Infection and Immunobiology

Within this research area, we study molecular mechanisms in infection and immunobiology. The aim is to identify and characterize, at the molecular level, components and processes that participate in host-microbe and host-parasite interactions, as well as cellular interactions within the host and interactions between microbes, and to investigate how these processes influence the organism as a whole.

The following research groups work within this research area:

Helena Aro
Host cell cycle regulation during bacterial infections

Ylva Engström
Regulation of innate immunity in Drosophila

Ingrid Faye
Ways to control malaria in the mosquito vector

Ann-Beth Jonsson
Bacterial infection and host response

Anders Nilsson
Evolution of bacteriophages and phage therapy against multiresistant bacteria

Eva Severinson
Investigation of B lymphocytes: adhesion, motility and class switching

Hong Sjölinder
Macrophage polarization and bacterial infections

Eva Sverremark-Ekström
Immune maturation and allergy development in relation to early-life microbial exposures

Ulrich Theopold
Insect physiology and innate immunity

Marita Troye Blomberg
Malaria