Sten Eirik Jacobsen
Professor/Senior Physician
E-mail: sten.eirik.jacobsen@ki.se
Visiting address: NEO Medicinaren 25, HERM plan 7, Hälsovägen 7C (lastkaj), 14157 Huddinge/Stockholm
Postal address: H7 Medicin, Huddinge, H7 HERM Jacobsen, 171 77 Stockholm
Part of:
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Hematopoietic stem cells in normal and malignant development and regenerative medicine – Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen's research group
About me
Sten Eirik Waelgaard Jacobsen, Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge, and the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, researches how bone marrow stem cells produce blood cells. His research involves exploring the mechanisms and regulation of healthy blood formation and the causes of diseases of the blood, such as leukaemia.
Selected publications
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS CANCER. 2025;25(12):965-985Foldvari Z; Brennan MS; Titov A; Jacobsen SEW; Olweus J
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2025;57(12):3088-3100Yoshizato T; Nilsson C; Grasso F; Hogstrand K; Mazzi S; Winroth A; Lehander M; Barbosa I; Waldin G; Mortera-Blanco T; Jansson M; Widfeldt MH; Aliouat A; Brennan MS; Markljung E; Hillen A; Chari E; Hellstrom-Lindberg E; Kretzschmar WW; Woll PS; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;25(6):1007-1019Carrelha J; Mazzi S; Winroth A; Hagemann-Jensen M; Ziegenhain C; Hogstrand K; Seki M; Brennan MS; Lehander M; Wu B; Meng Y; Markljung E; Norfo R; Ishida H; Stralin KB; Grasso F; Karali CS; Aliouat A; Hillen A; Chari E; Siletti K; Thongjuea S; Mead AJ; Linnarsson S; Nerlov C; Sandberg R; Yoshizato T; Woll PS; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: BLOOD. 2024;143(11):953-966Dimitriou M; Mortera-Blanco T; Tobiasson M; Mazzi S; Lehander M; Hoegstrand K; Karimi M; Walldin G; Jansson M; Vonlanthen S; Ljungman P; Langemeijer S; Yoshizato T; Hellstroem-Lindberg E; Woll PS; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NATURE CANCER. 2023;4(10):1474-1490Giannakopoulou E; Lehander M; Virding Culleton S; Yang W; Li Y; Karpanen T; Yoshizato T; Rustad EH; Nielsen MM; Bollineni RC; Tran TT; Delic-Sarac M; Gjerdingen TJ; Douvlataniotis K; Laos M; Ali M; Hillen A; Mazzi S; Chin DWL; Mehta A; Holm JS; Bentzen AK; Bill M; Griffioen M; Gedde-Dahl T; Lehmann S; Jacobsen SEW; Woll PS; Olweus J
- Article: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY. 2022;40(4):488-498Ali M; Giannakopoulou E; Li Y; Lehander M; Culleton SV; Yang W; Knetter C; Odabasi MC; Bollineni RC; Yang X; Foldvari Z; Boschen M-L; Taraldsrud E; Stronen E; Toebes M; Hillen A; Mazzi S; de Ru AH; Janssen GMC; Kolstad A; Tjonnfjord GE; Lie BA; Griffioen M; Lehmann S; Osnes LT; Buechner J; Garcia KC; Schumacher TN; van Veelen PA; Leisegang M; Jacobsen SEW; Woll P; Olweus J
- Article: CANCER CELL. 2018;33(2):274-291.e8Ezh2 and Runx1 Mutations Collaborate to Initiate Lympho-Myeloid Leukemia in Early Thymic ProgenitorsBooth CAG; Barkas N; Neo WH; Boukarabila H; Soilleux EJ; Giotopoulos G; Farnoud N; Giustacchini A; Ashley N; Carrelha J; Jamieson L; Atkinson D; Bouriez-Jones T; Prinjha RK; Milne TA; Teachey DT; Papaemmanuil E; Huntly BJP; Jacobsen SEW; Mead AJ
- Article: NATURE. 2018;554(7690):106-111Carrelha J; Meng Y; Kettyle LM; Luis TC; Norfo R; Alcolea V; Boukarabila H; Grasso F; Gambardella A; Grover A; Hogstrand K; Lord AM; Sanjuan-Pla A; Woll PS; Nerlov C; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 2017;23(6):692-702Giustacchini A; Thongjuea S; Barkas N; Woll PS; Povinelli BJ; Booth CAG; Sopp P; Norfo R; Rodriguez-Meira A; Ashley N; Jamieson L; Vyas P; Anderson K; Segerstolpe A; Qian H; Olsson-Stromberg U; Mustjoki S; Sandberg R; Jacobsen SEW; Mead AJ
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;17(12):1424-1435Luis TC; Luc S; Mizukami T; Boukarabila H; Thongjuea S; Woll PS; Azzoni E; Giustacchini A; Lutteropp M; Bouriez-Jones T; Vaidya H; Mead AJ; Atkinson D; Boiers C; Carrelha J; Macaulay IC; Patient R; Geissmann F; Nerlov C; Sandberg R; de Bruijn MFTR; Blackburn CC; Godin I; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;17(6):666-676Drissen R; Buza-Vidas N; Woll P; Thongjuea S; Gambardella A; Giustacchini A; Mancini E; Zriwil A; Lutteropp M; Grover A; Mead A; Sitnicka E; Jacobsen SEW; Nerlov C
- Article: CANCER CELL. 2014;25(6):794-808Woll PS; Kjallquist U; Chowdhury O; Doolittle H; Wedge DC; Thongjuea S; Erlandsson R; Ngara M; Anderson K; Deng Q; Mead AJ; Stenson L; Giustacchini A; Duarte S; Giannoulatou E; Taylor S; Karimi M; Scharenberg C; Mortera-Blanco T; Macaulay IC; Clark S-A; Dybedal I; Josefsen D; Fenaux P; Hokland P; Holm MS; Cazzola M; Malcovati L; Tauro S; Bowen D; Boultwood J; Pellagatti A; Pimanda JE; Unnikrishnan A; Vyas P; Goehring G; Schlegelberger B; Tobiasson M; Kvalheim G; Constantinescu SN; Nerlov C; Nilsson L; Campbell PJ; Sandberg R; Papaemmanuil E; Hellstrom-Lindberg E; Linnarsson S; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: CELL STEM CELL. 2013;13(5):535-548Boiers C; Carrelha J; Lutteropp M; Luc S; Green JCA; Azzoni E; Woll PS; Mead AJ; Hultquist A; Swiers G; Perdiguero EG; Macaulay IC; Melchiori L; Luis TC; Kharazi S; Bouriez-Jones T; Deng Q; Ponten A; Atkinson D; Jensen CT; Sitnicka E; Geissmann F; Godin I; Sandberg R; de Bruijn MFTR; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NATURE. 2013;502(7470):232-236Sanjuan-Pla A; Macaulay IC; Jensen CT; Woll PS; Luis TC; Mead A; Moore S; Carella C; Matsuoka S; Jones TB; Chowdhury O; Stenson L; Lutteropp M; Green JCA; Facchini R; Boukarabila H; Grover A; Gambardella A; Thongjuea S; Carrelha J; Tarrant P; Atkinson D; Clark S-A; Nerlov C; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2010;363(11):1025-1037Tehranchi R; Woll PS; Anderson K; Buza-Vidas N; Mizukami T; Mead AJ; Astrand-Grundstrom I; Strombeck B; Horvat A; Ferry H; Dhanda RS; Hast R; Ryden T; Vyas P; Gohring G; Schlegelberger B; Johansson B; Hellstrom-Lindberg E; List A; Nilsson L; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2007;26(4):407-419Mansson R; Hultquist A; Luc S; Yang L; Anderson K; Kharazi S; Al-Hashmi S; Liuba K; Thoren L; Adolfsson J; Buza-Vidas N; Qian H; Soneji S; Enver T; Sigvardsson M; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 2005;11(6):630-637Castor A; Nilsson L; Åstrand-Grundström I; Buitenhuis M; Ramirez C; Anderson K; Strömbeck B; Garwicz S; Békássy AN; Schmiegelow K; Lausen B; Hokland P; Lehmann S; Juliusson G; Johansson B; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: CELL. 2005;121(2):295-306Adolfsson J; Månsson R; Buza-Vidas N; Hultquist A; Liuba K; Jensen CT; Bryder D; Yang LP; Borge OJ; Thoren LAM; Anderson K; Sitnicka E; Sasaki Y; Sigvardsson M; Jacobsen SEW
Articles
- Journal article: NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2025;4(12):1642-1661Neo WH; Fadlullah MZH; Bhatnagar H; Barone C; Quattrini G; Timoteo-Ferreira F; Carrelha J; Sala G; Sellers R; Weightman J; Breitwieser W; Moncaut N; Thambyrajah R; Jacobsen SEW; Iqbal M; Baker SM; Azzoni E; Lie-A-Ling M; Lacaud G
- Article: NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2025;4(12):1642-1661Neo WH; Fadlullah MZH; Bhatnagar H; Barone C; Quattrini G; Timóteo-Ferreira F; Carrelha J; Sala G; Sellers R; Weightman J; Breitwieser W; Moncaut N; Thambyrajah R; Jacobsen SEW; Iqbal M; Baker SM; Azzoni E; Lie-A-Ling M; Lacaud G
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2025;15(1):42018Lutz C; Turati VA; Clifford R; Woll PS; Stiehl T; Castor A; Clark SA; Ferry H; Buckle V; Trumpp A; Ho A; Marciniak-Czochra A; Herrero J; Schuh A; Jacobsen SEW; Enver T
- Journal article: ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;178(2):300-304Creignou M; Sirenko M; Moura PL; Mortera-Blanco T; Dimitriou M; Sander B; Domenico D; Arango Ossa JE; Tesi B; Beck DB; Woll P; Jacobsen S-EW; Papaemmanuil E; Bernard E; Hellström-Lindberg E
- Article: BLOOD NEOPLASIA. 2024;1(2):100011Moura PL; Nannya Y; Aliouat A; Hofman IJ; Mortera-Blanco T; Yoshizato T; Saiki R; Nakagawa MM; Creignou M; Björklund A-C; Walldin G; Barbosa I; Jansson M; Grasso F; Elvarsdottir EM; Woll PS; Jacobsen SEW; Ogawa S; Hellström-Lindberg E
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2024;42(12):1378-1390Tobiasson M; Pandzic T; Illman J; Nilsson L; Westrom S; Ejerblad E; Olesen G; Bjorklund A; Olsnes Kittang A; Werlenius O; Lorentz F; Rasmussen B; Cammenga J; Weber D; Lindholm C; Wiggh J; Dimitriou M; Moen AE; Lundstrom LY; von Bahr L; Baltzer-Sollander K; Jadersten M; Kytola S; Walldin G; Ljungman P; Groenbaek K; Mielke S; Jacobsen SEW; Ebeling F; Cavelier L; Smidstrup Friis L; Dybedal I; Hellstrom-Lindberg E
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2024;84(2):211-225Moura PL; Mortera-Blanco T; Hofman IJ; Todisco G; Kretzschmar WW; Bjoerklund A-C; Creignou M; Hagemann-Jensen M; Ziegenhain C; Cabrerizo Granados D; Barbosa I; Walldin G; Jansson M; Ashley N; Mead AJ; Lundin V; Dimitriou M; Yoshizato T; Woll PS; Ogawa S; Sandberg R; Jacobsen SEW; Hellstrom-Lindberg E
- Article: AUTOPHAGY. 2024;20(1):45-57Borsa M; Obba S; Richter FC; Zhang H; Riffelmacher T; Carrelha J; Alsaleh G; Jacobsen SEW; Simon AK
