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Martin L Olsson is a Professor and Consultant at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University. He serves as Research Team Manager in Transfusion Medicine and Principal Investigator for the national StemTherapy initiative on stem cells for regenerative therapy.
- Current research focuses on blood group discovery, host-pathogen interactions, and red blood cell roles in hemostasis
- Over 80% of human cells are red blood cells, with critical transfusion medicine implications
His group has established six new blood group systems (GLOB, VEL, FORS, SID, MAM, CD36) and elucidated molecular bases for antigens like PX2 and ExtB. Current work includes orphan blood groups (~30 unexplained), erythroid regulatory proteins (SMIM1, EMP3), and microbial interactions (HIV, malaria, E.coli).
Research Grants:
- Swedish Research Council (9 MSEK 2020-2024)
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (30 MSEK 2016-2026)
- Governmental ALF grants (>15 MSEK 2019-2024)
- Mats Paulsson's Foundation (2 MSEK 2020-2021)
Scientific Awards:
- ISBT President (2018-2020)
- Vox Sanguinis Best Paper Prize (2018)
- Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award (2017)
- Dr. J.G. Jolly Oration, India (2018)
- Medal of the PTHiT (2017)
Supervision: Actively supervises PhD students and postdocs, including Camous Moslemi and Torsten Dahlén.
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