
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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A small noncoding RNA links ribosome recovery and translation control to dedifferentiation during salamander limb regeneration
2023
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Antibiotic perseverance increases the risk of resistance development
2023
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Capsid structure of a fungal dsRNA megabirnavirus reveals its previously unidentified surface architecture
2023
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Cerebrospinal fluid cytokines after autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and intrathecal rituximab treatment for multiple sclerosis
2023
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Design Of Drug Efficacy Guided By Free Energy Simulations Of The β2-Adrenoceptor
2023
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Discovery and Hit-to-Lead Optimization of Benzothiazole Scaffold- Based DNA Gyrase Inhibitors with Potent Activity against Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2023
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Draft genomes of Blastocystis subtypes from human samples of Colombia
2023
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Genetically encoded non-canonical amino acids reveal asynchronous dark reversion of chromophore, backbone, and side-chains in EL222
2023
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High prevalence of Escherichia coli co-harboring conjugative plasmids with colistin- and carbapenem resistance genes in a wastewater treatment plant in China
2023
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High-resolution wavefront sensing and aberration analysis of multi-spectral extreme ultraviolet beams
2023
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House Dust Mite and Cat Dander Extract Induce Asthma-Like Histopathology with an Increase of Mucosal Mast Cells in a Guinea Pig Model
2023
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KIF-Key Interactions Finder: A program to identify the key molecular interactions that regulate protein conformational changes
2023
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MindReader: Unsupervised Classification of Electroencephalographic Data
2023
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Multiple introgressions shape mitochondrial evolutionary history in Drosophila paulistorum and the Drosophila willistoni group
2023
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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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Proteogenomics decodes the evolution of human ipsilateral breast cancer
2023
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Rapid adaptations of Legionella pneumophila to the human host
2023
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Relationship between iron deficiency and expression of genes involved in iron metabolism in human myocardium and skeletal muscle
2023
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Rescue of Escherichia coli auxotrophy by de novo small proteins
2023
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: