UCMR comprises 66 active research groups from ten departments at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science and Technology.
We study disease mechanisms in two severe viral infections, hantavirus hemorrhagic fever and COVID-19, to unde...
Method development and synthesis of molecules used for treatment of infectious and neurodegenerative diseases.
Deveolops advanced optical techniques to study biological systems, including how bacteria attach to surfaces.
Develops synchrotron-based time-resolved X-ray methodology and studies protein dynamics of membrane proteins.
We are doing research about the molecules and mechanisms that viruses need to bind to and enter our cells.
We study mechanisms for stochastic and tightly controlled regulation of Helicobacter pylori adhesins.
We use an experimental systems biology approach to study microbial infections.
Our group studies virus-membrane interactions.
Infectious and virulence properties of Borrelia spirochete and the intracellular parasite Chlamydia.
The group studies structural biology of type 4 secretion systems.
The group investigates how malaria parasites reproduce in mosquitoes and get transmitted.
The group studies molecular mechanisms of malaria parasite-host interactions.
Our group studies structure and mechanism of viral replication complexes.
We develop bioinformatic approaches to monitor and combat the spread of bacterial pathogens.
Bacterial cell wall composition and its contribution to long-standing and emerging infectious diseases.
We are investigating acute and chronic oxygen sensation in the nematode C. elegans.
The research group develops antiviral and antibacterial compounds.
Unraveling the molecular mechanisms during the microbial-driven onset and resolution of inflammation
We study viruses that are transmitted from animals or mosquitoes. Also, we develop antiviral drugs.
The research focuses on the cardiovascular complications following HFRS and the underlying mechanisms thereof.
We characterize how human B cells in circulation and tissues are affected by underlying disease.
Francis' laboratory aims to understand the physiology and pathogenesis of bacteria.
We study the role of bacterial genotoxins in modulation of intestinal mucosa homeostasis.
Molecular mechanisms involved in bacterial persistence in host tissue.
NMR methods to understand the function of biological membranes, their proteins and role in various diseases.
We research about novel antibacterial strategies for treatment of Chlamydia.
We develop of chemical tools to dissect infection mechanisms at molecular level.
Our group aims at integrating all regulatory mechanisms about T cells in a single predictive model
We study biosynthetic pathways of nucleotides in T. brucei, G. lamblia, B. burgdorferi and other pathogens.
Stress regulatory mechanisms and RNA-mediated regulation in the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogen.
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We are interested in how simple organisms evolve into complex ones.
Modelling to predict the evolution of biofilm mutants and antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas bacteria
The group studies new molecules with pharmaceutical relevance for sleeping sickness, malaria and dengue.
Membrane sculpting is fundamental for many cellular processes, and malfunction is implicated in many diseases.
In our group we study both the fundamental and applied aspects of light-matter interactions.
Understanding how proteins function and interact in the species of the human gut microbiome.
Our research group studies novel oncolytic adenovirus 11p vectors in the treatment of human solid tumors.
Our group studies virulence and survival of the fish bacetria Vibrio anguillarum.
Our group studies antimicrobial resistance - phage therapy.
Bacteria secreted effector molecules: Role in host pathogenesis and biotechnological applications.
Our research is about host immunological and metabolomic responses to acute infections and vaccination.
Our group studies mechanisms of the bacterium A. actinomycetemcomitans and periodontal diseases.
Our group studies structure and function of proteins involved in bacterial virulence.
Our group studies interactions between bacteria and materials.
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Electron microscopy methods to study bacteria cytoskeleton structure, assembly and spatial organization.
Structural biology and bioinformatics to understand processes in proteins: folding, stability, interactions.
We design and identify substances that can inhibit bacterial virulence and dismantle their action.
Gut microbiota and intestinal mucosal barrier function.
Our research concerns bacterial signal-sensing and Integration
Cell-autonomous immunity and bacterial evasion strategies
Researches on public health, global health and infectious epidemiology.
Type VI secretion system of Francisella tularensis – elucidation of its structure and assembly control.
Studies why some people suffer from chronic infectious diseases and how dental care can be individualized.
Our research group is interested in how to understand how integrins are regulated and reused.
Our focus: advanced data analytics to understand complex biological systems using data-driven modeling tools
Bacterial fitness mechanisms of pathogenic variants of E. coli and opportunistic A.baumannii.
Our group is interested in the basic processes of infections with pathogenic fungi.
Exploring modulation of host cell signaling mediated by secreted bacterial factors.
We study molecular tools to map bacteria interactions with the host mucin O-glycome.
Our research focuses on the virus-mosquito and mosquito-host interactions.
Our research group studies marine microbial ecology.
Structure biological and biochemical links between human protein kinases Aurora and prostate cancer.
Chemical and chemo-optogenetic approach on autophagy and membrane trafficking regulated by small GTPases.
The Överby lab is focusing on different aspects of tick-borne encephalitis virus.
Research leaders who were previously UCMR PIs.
Virus entry into cells: host protein networks guiding virus infection and how we can block them.
Glenn Björk, professor emeritus at Department of Molecular Biology.
The group's research is about the herpes virus and its role in the development of Alzheimer's disease.
Our group studies infectious diseases and climate change in the north.
Our group studies molecular mechanism of Type III secretion systems.
Our group studies colorektal cancer and biomarkers for prognosis.
Currently, we work mainly on the role of plasminogen in wound healing.
professor emeritus at the Department of Clinical Microbiology
Research about type III secretion system of pathogenic Yersinia.