UCMR comprises 69 active research groups from eleven 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.
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 studying the role that microproteins and disordered proteins play in innate immune processes.
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.
The group develops theoretical models of bio-membrane interactions and their dynamics.
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.
Our group aims to study human gut microbes at a high resolution to study functional differences.
The research group develops antiviral and antibacterial compounds.
Our lab works on integrating multi-omics datasets, machine learning, and large-scale mechanistic models to bui...
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.
Clinical research on tularemia and translational research on antibiotic development against gonorrhoeae
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.
Functional Neurogenomics
Stress regulatory mechanisms and RNA-mediated regulation in the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogen.
Implications of ageing and disease on cellular protein quality control.
Our lab investigates viral mechanisms of infection and host susceptibility,
The interplay between the immune system and metabolism in severe infections such as sepsis and COVID-19.
Membrane sculpting is fundamental for many cellular processes, and malfunction is implicated in many diseases.
Studying light-matter interactions and ultrafast phenomena in materials and molecules at the nanoscale
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.
Studying processes that drive the diversification of antigen recognition molecules in the immune system.
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.
We research C. difficile infections and how fecal microbiota transplants best cure them.
Molecular and biochemical mechanisms in viral replication and strategies viruses use to subvert host cells.
Electron microscopy methods to study bacteria cytoskeleton structure, assembly and spatial organization.
Structural biology and bioinformatics to understand processes in proteins: folding, stability, interactions.
Gut microbiota and intestinal mucosal barrier function.
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 focus: advanced data analytics to understand complex biological systems using data-driven modeling tools
My research group investigate the occurrence and impact of viruses in human diseases.
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.
Research area at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Research area: Marin ecology
The focus of Magnus Wolf-Watz lab is to uncover the complex linkages between protein dynamics and biological f...
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.
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.
Our group studies virulence and survival of the fish bacetria Vibrio anguillarum.
Currently, we work mainly on the role of plasminogen in wound healing.
We design and identify substances that can inhibit bacterial virulence and dismantle their action.
Our research concerns bacterial signal-sensing and Integration
Research about type III secretion system of pathogenic Yersinia.