- Article: BLOOD. 2023;142(19):1622-1632Matsuoka S; Facchini R; Luis TC; Carrelha J; Woll PS; Mizukami T; Wu B; Boukarabila H; Buono M; Norfo R; Arai F; Suda T; Mead AJ; Nerlov C; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2023;29(20):4256-4267Todisco G; Creignou M; Bernard E; Bjorklund A-C; Moura PL; Tesi B; Mortera-Blanco T; Sander B; Jansson M; Walldin G; Barbosa I; Reinsbach SE; Hofman IJ; Nilsson C; Yoshizato T; Dimitriou M; Chang D; Olafsdottir S; Larsson SV; Tobiasson M; Malcovati L; Woll P; Jacobsen SEW; Papaemmanuil E; Hellstroem-Lindberg E
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):6062Luis TC; Barkas N; Carrelha J; Giustacchini A; Mazzi S; Norfo R; Wu B; Aliouat A; Guerrero JA; Rodriguez-Meira A; Bouriez-Jones T; Macaulay IC; Jasztal M; Zhu G; Ni H; Robson MJ; Blakely RD; Mead AJ; Nerlov C; Ghevaert C; Jacobsen SEW
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2023;55(9):1531-1541Rodriguez-Meira A; Norfo R; Wen S; Chedeville AL; Rahman H; O'Sullivan J; Wang G; Louka E; Kretzschmar WW; Paterson A; Brierley C; Martin J-E; Demeule C; Bashton M; Sousos N; Moralli D; Meem LS; Carrelha J; Wu B; Hamblin A; Guermouche H; Pasquier F; Marzac C; Girodon F; Vainchenker W; Drummond M; Harrison C; Chapman JR; Plo I; Jacobsen SEW; Psaila B; Thongjuea S; Antony-Debre I; Mead AJ
- Article: GENOME BIOLOGY. 2023;24(1):152Wojtowicz EE; Mistry JJ; Uzun V; Hellmich C; Scoones A; Chin DW; Kettyle LM; Grasso F; Lord AM; Wright DJ; Etherington GJ; Woll PS; Belderbos ME; Bowles KM; Nerlov C; Haerty W; Bystrykh LV; Jacobsen SEW; Rushworth SA; Macaulay IC
- Article: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. 2023;25(6):812-822Meng Y; Carrelha J; Drissen R; Ren X; Zhang B; Gambardella A; Valletta S; Thongjuea S; Jacobsen SE; Nerlov C
- Article: BLOOD. 2022;139(4):629-634Chin DWL; Yoshizato T; Culleton SV; Grasso F; Barbachowska M; Ogawa S; Jacobsen SEW; Woll PS
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;208(2):358-370Czeh M; Stable S; Kramer S; Tepe L; Talyan S; Carrelha J; Meng Y; Heitplatz B; Schwabenland M; Milsom MD; Plass C; Prinz M; Schlesner M; Andrade-Navarro MA; Nerlov C; Jacobsen SEW; Lipka DB; Rosenbauer F
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2021;37(11):110103Azzoni E; Frontera V; Anselmi G; Rode C; James C; Deltcheva EM; Demian AS; Brown J; Barone C; Patelli A; Harman JR; Nicholls M; Conway SJ; Morrissey E; Jacobsen SEW; Sparrow DB; Harris AL; Enver T; de Bruijn MFTR
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):7019Neo WH; Meng Y; Rodriguez-Meira A; Fadlullah MZH; Booth CAG; Azzoni E; Thongjuea S; de Bruijn MFTR; Jacobsen SEW; Mead AJ; Lacaud G
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2021;138:146Moura PL; Mortera-Blanco T; Hofman IJF; Todisco G; Kretzschmar WW; Barbosa I; Bjorklund A-C; Walldin G; Jansson M; Yoshizato T; Woll PS; Jacobsen SEW; Lindberg EH
- Article: NATURE CANCER. 2021;2(8):835-852Turati VA; Guerra-Assuncao JA; Potter NE; Gupta R; Ecker S; Daneviciute A; Tarabichi M; Webster AP; Ding C; May G; James C; Brown J; Conde L; Russell LJ; Ancliff P; Inglott S; Cazzaniga G; Biondi A; Hall GW; Lynch M; Hubank M; Macaulay I; Beck S; Van Loo P; Jacobsen SE; Greaves M; Herrero J; Enver T
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All other publications
- Editorial: NATURE GENETICS. 2025;57(12):2958-2959Yoshizato T; Jacobsen SEW
