SciLifeLab Group Leaders

The SciLifeLab research community is a dynamic, interdisciplinary network of scientists from various fields within molecular life sciences, united by the goal of addressing critical challenges in health, biodiversity, and sustainability. With a unique mandate to promote biology-, technology-, and data-driven excellence in life sciences, SciLifeLab fosters collaboration and innovation, driving breakthroughs in e.g. genomics, bioinformatics, molecular biosciences, and precision medicine, while advancing solutions for healthcare, the environment, industry, and other sectors of society.

Below, you can find out more about the work of our SciLifeLab Group Leaders.

A SciLifeLab Group Leader is responsible for a research group in life science, a technology platform or unit at SciLifeLab, and also includes the SciLifeLab Fellows and DDLS Fellows. They all have a strong commitment to our center and affiliate with SciLifeLab, as well as a Swedish organisation in life science.


According to the newly established process for selecting SciLifeLab Group Leaders, nominations are processed annually, and emphasises the group leader’s contributions towards biology-, technology- and data-driven excellence in life science and its implementation in health care, environment, industry and other sectors of society, in line with SciLifeLab’s five strategic objectives. For more detailed information on these objectives, please visit https://www.scilifelab.se/roadmap-2020-2030/.

Information for sciLifeLab group leaders
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Muhammad Arif

University of Gothenburg
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Hanna Barriga

KTH
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Cemal Erdem

Umeå University
DDLS Fellow
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Claudia Fredolini

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Co-Director CPI platform and head of Affinity Proteomics unit
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Kimmo Kartasalo

Karolinska Institutet
DDLS Fellow
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Eduard Kerkhoven

Chalmers University of Technology
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Janne Lehtiö

Karolinska Institutet
Scientific Lead for Precision Medicine and DDLS Precision Medicine Area Lead
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    Fredrik Levander

    Lund University
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    Malin Melin

    Uppsala University
    Platform Co-Director: Clinical Genomics
    Head of Unit: Clinical Genomics Uppsala
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    Marika Nestor

    Uppsala University
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    Avlant Nilsson

    Karolinska Institutet
    DDLS Fellow
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    Jochen Schwenk

    KTH
    Platform Scientific Director – Clinical Proteomics and Immunology
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    Last updated: 2025-04-29

    Content Responsible: Disa Hammarlöf(disa.l.hammarlof@scilifelab.se)

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