ERC funding at KI

Eduardo Villablanca, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Project: Functional cartography of intestinal host-microbiome interactions.
CartoHostBug (ERC-2023-SyG)
Collaboration with Julio Saez-Rodriguez at University Hospital Heidelberg, Stefania Giacomello at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Georg Zeller at European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

Johan Lundström, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Project: Digitising Smell: From Natural Statistics of Olfactory Perceptual Space to Digital Transmission of Odors. 
D2Smell (ERC-2023-SyG)
Collaboration with Noam Sobel at Weizmann Institute of Science and Jonathan Williams at Max Planck Society.

Vicente Pelechano, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: Unravelling the eukaryotic post-transcriptional regulatory code.
EPIC (ERC-2023-SyG) 
Collaboration with Kevin Verstrepen at Flanders Institute for Biotechnology and Julien Gagneur at Technical University of Munich.

András Simon, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Decoding the organization and regeneration of locomotor neuronal networks in tetrapods by integrating genomics, systems neuroscience, numerical modeling, and biorobotics.
SALAMANDRA (ERC-2020-SyG) 
Collaboration with Auke Ijspeert at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and Dimitri Ryczko at Université de Sherbrooke in Canada.

Mikael Rydén, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Lipid droplet hypertrophy: the link between adipocyte dysfunction and cardiometabolic diseases.
SPHERES (ERC-2019-SyG)
Collaboration with Bruno Antonny at CNRS in France and Dominique Langin at the Université Paul Sabatier in France.

Igor Adameyko, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Susanne Schlisio, Department of Oncology-Pathology.
Project: Using cell-cell interactions to unlock new cancer treatments.
KILL-OR-DIFFERENTIATE (ERC-2019-SyG) 
Igor Adameyko is also affiliated to MedUni Vienna in Austria. Collaboration with Peter Kharchenko at the Harvard Medical School in the US and Olivier Delattre at the Institut Curie in France.

Abdel El Manira, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Brainstem circuit ensembles for movement flexibility.
Ensembles (ERC-2023-AdG)

Nils-Göran Larsson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (third ERC Advanced Grant).
Project: Mutations of mtDNA - inheriting without perishing.
TransMit (ERC-2023-AdG) 

Juleen Zierath, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (second ERC Advanced Grant).
Project: Circadian Control of Systemic Metabolism in Physiology and Type 2 Diabetes.
CIRCAMET (ERC-2023-AdG) 

Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Unveiling the functional outcome of single nucleotide polymorphisms and variants in oligodendroglia in multiple sclerosis.
SingleMS (ERC-2022-AdG) 

Maria Eriksson, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Somatic mutations in vascular-wall function and age-associated disease.
SOMATICART (ERC-2022-AdG) 

Björn Högberg, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: The sequencing microscope – a path to look at the molecules of biology.
qScope (ERC-2022-AdG) 

Patrik Ernfors, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (third ERC Advanced Grant).
Project: Descending control of pain.
DescendPain (ERC-2021-AdG) 

Ernest Arenas, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: A precision cell-replacement strategy for Parkinson's Disease.
PreciseCellPD (ERC-2019-AdG) 

Per-Olof Berggren, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (second ERC Advanced Grant).
Project: A regenerative medicine approach in diabetes.
EYELETS (ERC-2018-AdG) 

Henrik Ehrsson, Department of Neuroscience. 
Project: The Unity of the Bodily Self.
SELF-UNITY (ERC-2017-AdG) 

Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: Defining human adaptive immune gene diversity and its impact on disease.
IMMUNEDIVERSITY (ERC-2017-AdG) 

Kenneth R. Chien, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: A Functional, Mature In vivo Human Ventricular Muscle Patch for Cardiomyopathy.
5D Heart Patch (ERC-2016-AdG) 

Patrik Ernfors, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (second ERC Advanced Grant). 
Project: Decomposition of pain into cell types.
PainCells (ERC-2016-AdG) 

Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. 
Project: Mimicking liver disease and regeneration in vitro for drug development and liver transplantation.
HEPASPHER (ERC-2016-AdG) 

Nils-Göran Larsson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (second ERC Advanced Grant, moved from Max Planck Institute).
Project: Treating mitochondrial disease caused by pathogenic mtDNA mutations.
mtDNA-CURE (ERC-2016-AdG) 

Jonas Frisén, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (second ERC Advanced Grant). 
Project: Exploration and promotion of neurogenesis in the adult brain
Neurogenesis (ERC-2015-AdG) 

Thomas Helleday, Department of Oncology-Pathology (second ERC Advanced Grant).
Project: Targeting oxidative repair proteins for treatment of cancer and inflammation'
TAROX (ERC-2015-AdG) – 

Ole Kiehn, Institutionen för neurovetenskap (second ERC Advanced Grant).
Project: 'Functional deciphering of the integrated brainstem connectome that selects locomotor behavior'
LocomotorIntegration (ERC-2015-AdG) – 

Klas Wiman, Department of Oncology-Pathology.
Project: Restoration of tumor suppressor function by induction of translational read-through of premature termination codons - a strategy for improved cancer therapy.
TRANSREAD (ERC-2015-AdG) 

Per-Olof Berggren, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery. 
Project: An in vivo imaging approach to understand pancreatic beta-cell signal-transduction.
BETAIMAGE (ERC-2013-AdG) 

Carlos Ibanez, Department of Neuroscience (second ERC Advanced Grant). 
Project: Understanding death-receptor signaling and physiology in the nervous system.
P75NTR (ERC-2013-AdG) 

Lars Olson, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Plasticity and formation of lasting memories in health and disease.
MEMORYSTICK (ERC-2012-AdG) 

Christer Betsholtz, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Mechanisms of regulation of the blood-brain barrier; towards opening and closing the barrier on demand.
BBBARRIER (ERC-2011-AdG) 

Jonas Frisén, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Neurogenesis in the adult human brain.
NEURAL RENEWAL (ERC-2010-AdG) 

Ole Kiehn, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Linking glutamatergic spinal cord and brainstem neuronal circuits to the control of locomotor behavior.
NEURONSINMOTION (ERC-2010-AdG)

Thomas Helleday, Department of Oncology-Pathology.
Project: GEnetic NEtworks as a tool for anti-CAncer Drug Development.
GENECADD (ERC-2010-AdG) 

Lars Klareskog, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Project: Genes, environment and immunity in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.
PREVENTRA (ERC-2009-AdG) 

Yihai Cao, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: New mechanisms of angiogenesis modulators in switching between white and brown tissue.
ANGIOFAT (ERC-2009-AdG) 

Patrik Ernfors, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics. 
Project: Identification of new mechanism of stem cell self-renewal.
STEMRENEWAL (ERC-2008-AdG) 

Carlos Ibanez, Department of Neuroscience. 
Project: Metabolic control by the TGF-x superfamily receptor ALK7: A novel regulator of insulin secretion, fat accumulation and energy balance.
ALK7 (ERC-2008-AdG) 

Jussi Taipale, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Dissecting the transcriptional mechanisms controlling growth during normal development and cancer.
GROWTHCONTROL (ERC-2008-AdG) 

Juleen Zierath, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Project: Discovery of type 2 diabetes targets.
ICEBERG (ERC-2008-AdG) 

(awarded to or moved to KI)

Pauliina Damdimopolou, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology.
Project: SAfeguarding female FERtility -development of human-relevant in vitro tools for reproductive toxicity'
SAFER (ERC-2023-CoG) –

Laura Baranello, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Mechanism and targeting of topoisomerase regulatory interactions to arrest MYC-driven tumors.
MYCinTOPshape (ERC-2022-CoG)

Simon Elsässer, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Quantitative multimodal pulse-and-label time-resolved chromatin maps
ChromaDYN (ERC-2022-CoG) 

Ulrika Marklund, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Dissecting a stepwise principle of cellular diversification to instruct regeneration in the enteric nervous system
divENSify (ERC-2021-CoG) 

Samir El Andaloussi, Department of Laboratory Medicine.
Project: Release of engineered Extracellular vesicles for delivery of Biotherapeutics
DELIVER (ERC-2020-CoG) 

Camilla Svensson, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Proejct: Autoantibodies and chronic pain - Unraveling new mechanisms contributing to pain in rheumatic disease
ANTIBODYPAIN (ERC-2019-CoG) 

Myriam Aouadi, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Revealing the contribution of liver macrophage populations to NASH in insulin resistance
MacinNASH (ERC-2019-CoG)

Jens Hjerling Leffler, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Brain cell type-specific interactions and schizophrenia
SCHIZTYPE (ERC-2018-CoG)

Anna Rising, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Novel approaches to the generation of artificial spider-silk super fibers
ARTSILK (ERC-2018-CoG) 

Maja Jagodic, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Project: Targeting the epigenome for a better understanding of disease pathogenesis and novel therapeutic strategies in Multiple Sclerosis
Epi4MS (ERC-2018-CoG) 

Olov Andersson, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: In vivo drug discovery for cellular reprogramming to β-cells; towards a future regenerative therapy for diabetes
Reprogram-Diabetes (ERC-2017-CoG) 

Anca Catrina
Project: Towards prevention of autoimmune diseases; the case of rheumatoid arthritis
PREVENT RA (ERC-2017-CoG) 

Björn Högberg, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Cellular Position Tracking Using DNA Origami Barcodes
CellTrack (ERC-2016-CoG) 

Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Reversing the epigenetic state of oligodendrocyte precursors cells in multiple sclerosis
EPIScOPE (ERC-2015-CoG) 

Weimin Ye, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Project: Understanding microbe-induced stomach cancer; the key to a workable strategy for worldwide prevention
PreventStoCan (ERC-2015-CoG) 

Rickard Sandberg, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Revealing allele-level regulation and dynamics using single-cell gene expression analyses
Allelic Regulation (ERC-2014-CoG) 

Per Svenningsson, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Project: Prosaposin and GPR37 in synucleinopathies
PROGSY (ERC-2014-CoG) 

Martin Lövdén, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society.
Project: Releasing the breaks on adult plasticity
REBOOT (ERC-2013-CoG) 

Ana Teixeira, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Project: Mechanotransduction in cell-to-cell communication
MECHCOMM (ERC-2013-CoG) 

(awarded to or moved to KI)

Charlotte Thålin, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital.
Project: Dissecting the Functional Role of Mucosal IgA Clonal and Glycoprofiles for Effective Humoral Mucosal Protection
D-MAP (ERC_2024-StG) 

William Nyberg, Department of Medicine, Huddinge. 
Project: Improving CAR-T cell therapies through AAV-mediated genetic engineering
INVIVO-CAR-T (ERC-2024-StG) 

Donghao Lu, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Project: Unveiling the Molecular Secrets of Reproductive Mood Disorders: a Multi-Omics Approach Project
MoodMAP (ERC-2024-StG) 

Alastair Kerr, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Understanding how long noncoding RNAs adapt the adipocyte for specialised lipid storage and breakdown
LNC-LIPID (ERC-2024-StG) 

Leo Hanke, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Project: Structure and Function-based Design of Vaccine Antigens and Antiviral Immunotherapies'
VaxVision (ERC-2024-StG) 

Elif Eroglu, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Tight junctions and mechanics as sensors and executers of heart regeneration'
Tightly Controlled (ERC-2024-StG)

Alessandro Furlan, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Control of body weight by specialized brain-adipose loop neurons
BrainLoops (ERC-2023-StG)

Kasper Karlsson, Department of Oncology-Pathology. 
Project: Precision Lethality to overcome clonal heterogeneity in high-risk neuroblastoma
Precision Lethality (ERC-2023-StG)

Juan Pablo Lopez, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Identifying the Fast-acting Antidepressant Signatures of Treatment Response with psychedelic compounds using a novel behavioral tracking system and single-cell resolution
FASTer (ERC-2023-StG) 

Michael Ratz, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.

