Biosafety and translational facilities
Karolinska Institutet collaborates closely with the healthcare sector, mainly in the Stockholm region. On this page we have collected clinical and translational research infrastructures and different kinds of laboratory resources, including BSL-3.
Academic Specialist Centre Study Unit
The Study Unit of the Stockholm Academic Specialist Centre (in Swedish: Akademiskt specialistcentrum – studieenheten) provides support to conduct clinical studies within the Region Stockholm health care system. Information in Swedish only.
ANA Futura BSL3 Core Facility
The ANA Futura BSL3 Core Facility is situated in Campus Flemingsberg. The facility has three culture rooms for work with airborne pathogens, and a dedicated room for FACS sorting. This facility is a biosafety level 3 resource for academia, health care and industry.
This facility is available through the iLab booking system for core facilities.
Biosafety Level 3 laboratory at Biomedicum
The Biosafety Level (BSL)-3 laboratory is a state-of-the-art infrastructure located in Biomedicum, Solna campus. The facility enables research on highly-pathogenic bacteria, viruses and parasites.
Clinical Genomics
The unit Clinical Genomics provides a dedicated research infrastructure for projects utilizing massively parallel / next generation sequencing technologies. The unit serves as a competence center assisting the translation of genomics-based tools to routine clinical care. All projects are carried out in close collaboration with the Swedish healthcare system and medical expertise provided by the clinical diagnostic laboratories and patients’ managing physicians. The facility is managed within the SciLifeLab research cluster.
This facility is available through the iLab booking system for core facilities.
eHealth Core Facility
The eHealth Core Facility aims to establish a sustainable and efficient organisation to support healthcare research and development at KI, in the Stockholm region and nationally. The facility consists of four nodes at different departments at KI.
Facility for Advanced Cell and Tissue Culturing
Primary cells constitute a valuable resource for studies of disease mechanisms. Facility for Advanced Cell and Tissue Culturing (FACT) provides two laboratories suitable and safe for primary cell culturing, as well as gene manipulation with the use of lentivirus and adenovirus vector systems. Users are offered professional support adjusted to their level of previous experience from primary cell culture and virus vector systems. The overall aim of this facility is to provide a synergistic platform, where scientists can meet, troubleshoot, and share experiences.
This facility is available through the iLab booking system for core facilities.
Karolinska Center for Cell Therapy
Karolinska Center for Cell Therapy (KCC) – inluding the production unit Vecura – supports and facilitates for researchers, clinicians and industrial companies that aim to develop quality assured Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) and cell therapy products for unmet clinical needs. Change language on site.
Karolinska Trial Alliance
Karolinska Trial Alliance (KTA) is a professional Clinical Research Center at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, supported by Region Stockholm and Karolinska Institutet. KTA is highly specialised and has a comprehensive knowledge within the field and gives hands-on support for clinical research to optimise the process of conducting clinical trials.
Karolinska University Laboratory
Clinical sampling and sample analysis provided by healthcare professionals. This facility is runned by the Stockholm Region, in close connection to the Karolinska University Hospital.
Motion, Function and Health
Motion, Function and Health – Rörelse, funktion och hälsa in Swedish – offers expertise in modern motion analysis, measuring methods, and digitalisation in healthcare for children and youth. The facility also offers seminars, courses and networking within their research field. Information in Swedish only.
Pathology Core Facility Karolinska
Pathology Core Facility Karolinska (PCFK) offers laboratory services and is a hub for biobank and research facility-support in tissue research. PFCK collaborates with healthcare providers and researchers to jointly achieve evidence-based care and increased patient safety. Change language on site.
Stockholm Medical Image Laboratory and Education
The Stockholm Medical Image Laboratory and Education (SMILE) is a joint core facility of Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, with the purpose to facilitate evaluation of medical digital images, irrespective of source. SMILE is the translational hub where clinicians, researchers and doctoral students from academy, healthcare and industry meet and benefit from the collected competence in image analysis, visualization and quantification. While using the images, tools and innovations for improved diagnostics and patient care, near collaboration with medtech companies is a prerequisite.
This facility is available through the iLab booking system for core facilities.
SÖS Research Center
Support for secure data management, handling of samples, research laboratories for experimental projects, Statistics, Biobank. Only open for researchers at Stockholm South General Hospital.
uMOVE
The primary goal of the uMOVE core facility is to provide a state of the art platform for investigation of human movement and behavior for mainly researchers within care sciences via multi-disciplinary approaches. uMOVE will provide new knowledge and develop evaluation methods of the dynamical aspects of movement in interplay with psychological aspects − taking into account the impact of cognitive and emotional factors on movement such as the impact of pain, depression or cognitive processes (and vice versa).
This facility is available through the iLab booking system for core facilities.
VirusTech Core Facility
Genetically engineered viruses provide powerful tools for introducing desired genes in cells. To facilitate the use of this state-of-art methodology, the VirusTech core facility at KI's Department of Cell and Molecular Biology specializes in the production, purification and concentration of such virus particles.
This facility is available through the iLab booking system for core facilities.
How to book a core facility
iLab booking system for core facilities
Already know what you are looking for? Login to our booking system in iLab and make a reservation. You need a digital SWAM-ID from a Swedish university (the KI-ID at Karolinska Institutet) to login. It is also possible to register for an account as an external user.
Please note that all core facilities at KI are not available in iLab.
Single point of contact
Didn't you find what you where looking for or are you unsure about which core facility to contact about a specific tool or analytic method? The KI SPOC for research infrastructure can be of assistance.
Please note that researchers within KI and Region Stockholm have priority.
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Support for clinical research @ KI
On this page, the Research Support Office at KI has collected internal and external resources for clinical research. Find out more about requirements, regulations and services for clinical trials and studies in Sweden. KI staff only.