Thomas Helleday
Professor
E-mail: thomas.helleday@ki.se
Telephone: +46852481530
Visiting address: Scilifelab, Alpha Building Level 4, Tomtebodavägen 23a, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Helleday, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
Thomas Helleday is a Professor of Chemical Biology. In his research, he is focusing on exploiting the weaknesses of cancer cells in DNA repair and altered metabolism. His research group uses genetic tools and develops probes to study identified target proteins more closely. By selectively inhibiting DNA repair or proteins that are crucial for the growth of cancer cells, the researchers tailor new treatment methods against cancer.
Articles
- Article: COMMUNICATIONS MEDICINE. 2026;6(1):417Conroy S; Gagg H; Quayle LA; Adams JA; Williams ST; Helleday T; Hussain SA; Griffin J; Allen R; Rantala JK; Danson SJ; Catto JWF; Wells G
- Article: NPJ BREAST CANCER. 2026;12(1):52Shi W; Pan Y; Rathod B; Wang Y; Wang Z; Shen J; Gatto F; Liu M; Sun Y; Wilhelm M; Helleday T; Ulvmar MH; Windahl SH; Karlsson MCI; Fuxe J
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2026;302(4):111332Haslam J; Rudolfova N; Zhou K; Homan E; Jemth A-S; Michel M; Helleday T; Mortusewicz O
- Article: RSC CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. 2026;7(1):169-181Hank EC; D'arcy-Evans ND; Scaletti ER; Benitez-Buelga C; Wallner O; Ortis F; Zhou K; Meng L; Del Prado A; Calvo P; Almlof I; Wiita E; Nierlin K; Kosenina S; Kramer A; Eddershaw A; Kehler M; Long M; Jemth A-S; Dawson H; Stewart J; Dickey A; Astorga ME; Varga M; Homan EJ; Scobie M; Knapp S; Sastre L; Stenmark P; De Vega M; Helleday T; Michel M
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2025;68(21):22455-22483Varga M; Ortis F; Del Prado A; Eddershaw A; Scaletti Hutchinson E; Hank EC; Zhou K; Rudolfova N; Dodaro A; Wiita E; Almlof I; Karsten S; Mamonov K; Ahmed SH; Bentley K; Wallner O; Homan EJ; Scobie M; Helleday T; Prejano M; Stenmark P; de Vega M; Watson AJB; Michel M
- Article: FEBS LETTERS. 2025;599(19):2790-2801Hutchinson ES; Westergren RG; Almlof I; Jemth A-S; Scobie M; Berglund UW; Helleday T; Stenmark P
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;781:152527de Oliveira MR; Wermann KM; Varela APM; Soster PRDL; Danilevicz CK; Fiuza MFM; Vianna FSL; Wallner O; Kalderen C; Helleday T; Pettke A; Fraga LR
- Article: CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL. 2025;31(33):e202500382Kehler M; Zhou K; Kemas AM; del Prado A; Hutchinson ES; Nairn EH; Varga M; Plattner Y; Zhong Y; Purewal-Sidhu O; Haslam J; Wiita E; Gildie H; Singerova K; Szaruga Z; Almloef I; Hormann FM; Liu K-C; Wallner O; Ortis F; Homan EJ; Gileadi O; Rudd SG; Stenmark P; de Vega M; Helleday T; D'Arcy-Evans ND; Lauschke VM; Michel M
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;16(1):1741Luttens A; Vo DD; Scaletti ER; Wiita E; Almlof I; Wallner O; Davies J; Kosenina S; Meng L; Long M; Mortusewicz O; Masuyer G; Ballante F; Michel M; Homan E; Scobie M; Kalderen C; Berglund UW; Tarnovskiy AV; Radchenko DS; Moroz YS; Kihlberg J; Stenmark P; Helleday T; Carlsson J
