More than 30 research groups are active at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. The research projects span across a broad range of topics covering various aspects of structure and function of biological systems. A majority of these topics is centered on biological membranes. Science for Life Laboratory, where many of our researchers are based, is also closely linked to the Department.
DBB Researcher receives SFSG funding to develop new methods in single-cell epigenomics
Dr Marek Bartosovic, researcher at the DBB, has received SFSG for research that will gain new insights into normal human brain development and into what happens when it goes wrong and neurodevelopmental disorders occur.
A massive supercomplex induces membrane curvature for cellular respiration
Researchers from the DBB at Stockholm University, based at SciLifeLab, together with collaborators from Helsinki University and UCL, have published a study in Nature.
Simultaneous mapping of several different epigenetic landmarks in a single cell
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet had in 2021 developed a technique making possible to examine how different versions of histones bind to the genome in tens of thousands of individual cells.
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, KTH and Uppsala University have mapped how cells in the human spinal cord are formed in the embryo and which genes control this development. This could lead to new knowledge about how injuries and diseases in the spinal cord occur and how they can be treated.
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Science for Life Laboratory researcher Marta Carroni is this years’ winner of the Hugo Theorell Prize in Biophysics.
Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University, based at Science for Life Laboratory, together with collaborators from Helsinki University and UCL, have published a study that highlights the composition of a complete respiratory supercomplex, and how it shapes the membrane in order to support energy conversion for cellular life.