Research infrastructure and environments
Karolinska Institutet offers a wide range of service laboratories, competence centres and apparatus in areas such as imaging, biostatistics, biobanking, proteomics and genomics, and has a coherent organiation for animal research. In recent years, our two main campuses in the Stockholm area have expanded rappidly, with new buildings for laboratories, offices and animal facilities. The KI University Library is the largest medical library in Scandinavia and open to the public.
SciLifeLab at KI
SciLifeLab is a collaborative effort among several Swedish universities and a distributed national research infrastructure. SciLifeLab's mission is to provide cutting-edge technologies that enable large-scale analysis of biological processes at the molecular level. The SciLifeLab facility in Solna is the largest site for cooperation and is conveniently located near Karolinska Institutet’s north campus.
Research buildings
ANA Futura
ANA Futura is located on Campus Flemingsberg, south of Stockholm city and is a translationally integrated research environment, equipped for cutting-edge research, where boundaries between departments and disciplines are torn down and researchers collaborate. There is a large selection of core facilities, advanced labs and function rooms.
Bioclinicum
The research house Bioclinicum at Karolinska University Hospital, Solna is a hub for clinical research and is planned to increase the integration between research, education and medical care. Several of KI's clinical departments have premises in the building that also houses a clinical training center.
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Biomedicum
Biomedicum gathers a major part of the experimental research on Campus Solna under one roof — in an advanced research environment that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and pioneering results. The house is situated near by Aula Medica and Karolinska University Hospital, with a roofed bridge to the Bioclinicum building.
Neo
Neo opened in 2018 and is a building for experimental biomedical research on Campus Flemingsberg. In addition to being a living and creative hub for research, there are also state-of-the-art lecture halls and meeting rooms. Neo and ANA Futura together form Laboratory of the future.
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Research at our departments
KI has 22 departments divided into three departmental or campus groups. These departments are central to the academic environment at our university, with responsibilities encompassing scientific strategy, finance, and administration. Find a brief overview of the departments' scientific focus and links to their webpages.
Collaboration with the healthcare services
Research and education at Karolinska Institutet are closely intertwined with the healthcare sector. We collaborate with various regional stakeholders, especially with Region Stockholm, and a considerable part of our research is conducted in a clinical environment.
Innovation support
KI Innovations serves as both the innovation support system for Karolinska Institutet and an incubator. Their mission is to facilitate and guide the transformation of research-based ideas, discoveries, and academic knowledge into practical innovations that contribute to a healthier future for everyone.
University library
Karolinska Institutet University Library (KIB) offers support throughout the entire research process – from literature search and strategic publication advising to bibliometric analysis and lending services. KIB is located at our campuses in Solna and Flemingsberg and also boasts a well-developed digital infrastructure.
Selected news
New center to strengthen investment in cell, gene and tissue therapies
Karolinska University Hospital's Director Björn Zoëga and Karolinska Institutet's President Annika Östman Wernerson have signed an agreement to establish a joint center for advanced cell, gene and tissue therapies.
What the new biobank act means for you as a researcher
A new Swedish biobank act comes into force on July 1. It is expected to make it easier for researchers to use biobanks – i.e. collections of samples of human and fetal tissue – and to collaborate. Read more on KI News.
Agreement with the digital research infrastructure EBRAINS
KI has joined the European research infrastructure EBRAINS, which offers digital tools and services for research into the brain. The purpose is to give KI's researchers access to state-of-the-art resources and to contribute to the development of the area of neuroscience within the EU.
New grant makes KI's brain-imaging lab NatMEG world-class
The national MEG lab at KI is already the only lab in Sweden with equipment to measure neuronal brain activity in real time across the entire brain. Now, a new sensor-system upgrade to its technical equipment will make the lab an international leader in the field.
SEK 30 million for new centre of excellence at KI
Five researchers at Karolinska Institutet are awarded 30 million Swedish kronor from the Swedish Research Council (VR) to establish a so-called centre of excellence for further development of cell-based cancer treatments. The funds will be distributed over five years, with the potential for another five years of funding after evaluation.
Tomorrow’s CT scanner soon to be introduced in Swedish healthcare
It’s described as a technological advance in computed tomography and the hope is that this imaging technique will eventually become hospital standard. At the end of October, a new type of CT scanner will be unveiled in MedTechLabs, an interdisciplinary centre set up by Karolinska Institutet, the Royal Institute of Technology, and Region Stockholm.
Strengthened collaboration with Hungary in the field of cancer
Karolinska Institutet has signed a collaborative agreement with the Hungarian National Institute of Oncology, NIO. The planned collaboration will primarily take place within the framework of Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Centre together with Karolinska University Hospital.
KI participates in the construction of a vaccine network in the EU
KI and Karolinska University Hospital are contributing to a new network (VACCELERATE) for the evaluation and testing of new vaccines. Responsible for KI is Christian Giske and Matti Sällberg at the Department of Laboratory Medicine.
New virtual center for precision medicine
KI and Karolinska University Hospital are establishing a joint virtual center for precision medicine (PMCK) with Professor Anna Wedell as acting director. The purpose is to accelerate the introduction of precision medicine in health care in Stockholm.
New core facility offers world class imaging technique
In the basement of Wargentin House on Solna campus there are several cryo-electron microscopes of the latest models, that can be used by both KI researchers and external customers. Read an interview with Martin Hällberg, director of the new 3D-EM facility.
New Centre of Excellence at KI for treatment of cancer
Karolinska Institutet has been granted funding from Sweden's innovation agency Vinnova to start a new centre of excellence. The centre will focus on developing next-generation immunotherapy based on NK-cells for the treatment of cancer.