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):10347Valerie NCK; Sanjiv K; Mortusewicz O; Zhang SM; Alam S; Pires MJ; Stigsdotter H; Rasti A; Langelier M-F; Rehling D; Throup A; Purewal-Sidhu O; Desroses M; Onireti J; Wakchaure P; Almloef I; Bostrom J; Bevc L; Benzi G; Stenmark P; Pascal JM; Helleday T; Page BDG; Altun M
- Article: FEBS JOURNAL. 2024;291(19):4301-4322Scaletti ER; Unterlass JE; Almlof I; Koolmeister T; Vallin KS; Kapsitidou D; Tsuber V; Helleday T; Stenmark P; Jemth A-S
- Article: MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY. 2024;18(9):2179-2195Marttila P; Bonagas N; Chalkiadaki C; Stigsdotter H; Schelzig K; Shen J; Farhat CM; Hondema A; Albers J; Wiita E; Rasti A; Warpman Berglund U; Slipicevic A; Mortusewicz O; Helleday T
- Article: ONCOGENESIS. 2024;13(1):17Shen J; Mancina EG; Chen S; Manolakou T; Gad H; Berglund UW; Sanjiv K; Helleday T
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):3475Zhang N; Harbers L; Simonetti M; Diekmann C; Verron Q; Berrino E; Bellomo SE; Longo GMC; Ratz M; Schultz N; Tarish F; Su P; Han B; Wang W; Onorato S; Grassini D; Ballarino R; Giordano S; Yang Q; Sapino A; Frisén J; Alkass K; Druid H; Roukos V; Helleday T; Marchiò C; Bienko M; Crosetto N
- Article: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. 2024;15(2):150Fabbrizi MR; Nickson CM; Hughes JR; Robinson EA; Vaidya K; Rubbi CP; Kacperek A; Bryant HE; Helleday T; Parsons JL
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2024;27(2):108907Zhang SM; Paulin CBJ; Shu H; Yagu-Capilla M; Michel M; Marttila P; Ortis F; Bwanika HC; Dirks C; Venkatram RP; Wiita E; Jemth A-S; Almlof I; Loseva O; Hormann FM; Koolmeister T; Linde E; Lee S; Llona-Minguez S; Haraldsson M; Axelsson H; Stromberg K; Homan EJ; Scobie M; Lundback T; Helleday T; Rudd SG
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2023;26(29)Odell LR; Skillinghaug B; Matt C; Wu P; Koolmeister T; Desroses M; Llona-Minguez S; Wallner O; Helleday T; Scobie M
- Article: BLOOD. 2023;141(26):3166-3183Largeot A; Klapp V; Viry E; Gonder S; Botana IF; Blomme A; Benzarti M; Pierson S; Duculty C; Marttila P; Wierz M; Gargiulo E; Pagano G; An N; El Hachem N; Hernandez DP; Chakraborty S; Ysebaert L; Francois J-H; Clemente SC; Berchem G; Efremov DG; Dittmar G; Szpakowska M; Chevigne A; Nazarov PV; Helleday T; Close P; Meiser J; Stamatopoulos B; Desaubry L; Paggetti J; Moussay E
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2023;42(16):1282-1293Walter M; Mayr F; Hanna BMF; Cookson V; Mortusewicz O; Helleday T; Herr P
- Article: NATURE METABOLISM. 2023;5(4):642-659Green AC; Marttila P; Kiweler N; Chalkiadaki C; Wiita E; Cookson V; Lesur A; Eiden K; Bernardin F; Vallin KSA; Borhade S; Long M; Ghahe EK; Jimenez-Alonso JJ; Jemth A-S; Loseva O; Mortusewicz O; Meyers M; Viry E; Johansson AI; Hodek O; Homan E; Bonagas N; Ramos L; Sandberg L; Frodin M; Moussay E; Slipicevic A; Letellier E; Paggetti J; Sorensen CS; Helleday T; Henriksson M; Meiser J
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All other publications
- Letter: EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY. 2025;14(1):88Mitotic MTH1 inhibitor karonudib kills epithelial ovarian cancer independent of platinum sensitivityHurley RM; Wagner JM; Kanakkanthara A; Venkatachalam A; Deisinger AM; Correia C; Schneider PA; Peterson KL; Macon EP; Heinzen EP; Sanjiv K; Hou X; Becker MA; Maurer MJ; Larson MC; Swisher EM; Li H; Oberg AL; Weroha SJ; Berglund UW; Helleday T; Kaufmann SH; Hendrickson AEW
