Staffan Svärd
Professor at Department of Cell and Molecular Biology; Microbiology and immunology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 45 58
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 05 94
- E-mail:
- Staffan.Svard@icm.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Husargatan 3
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 596
751 24 Uppsala

Publications
Recent publications
Host range expansion of asexual parasite can be explained by loss of adaptions in Muller's Ratchet
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
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The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
Part of Scientific Data, 2025
- DOI for The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
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Part of Nucleic Acids Research, p. 14061-14076, 2024
- DOI for Tetramerization of deoxyadenosine kinase meets the demands of a DNA replication substrate challenge in Giardia intestinalis
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Gene co-expression network analysis reveal core responsive genes in Parascaris univalens tissues following ivermectin exposure
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Part of Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Host range expansion of asexual parasite can be explained by loss of adaptions in Muller's Ratchet
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
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The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
Part of Scientific Data, 2025
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Part of Nucleic Acids Research, p. 14061-14076, 2024
- DOI for Tetramerization of deoxyadenosine kinase meets the demands of a DNA replication substrate challenge in Giardia intestinalis
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Gene co-expression network analysis reveal core responsive genes in Parascaris univalens tissues following ivermectin exposure
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Part of Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2024
Part of Nucleic Acids Research, p. 3436-3451, 2023
- DOI for Insights into translocation mechanism and ribosome evolution from cryo-EM structures of translocation intermediates of Giardia intestinalis
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
- DOI for Transcriptomics of ivermectin response in Caenorhabditis elegans: Integrating abamectin quantitative trait loci and comparison to the Ivermectin-exposed DA1316 strain
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Adaptation of the late ISC pathway in the anaerobic mitochondrial organelles of Giardia intestinalis
Part of PLoS Pathogens, 2023
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Transcriptomic analysis of albendazole resistance in human diarrheal parasite Giardia duodenalis
Part of International Journal for Parasitology, p. 9-19, 2023
- DOI for Transcriptomic analysis of albendazole resistance in human diarrheal parasite Giardia duodenalis
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Part of PLoS Pathogens, 2023
- DOI for Trophozoite fitness dictates the intestinal epithelial cell response to Giardia intestinalis infection
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Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2022
- DOI for Ivermectin-induced gene expression changes in adult Parascaris univalens and Caenorhabditis elegans: a comparative approach to study anthelminthic metabolism and resistance in vitro
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A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
Part of Scientific Data, 2022
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Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022
- DOI for Giardia intestinalis thymidine kinase is a high-affinity enzyme crucial for DNA synthesis and an exploitable target for drug discovery
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Part of BMC Biology, 2022
- DOI for Combined nanometric and phylogenetic analysis of unique endocytic compartments in Giardia lamblia sheds light on the evolution of endocytosis in Metamonada
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Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
- DOI for Characterization of Metronidazole-Resistant Giardia intestinalis Lines by Comparative Transcriptomics and Proteomics
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Part of mBio, 2022
- DOI for High-Definition DIC Imaging Uncovers Transient Stages of Pathogen Infection Cycles on the Surface of Human Adult Stem Cell-Derived Intestinal Epithelium
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Part of Genomics, 2022
- DOI for Comprehensive characterization of Cysteine-rich protein-coding genes of Giardia lamblia and their role during antigenic variation
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Part of Trends in Parasitology, p. 605-606, 2022
A Detailed Gene Expression Map of Giardia Encystation
Part of Genes, p. 1932, 2021
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Part of BMC Genomics, 2021
- DOI for Dual RNA-seq transcriptome analysis of caecal tissue during primary Eimeria tenella infection in chickens
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Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
