Dissertations Doctoral thesis defence: Björn Österberg
Title: Plasmacytoid dendritic cells, conventional dendritic cells and monocytes in human respiratory viral infection in blood and airways
Welcome to Björn Österbergs doctoral thesis defence on Friday 23th Octoberr 2026 at 09.00 to be held in Lilla Salen, Karolinska vägen 37, Hus QA31 plan 01.
Author:
Björn Österberg
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Immunology and Respiratory
Medicine.
Principal Supervisor:
Professor Anna Smed Sörensen
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Immunology and Respiratory
Medicine.
Opponent
Associate Professor Ellen Foxman
Yale School of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine.
Co-supervisors:
Professor Karin Loré
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Immunology and Respiratory
Medicine.
Associate Professor Marcus Buggert
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Center for Infectious Medicine.
Examination board:
Professor Ulf Yrlid
University of Gothenburg, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor Eva Sverremark-Ekström
Stockholm University, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute.
Docent Johan Ursing
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital.