Departmental Staff

I am a postdoc in Barbara Sixt's group investigating in vivo efficacy and mode of action of novel antimicrobials acting against intracellular bacteria.

I am a PhD student in Aftab Nadeem's research group.

Research fellow at the Department of Molecular Biology investigating the role of bacterial pore-forming toxins in the pathogenesis of the host.

Excellence by Choice postdoc in Björn Schröder's and Ulrika Westerlind's groups. Her research aims to better understand mucus function in intestinal inflammation. 

Albina's research interest is in post-transcriptional gene regulation and is currently a postdoc at the Oliver Billker lab.

PhD student in Yuri Schwartz lab.

We use evolutionary approaches to study the spread of infectious diseases. To do so, we develop and test statistical phylogenetic models, especially phylodynamic models.

Professor in Molecular Biology, PhD, DVM

Study counsellor for Bachelor's Programme in Life Science and Master's Programme in Molecular Biology (studycounsellor.molbiol@umu.se)

Postdoc working on identifying sORF encoded microproteins during infection and exploring their molecular function.

I am doing PhD in molecular biology and PhD thesis is focused on predicting experimental evolution of biofilm mutants for different Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. 

PhD student in Peter Lind's research group

I am an ‘Excellence of Choice’ postdoctor working in molecular biology in Teresa Frisan’s and Francesca Aguilo’s groups.

My research focuses on cell-autonomous immunity and bacterial evasion strategies

Postdoctoral researcher specialized in membrane trafficking, autophagy and infection.

My research focuses on the interaction between diet, gut microbiota and mucosal barrier function.

PhD student in cancer immunology studying the molecular mechanisms of LFA-1 dysregulation in T cells following tumor exposure.

I am a postdoc in Jörgen Johansson's group. My goal is to find RNA structure altering compounds, that can be used as drugs to treat infections.

MiMS group leader and malaria researcher interested in parasite-host interactions.

I study adaptations of pathogenic bacteria to adverse environments.

I am Manager of Umeå Hypoxic Research Facility, UHRF.

I am Senior Research Assistant in Sun Nyunt Wai’s research group. My research focuses on molecular mechanisms of bacteria-host interactions.

I am a group leader at MIMS and researching the cell walls of bacteria.

I am Director of Umeå Hypoxic Research Facility, UHRF.

Combining high-throughput methods with the power of single-cell for genome-wide probing of gene functions.

My research is about RNA-based gene regulation of cell fate and breast cancer.

Molecular microbiologist working in Felipe Cava lab, received an 'EC' postdoctoral fellowship to investigate bacterial cell wall biology.

Postdoc in Maria Fällman's research group.

Focus on understanding of the molecular mechanism behind the translational reprogramming occurring upon virulence induction in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

As a postdoctoral in Björn Schröder's lab, I am interested in the interaction between diet, gut microbes and the mucosal barrier.

Exploring the microproteome in innate immune cells

I am a postdoctoral fellow jointly hosted by the labs of Laura Carroll and Johan Henriksson. My research focuses on developing innovative single-cell -omics methods. 

I am a professor of genetics and my research is focused on understanding the meaning and function of chromosomes to organize the genome and to make it function properly.

Our study is focused on studying cancer metastasis and developing targeted drugs. 

I study microbial adaptation using graph theory and AI—from developing algorithms to identifying antibiotic targets. 

 Deciphering genetic regulation in bacteria.

I am a researcher in T-cell biology and development of new methods (bioinformatics algorithms and wet lab protocols), with special emphasis on immunotherapy and CAR T cells.

Our research is focused on neuroblastoma, a form of cancer that predominantly affects young children.

Excellence by Choice postdoc in Kemal Avican lab. His research focuses on deciphering heterogeneous populations of infecting bacteria using single-cell RNA sequencing.

PhD student in Iker Valle Aramburu’s group, working on the discovery and functional characterization of microproteins involved in innate immune signalling.

Postdoctoral researcher developing high-throughput, single-cell metagenomic sequencing methods, to be used to resolve microbes at the single-cell level.

How can bacteria understand where they are and coordinate their ability to cause disease? To understand this, Professor Jörgen Johansson is studying the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

I am a staff scientist working in research groups of Jörgen Johansson and Jan Larsson.

My main areas of interest are RNA or RNA-protein biology, and associated interactions and regulation.

I investigate host–Chlamydia interactions by studying protein–protein interactions to better understand the molecular mechanisms of infection and persistence.

Katharina Wulff studies the physiological mechanisms of mammalian timing behaviour from infancy to adulthood and the way in which biological clocks exploit daylight to entrain to the environment. 

Systems biology approach to study bacterial infections at population and single cell level.

