معرفی
Lisa Westerberg is a Professor of Experimental Immunology at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology. Her research focuses on understanding how defects in actin cytoskeleton regulation lead to immunodeficiencies, autoimmunity, and hematological malignancies. She leads a team studying primary immunodeficiency diseases such as Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) and X-linked neutropenia (XLN), investigating molecular mechanisms underlying immune cell dysfunction.
Education: PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology (Karolinska Institutet, 2003), postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School (2009). Appointed Professor in 2024 after prior roles as Associate Professor (2013) and Assistant Professor (2009).
Research interests include nuclear actin regulation in immune cells, clonal evolution in pediatric lymphomas, and space-induced immune changes. Her lab combines molecular biology, microscopy, and in vivo models to develop therapies targeting actin regulators.
Awards: Ragnar Söderberg Fellowship, ERC Starting Grant (2019), Swedish Research Council grants. Collaborates internationally on space immunology via ESA experiments. Supervises PhD students in B cell biology and immune signaling.
Labs/Teams: Immunodeficiency Diseases Group at MTC, WASPSTINGS network coordinator. Active in translational research bridging primary immunodeficiencies and cancer therapy.
