31(12):107811
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2019;72(2):537-548
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2019;28(12):3274-3284.e5
- Article: ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. 2018;13(11):3087-3096
- Article: METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2018;1728:237-245
- Article: MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY. 2017;13(8):938
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2016;138(3):718-721
- Article: NEURON. 2015;87(1):77-94
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2014;136(44):15577-15583
- Article: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY. 2014;32(5):465-472
- Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH. 2014;42(7):4318-4331
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2014;136(6):2240-2243
- Article: CELL. 2013;155(1):107-120
- Article: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 2013;1819(3-4):211-221
- Article: NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2012;19(8):819-823
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2011;81(1):32-42
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2010;107(32):14075-14080
- Article: CELL. 2010;140(5):678-691
- Article: COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY. 2010;75:27-34
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2010;79(1):10-20
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2008;76(9):1082-1096
- Article: NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2008;15(3):321-329
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All other publications
- Conference publication: FEBS OPEN BIO. 2024;14:17
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022
- Review: FEBS JOURNAL. 2022;289(1):53-74
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
- Preprint: ZAPPYLAB, INC.. 2019
- Review: DEVELOPMENT. 2019;146(19):dev178962
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. 2017;41:36-42
- Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2017;7(2):020304
- Letter: NATURE. 2017;548(7665):E7-E9
- Editorial comment: TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES. 2013;38(7):333-336
- Meeting abstract: BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 2013;104(2):29a-30a
- Editorial comment: SCIENCE. 2011;331(6021):1145-1146
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT. 2010;20(2):110-117
- Conference publication: STRAHLENTHERAPIE UND ONKOLOGIE. 2008;184:15-16
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2028
- Swedish Cancer Society1 January 2023
- European Research Council1 January 2021 - 30 June 2022
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2021 - 31 December 2024
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2018 - 31 December 2021
- Studies of epigenetic mechanisms in the pancreas and brain tumorsSwedish Cancer Society1 January 2018
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation1 January 2017 - 1 January 2022
- Studies of epigenetic mechanisms in the pancreas and brain tumorsSwedish Cancer Society1 January 2017
- European Research Council1 January 2017 - 30 June 2022
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2016 - 31 December 2019
- Studies of epigenetic mechanisms in the pancreas and brain tumorsSwedish Cancer Society1 January 2016