- DOI for Serglycin-Deficiency Causes Reduced Weight Gain and Changed Intestinal Cytokine Responses in Mice Infected With Giardia intestinalis
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Part of International Journal of Parasitology, p. 225-239, 2021
Multimodal regulation of encystation in Giardia duodenalis revealed by deep proteomics
Part of International Journal of Parasitology, p. 809-824, 2021
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Part of Parasitology, p. 712-725, 2021
- DOI for Dual RNA-Seq transcriptome analysis of chicken macrophage-like cells (HD11) infected in vitro with Eimeria tenella
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Eukaryote-Conserved Methylarginine Is Absent in Diplomonads and Functionally Compensated in Giardia
Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 3525-3549, 2020
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High Cysteine Membrane Proteins (HCMPs) Are Up-Regulated DuringGiardia-Host Cell Interactions
Part of Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
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Part of Cells, 2020
- DOI for The Chymase Mouse Mast Cell Protease-4 Regulates Intestinal Cytokine Expression in Mature Adult Mice Infected with Giardia intestinalis
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Part of Microbial Genomics, 2020
A chromosome-scale reference genome for Giardia intestinalis WB
Part of Scientific Data, 2020
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Part of BMC Biology, 2019
- DOI for Oxygen induces the expression of invasion and stress response genes in the anaerobic salmon parasite Spironucleus salmonicida
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Part of FEBS Letters, p. 1313-1325, 2019
Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2019
- DOI for Further evaluation of recombinant Tsol-p27 by enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot for the serodiagnosis of cysticercosis in pigs from Mozambique
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Identification of Conserved Candidate Vaccine Antigens in the Surface Proteome of Giardia lamblia
Part of Infection and Immunity, 2019
Proximity Staining using Enzymatic Protein Tagging in Diplomonads
Part of mSphere, 2019
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Part of Molecular Immunology, p. 535-544, 2019
Part of Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Print), p. 29-38, 2019
Proteomic diversity in a prevalent human-infective Giardia duodenalis sub-species
Part of International Journal of Parasitology, p. 817-823, 2018
Part of Infection, Genetics and Evolution, p. 7-16, 2018
Part of GigaScience, 2018
- DOI for Differential protein expression and post-translational modifications in metronidazole-resistant Giardia duodenalis
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Part of Virulence, p. 879-894, 2018
- DOI for Secreted Giardia intestinalis cysteine proteases disrupt intestinal epithelial cell junctional complexes and degrade chemokines
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Part of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
- DOI for Responses of the Differentiated Intestinal Epithelial Cell Line Caco-2 to Infection With the Giardia intestinalis GS Isolate
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Recent advances in the genomic and molecular biology of Giardia
Part of Acta Tropica, p. 67-72, 2018
Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
- DOI for Transcriptomics Indicates Active and Passive Metronidazole Resistance Mechanisms in Three Seminal Giardia Lines
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Part of BMC Biology, 2017
- DOI for Giardia intestinalis mitosomes undergo synchronized fission but not fusion and are constitutively associated with the endoplasmic reticulum
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Giardia-specific cellular immune responses in post-giardiasis chronic fatigue syndrome
Part of BMC Immunology, 2017
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Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
- DOI for Characterization of the Giardia intestinalis secretome during interaction with human intestinal epithelial cells: The impact on host cells
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Endoplasmic reticulum is the sorting core facility in the Golgi-lacking protozoan Giardia lamblia
Part of Traffic, p. 604-621, 2017
Part of BMC Biology, 2016
- DOI for On the reversibility of parasitism: adaptation to a free-living lifestyle via gene acquisitions in the diplomonad Trepomonas sp PC1
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Comparative cell biology and evolution of Annexins in Diplomonads
Part of mSphere, 2016
Divergent Transcriptional Responses to Physiological and Xenobiotic Stress in Giardia duodenalis
Part of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, p. 6034-6045, 2016
Coordinated Changes in Gene Expression Throughout Encystation of Giardia intestinalis
Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
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Part of International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, p. 32-43, 2016
Human Memory CD4+ T Cell Immune Responses against Giardia lamblia
Part of Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, p. 11-18, 2016
