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Research Groups at the Department of Molecular Biology

Aftab Nadeem Lab
Bacteria secreted effector molecules: Role in host pathogenesis and biotechnological applications.
Research area: Cancer, Infection biology
Andrea Puhar lab
Endogenous danger signals in infection and inflammation - Andrea Puhar's lab
Research area: Infection biology
Barbara Sixt Group
Cell-autonomous immunity and bacterial evasion strategies
Research area: Infection biology
Björn Schröder lab
Gut microbiota and intestinal mucosal barrier function.
Research area: Infection biology, Molecular medicine
Changchun Chen lab
We are investigating acute and chronic oxygen sensation in the nematode C. elegans.
Research area: Infection biology, Molecular medicine
Ellen Bushell Lab
The group studies molecular mechanisms of malaria parasite-host interactions.
Research area: Infection biology
Felipe Cava lab
Bacterial cell wall composition and its contribution to long-standing and emerging infectious diseases.
Research area: Infection biology
Francesca Aguilo
RNA-based gene regulation of cell fate and breast cancer.
Research area: Cancer
Iker Aramburu lab
We are studying the role that microproteins and disordered proteins play in innate immune processes.
Research area: Infection biology, Molecular medicine
Jan Larsson Lab
The research group is studying chromosome-specific gene regulation and chromosome specific adaptations.
Research area: Cancer, Molecular biology and genetics
Jenny Persson Lab
We study cancer metastasis and targeted therapies.
Research area: Cancer
Johan Henriksson Lab
Our group aims at integrating all regulatory mechanisms about T cells in a single predictive model
Research area: Cancer, Infection biology, Molecular biology and genetics
Johan Holmberg
Research area: Cancer, Molecular biology and genetics, Neurosciences
Jörgen Johansson Lab
Stress regulatory mechanisms and RNA-mediated regulation in the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogen.
Research area: Infection biology
Katharina Wulff Group
Human responses to natural daylight in physiology and mental health.
Kemal Avican Lab
We use an experimental systems biology approach to study microbial infections.
Research area: Infection biology
Lena Svensson Lab
Our research group is interested in how to understand how integrins are regulated and reused.
Research area: Cancer, Infection biology
Linas Mazutis group
Lukas Kenner group
Maria Fällman Lab
Molecular mechanisms involved in bacterial persistence in host tissue.
Research area: Infection biology
Martin Cohn group
Maintenance of genomic stability and DNA repair in humans.
Research area: Cancer, Molecular biology and genetics, Molecular medicine
Matthew Francis Lab
Francis' laboratory aims to understand the physiology and pathogenesis of bacteria.
Research area: Infection biology, Molecular medicine
Mattias Alenius
Our group is interested in the essential regulatory processes that control and maintain neuronal activity and which malfunction cause diseases like...
Research area: Molecular biology and genetics, Neurosciences
Oliver Billker Lab
The group investigates how malaria parasites reproduce in mosquitoes and get transmitted.
Research area: Infection biology, Molecular biology and genetics
Peter Lind Lab
Modelling to predict the evolution of biofilm mutants and antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas bacteria
Research area: Biological sciences, Infection biology, Molecular biology and genetics
Ryo Morimoto Lab
Studying processes that drive the diversification of antigen recognition molecules in the immune system.
Research area: Infection biology, Molecular biology and genetics, Molecular medicine
Saskia Erttmann Lab
Unraveling the molecular mechanisms during the microbial-driven onset and resolution of inflammation
Research area: Infection biology, Molecular biology and genetics, Molecular medicine
Staffan Bohm Group
Establishment of functional and topographic identity of olfactory sensory neurons
Sun Nyunt Wai Lab
Exploring modulation of host cell signaling mediated by secreted bacterial factors.
Research area: Cancer, Infection biology
Suresh Jesuthasan Lab
Interactions between the nervous system and microbiota.
Research area: Neurosciences
Sympoietic Collaboratory
The Sympoietic Collaboratory (SPC) brings together researchers to diversify thinking about more-than-human flourishing. Working with divergent...
Research area: Design
Teresa Frisan Lab
We study the role of bacterial genotoxins in modulation of intestinal mucosa homeostasis.
Research area: Cancer, Infection biology, Molecular biology and genetics, Molecular medicine
Verena Kohler lab
Implications of ageing and disease on cellular protein quality control.
Research area: Ageing research, Cancer, Molecular biology and genetics, Molecular medicine, Neurosciences
Yuri Schwartz lab
Yuri Schwartz lab studies molecular epigenetics.
Research area: Cancer, Molecular biology and genetics

Senior professors and Professor emeriti

Bernt Eric Uhlin Lab
Bacterial fitness mechanisms of pathogenic variants of E. coli and opportunistic A.baumannii.
Research area: Infection biology
Coalition Umeå for Life Science (CU4LS)
An initiative to improve visibility of Umeå life science research activities nationally and internationally
Dan Hultmark Lab
Drosophila cellular innate immunity, and mechanisms of persistent viral infections.
Research area: Infection biology
Debra Milton Lab
Our group studies virulence and survival of the fish bacetria Vibrio anguillarum.
Research area: Infection biology
Hans Wolf-Watz lab
Research about type III secretion system of pathogenic Yersinia.
Research area: Infection biology
Sven Bergström Lab
Infectious and virulence properties of Borrelia spirochete and the intracellular parasite Chlamydia.
Research area: Infection biology
Thomas Grundström lab
We try to understand the control of mutagenesis and class switch recombination of antibody genes.
Research area: Cancer, Infection biology
Victoria Shingler Lab
Our research concerns bacterial signal-sensing and Integration
Research area: Infection biology

Anssi Saura

Marianne Rasmuson

Professor Emeritus Marianne Rasmuson 100 Years

Åke Forsberg

Åke Forsberg Lab

Anders Byström Professor emeritus
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+46 90 785 67 64
Åsa Rasmuson-Lestander Professor emerita
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+46 90 785 67 77
Erik Lundgren Professor emeritus
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Glenn Björk Professor emeritus
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+46 90 785 67 56
Gunnar Selstam Professor emeritus
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Lena Gustafsson Professor emerita
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Martin Gullberg Professor
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+46 90 786 92 08
Latest update: 2025-03-25