Microbiology and immunology
What kind of research are we doing?
The Microbiology program has over the years developed and conducted research that spans a wide range of projects in prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiology. In 2021, the program was renamed to Microbiology and Immunology in order to better reflect the programs activities.
Topics are infection biology and protozoa, genomics and evolution of unicellular eukaryotes, antibiotic resistance and cost/benefit issues, RNA biology, bacterial and eukaryotic regulatory RNAs, the CRISPR-Cas adaptiveimmune system and its application, bacteriophages, toxin-antitoxin and contact-dependent growth inhibition systems, and more. Model organisms primarily but not exclusively used in these studies include Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Mycobacteria, Giardia lamblia, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Dictyostelium discoideum.
The Microbiology and immunologi program is headed by Professor Fredrik Söderbom and consists at present of nine research groups. For more information on research projects and personnel, see their respective web pages. The PI's/ group leaders and PhD students are strongly dedicated to, and involved in, teaching of various courses at all levels, and two of the Pi's have been appointed excellent teachers.
Members of the program are associated with SciLifeLab Uppsala, URRC (Uppsala RNA Research Center), and a NordForsk network on noncoding RNAs.
Research groups
- Hellman, Lars: Allergy / vaccines
- Hinas, Andrea: Membranes and vesicles in RNA interference and RNA transport
- Holmqvist, Erik: Bacterial small RNAs
- Kleinau, Sandra: Immunology / autoimmunity
- Koskiniemi Sanna: Contact-dependent growth inhibition in bacteria and the use of armed probiotics in the prevention and/or treatment of infections
- Svärd, Staffan (dean of biology): Parasitic protozoa-biology and disease mechanisms
- Söderbom, Fredrik (program leader): Small regulatory RNAs in social amoebae - functions during development and infection
- Virtanen, Anders: RNA biology in eukaryotes
- Wagner, Gerhart (seniorprofessor): Bacterial regulatory RNAs - biological functions and mechanisms of action
About us
Head of the programme: Fredrik Söderbom
Visiting address: Husargatan 3, 752 37 Uppsala
Postal address: Box 596, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden