Antonio Gigliotti Rothfuchs

My group works on tuberculosis. 

I have more than 20 years of research experience with intracellular 
pathogens, primarily Mycobacterium species, under Biosafety Level 2 (BSL2)
and BSL3, and in mouse models. From 2017-2025 I was Chairman of the Biosafety

Committee at Karolinska Institutet and helped to oversee KI's regulations on biosafety,  
containment work in different biosafety levels and the handling of genetically-modified

microorganisms. Since 2019 I am Director of the BSL3 Biomedicum Core Facility in

Solna which supports research on risk group 3 bacteria, parasites and viruses.

Associate Professor of Immunology (Docent), Karolinska Institutet. 2014
Doctor of Medical Science (PhD) in Immunobiology, Karolinska Institutet. 2004
Master of Medical Science with a Major in Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet. 1999

My group is interested in airborne transmission of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in techniques to capture and analyze pathogens

in the air. We have developed a specialized platform in BSL3 where pathogens can be

safely and experimentally aerosolized, collected and analyzed. We use this platform

to investigate the performance of in-house and commercial samplers for M. tuberculosis;

and to study the effects of aerosol transport on the survival, gene expression, infectivity

and immune response of M. tuberculosis.

Coordinator, KI Summer School in Medical Research (KISS) (https://education.ki.se/kiss)
Teacher, Basic Laboratory Safety (PhD course 2690, Karolinska Institutet)
Teacher, Immunology and Microbiology (Bachelor scouse 1BI041, Karolinska Institutet)

Teacher, Molecular Infection Biology (Masters course 1BG323, Uppsala Universitet)