Principal Investigator Alumni at Lund Stem Cell Center
This page highlights former principal investigators and the research groups they led at different times over the Center’s more than twenty years of activity. Principal Investigators are listed alphabetically by surname.
Cristian Bellodi
Professor
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
RNA and Stem Cell Biology, with a focus on novel therapeutic strategies for diseases associated with stem cell dysfunction and cancer
Current affiliation:
Biotech and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen
Anders Björklund
Professor, Jubliee Doctor
Co-founder of the Lund Stem Cell Center
Research area:
Brain regeneration and repair, with a focus on cell replacement and gene therapy in neurodegenerative diseases.
Current affiliation:
Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology Research Group, Lund University
Anders Björklund's profile in Lund University Research portal
Sten Eirik Jacobsen
Professor
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Founding and acting Director until 2007
Research area:
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology
Current affiliation:
Karolinska Institutet | Karolinska University Hospital
Gunnar Juliusson
Expert, Professor
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Current affiliation:
Retired, Lund University
Gunnar Juliusson's profile in Lund University Research portal
Stefan Karlsson
Professor emeritus
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Development of advanced cell therapies using hematopoietic stem cells
Current affiliation:
Retired, Lund University
Stefan Karlsson's profile in Lund University Research portal
Agnete Kirkeby
Associate Professor
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Human neural development, with a focus on cell replacement therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
Current affiliation:
Novo Nordisk Foundations's Center for Stem Cell Research - reNEW, University of Copenhagen
Olle Lindvall
Professor, Jubliee Doctor
Co-founder of the Lund Stem Cell Center
Research area:
Neurology and cell repair in the brain, with a focus on cell replacement therapy in neurodegenerative diseases and stroke.
Current affiliation:
Laboratory of Stem Cells and Restorative Neurology, Lund University
Ulrike Nuber
Professor
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Stem cell and developmental biology
Current affiliation:
Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt (TU)
More about Ulrike Nuber's research at the Technical University of Darmstadt
Johan Richter
Consultant, Professor
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Development of Gene Therapy for Malignant Osteopetrosis
Current affiliation:
Retired, Lund University
Henrik Semb
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Cellular and molecular mechanisms in morphogenesis and differentiation during organogenesis, with a focus on human pluripotent stem cell-based cell therapy in Type 1 Diabetes.
Current affiliation:
Director, Institute of Translational Stem Cell Research (ITS), Helmholtz Munich
Mikael Sigvardsson
Professor
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Molecular Lymphopoiesis
Current affiliation:
Lund University, Linköping University, University of California - San Diego
Shamit Soneji
Role while at Lund Stem Cell Center:
Principal Investigator
Research area:
Computational Genomics
Current affiliation:
Lund University
Shamit Soneji's profile in the Lund University Research Portal