Annika Karlsson

Om mig

Since September 2005, after receiving major project grants from SIDA and the Swedish Research Council, I have been working as a independent researcher and group leader at Karolinska Institutet. I have been the chief supervisor of 4 PhD students who have graduated. I am currently collaborating with several research groups in Sweden, Denmark and USA. 

In total, I have published 44 original articles (10 as first author and 13 as last author), 2 reviews, 1 commentary, and 1 letter in peer reviewed journals. Three of my articles publishes are among top 5% cited publications, one as first and one as last author. Of my articles, the vast majority is published independent of my thesis supervisor.

Google Scholar 2019-06-25

Total number of citations: 1820

h-index: 22

i10-index: 35

Forskningsbeskrivning

I have extensive experience managing multiple research projects in the following areas: clinical immunology, virus- and cancer-specific T cell responses, MHC-peptide-TCR interactions, antigen-specific T cell function and exhaustion in blood and tissue, transcriptional activation and regulation of T cell responses, bioinformatics, HIV pathogenesis, molecular biology, viral evolution, antiretroviral therapy, antiretroviral (drug) resistance. Using this knowledge, I have established an advanced system to conduct detailed studies of T cell pathology during chronic viral infections and cancer. Internationally, I have developed a reputation in the fields of T cell induced escape and selective pressures, HIV pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms influencing T cell function as well as in T cell immunology assays.

Pedagogiska meriter

I have been actively serving as the educational board member for the division of clinical microbiology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, KI, since 2016.

Since 2014, I am the course organizer (35% of full-time) for Project work 15hp in Biomedical Laboratory Science (Level-C, se; kandidat) arranged at Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine. Link to programme: https://pingpong.ki.se/public/courseId/6916/coursePath/5549/ecp/lang-sv/publicPage.do.

Link to course: https://pingpong.ki.se/public/courseId/12517/coursePath/5549/6916/6947/ecp/lang-sv/publicPage.do.

Subsequently, in 2016, I was appointed as the course organizer (15% of full-time) for Degree Project in Diagnostic Cytology, 15 credits, level AV (second cycle, se; magister) arranged at Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine. My role is to warrant progress from level-C, standardize course curriculum, guidelines, and evaluation forms. My assignments as course organizer also includes meetings with the examiners and leading their work to ensure equal evaluation for the students.   

Link to Programme https://pingpong.ki.se/public/courseId/7188/coursePath/5549/ecp/lang-sv/publicPage.do

In addition, I have extensive experience from serving in the teaching, mainly in the forms of lectures and seminars at the preclinical or graduate programs at Karolinska Insitutet (MTC and LABMED).  

Utbildning

Degrees

1998   Licentiate in Clinical Virology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

1996   Bachelor in Biomedical Science (i.e. biomedical laboratory science - BMA) University of Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

1990   University Certificate in Medical Laboratory Technology (i.e. biomedical laboratory science - BMA), University of Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

Doctoral degree

2000-12-15   PhD in Virology at the Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden. Title: Viral dynamics and evolution following primary HIV-1 infection. Main supervisor: Professor Anders Sönnerborg, MD, PhD.

Postdoc appointments

2007 – 2009    Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral research fellow, KI,Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Solna, Sweden

2005 – 2007    Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral research fellow, The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

2004 – 2005    Research Scientist. Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

2001 – 2004    Postdoctoral Fellow. Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Docent - level competence

2009-09-23     Associate Professor of Virology at the Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.

Akademiska priser och utmärkelser

2007  Travel award for attendance at the AIDS Vaccine 2007 Conference, Aug 20.23, Seattle, WA, USA

2004  Fellow/Graduate Student Travel Grant to attend the 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), San Francisco, CA, USA,

2003  National Institute of Health (NIH) grant award for the X1 meeting entitled “HIV Vaccine Development:  Immunological and Biological Challenges.” Keystone Symposia, Banff, Alberta

2003   University of California San Francisco, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, Center for AIDS Research Mentored Scientist Development Award

2002  Young Scientist Travel Grant award for the XIV International AIDS Conference. Barcelona, Spain

2002  NIH Scholarship Winner. Recent Advances in the Biology and Pathogenesis of Primate Lentiviruses. Keystone Symposia, Colorado, USA

2001   Sven Gard Stipend for Best Thesis in Virology at KI

1999   Swedish Physician Against AIDS Research Fund “Best Young Swedish Scientist in the field of HIV/AIDS”