Short introduction to Johan Jakobsson's research

Our lab is interested in transposable elements and how these viral-like sequences influence human brain evolution, neurodegenerative diseases, brain tumors and ageing. Our expertise includes human stem cell cultures, viral vectors, gene editing, cellular reprogramming and bioinformatical analysis of transposons.

We are currently looking for new members (postdocs, computational biologists and bioinformaticians) to our team to work in our translational projects related to neuroinflammation, transposable elements and single cell analysis. If you are interested in working with us then please contact Johan Jakobsson (johan [dot] jakobsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (johan[dot]jakobsson[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)).

Are you interested in what makes the human brain different to the brain of chimpanzee?
You're welcome to learn more from the following article by Lund Stem Cell Center:
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/what-makes-human-brain-different-brain-chimpanzee

Vill du veta mer om gensaxen och hjärnans sjukdomar? Se Johan Jakobssons föreläsning "Hjärnans sjukdomar: genvägen till framtidens behandlingar" från Forskningens dag 2020.