Admin Newsletter for staff and affiliates at NEURO - June 2026

Administrative news for staff and affiliates at the Department of Neuroscience (Summer 2026).
A word from the Head of Administration
From all of us in the administration, we send you warm and friendly wishes for a wonderfully pleasant summer!
All the best,
Sigge
Availability during Summer 2026
The administration will be unmanned between 13–26 July. In case of emergency, please contact the Head or Deputy Head of Department and/or Head of Administration during this period.
Management
- Head of Department (Prefekt) Marie Carlén, out-of-office between 22 June–10 July (Abdel El Manira can be contacted in my absence)
- Deputy Head of Department Abdel El Manira, out-of-office between 3–23 August
- Director of doctoral education (FUA) Lennart Brodin, out-of-office between 22 June–26 July (can be contacted by email or phone)
- Director of studies for undergraduate eductation (GUA) Björn Meister, on duty during the summer break (can be contacted by email or phone)
- Head of Administration (AC) Sigge Berglann, out-of-office between 6 July–9 August (can be contacted by email or phone during leave)
Financial unit
- Controller Therese Brogårde, out-of-office on 13 July–2 August + 6–16 August
- Financial officer Patricia Kouassi, on leave of absence from 5 July.
HR
- HR Administrator Patrik Ljunggren, out-of-office between 17–18 June, 6–26 July + 3–9 August
- HR Manager Felicia Petersson, out-of-office between 13 July–2 August + 10–16 August
Education
- Doctoral education administrator Victoria Balabanova, out-of-office between 13 July–14 August
- Håkan Karlsson, out-of-office between 15–28 June + 20 July–9 August (can be contacted by email or phone during leave)
- Madeleine Bjurström, out-of-office between 1–28 July
Communication & web
- Communications officer Lotte Brandt, out-of-office between 16–18 June + 8 July–11 August
Reception in Biomedicum
Please note the reception in Biomedicum will be closed between 13 July–2 August.
Departmental coffee
The Departmental coffee is now on summer break and will resume this fall.
A few tips from our Health ambassador

- Save the date: KI fun run 2026 on Thursday 24 September 2026, in Flemingsberg.
- Find out more about KI’s wellness benefits and wellness hour
- Play tennis at Campus Solna
Human resources

Vacation
If you do not have standard vacation arrangements, you need to register your vacation days in the PA-web system. Please ensure this is done at your earliest convenience to avoid any issues.
Contact HR
Please note both Felicia and Patrik will be out-of-office 13–26 July.
In case of any urgent HR-related matter during this period, please contact Head of the Administration Sigge Berglann.
Economy/finance

Financial closure
The financial closure is approaching and UBW/Agresso Web is closing on 2 July. All supplier invoices, particularly those exceeding SEK 100,000, must therefore be posted, approved, and certified by 1 July for the half-yearly accounts.
Contact Economy/finance
Please note Therese will be out-of-office 13 July–2 August as well as 6–16 August.
Doctoral education
Newly admitted doctoral students
Welcome to
- Anders Santoft, Mattias Günther (1 January 2026)
- Gabriela Huh, Sebastian Thams (4 february 2026)
- Ella Gruber, Torkel Klingberg (16 february 2026)
- Magdalena Pikus, Stefanos Stagkourakis (15 March 2026)
- Zirui Wang, Jeanette Kotaleski, KTH/Gilad Silberberg, KI (15 April 2026)
- Valentina Brisochi, Konstantinos Meletis (11 May 2026)
- Ana Henriques Fürst, Miriam Mosing (5 May 2026)
Doctoral thesis defences
Congratulations to
Maya Molinari, who successfully defended her thesis on 27 March 2026.
"Dopaminergic Regulation of Basal Ganglia Synaptic Transmission"
Sara Coppi, who successfully defended her thesis on 29 May 2026.
"The Relationship between Nociception, Pain and Body Ownership"
Alina Aaltonen, who successfully defended her thesis on 12 June 2026.
"A functional study of the striatum in the eIF4E mouse model of autism"
Communication

Email and telephone referrals
Remember to set up an auto-reply for your email so you can relax when you are on vacation. Depending on your role, you may want to refer to colleagues on duty or a shared mailbox.
You can also refer your phone calls when you are out-of-office. If you have a fixed telephone connection (MEX), you can listen to voicemails, refer, and mute incoming calls in the Telia Touchpoint Plus app.
Boost your visibility using your profile page on ki.se
To ensure your profile page reaches the right audience and makes a strong, credible impression, it is essential to keep it accurate and up to date. Well-maintained content helps search engines and AI tools understand your expertise and present your profile in the right context. It also signals reliability to those who matter most—colleagues, students, collaborators, funders and the media—making it easier for them to find and trust your work.
Take a few minutes to review and update your profile so it reflects who you are and what you do right now.
Reaching a wider audience with your research
There are several ways to share your research beyond academia, and you do not always need a press release to get started. Taking an active role in communicating your research can help more people discover and understand your work.

Start by thinking about who you want to reach and why. This will guide both your message and your choice of channel.
Social media
Use your own social media accounts. Posts from personal accounts generally achieve wider reach and greater engagement than those from organisational accounts. This trend is especially noticeable on LinkedIn.
Pitch your research to journalists
As an employee of the university, you are of course free to contact journalists directly to talk about your research or other aspects of your work. A simple phone call or email is often enough to share news about ongoing projects or recent findings.
Pitch your research to KI's popular science channels
You are always welcome to reach out directly to the editors of the KI's popular science channels:
- Medicinsk Vetenskap
- the Medicinvetarna podcast
- the international news platform The Conversation
- Medicinvetaren newsletter
These channels primarily target a medically interested general public, but they also reach KI staff, alumni and journalists.
Share news via NEURO's website or KI channels
You can contact Lotte Brandt to explore the possibility of publishing the news on NEURO's and KI’s news sites.
