Sten Eirik Jacobsen

Sten Eirik Jacobsen is a Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Karolinska Institutet, specializing in bone marrow stem cell dynamics. His research focuses on understanding how specialized stem cells rapidly produce blood platelets, with implications for treating chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia and developing targeted blood cancer therapies.

• Wallenberg Scholar

His work investigates a newly identified blood stem cell subset that exclusively generates platelets, aiming to accelerate platelet recovery in clinical settings. By studying these cells in murine models under thrombocytopenic stress, his team seeks to uncover mechanisms for improving bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy outcomes, while exploring their role in leukemogenesis.