Ongoing research projects | The Swedish Pathogens Portal

This is a manually curated overview of research projects on COVID-19, infectious diseases in general, and antibiotic resistance which are funded by major funding agencies in Sweden. New projects are added on an ongoing basis. If you would like your project to be listed here, please get in touch with us.

For a list of all projects on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 funded by major Swedish funders since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic see this page.

See also SweCRIS, a database of all funded research projects for many of the large funding agencies in Sweden, where it is possible to search using custom keywords. For those interested specifically in COVID-19 projects, there is list of all ethically approved clinical studies on COVID-19 in Sweden available on Kliniskastudier.se (updated regularly; page available only in Swedish).

Last updated: 2024-07-23

Project title	Funder	Topics
Bacterial Injection Machines within the Human Gut: Structure, Function and Potential as Novel Avenue in Precision Medicine to Battle Antimicrobial Resistance Host institute: Lund University Principal investigator: Eva Maria Rebrova (Steiner) Bacterial Injection Machines within the Human Gut: Structure, Function and Potential as Novel Avenue in Precision Medicine to Battle Antimicrobial Resistance Project: Bacterial Injection Machines within the Human Gut: Structure, Function and Potential as Novel Avenue in Precision Medicine to Battle Antimicrobial Resistance Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Eva Maria Rebrova (Steiner) Host institute: Lund University Duration: 2023-12-01 – 2027-11-30 Funding amount: 6,000,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Curing Sepsis - a personalized bench-to bedside approach for prediction and treatment of short and long-term complication in sepsis Host institute: Lund University Principal investigator: Adam Linder Curing Sepsis - a personalized bench-to bedside approach for prediction and treatment of short and long-term complication in sepsis Project: Curing Sepsis - a personalized bench-to bedside approach for prediction and treatment of short and long-term complication in sepsis Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Adam Linder Host institute: Lund University Duration: 2024-01-01 – 2026-12-31 Funding amount: 2,400,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Epidermal Bioelectronics for Infection Monitoring in Human Skin Wound Host institute: Karolinska Institute Principal investigator: Onur Parlak Epidermal Bioelectronics for Infection Monitoring in Human Skin Wound Project: Epidermal Bioelectronics for Infection Monitoring in Human Skin Wound Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Onur Parlak Host institute: Karolinska Institute Duration: 2023-01-01 – 2026-12-31 Funding amount: 6,000,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Evolution and plasticity of cyclic di-nucleotide signaling networks in Bacteria Host institute: Karolinska Institute Principal investigator: Ute Römling Evolution and plasticity of cyclic di-nucleotide signaling networks in Bacteria Project: Evolution and plasticity of cyclic di-nucleotide signaling networks in Bacteria Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Ute Römling Host institute: Karolinska Institute Duration: 2023-01-01 – 2026-12-31 Funding amount: 3,200,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Immunobiology of MAIT cells in the healthy and infected human host Host institute: Karolinska Institute Principal investigator: Johan Sandberg Immunobiology of MAIT cells in the healthy and infected human host Project: Immunobiology of MAIT cells in the healthy and infected human host Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Johan Sandberg Host institute: Karolinska Institute Duration: 2023-12-01 – 2028-11-30 Funding amount: 9,000,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Informing genomic surveillance by uncovering, phenotyping and prioritising resistance genes to new antibiotics Host institute: University of Gothenburg Principal investigator: Anne Farewell Informing genomic surveillance by uncovering, phenotyping and prioritising resistance genes to new antibiotics Project: Informing genomic surveillance by uncovering, phenotyping and prioritising resistance genes to new antibiotics Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Anne Farewell Host institute: University of Gothenburg Duration: 2024-01-01 – 2026-12-31 Funding amount: 3,500,000 kr	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Nanoengineered precision therapies of lower respiratory tract infections Host institute: Karolinska Institute Principal investigator: Georgios Sotiriou Nanoengineered precision therapies of lower respiratory tract infections Project: Nanoengineered precision