Research

Welcome to our research pages!

Here you will find information about the research conducted at the Department of Molecular Biosciences, MBW.

Research subjects

Learn more about MBW's three research areas Infection and Immunobiology, Integrative Biology and Molecular Cell Biology

Research groups

MBW unites approximately 30 independent research groups

Research projects

Read about the research projects carried out at MBW

Infrastructure

The infrastructure at MBW enables excellent research. Learn more about IVSMU, IFSU and SUMF.

News

2023-03-08

Aspirin protects against genotoxicity by promoting genome repair

Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) is arguably the oldest drug in the history of medicine. In a study published in Cell Research, researchers at Stockholm University and the University Medical Center Freiburg, have identified a new mechanism of aspirin. They show that aspirin promotes genome repair and can protect mice and cells against the toxic effects of irradiation and mutagenic chemicals. This new mechanism may help explain many of the health benefits of aspirin including cancer prevention.

2023-03-08

Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute

Read SU's interview with Andrzej Wojcik

The article covers the Wojcik group's research about the potential effects that low doses of radiation may have on our bodies.

2023-02-07

Department of Physics

Special investment in training for hospital physicists

The government is making a special investment in the training of medical physicists, of which Medical Radiation Physics at Fysikum is one of the four educational sites in Sweden. Today, the management consists of three women: Iuliana Toma-Dasu, Emely Kjellsson Lindblom and Marta Lazzeroni. Medical Radiation Physics is a broad and complex field of research in which radiation physics is applied to medicine and biology.