Project: Revealing the wiring rules of neural circuit assembly with spatiotemporally resolved molecular connectomics

SpaRC (ERC-2023-StG) grant moved from Technical University of Munich

David Marlevi, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery.
Project: Multiscale imaging of cardiovascular pressure gradients – a paradigm shift in hemodynamic risk prediction
MultiPRESS (ERC-2022-StG) – 

Enric Llorens, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Rewiring gene regulatory circuits to enhance central nervous system repair
EnhanceRegen (ERC-2022-StG)

Onur Dagliyan, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Engineered Control of Cellular Circuits
E-CTRL (ERC-2022-StG)

Marcus Buggert, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Tracing virus-specific CD8+ T cell clonotype zonation and function in humans
TRACE (ERC-2021-StG)

Lu Yi, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Project: Subtype as a key to reduce heterogeneity of treatment effects in major depressive disorder 
SUBTREAT (ERC-2021-StG)

Björn Lindström, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Project: ‘Mechanisms of Social Learning in Social Contagion and Cultural Evolution’ (moved from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
SOLAR (ERC-2021-StG)

Niklas Björkström, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Dissecting tissue-resident lymphocyte homeostasis in humans
RESIDE (ERC-2020-StG) 

Janina Seubert, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Project: Olfaction as the link between flavour preference formation and retrieval during food consumption
OLFLINK (ERC-2020-StG)

Nils Landegren, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Project: Deciphering sex differences in the human immune system (moved to Uppsala University)
SEXimmune (ERC-2020-StG) 

Mikael Lundqvist, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Project: The Hot-Coal hypothesis of working memory (moved from Stockholm University)
Hot-Coal WM (ERC-2020-StG)

Jenny Mjösberg, Department of Medicine, Huddinge. 
Project: Single-cell analysis of intestinal lymphocytes reveals targets for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
GUT-SEQ (ERC-2019-StG) 

Maria Genander, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Redefining the esophageal stem cell niche – towards targeting of squamous cell carcinoma
TroyCAN (ERC-2019-StG)

Pia Dosenovic, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: Vaccine development against variable pathogens
VIVA (ERC-2019-StG)

Fang Fang, Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Project: Unraveling the Interplay between Metabolism, Gut Microbiome and Adaptive Immunity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
MegaALS (ERC-2018-StG)

Erik Melén, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset.
Project: Biomarkers for respiratory disease
TRIBAL (ERC-2017-StG)

Georgios Sotiriou, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: Fighting infections and antimicrobial resistance with nanoengineering
PROMETHEUS (ERC-2017-StG) 

Magda Bienko, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: Illuminating GENome Organization through integrated MIcroscopy and Sequencing
GENOMIS (ERC-2016-StG)

Simon Elsässer, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Chromatin dynamics resolved by rapid protein labeling and bioorthogonal capture
RAPID (ERC-2016-StG)

Anna Wredenberg, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Mitochondrial methylation and its role in health and disease
MitoMethylome (ERC-2016-StG)

Petter Brodin, Department of Women's and Children's Health.
Project: Shaping of the human immune system by primal environmental exposures in the newborn child
Born-Immune (ERC-2015-StG)

Lars Maegdefessel, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Project: Therapeutic and biomarker potential of long non-coding RNAs in vascular disease
NORVAS (ERC-2015-StG)

Marie Carlén, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: The role of parvalbumin in interneurons in cognition and behaviour
CogOpto (ERC-2013-STG)

Erik Ingelsson
Project: Use of -omics methods in large populations for identification of novel drug targets and clinical biomarkers for coronary heart disease
Cardiomics (ERC-2013-StG)

Pontus Boström
Project: Irisin–a novel myokine protective against metabolic disease
NOVEL_MYOKINE (ERC-2012-StG)

Yenan Bryceson, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Next-generation sequencing for detection of human primary immunodeficiency syndromes
SEQ-CYTOTOX (ERC-2012-StG)

Christian Göritz, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: The role of pericytes in central nervous system scarring and fibrosis
PERICYTESCAR (ERC-2012-StG)

Kristian Pietras
Project: Exploring the tumor as a communicating organ
TUMORGAN (ERC-2012-StG)

Tomas Renné
Project: Factor XII and the contact system: cross-talk between thrombosis and inflammation
F12 (ERC-2012-StG)

Andreas Olsson, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Project: Emotional learning in social interaction
ELSI​​​​​​​ (ERC-2011-StG)

​​​​​​​Gilad Silberberg, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Sensory integration in the striatal microcircuit
SENSTRIATUM (ERC-2011-StG) 

Andras Simon, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Novel strategies for brain regeneration
BRAINGAIN​​​​​​​ (ERC-2011-StG)

Christian Broberger, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Network principles of neuroendocrine control: Tuberoinfundibular Dopamine (TIDA) Oscillations and the Regulation of Lactation
ENDOSWITCH​​​​​​​ (ERC-2010-StG)

​​​​​​​Luca Jovine, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Molecular basis of mammalian egg-sperm interaction
GAMETE RECOGNITION (ERC-2010-StG)

​​​​​​​Sten Linnarsson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Charting the landscape of brain development by large-scale single-cell transcriptomics and phylogenetic lineage reconstruction
BRAINCELL (ERC-2010-StG)

Kirsty Spalding, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Adipose tissue mass regulation in lean and obese individuals
HUFATREG​​​​​​​ (ERC-2010-StG) 

Qiang Pan-Hammarström, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Switch recombination: A model for DNA editing and repair in human lymphocytes with relevance for primary immunodeficiency and cancer formation
IMMUNOSWITCH (ERC-2009-StG)

Rickard Sandberg, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Single-cell gene regulation in differentiation and pluripotency
SINGLE-CELL GENOMICS​​​​​​​ (ERC-2009-StG)

Henrik Ehrsson, Department of Neuroscience.
Project: Neural mechanisms of body ownership and the projection of ownership onto artificial bodies
BODY-OWNERSHIP​​​​​​​ (ERC-2007-StG)

Camilla Sjögren, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
Project: Genomic stability: Chromosome segregation and repair
GENOMIC STABILITY (ERC-2007-StG)

Georgios Sotiriou, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: Nanoengineered photoactivated drug-free antimicrobial precision treatment for chronic skin wounds
PHOTOCURE (ERC-2024-PoC)

Per-Olof Berggren, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery.
Project: Sensor islet organoids (SILORGS) for in vivo identification of anti-diabetic drugs
SILORGS (ERC-2023-PoC)

Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Project: A novel NASH model for target and drug candidate identification
SPHERO-NASH (ERC-2023-PoC)

Adam Williamson, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Project: Targeting peripheral nerves: a method for therapeutic modulation of inflammatory disease with non-invasive temporal interference
TREATMENT (ERC-2022-PoC)

Simon Elsässer, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Highly multiplexed, quantitative protein biomarker profiling
hmqPro (ERC-2022-PoC) 

Björn Högberg, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Single-molecule reconstruction for high-throughput, short-read sequencing technologies
FuseSeq (ERC-2022-PoC)

Anna Rising, Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Project: Artificial spider silk textiles
ArtSilkTex (ERC-2022-PoC)

Georgios Sotiriou, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology.
Project: Hybrid drug-loaded plasmonic photothermal microneedle patch against skin infections 
HOTSKIN (ERC-2020-PoC)

Simon Elsässer, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Highly multiplexed, quantitative epigenetic profiling
hmqChIP (ERC-2020-PoC)

Thomas Helleday, Department of Oncology-Pathology.
Project: Development of small molecule OGG1 Inhibitor and proof of concept in bleomycin-induced disease model of Inflammation and pulmonary Fibrosis
DOIIF (ERC-2020-PoC)

Per-Olof Berggren, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery.
Project: Validation of an in vivo translational medicine approach for the treatment of diabetes and diabetes complications
BETASCREEN (ERC-2016-PoC)

Thomas Helleday, Department of Oncology-Pathology.
Project: Novel viral therapy through targeting DNA repair
NOVITREP (ERC-2016-PoC)

Thomas Helleday, Department of Oncology-Pathology.
Project: Commercializing first-in-class dCTPase Inhibitors for treatment of hematological Cancers
CODIC (ERC-2015-PoC) 

Patrik Ernfors, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Project: Validation of a conceptually new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme
GlioVac (ERC-2014-PoC)

Thomas Helleday, Department of Oncology-Pathology.
Project: : Proof of concept use of MTH1 inhibitors as new treatments for cancer
POCUMINT​​​​​​​ (ERC-2013-PoC)

Lars Klareskog, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Project: Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis in Practice
PRACTICE​​​​​​​ (ERC-2012-PoC)