New Adjunct Professor at SysBio
We are happy to welcome Dr. Martin Lovmar from Wellspect, who will reinforce SysBio with his extensive experience with innovation in the private sector. Don’t hesitate to reach out to him for collaboration or advice!
NEW RESEARCH GROUP AT SYSBIO
Our new Assistant Professor Annikka Polster has joined SysBio! Her research focus is on computational medicine: check out her lab webpage to find out more.
New major grant for Johan
Our new Assistant Professor Johan Bengtsson-Palme received a 15 MSEK grant from the SSF. The title of the project is “Predicting future pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance” (Swedish: Framtidens patogener och resistensgener).
SysBio is growing
Two new groups have recently joined SysBio: Professor Maria Faresjö and Assistant Professor Johan Bengtsson-Palme. Check out their lab webpages to find out more about their exciting research.
Ivan Mijakovic is the new Deputy Head of the BIO Department
Ivan has accepted this temporary appointment to help Maria Faresjö structure the new departmental leadership. This will not affect leadership of SysBio, as Ivan remains fully committed to his role as Head of our Division.
Christer Larsson
Christer Larsson, a Professor of Microbial Physiology at SysBio, passed away on October 12th. Christer was as a dedicated scientist and a supportive mentor, an inspiring teacher and a manager who led by example. His most important legacy at SysBio is the team spirit that he promoted.
Stefan Hohmann
Stefan Hohmann, a Professor of Yeast Genetics at SysBio, passed away on July 2nd. He will be remembered by everyone at SysBio as supportive colleague and mentor and his exciting science will remain an inspiration to all of us.
Ivan received a science award
Ivan Mijakovic awarded the Spiridon Brusina Medal from the Croatian Society of Natural Sciences.
New major grant for Ivan
Ivan is coordinator of a prestigious 14.5 MSEK grant from Nord Forsk. The consortium includes partners from MC2 at Chalmers, SINTEF in Norway and DTU in Denmark, and will work on graphene-based drug delivery systems for treating MRSA infections.
New award for Jens
Jens Nielsen recieved the Inagural Gregory N Stephanopoulos Award for Metabolic Engineering.