- Review: MOLECULAR CELL. 2025;85(10):1897-1906Mortusewicz O; Haslam J; Gad H; Helleday T
- Review: EXPERT REVIEW OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;20(8):821-838Rahman MM; Wells G; Rantala JK; Helleday T; Muthana M; Danson SJ
- Review: CANCER RESEARCH. 2024;84(1):9-16Ramos L; Henriksson M; Helleday T; Green AC
- Review: F1000RESEARCH. 2023;12:954Gagg H; Williams ST; Conroy S; Myers KN; McGarrity-Cottrell C; Jones C; Helleday T; Rantala J; Rominiyi O; Danson SJ; Collis SJ; Wells G
- Review: MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY. 2022;16(21):3792-3810Helleday T; Rudd SG
- Review: EXPERT REVIEWS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2022;24:e39Williams ST; Wells G; Conroy S; Gagg H; Allen R; Rominiyi O; Helleday T; Hullock K; Pennington CEW; Rantala J; Collis SJ; Danson SJ
- Editorial: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2022;12(8):e1035Benitez-Buelga C; Helleday T; Michel M
- Meeting abstract: CANCER RESEARCH. 2022;82(10):pr016Erickson A; Berglund E; He M; Marklund M; Mirzazadeh R; Schultz N; Bergenstrahle L; Kvastad L; Andersson A; Bergenstrahle J; Larsson L; Shamikh A; Basmaci E; De Stahl TD; Rajakumar T; Thrane K; Ji AL; Khavari PA; Tarish F; Tanoglidi A; Maaskola J; Colling R; Mirtti T; Hamdy FC; Woodcock DJ; Helleday T; Mills IG; Lamb AD
- Editorial: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2022;142(3 PT A):736-740.e6Das I; Tuominen R; Helleday T; Hansson J; Berglund UW; Brage SE
- Corrigendum: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2021;27(21):6066Al-Ubaidi FLT; Schultz N; Loseva O; Egevad L; Granfors T; Helleday T
- Meeting abstract: BLOOD. 2020;136:18-19Oksvold MP; Berglund UW; Gad H; Bai B; Stokke T; Rein ID; Pham T; Sanjiv K; Oy GF; Norum JH; Smeland EB; Myklebust JH; Helleday T; Vatsveen TK
- Meeting abstract: CANCER RESEARCH. 2020;80(16):5204Benitez-Buelga C; Visnes T; Sanjiv K; Mortusewicz O; Berglund UW; Helleday T
- Meeting abstract: CANCER RESEARCH. 2020;80(16):4799Rajagopal V; Marimuthu K; Benitez-Buelga C; Wallner O; Homan E; Scobie M; Kalderen C; Helleday T; Berglund UW; Sanjiv K
- Meeting abstract: CANCER RESEARCH. 2020;80(16):1057Helleday T
- Editorial: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2020;31(5):553-555Cortiula F; Pettke A; Bartoletti M; Puglisi F; Helleday T
- Corrigendum: ONCOTARGET. 2020;11(8):827Pudelko L; Rouhi P; Sanjiv K; Gad H; Kalderén C; Höglund A; Squatrito M; Schuhmacher AJ; Edwards S; Hägerstrand D; Berglund UW; Helleday T; Bräutigam L
- Meeting abstract: CANCER RESEARCH. 2020;80(4):es12-2-es12-2Helleday T
- Corrigendum: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. 2020;11(2):99Einarsdottir BO; Karlsson J; Soderberg EMV; Lindberg MF; Funck-Brentano E; Jespersen H; Brynjolfsson SF; Bagge RO; Carstam L; Scobie M; Koolmeister T; Wallner O; Stierner U; Berglund UW; Ny L; Nilsson LM; Larsson E; Helleday T; Nilsson JA
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Employments
- Professor, Chemical Biology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2018-
- Professor, Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-2017
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Stockholm University