Organisation

MBW unites approximately 30 independent research groups and currently has a staff of around 180, of which 50 are PhD students. Read more about how MBW is organized on this page.

The highest decision-making body at the Department of Molecular Biosciences is the Department Board, in which researchers, PhD students and the techincal/administrative staff are represented. The Head of Department is responisble for all activities at the department, with support of the Vice Department Head and the Head of Administration.

Read more about MBW's organization and the process of decision-making at our department: Decision-making at MBW (543 Kb)

Department Management

Head of Department: Neus Visa
Vice Head of Department: Mattias Mannervik
Head of Administration: Camilla Eldeby
Director of PhD studies: Kristina Jonas
Director of Undergraduate studies: Stefan Åström

Contact information

Department Board

The Department Board is elected every three years, and is chaired by the Head of Department. Below you will find the elected representatives for the Department Board 2024-2026, as well as meeting dates and protocols from the previous year.

Chairman:

Neus Visa, Head of Department

Co-opted member:

Camilla Eldeby, Head of Administration

Secretary:

Camilla Eldeby, (Temporary)

Members:

Mattias Mannervik, Vice Department head
Antonio Barragan, Professor
Ylva Engström, Professor
Kristina Jonas, Associate Professor
Claes Andreasson, Associate Professor
Qi Dai, Associate Professor
Martin Jastroch, Professor
Maria Ekoff, Lab Manager
Simon Prokisch, PhD Student
Sergei Pirogov, PhD Student
Anaswara Sugathan, PhD Student

Alternates:

Anna-Lena Spetz, Professor
Per Ljungdahl, Professor
Susanne Keipert, Researcher
Van Le Sabrie, Human Resources
Elena Afanseva, PhD Student
Thomas Grochalski, PhD Student
Thomas Mazza, PhD Student

Meetings 2024

Time:

13:00-15:00

January 10

February 22

March 20

April 24

May 29

June 12

September 04

October 30

November 13

December 04

Protocols Department Board

MBW’s representation in the Board of Science and the Biology Section

Representatives in the Board of Science 2024-2026

Mattias Mannervik, Professor
Ann-Beth Jonsson (Group alternate)

MBW’s representatives in the Biology section

Neus Visa, Professor and head of the department
Antonio Barragan, Professor
Kristina Jonas, Associate Professor
Claes Andréasson, Associate professor (representing the BioResearch School)
Mattias Mannervik and Ann-Beth Jonsson (as members of the Board of Science)

PhD Council and PhD Council Board

The PhD Council at the department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute (MBW) represents about 60 graduate students covering three different profile areas: Infection and Immunobiology, Integrative Biology and Molecular Cell Biology. The PhD Council’s primary function is to ensure quality of education and to promote good working and social environment for our graduate students.

The PhD Council Board is responsible for the overall operations of the PhD Council. The board meets regularly and consists out of six graduate students:

Max Louski (Chair)
Isabella Badolati (Vice Chair)
Simon Prokisch (Secretary/Treasurer)
Tajana Lömker (Board member)
Sergei Pirogov (Board member)
Anaswara Sugathan (Board member)

If you want to get in contact with the PhD Board, please send an e-mail to phdboard.mbw@su.se.

Protocols PhD Council and PhD Council Board

MBW PhD Council Bylaws (1020 Kb)

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