探花精选

Sara Arroyo Muhr

Sara Arroyo Muhr

Senior Research Specialist
Telephone: +46852483518
Visiting address: F56 Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge, 14186 Stockholm
Postal address: H9 Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, H9 CLINTEC Centrum f枚r Cervixcancereliminering, 141 52 Huddinge

About me

  • I am a Tumor Biologist and Scientific Lead at the International Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Reference Center, 探花精选.

    My research focuses on HPV-associated cancers, leveraging molecular biology, next-generation sequencing, and machine learning to advance cancer prevention and screening.

    I oversee the Global HPV LabNet, a worldwide network of national HPV reference laboratories dedicated to global standardization and quality assurance in HPV diagnostics.

    I coordinate key initiatives, including Sweden's cervical cancer elimination project, and lead pioneering efforts such as self-sampling programs in conflict-affected regions like Ukraine. 

Research

  • Molecular virology, machine learning, microbiome, cancer screening, diagnostics.

Teaching

  • Competence:
    Infections in cancer. I have a strong foundation in tumor biology, genomics, molecular diagnostics, microbiology and pharmacology. These areas form the basis of my teaching and research, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of both theoretical and applied sciences within these fields.

    Current Teaching Activity:
    I have completed extensive pedagogy training for teaching at the graduate level. My teaching experience spans undergraduate and graduate levels, covering Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 courses in molecular diagnostics, microbiology, genomics, and antiviral drugs. At 探花精选 (KI), I teach for both the Bio探花精选 and Medical programs and I have contributed to several other courses at Master level. Internationally, I also engage in teaching activities.

    In terms of specific roles, I mostly teach as lecturer, Problem-Based Learning (PBL) tutor, and seminar tutor. Additionally, I supervise Bio探花精选 Bachelor鈥檚 degree projects at KI and I am currently supervising five PhD students.

    In my role as the Scientific Lead of the International HPV Reference Center, I am responsible for extending my teaching reach globally, which has recently included developing an online platform and incorporating interactive online teaching modules (). This online teaching initiative aims to broaden the accessibility and impact of educational resources in HPV-related research and diagnostics.

Articles

  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2025;156(2):379-388
    Muhr LSA; Wang J; Hassan SS; Yilmaz E; Elfstrom MK; Dillner J
  • Journal article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2024;96(10):e70022
    Muhr LSA; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Yilmaz E; Forslund O; Lilja M; Dillner J
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2024;14(1):22014
    Hidjo M; Mukhedkar D; Masimirembwa C; Lei J; Muhr LSA
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC DATA. 2024;11(1):697
    Dillner J; Muhr LSA; Kleppe SN; Wang J; Andersson H; Elfstrom M; Merino R; Sundstrom K
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):3679
    Arroyo Muehr LS; Gini A; Yilmaz E; Hassan SS; Lagheden C; Hultin E; Garcia Serrano A; Ure AE; Andersson H; Merino R; Elfstroem KM; Baussano I; Dillner J
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2024;171:105657
    Pretet JL; Muhr LSA; Cuschieri K; Fellner MD; Correa RM; Picconi MA; Garland SM; Murray GL; Molano M; Peeters M; Van Gucht S; Lambrecht C; Vanden Broeck D; Padalko E; Arbyn M; Lepiller Q; Brunier A; Silling S; Soreng K; Christiansen IK; Poljak M; Lagheden C; Yilmaz E; Eklund C; Thapa HR; Querec TD; Unger ER; Dillner J
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2023;167:105581
    Yilmaz E; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Robertsson KD; Lilja M; Elfstrom M; Muhr LSA; Dillner J
  • Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2023;12(18):19291-19300
    Garcia-Serrano A; Mukhedkar D; Hultin E; Rudsander U; Wettergren Y; Ure AE; Dillner J; Arroyo-Muhr LS
  • Article: DIAGNOSTICS. 2022;12(12):3222
    Guerendiain D; Muhr LSA; Grigorescu R; Holden MTG; Cuschieri K
  • Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;226(7):1195-1199
    Arroyo Muhr LS; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Eriksson T; Pimenoff VN; Gray P; Lehtinen M; Dillner J
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):15062
    Ure AE; Lagheden C; Muhr LSA
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2022;154:105237
    Muhr LSA; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Forslund O; Robertsson KD; Dillner J
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):13058
    Ure A; Mukhedkar D; Muhr LSA
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2022;40(14):1522-1528
    Lei J; Arroyo-Muehr LS; Lagheden C; Eklund C; Kleppe SN; Elfstroem M; Andrae B; Sparen P; Dillner J; Sundstroem K
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2021;149(12):2083-2090
    Hortlund M; Muhr LSA; Lagheden C; Hjerpe A; Dillner J
  • Article: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;5(6):e182
    Martinez RM; Mueller H; Negru S; Ormenisan A; Muhr LSA; Zhang X; Moller FT; Clements MS; Kozlakidis Z; Pimenoff VN; Wilkowski B; Boeckhout M; Ohman H; Chong S; Holzinger A; Lehtinen M; van Veen E-B; Bala P; Widschwendter M; Dowling J; Tornroos J; Snyder MP; Dillner J
  • Article: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE REPORTS. 2021;24:101518
    Elfstrom KM; Blomqvist J; Nilsson P; Hober S; Pin E; Manberg A; Pimenoff VN; Muhr LSA; Lundgren KC; Dillner J
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):18852
    Muhr LSA; Dillner J; Ure AE; Sundstrom K; Hultin E
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2021;149(6):1341-1347
    Arroyo Muhr LS; Hultin E; Dillner J
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2021;141:104902
    Eklund C; Muhr LSA; Lagheden C; Forslund O; Robertsson KD; Dillner J
  • Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2021;290(2):430-436
    Hassan SS; Seigerud A; Abdirahman R; Muhr LSA; Kleppe SN; Pin E; Manberg A; Hober S; Nilsson P; Engstrand L; Elfstrom KM; Blomqvist J; Lundgren KC; Dillner J
  • Article: VIRUSES. 2021;13(7):1323
    Muhr LSA; Guerendiain D; Cuschieri K; Sundstrom K
  • Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2021;224(1):14-20
    Dillner J; Elfstrom KM; Blomqvist J; Engstrand L; Uhlen M; Eklund C; Boulund F; Lagheden C; Hamsten M; Nordqvist-Kleppe S; Seifert M; Hellstrom C; Olofsson J; Andersson E; Falk AJ; Bergstrom S; Hultin E; Pin E; Pimenoff VN; Hassan S; Manberg A; Nilsson P; Hedhammar M; Hober S; Mattsson J; Muhr LSA; Lundgren KC
  • Article: VIROLOGY. 2021;558:57-66
    Muhr LSA; Eklund C; Dillner J
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):5160
    Dillner J; Elfstrom KM; Blomqvist J; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Nordqvist-Kleppe S; Hellstrom C; Olofsson J; Andersson E; Jernbom Falk A; Bergstrom S; Hultin E; Pin E; Manberg A; Nilsson P; Hedhammar M; Hober S; Mattsson J; Muhr LSA; Lundgren KC
  • Article: CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2021;10(7):e1312
    Hober S; Hellstrom C; Olofsson J; Andersson E; Bergstrom S; Jernbom Falk A; Bayati S; Mravinacova S; Sjoberg R; Yousef J; Skoglund L; Kanje S; Berling A; Svensson A-S; Jensen G; Enstedt H; Afshari D; Xu LL; Zwahlen M; von Feilitzen K; Hanke L; Murrell B; McInerney G; Karlsson Hedestam GB; Lendel C; Roth RG; Skoog I; Svenungsson E; Olsson T; Fogdell-Hahn A; Lindroth Y; Lundgren M; Maleki KT; Lagerqvist N; Klingstrom J; Da Silva Rodrigues R; Muschiol S; Bogdanovic G; Arroyo Muhr LS; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Dillner J; Sivertsson A; Havervall S; Thalin C; Tegel H; Pin E; Manberg A; Hedhammar M; Nilsson P
  • Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2020;123(12):1790-1795
    Arroyo Muhr LS; Lagheden C; Lei J; Eklund C; Nordqvist Kleppe S; Sparen P; Sundstrom K; Dillner J
  • Article: VACCINE. 2020;38(25):4066-4070
    Bzhalava Z; Muhr LSA; Dillner J
  • Article: JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY. 2020;101(3):265-270
    Muhr LSA; Lagheden C; Eklund C; Lei J; Nordqvist-Kleppe S; Sparen P; Sundstrom K; Dillner J
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(8):e0237455
    Arroyo Muhr LS; Lagheden C; Hassan SS; Kleppe SN; Hultin E; Dillner J
  • Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2019;79(17):4532-4538
    Arroyo-Muhr L-S; Lagheden C; Hultin E; Eklund C; Adami H-O; Dillner J; Sundstrom K
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(5):e0217942
    Hultin E; Muhr LSA; Lagheden C; Dillner J
  • Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2018;119(9):1163-1168
    Arroyo-Muhr LS; Lagheden C; Hultin E; Eklund C; Adami H-O; Dillner J; Sundstrom K
  • Article: VIROLOGY. 2018;520:21-29
    Hultin E; Muhr LSA; Bzhalava Z; Hortlund M; Lagheden C; Sundstrom P; Dillner J
  • Article: VIROLOGY. 2018;519:74-76
    Muhr LSA; Eklund C; Dillner J
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2017;141(12):2498-2504
    Muhr LSA; Bzhalava Z; Hortlund M; Lagheden C; Kleppe SN; Bzhalava D; Hultin E; Dillner J
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2017;140(5):1091-1101
    Hortlund M; Muhr LSA; Storm H; Engholm G; Dillner J; Bzhalava D
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(3):e0172308
    Muhr LSA; Hortlund M; Bzhalava Z; Kleppe SN; Bzhalava D; Hultin E; Dillner J
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2016;138(9):2212-2220
    Bzhalava D; Hultin E; Muhr LSA; Ekstrom J; Lehtinen M; de Villiers E-M; Dillner J
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:25235
    Smelov V; Bzhalava D; Muhr LSA; Eklund C; Komyakov B; Gorelov A; Dillner J; Hultin E
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;16:81
    Sara Arroyo L; Basaras M; Arrese E; Hernaez S; Esteban V; Cisterna R
  • Article: VIROLOGY. 2015;485:283-288
    Muhr LSA; Bzhalava D; Lagheden C; Eklund C; Johansson H; Forslund O; Dillner J; Hultin E
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2015;136(11):2546-2555
    Muhr LSA; Hultin E; Bzhalava D; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Ekstrom J; Johansson H; Forslund O; Dillner J
  • Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2014;86(12):2042-2048
    Smelov V; Muhr LSA; Bzhalava D; Brown LJ; Komyakov B; Dillner J
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2014;4:5807
    Bzhalava D; Muhr LSA; Lagheden C; Ekstrom J; Forslund O; Dillner J; Hultin E
  • Article: VIROLOGY. 2013;447(1-2):300-311
    Ekstrom J; Muhr LSA; Bzhalava D; Soderlund-Strand A; Hultin E; Nordin P; Stenquist B; Paoli J; Forslund O; Dillner J
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2013;58(2):437-442
    Arroyo LS; Smelov V; Bzhalava D; Eklund C; Hultin E; Dillner J
  • Article: INTERVIROLOGY. 2013;56(3):190-194
    Basaras M; Arrese E; Blanco S; Arroyo LS; Ruiz P; Cisterna R
  • Article: VIROLOGY JOURNAL. 2012;9:258
    Arroyo SL; Basaras M; Arrese E; Hernaez S; Andia D; Esteban V; Garcia-Etxebarria K; Jugo BM; Cisterna R
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All other publications

  • Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2024;171:105660
    Yilmaz E; Eklund C; Lagheden C; Robertsson KD; Lilja M; Elfstrom M; Muhr LSA; Dillner J
  • Review: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2023;95(12):e29332
    Arroyo Muhr LS; Lagheden C; Hassan SS; Eklund C; Dillner J
  • Editorial comment: THE LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;23(11):1215-1216
    Muhr LSA; Dillner J
  • Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER. 2023;33(5):802-811
    Cuschieri K; Fellner MD; Arroyo Muehr LS; Padalko E; Correa RM; Dillner J; Gultekin M; Picconi MA
  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021
    Elfstr枚m M; Blomqvist J; Nilsson P; Hober S; Pin E; M氓nberg A; Pimenoff V; Arroyo M眉hr LS; Lundgren KC; Dillner J
  • Letter: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2019;145(11):3181
    Muhr LSA; Dillner J
  • Corrigendum: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:26267
    Smelov V; Bzhalava D; Muhr LSA; Eklund C; Komyakov B; Gorelov A; Dillner J; Hultin E
  • Thesis / dissertation: 2016
    Arroyo M眉hr, Laila Sara
  • Letter: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS. 2013;89(8):627
    Smelov V; Eklund C; Muhr LSA; Hultin E; Dillner J
  • Meeting abstract: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2012;16:e71
    Arroyo LS; Basaras M; Arrese E; Hernaez S; Andia D; Esteban V; Cisterna R

Grants

  • Human papillomavirus self-sampling for enhancing cervical screening during the war in Ukraine
    Union for International Cancer Control
    1 September 2024 - 31 August 2026

Employments

  • Senior Research Specialist, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 探花精选, 2024-
  • Research Coordinator, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 探花精选, 2023-2024

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Laboratory Medicine, 探花精选, 2016

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