Associate Professor Fredrik Bäckhed

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, Fredrik Bäckhed, an expert in cellular microbiology and mouse physiology, combines clinical oriented research with gnotobiotic mouse models to address the role of the normal gut microbiota in metabolic diseases.

Dr Bäckhed has received several prestigious awards: Chorafas Prize (2003), Ingvar Carlsson Award (2006), Dr Eric K Fernström Foundation’s Prize to Young Swedish Scientists (2010), and the DPLU/LUDC Nordic Prize for an Outstanding Young Diabetes Investigator (2010).

He was named as ‘one of 101 super talents’ (number 12) by Veckans Affärer 2010, and he has been elected to the Young Academy of Sweden hosted by the Royal Academy of Sciences (2011). For a profile about Dr. Bäckhed and his group see Gut Instincts and Unravelling the human gut

 
News

2012-04-26
Collaboration with Charlie Serhan published in Nature
2012-03-16
Christoph Reinhardt’s paper published in Nature
2012-03-09
Gut microbiota modulates bone mass
2011-12-13
Awarded grant from AFA Försäkring [Swedish only]
2011-11-28
Awarded grant from Ragnar Söderberg Foundation [Swedish only]
2011-11-23
Encyclopedia of gut microbiota regulated genes launched [External link]
2011-11-23
Erik Larsson’s paper published in Gut
2011-10-21
Jeffrey Gordon Appointed Honorory Doctor at University of Gothenburg