Comparative genomic analyses of freshly isolated Giardia intestinalis assemblage A isolates
Part of BMC Genomics, 2015
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UV irradiation responses in Giardia intestinalis
Part of Experimental parasitology, p. 25-32, 2015
Part of Veterinary parasitology, p. 28-34, 2015
Transcriptional profiling of Giardia intestinalis in response to oxidative stress
Part of International Journal of Parasitology, p. 925-938, 2015
Time-Dependent Transcriptional Changes in Axenic Giardia duodenalis Trophozoites
Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
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Part of PLOS Genetics, 2014
- DOI for The genome of Spironucleus salmonicida highlights a fish pathogen adapted to fluctuating environments
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Rolf Bernander (1956-2014): pioneer of the archaeal cell cycle Obituary
Part of Molecular Microbiology, p. 903-909, 2014
Gene expression changes during Giardia-host cell interactions in serum-free medium
Part of Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Print), p. 21-23, 2014
Part of BMC Microbiology, p. 256, 2013
Transcriptome Profiling of Giardia intestinalis Using Strand-specific RNAseq
Part of PloS Computational Biology, 2013
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Hydrogenosomes in the diplomonad Spironucleus salmonicida
Part of Nature Communications, p. 2493, 2013
Part of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
- DOI for Common Coinfections of Giardia intestinalis and Helicobacter pylori in Non-Symptomatic Ugandan Children
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Allelic sequence heterozygosity in single Giardia parasites
Part of BMC Microbiology, 2012
Part of Eukaryotic Cell, p. 864-873, 2012
Part of PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI for Arginine Consumption by the Intestinal Parasite Giardia intestinalis Reduces Proliferation of Intestinal Epithelial Cells
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Stable transfection of the diplomonad parasite Spironucleus salmonicida
Part of Eukaryotic Cell, p. 1353-1361, 2012
Laboratory cryo soft X-ray microscopy
Part of Journal of Structural Biology, p. 267-272, 2012
Alpha-1 Giardin is an Annexin with Highly Unusual Calcium-Regulated Mechanisms
Part of Journal of Molecular Biology, p. 169-181, 2012
Part of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
- DOI for Detection of Giardia duodenalis Assemblages A and B in Human Feces by Simple, Assemblage-Specific PCR Assays
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Transcriptional changes in Giardia during host-parasite interactions
Part of International Journal for Parasitology, p. 277-285, 2011
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, p. 95-99, 2011
Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
Part of Experimental parasitology, p. 804-810, 2011
Part of Vaccine, p. 9529-9537, 2011
Human Cellular Immune Response Against Giardia lamblia 5 Years After Acute Giardiasis
Part of Journal of Infectious Diseases, p. 1779-1786, 2011
The minimal kinome of Giardia lamblia illuminates early kinase evolution and unique parasite biology
Part of Genome Biology, 2011
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Part of BMC Genomics, 2010
- DOI for Large genomic differences between the morphologically indistinguishable diplomonads Spironucleus barkhanus and Spironucleus salmonicida
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Part of Veterinary parasitology, p. 159-160, 2008
Dominance of Giardia assemblage B in León, Nicaragua.
Part of Acta Tropica, p. 44-53, 2008
Eukaryotic RNase P RNA mediates cleavage in the absence of protein
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 2062-2067, 2007
Protein phosphatase 2A plays a crucial role in Giardia lamblia differentiation
Part of Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Print), p. 80-89, 2007
Secretory antibodies against Giardia intestinalis in lactating Nicaraguan women.
Part of Parasite Immunol, p. 163-9, 2005
Developmental changes in the adhesive disk during Giardia differentiation.
Part of Mol Biochem Parasitol, p. 199-207, 2005
Giardia lamblia-induced changes in gene expression in differentiated Caco-2
Part of Infect Immun, p. 8204-8, 2005
Articles, review/survey
Update on Giardia: Highlights from the seventh International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference
Part of Parasite, 2020
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Host specificity in the Giardia duodenalis species complex
Part of Infection, Genetics and Evolution, p. 335-345, 2018
An up-date on Giardia and giardiasis
Part of Current Opinion in Microbiology, p. 47-52, 2016
Drug resistance in Giardia duodenalis
Part of Biotechnology Advances, p. 888-901, 2015
Behind the smile: cell biology and disease mechanisms of Giardia species
Part of Nature Reviews Microbiology, p. 413-422, 2010
Part of BMC Genomics, p. 51, 2007
Chapters in book
Part of Giardia And Giardiasis, Pt B, p. 139-171, Elsevier, 2020
Recent advances in functional research in Giardia intestinalis
Part of Giardia And Giardiasis, Pt B, p. 97-137, Elsevier, 2020
The genome of Giardia and other diplomonads
Part of Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa: Genomics and Molecular Biology, p. 23-44, Caister Academic Press, 2010