Past Projects (2017-2024)

Between 2017 and 2024, Uppsala Antibiotic Center funded research through two competitive grant rounds: 14 PhD projects selected in 2017 and 14 more in 2021, drawn from all three disciplinary domains at Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. From 2025, the center moved to a membership-based model (the UAC Research School and UAC Research Community) open to PhD students and researchers at any career stage. The projects below are a record of that project-based period, while current research present at the center is organized by member under Research Areas.

First cohort of projects (2017-2020)

1. Evaluating the utility and use of existing tools to optimize antibiotic prescription in India. Principal Investigator: Anna Bergström. PhD Student: Bronwen Holloway.
2. Can early treatment with antibiotics affect the risk of type 1 diabetes? Principal Investigator: Tove Fall. PhD Student: Mona-Lisa Wernroth.
3. Systematic mapping of antibiotic usage patterns among sick children across low- and middle-income countries from 2005–2017 and its health system, policy and epidemiology drivers. Principal Investigator: Andreas Mårtensson. PhD Student: Gbemisola Allwell-Brown.
4. Colistin Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics. Principal Investigator: Lena Friberg. PhD Student: Viktor Rognås.
5. Horizontal Gene Transfer & Antibiotic Resistance. Principal Investigator: Diarmaid Hughes. PhD Student: Katrin Bartke.
6. Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing with microfluidics technology. Principal Investigator: Johan Kreuger. PhD Student: Christer Malmberg.
7. Formation of Persister Bacteria in Salmonella and the Role of ProQ. Principal Investigator: Erik Holmqvist. PhD Student: Alisa Rizvanovic
8. Heteroresistance & Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing. Principal Investigator: Johan Elf. PhD Student: Praneeth Karempudi.
9. Understanding Metronidazole Resistance. Principal Investigator: Staffan Svärd. PhD Student: Sasha Krakovka.
10. Targeted eradication of bacterial pathogens. Principal Investigator: Sanna Koskiniemi. PhD Student: Petra Muir.
11. Antibiotic prescription in Swedish primary care consultations. Principal Investigator: Anna Lindström. PhD Student: Klara Bertils.
12. The Socio-Economic Conditions for Swedish Antibiotics Research 1980-2015. Principal Investigator: Alexandra Waluszewski. PhD Student: Carl Björvang.
13. Understanding the Swedish antibiotic stewardship through healthcare professionals’ meaning making of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in Swedish hospitals. Principal Investigator: Hannah Bradby. PhD Student: Isis Lindfeldt.
14. New strategies for individualized and rational use of antibiotics in difficult-to-treat infections. Principal Investigator: Thomas Tängdén. PhD Student: Lisa Faxén.

Second cohort of projects (2021-2024)

1. AMR-drivers: addressing the distal drivers of AMR through targeted AMR-, or integrated SDG-policy and action. Principal Investigator: Peter Søgaard Jørgensen. PhD Student: Luong Nguyen Thanh
2. A generic nanosized drug delivery platform for optimal absorption of antibiotics. Principal Investigator: Christel Bergström. PhD Student: Xiguo He.
3. Antibiotic resistance by target binding, an unexplored mechanism of clinical relevance. Principal Investigator: Maria Selmer. PhD Student: Adrián González López.
4. Development of metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors. Principal Investigator: Máté Erdélyi. PhD Student: Kinga Gulyás.
5. Microfluidics-based single-ribosome tracking for studies of heterogeneous cell response to antibiotic treatment. Principal Investigator: Magnus Johansson. PhD Student: Filip Ilievski.
6. Type I toxin-antitoxin systems and persister cell formation. Principal Investigator: Erik Holmqvist. PhD Student: Athina Eleftheraki.
7. Exploring the dynamics of antimicrobial resistance in livestock production. Principal Investigator: Susanna Sternberg Lewerin. PhD Student: Valeriia Ladyhina.
8. International Multi-Sectorial Partnerships as New Models for Antibiotics Innovation. Principal Investigator: Olof Lindahl. PhD Student: Carla Sacchi.
9. Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms: from virulence to antibiotic resistance. Principal Investigator: Linus Sandegren. Student: Patricia Coelho.
10. Chromosomal Hybrids: A source of globally-spread antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Principal Investigator: Diarmaid Hughes. PhD Student: Talia Berruga Fernández.
11. Combination therapy against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Principal Investigator: Thomas Tängdén. PhD Student: Elin Fermér.
12. Antibiotic Action in Bacterium-Infected Cells and Tissues. Principal Investigator: Mikael Sellin. PhD Student: Alexandra Bergholtz.
13. Discovery and development of small-molecule antibiotics against C. difficile. Principal Investigator: Lindon Moodie. PhD Student: Matthew Rosenberg.
14. A DNA-encoded compound library-based approach for the discovery of novel Lep-B inhibitors. Principal Investigator: Oscar Verho. PhD Student: Christodoulos Mitrogiannis.