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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

Annual call 2025 has closed. Next call for SciLifeLab Group leaders opens autumn 2026.

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Dag Ahrén

Lund University
Head of Unit: Support, Infrastructure and Training
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Anders Andersson

KTH
Scientific co-Lead for Planetary Biology at SciLifeLab
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    Kemal Avican

    Umeå University
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    Johan Bengtsson-Palme

    Chalmers
    DDLS Fellow
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    Stefan Bertilsson

    SLU
    Scientific Lead for Planetary Biology at SciLifeLab
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      Laura Carroll

      Umeå University
      DDLS Fellow
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      Johan Elf

      Uppsala University
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      Andrea Fossati

      Karolinska Institutet
      DDLS Fellow
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      Lionel Guy

      Uppsala University
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      Kristina Jonas

      Stockholm University
      SciLifeLab Fellow
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        Eduard Kerkhoven

        Chalmers University of Technology
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        Malin Melin

        Uppsala University
        Platform Co-Director: Clinical Genomics
        Head of Unit: Clinical Genomics Uppsala
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        Last updated: 2025-10-03

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