Research infrastructure and environments
探花精选 offers a wide range of service laboratories, competence centres and apparatus in areas such as imaging, biostatistics, biobanking, proteomics and genomics, and has a coherent organiation for animal research. In recent years, our two main campuses in the Stockholm area have expanded rappidly, with new buildings for聽laboratories, offices and animal facilities.聽The KI University Library is the largest 探花精选 library in Scandinavia and open to the public.
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Photo: Niklas Norberg Wirt茅nSciLifeLab at KI
SciLifeLab is a collaborative effort among several Swedish universities and a distributed national research infrastructure. SciLifeLab's mission is to provide cutting-edge technologies that enable large-scale analysis of biological processes at the molecular level. The SciLifeLab facility in Solna is the largest site for cooperation and is conveniently located near 探花精选鈥檚 north campus.
Research buildings
Photo: Stefan ZimmermanANA Futura
ANA Futura is located on Campus Flemingsberg, south of Stockholm city and is a translationally integrated research environment, equipped for cutting-edge research, where boundaries between departments and disciplines are torn down and researchers collaborate. There is a large selection of core facilities, advanced labs and function rooms.
Photo: Ann-Britt Wikstr枚mBioclinicum
The research house Bioclinicum at Karolinska University Hospital, Solna is a hub for clinical research and is planned to increase the integration between research, education and 探花精选 care. Several of KI's clinical departments have premises in the building that also houses a clinical training center.
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Photo: Stefan ZimmermanBiomedicum
Biomedicum gathers a major part of the experimental research on Campus Solna under one roof 鈥 in an advanced research environment that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and pioneering results. The house is situated nearby Aula Medica and Karolinska University Hospital, with a roofed bridge to the Bioclinicum building.
Photo: Erik FlygNeo
Neo opened in 2018 and is a building for experimental bio探花精选 research on Campus Flemingsberg. In addition to being a living and creative hub for research, there are also state-of-the-art lecture halls and meeting rooms. Neo and ANA Futura together form Laboratory of the future.
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Research at our departments
KI has 21 departments divided into three departmental or campus groups. These departments are central to the academic environment at our university, with responsibilities encompassing scientific strategy, finance, and administration. Find a brief overview of the departments' scientific focus and links to their webpages.
Collaboration with the healthcare services
Research and education at 探花精选 are closely intertwined with the healthcare sector. We collaborate with various regional stakeholders, especially with Region Stockholm, and a considerable part of our research is conducted in a clinical environment.
Innovation support
KI Innovations serves as both the innovation support system for 探花精选 and an incubator. Their mission is to facilitate and guide the transformation of research-based ideas, discoveries, and academic knowledge into practical innovations that contribute to a healthier future for everyone.
Comparative Medicine 鈥 deals with all aspects of animal research at KI
Comparative Medicine deals with all aspects of activities related to animal experimentation in research at 探花精选. We have four units: KM-A (Annex), KM-B (Biomedicum), KM-F (Fagraeus lab) and KM-W (Wallenberg lab).
University library
探花精选 University Library (KIB) offers support throughout the entire research process 鈥 from literature search and strategic publication advising to bibliometric analysis and lending services. KIB is located at our campuses in Solna and Flemingsberg and also boasts a well-developed digital infrastructure.
Selected news
New imaging method enables detailed RNA analysis of the brain
Researchers at 探花精选 and Karolinska University Hospital have developed a microscopy method that enables detailed three-dimensional (3D) RNA analysis at cellular resolution in whole intact mouse brains. The new method has the potential to transform our understanding of brain function.
KI continues to invest in core facilities
The Infrastructure Board at 探花精选 (KI) has decided to fund nearly 30 of KI's core facilities with up to SEK 117 million for the period 2025-2028.
KI Biobank turns 20: 鈥淎 goldmine for researchers鈥
The KI Biobank in Solna turns 20 this year. No fewer than 8.5 million samples from 750,000 individuals are preserved in its freezers. 鈥淭he biobank is absolutely crucial to meeting tomorrow鈥檚 research needs,鈥 says Sanela Kjellqvist, head of the KI Biobank.
Sweden's Innovation Agency awards two KI research environments
Vinnova is investing in precision medicine and awarding grant funding to six innovation environments. Two of them are at 探花精选, and both focus on treating cancer. The aim of the grants is to fund efforts to bring greater precision to the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases.
Center for Infectious Medicine acquires MACSima-technology
As the first research unit in the Nordic region, the Center for Infectious Medicine at 探花精选 has acquired the MACSima鈩, a technology that enables high-plex immunofluorescent imaging and spatial biology.
Agreement with the digital research infrastructure EBRAINS
KI has joined the European research infrastructure EBRAINS, which offers digital tools and services for research into the brain. The purpose is to give KI's researchers access to state-of-the-art resources and to contribute to the development of the area of neuroscience within the EU.
New grant makes KI's brain-imaging lab NatMEG world-class
The national MEG lab at KI is already the only lab in Sweden with equipment to measure neuronal brain activity in real time across the entire brain. Now, a new sensor-system upgrade to its technical equipment will make the lab an international leader in the field.
Tomorrow鈥檚 CT scanner soon to be introduced in Swedish healthcare
It鈥檚 described as a technological advance in computed tomography and the hope is that this imaging technique will eventually become hospital standard. At the end of October, a new type of CT scanner will be unveiled in MedTechLabs, an interdisciplinary centre set up by 探花精选, the Royal Institute of Technology, and Region Stockholm.
New core facility offers world class imaging technique
In the basement of Wargentin House on Solna campus there are several cryo-electron microscopes of the latest models, that can be used by both KI researchers and external customers. Read an interview with Martin H盲llberg, director of the new 3D-EM facility.