News archive

Do not use the fume hoods and ventilated units on March 29 between 18.00-24.00 in ANA Futura due to service maintenance to the ventilation.

The Environmental and sustainability representative at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), Sara, shares some insights from the current work to make MedH a more sustainable department and workplace. One action currently underway is free period products at the department.

Welcome Erik Pettersson, new Educational administrator at the Department of Medicne, Huddinge (MedH). Erik started on January 9th 2023 and is filling in for Josefine Berg who is on parental leave. Erik will mainly work with administration for the new medical program (läkarprogrammet).

The ANA Futura service team is present every working day during the Christmas holidays.

Welcome to Monica Häggström, who is new Financial controller at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH). Monica started her employment on December 6th and is part of the Economy team at the Central Administration at C2:94.

Nine researchers from the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) are awarded a total of SEK 29 100 000 from The Swedish cancer society - Cancerfonden. Congratulations to:

In the Swedish Research Council's latest call, SEK 91 558 000 was awarded to 15 researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) for the years 2022–2027. Congratulations to:

The Steering Committee in ANA Futura has decided to install video conferencing equipment in additional four meeting rooms in our premises.

65 researchers at Karolinska Institutet received KID-funding in the call 2022, and four of these are active researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH).

On June 20, 2022 we had a fire drill at Alfred Nobels Allé 8. Each floor had designated observers who closely followed how the staff acted during the evacuation. The results and proposed measures of improvements of the drill in ANA Futura is now summarised.

On september 1, Peter Bergman was appointed Professor in Clinical Immunology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine. The position is combined with work as a physician at the clinical immunology laboratory and at the immunodeficiency unit.

Jonas Fuxe has been appointed Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, starting on January 1, 2023.

Congratulations to Jenny Mjösberg at Karolinska Institutet who has been appointed Professor of tissue immunology at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge from July 1, 2022.

Welcome Cecilia Betnér, our new HR-partner. Cecilia started at MedH August 10 and will cover for Ellen Carlsson who is acting in the place of Annamaj Stolt who is on parental leave.

Good news! 11 researchers from ANA Futura received CIMED grant 2023-2025.

Marina started on May 16 and is located at the administration office on the 8th floor. Read more about her background and who she is.

Johanna started on the 9th May and her office is at he administration council on the 8th floor. Read more about her background and who she is.

Unfortunately, we have to inform that we have once again had thefts in ANA Futura. This time it is the Department of Dental Medicine on the 6th floor that has been affected. Unknown person (s) entered the corridor and stole four computers.

Tyler Sandberg, Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge is defending his thesis "B cell responses to human flavivirus vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection" on March 18, 2022. Main Supervisor is Professor Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren.

KI researcher Myriam Aouadi is awarded the Leif C. Groop award for her research about the mechanisms behind the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese individuals with type 2 diabetes.

KI researcher Marcus Buggert has been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant for his research on human cell-mediated immunity against virus diseases. In all, the European Research Council through this call will invest EUR 619 million in 397 young research leaders.

Helena Bergsten, Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine Huddinge, is defending her thesis "Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Tissue Infections: Therapeutic Challenges and Opportunities" on December 17th 2021. Main Supervisor is Professor Anna Norrby-Teglund.

The Swedish Research Council awarded a grant at the department of dental medicine to support a project for the development of innovative approach to the management of periodontitis.

Jaakko Patrakka and his research group at the Department of Laboratory Medicine have together with Professor Rickard Sandberg's group at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology got a publication accepted in Nature Communications about single cell sequencing unravels molecular identity of rare renal cell types.

In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases. The study, which was published in Immunity, may contribute to future treatments for COVID-19, among other diseases.

Rodrigo Fernandez Gonzalo at the Division of Clinical Physiology has received an exciting funding of 4,5 MSEK from the Swedish National Space Agency for his project investigating the mechanisms behind the changes in the skeletal muscle and the immune system induced by the lack of gravity.

Summary of publication in CID by Helena Bergsten et al.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with colleagues from the EU-funded project HUMAN, recently published a study on a new animal model for studies of human lipoprotein metabolism and pharmacodynamics. The study is a result of the EU project HUMAN using a new animal model and new technologies to study aging and cardiometabolic diseases.

KI researcher Thomas Gustafsson, professor at the Department of Laboratory Medicine / Division of Clinical Physiology and Stefan Arver, Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine and Chief Physician at ANOVA Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, are responsible for a study examining changes in muscle mass, muscle composition and strength in transgender persons during hormone treatment.

“MedH is a department with fantastic opportunities for ground-breaking translational research, and heading such a department is a very attractive proposition", says Petter Höglund.

Good news! 9 researchers from ANA Futura received CIMED grant 2020-2022.