
A world-class research department
Research interests, ranging all the way from cell biology down to biophysics of single molecules, are divided into seven specialty programs.
Our research
Research at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology is focused on understanding how living organisms function at the cellular level. This is done at many different levels with different methodologies. We are divided into seven research programs which all focus on different areas of cell and molecular biology: Computational biology and Bioinformatics, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Molecular Evolution, Molecular Systems Biology and Structural Biology. The scientific basis of what we do lies in biology, but our research overlaps with other areas such as medicine, computer science, mathematics, chemistry, engineering sciences and physics.
Highlighting our research
Publications
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N,2,6-Trisubstituted 1H-benzimidazole derivatives as a new scaffold of antimicrobial and anticancer agents: design, synthesis, in vitro evaluation, and in silico studies
2023
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New insights into the effect of mutations on affibody-Fc interaction, a molecular dynamics simulation approach
2023
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5 suggestions to increase grant application success rates
2022
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A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
2022
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A closed Candidatus Odinarchaeum chromosome exposes Asgard archaeal viruses
2022
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A full-length infectious cDNA clone of a dsRNA totivirus-like virus
2022
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A genomic and morphometric analysis of alpine bumblebees: Ongoing reductions in tongue length but no clear genetic component
2022
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A genomic and morphometric analysis of alpine bumblebees: Ongoing reductions in tongue length but no clear genetic component
2022
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A Study Protocol for Validation and Implementation of Whole-Genome and -Transcriptome Sequencing as a Comprehensive Precision Diagnostic Test in Acute Leukemias
2022
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A2B adenosine receptor antagonists rescue lymphocyte activity in adenosine-producing patient-derived cancer models
2022
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All-electrical antibiotic susceptibility testing within 30 min using silicon nano transistors
2022
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An estimate of the deepest branches of the tree of life from ancient vertically evolving genes
2022
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Analysis of the mast cell expressed carboxypeptidase A3 and its structural and evolutionary relationship to other vertebrate carboxypeptidases
2022
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Archaic chaperone-usher pili self-secrete into superelastic zigzag springs
2022
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Bacterial type I signal peptidase inhibitors-Optimized hits from nature
2022
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Baseline characteristics of 547 new onset heart failure patients in the PREFERS heart failure study
2022
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Binding Networks Identify Targetable Protein Pockets for Mechanism-Based Drug Design
2022
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Calculation of Heat Capacity Changes in Enzyme Catalysis and Ligand Binding
2022
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Cerebrospinal Fluid in Classical Trigeminal Neuralgia: An Exploratory Study on Candidate Biomarkers
2022
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Characterization of Metronidazole-Resistant Giardia intestinalis Lines by Comparative Transcriptomics and Proteomics
2022
Dissertations

Public defences and licentiate seminars
Revolutionary discovery

FACULTY COURSES
The following courses are available to applicants from other institutions or departments. For further information follow the links below.
COURSES OFFERED DURING 2021
Research ethics courses*
- Ethics of Technology and Science, part I
- Research Ethics for Science and Technology
Introductory courses
- Introduction to Postgraduate Studies (Bio/Geo)
- Research Introduction for New PhD Students (Ångström/BMC/ITC)
Scientific writing courses
- Scientific Writing
- Scientific Writing and Publishing
- Writing Scientific English for ESL Learners **
- Writing and Reviewing in Life Science Engineering
Other courses
- 3D visualization and interpretation of geographic data
- Advanced Scientific Programming with Python
- An introduction to Mathematica
- Application oriented deep learning
- Brain-inspired computing
- Climate change leadership: Actors and strategies for societal transitions
- Deep learning
- Electrical measurements for biomedical applications
- Electron microscopy
- Exit from postgraduate studies
- Getting Started with R
- Ion Beam Materials Analysis
- Modern Statistics in Natural Sciences
- Philosophy of Natural Science
- Science Communication and Outreach
- Science for Sustainable Development
* Recommended as a compulsory course in research ethics (for Licentiate and Doctor degree)
** Priority is given to students with special needs for support in English scientific writing

Centers and Networks

Reserachers at ICM are involved in several national and international networks, see the respective group pages. Two networks are based at ICM: