Zeberg laboratory - Research focus
Other topics of interest include pharmacogenetics and the genetic predisposition to infectious diseases, such as COVID-19.
Our approaches include both bioinformatics and functional studies.
Research projects
Functional understanding of genetic risk factor for COVID-19
In this project we are trying to reveal why some of the most important genetic risk factors for COVID-19 increase the risk of severe disease. We are studying these genetic variants both in-vitro and how they present themselves in patients carrying these variants.
Genetic risk factors inherited from archaic humans
Modern humans met Neandertals, and their Asian cousins Denisovans, approximately 60 000 years ago. As a consequence, present day people with roots outside Africa carry genetic variants inherited from these archaic humans. In this project we are studing the functional consequence of this genetic inheritance.
Genetic variability of genes encoding G-protein coupled receptors and enzymes
Using in-vitro techniques such as the Xenopus oocytes expression system and fluorescence based assays, we are trying to link mutations primarily affecting the protein sequence to functional consequences.
Research support
- Swedish Research Council
- European Research Council (EU Horizon 2020, Extraordinary Call for Proposals for Access Projects related to the COVID-19 crisis)
- Jeanssons Stiftelser
- Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse
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Collaborations
- Prof. Svante Pääbo, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
- Prof. Brent Richards, McGill University, Canada
- Prof. Sam Wilson, Glasgow University
- Asst. prof. Michael Hultström, Uppsala University
- Adjunct senior lecturer Robert Frithiof, Uppsala University
Doctoral theses/Dissertations
Hugh Robinson, 1988
"A study of single potassium channels in mammalian cerebellar neurones"