Director of µNordic Single Cell Hub (µNiSCH), providing technology to Umeå University researchers.

Research: How tumor cells manipulate LFA-1 signaling pathways in immune cells to evade the immune system

Education: Programme manager for the MSc in Biotechnology

Deputy head of department

PhD Student in Molecular Biology with a focus on structural and biochemical principles for enzymatic adaptation. Shared PhD in the groups of Magnus Wolf-Watz and Andre Mateus.

I am a PhD student in Lena Svensson's research group. My primary focus lies in unravelling the intricate molecular dynamics of LFA-1 signaling, transport, and surface re-expression in T lymphocytes.

Leyden is bioinformatician and postdoc in Maria Fällman's group. Her research focuses on deciphering adaptation strategies in pathogenic bacteria aiming to identifying novel antimicrobial targets.

We develop cutting-edge single-cell technologies to dissect the molecular mechanisms that create cell-to-cell variability and drive individual cell behavior and collective function. 

Lingyu Li is working as a postdoctoral fellow in Teresa Frisan's group.

PhD student in André Mateus lab since September 2022. Focused on identifying protein function and drug targets in gut microbiome species using functional proteomics and structural approaches.

ORCID id: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7639-2299

LinkedIn URL: www.linkedin.com/in/mesponafiedler

Our research aims at understanding molecular mechanisms behind the ability of bacteria to adapt to different environments.

Staff scientist in Jan Larsson’s group, where I study chromosome‑wide gene regulation in both molecular and evolutionary contexts, with a particular emphasis on fruit flies as a model system.

I am a postdoc in molecular biology working on host-pathogen interaction.

Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, financial monitoring, analysis, and reporting, as well as providing financial support to the organization to support decision-making.

Postdoc focusing on how Plasmodium berghei infection alters mosquito hemolymph metabolites and I explore host-parasite interactions at the single-cell level.

I am a postdoctoral researcher working in the field of microbiology.

Research: Understanding the physiology and pathogenesis of bacteria

Education: Director of undergraduate education at the Department of Molecular Biology

I am postdoc in Ryo Morimoto’s group focusing on the evolution and functional diversification of immune-related genes in snails.

Postdoc in Ellen Bushell's group. Research: elucidating the roles of secreted proteins in P. berghei infections and developing technologies for studying essential proteins in the malaria parasite.

Doctoral student at Verena Kohler lab. I am studying the effect of cellular ageing on protein quality control. 

Head of Research and Academic Affairs at MIMS. Coordination support for DDLS RA EBI by SciLifeLab. 

My research is about genome scale approaches to understand the biology of malaria parasites and how they interact with the mosquitoes that transmit them.

Forecasting experimental evolution of biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance

PhD student in Björn Schröder's research group

Head of Strategy & Governance at The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS)

I am a PhD student in Oliver Billker’s malaria research group, where my project focuses on conducting genome-wide genetic screens in the ookinete stage of Plasmodium berghei development.

Sandra is a PhD student in Björn Schröder's research group.

Postdoctoral researcher at Björn Schröder’s lab studying gut microbiota, diet and gut barrier in inflammatory bowel disease.

Assistant professor

Focus: Researches on molecular mechanisms during the microbial-driven onset and resolution of inflammation.

I am a postdoc in Ryo Morimoto lab. My research focus is on invertebrate immunity and on hemocytes, leveraging recent technologies (scRNAseq) to uncover their diversity.

Postdoctoral fellow in Sun Nyunt Wai’s group. Research: identification of conformational states of proteins associated with bacterial outer membrane vesicles and mini cells.

Sun Nyunt Wai is Professor of Medical Microbial Pathogenesis and conducts research on the properties of pathogenic bacteria at the molecular level.

My journey in science started in 1997, and in 2010 I joined the Yuri Schwartz group in the Department of Molecular Biology.

Teresa Frisan, PhD, is Professor in Cell and Molecular Biology at Umeå University, actively involved in research and in teaching within the frame of undergraduate programs.

Our research group tries to understand the control of mutagenesis and class switch recombination of antibody genes.

I’m a staff scientist in µNordic Single Cell Hub (µNiSCH). My research mainly focuses on infection biology and transcriptome analysis. 

I am a staff scientist in Maria Fällman's group working on in vivo transcriptomics of Salmonella Typhimurium.

I am a postdoctoral researcher in Teresa Frisan's group.

Assistant professor in Molecular Biology

I am full professor and studying environmental signal sensing and integration.

I am a postdoc in Felipe Cava’s group at the Department of Molecular Biology. My research focuses on the cell wall of bacteria.

Postdoc in Maria Fällman research group. Zhuang Zhu is working on investigating the adaption mechanisms of Yersinia pesudotuberculosis against human neutrophils.