- Dataset: KI DATA REPOSITORY. 2025Yoshizato T; Jacobsen SE
- Dataset: KI DATA REPOSITORY. 2025Yoshizato T; Jacobsen SE
- Editorial: CELL RESEARCH. 2025;35(2):93-94Jacobsen SEW
- Letter: ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;178(2):300-304Creignou M; Sirenko M; Moura PL; Mortera-Blanco T; Dimitriou M; Sander B; Domenico D; Ossa JEA; Tesi B; Beck DB; Woll P; Jacobsen S-EW; Papaemmanuil E; Bernard E; Hellstrom-Lindberg E
- Editorial: CELL RESEARCH. 2024;34(12):826-827Jacobsen SEW
- Editorial: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;25(6):955-956Mazzi S; Jacobsen SEW
- Dataset: KI DATA REPOSITORY. 2023Yoshizato T; Jacobsen SE
- Letter: CELL RESEARCH. 2023;33(11):883-886Stralin KB; Carrelha J; Winroth A; Ziegenhain C; Hagemann-Jensen M; Kettyle LM; Hillen A; Hogstrand K; Markljung E; Grasso F; Seki M; Mazzi S; Meng Y; Wu B; Chari E; Lehander M; Sandberg R; Woll PS; Jacobsen SEW
- Letter: BLOOD ADVANCES. 2022;6(16):4705-4709Hofman IJF; Mortera-Blanco T; Moura PL; Vestlund J; Larsson SV; Elvarsdottir EM; Walldin G; Tobiasson M; Sander B; Dimitriou M; Jacobsen S-EW; Woll PS; Jadersten M; Hellstrom-Lindberg E
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2022;292(2):262-277Woll PS; Yoshizato T; Hellstrom-Lindberg E; Fioretos T; Ebert BL; Jacobsen SEW
- Editorial: ONCOTARGET. 2013;4(6):814-815Mead AJ; Constantinescu SN; Jacobsen SEW
- Letter: LEUKEMIA. 2013;27(5):1204-1207Lutz C; Woll PS; Hall G; Castor A; Dreau H; Cazzaniga G; Zuna J; Jensen C; Clark SA; Biondi A; Mitchell C; Ferry H; Schuh A; Buckle V; Jacobsen S-EW; Enver T
- Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2012;366(10):967-969Mead AJ; Rugless MJ; Jacobsen SEW; Schuh A
- Editorial: CELL STEM CELL. 2011;8(3):242-244Vyas P; Jacobsen SEW
- Editorial: NATURE. 2009;461(7261):183-184Enver T; Jacobsen SEW
- Review: SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;20(4):213-220Luc S; Buza-Vidas N; Jacobsen SEW
- Letter: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2007;8(9):897Jensen CT; Kharazi S; Boeiers C; Liuba K; Jacobsen SEW
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2007;1106:89-94Luc S; Buza-Vidas N; Jacobsen SEW
- Editorial: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2005;6(3):234-236Jacobsen SEW
Grants
- Wallenberg Scholar 2024Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse1 July 2025 - 30 June 2029
- Surveillance and targeting of cancer stem cells in myeloid dysplastic syndromesSwedish Cancer Society1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
- Stem cells in normal and malignant hematopoiesisSwedish Research Council1 January 2023 - 30 November 2028
- Torsten Söderbergs Academy Professor/ Prize in Medicine 2015, Research grantTorsten Söderberg Foundation1 January 2020 - 31 December 2025
Employments
- Professor Emeritus, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, 2025-
- Professor/Senior Physician, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2014-
- Professor/Senior Physician, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2014-
- Professor, Visiting/Senior Physician, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2010-2014