Expert list: CRISPR-Cas9

Directors

• Oliver Billker - professor and director of MIMS

  Area of expertise and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  His research is about better understanding the biology of the malaria parasite and how they interact with the mosquitoes that transmit them. He uses CRISPR-Cas9 technology to genetically modify malaria parasites.

  Can tell about MIMS as an excellent research environment. He has been the director of MIMS since October 2018.

  Phone +46 72 219 28 03

  

  Oliver Billker Research fellow, professor

  Email

  +46 90 785 67 78

• Anders Sjöstedt - professor of clinical bacteriology. Department of Clinical Microbiology

  Area of expertise and relationship with Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Was deputy director of MIMS when Emmanuelle Charpentier was recruited. Can describe Emmanuelle Charpentier's results from a scientific perspective and MIMS as an excellent research environment.

  

  Anders Sjöstedt Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician

  Email

  +46 90 785 11 20

• Bernt Eric Uhlin - senior professor of medical microbiology

  Area of expertise and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Can describe Emmanuelle Charpentier's results from a scientific perspective and UCMR as an excellent research environment where MIMS is included.

  He was the director of the UCMR Center of Excellence (2005-2019) and MIMS (2007-2018) and was responsible for the recruitment of Charpentier to MIMS where she made her groundbreaking discovery.

  Phone +46 70 675 73 44

  

  Bernt Eric Uhlin Professor

  Email

  +46 90 785 67 31

• Yaowen Wu - professor and director of UCMR

  Area of expertise and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  He develops new chemical methods to modify proteins or manipulate gene function in the context of biological systems with a particular focus on molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking and autophagy.

  He is combining CRISPR-Cas9 and novel chemo-optogenetic technologies to edit genes by light, which has potential for precision therapy.

  Phone +46 70 206 75 89

  

  Yaowen Wu Professor

  Email

  +46 90 786 55 31

Researchers in molecular biology and medicine

• David Cisneros - Senior Research Engineer, Department of Molecular Biology

  Area of expertise and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Can describe Emmanuelle Charpentier's results from a scientific perspective. David teaches students about genetic modification using CRISPR-Cas9.

  Phone +46 73 800 54 36

• Johan  Henriksson - Research fellow at Department of Molecular Biology and MIMS

  Area of expertise and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Uses CRISPR-Cas9 for advanced molecular biology such as screening for genes of importance for the immune system, and for synthetic biology.

  Phone: +46 072 727 29 24

  Jonas von Hofsten

  

  Jonas von Hofsten Associate professor

  Email

  +46 90 786 67 36

• Jonas von Hovsten - associate professor at Department of Integrative Medical Biology 

  Area of expertise and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Is responsible for the Umeå Zebrafish Facility, where several research groups work practically with genetic scissors in their respective projects. In his own research, he uses the CRISPR-Cas9 technology to mutate genes that are important for muscle development and regeneration. He also studies how these mutations affect the growth and spread of muscle tumors.

  Phone: +46 90 786 67 36

  Jonas von Hofsten

  

  Jonas von Hofsten Associate professor

  Email

  +46 90 786 67 36

• Jörgen Johansson - professor of Molecular Biology, MIMS

  Expert area and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  He has worked in the same research environment as Emmanuelle Charpentier in previous years. He does not work with the technology itself, but with something similar.

  He is currently collaborating with Charpentier in such a way that he has made some applications for research funding together with her. They also have common research ideas together.

  

  Jörgen Johansson Professor

  Email

  +46 90 785 25 35

• Maréne Landström - professor/chief physician Department of Medical Biosciences

  Expert area and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Researches aggressive prostate cancer and how it can be counteracted at the cellular and molecular level. Uses CRISPR-Cas9 technology to genetically modify zebrafish and study the role of a specific proteins in prostate cancer tumors that become invasive and can spread throughout the body and cause metastases.

  Phone +46 90 785 24 58

  

  Maréne Landström Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician

  Email

  +46 90 785 24 58

• Sun Nyunt Wai - professor of medical microbial pathogenesis, member of UCMR and of MIMS. Mentor of the young group leaders

  Expert area and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Scientific collaboration with Emmanuelle Charpentier and mentoring of PhD students in the Emmanuelle Charpentier lab.

  Phone +46 70 509 9430

  

  Sun Nyunt Wai Professor

  Email

  +46 90 785 67 04

Researchers in plant biology

• Stefan Jansson - professor, Plant Physiology and Umeå Plant Science Centre

  Area of expertise and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  His research revolves around photosynthesis, how seasonal changes affect physiology, and forest genetics. He is also involved in the GMO debate. He works with CRISPR-Cas9 technology, can tell about how it can be used in plant breeding and what the legislation in the area looks like.

  Phone +46 70 677 23 31

  

  Stefan Jansson Professor

  Email

  +46 90 786 53 54

   

Researchers in ethics and CRISPR/Cas9

• Christer Nordlund - professor of History of Science and Ideas, and director of Umeå Studies in Science, Technology and Environment

  Expert area and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  History of technology, environment and science, Medical Humanities Network

  Works with the research project Opportunities and risks with CRISPR-Cas9: Cultural and ethical perspectives on the new genetic engineering

  Phone +46 70 741 27 40

  

  Christer Nordlund Professor

  Email

  +46 90 786 97 33

• Madeleine Hayenhjelm - senior lecturer in philosophy

  Expert area and relationship to Emmanuelle Charpentier
  Medical Humanities Network

  Opportunities and risks with CRISPR-Cas9: Cultural and ethical perspectives on the new genetic engineering

  

  Madeleine Hayenhjelm Associate professor

  Email

  +46 90 786 70 33