therapies of lower respiratory tract infections Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Georgios Sotiriou Host institute: Karolinska Institute Duration: 2022-01-01 – 2027-12-31 Funding amount: 30,000,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Standardized One Health surveillance of antiBiotic residues and antibiotic and heAvy metaL resisTance In BaltiC wAter environMents and wild biRds Host institute: Linnaeus University Principal investigator: Jonas Waldenström Standardized One Health surveillance of antiBiotic residues and antibiotic and heAvy metaL resisTance In BaltiC wAter environMents and wild biRds Project: Standardized One Health surveillance of antiBiotic residues and antibiotic and heAvy metaL resisTance In BaltiC wAter environMents and wild biRds Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Jonas Waldenström Host institute: Linnaeus University Duration: 2024-01-01 – 2026-12-31 Funding amount: 1,532,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Standardized One Health surveillance of antibiotic residues and antibiotic- and heavy metal resistance in Baltic water environments and wild birds Host institute: Linköping University Principal investigator: Jonas Bonnedahl Standardized One Health surveillance of antibiotic residues and antibiotic- and heavy metal resistance in Baltic water environments and wild birds Project: Standardized One Health surveillance of antibiotic residues and antibiotic- and heavy metal resistance in Baltic water environments and wild birds Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Jonas Bonnedahl Host institute: Linköping University Duration: 2024-01-01 – 2026-12-31 Funding amount: 1,943,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Structure, synthesis and recognition of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates Host institute: Chalmers University of Technology Principal investigator: Johan Bengtsson-Palme Structure, synthesis and recognition of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates Project: Structure, synthesis and recognition of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Johan Bengtsson-Palme Host institute: Chalmers University of Technology Duration: 2023-12-01 – 2026-11-30 Funding amount: 4,267,000 kr More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	Antibiotic resistance
Invertebrates as vectors of antimicrobial resistance genes in urban landscapes Host institute: Uppsala University Principal investigator: Richard Svanbäck Invertebrates as vectors of antimicrobial resistance genes in urban landscapes Project: Invertebrates as vectors of antimicrobial resistance genes in urban landscapes Funder: Formas Principal investigator: Richard Svanbäck Host institute: Uppsala University Duration: 2024-01-01 – 2026-12-31 Funding amount: 2,998,910 kr More information about the project	Formas	Antibiotic resistance
Indoor environments that reduce airborne transmission of infections Host institute: Lund University Principal investigator: Malin Alsved Indoor environments that reduce airborne transmission of infections Project: Indoor environments that reduce airborne transmission of infections Funder: Formas Principal investigator: Malin Alsved Host institute: Lund University Duration: 2023-01-01 – 2026-12-31 More information about the project	Formas	COVID-19Infectious diseases
The post-COVID associated autoantibody repertoire Host institute: KTH Royal Institute of Technology Principal investigator: Peter Nilsson The post-COVID associated autoantibody repertoire Project: The post-COVID associated autoantibody repertoire Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Peter Nilsson Host institute: KTH Royal Institute of Technology Duration: 2023-01-01 – 2026-12-31 More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	COVID-19Infectious diseases
Liproprotein structure-function and disease development: from atherosclerosis to covid-19 Host institute: Malmö University Principal investigator: Marite Cardenas Liproprotein structure-function and disease development: from atherosclerosis to covid-19 Project: Liproprotein structure-function and disease development: from atherosclerosis to covid-19 Funder: Swedish Research Council Principal investigator: Marite Cardenas Host institute: Malmö University Duration: 2023-01-01 – 2026-12-31 More information about the project	Swedish Research Council	COVID-19Infectious diseases
PLATINEA 2.0 Availability and individualized use of antibioticsy Host institute: Uppsala University Principal investigator: Thomas Tängdén PLATINEA 2.0 Availability and individualized use of antibioticsy Project: PLATINEA 2.0 Availability and individualized use of antibioticsy Funder: Vinnova Principal investigator: Thomas Tängdén Host institute: Uppsala University Duration: 2021-10-01 – 2026-09-30 More information about the project	Vinnova	Antibiotic resistance