Research at Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences
Development of Future Medicines
Our research encompasses everything from fundamental questions about how drugs affect the living cell and how they are metabolized in the body, to the search for new models to describe drug effects. The overarching goal of the institution's research groups is to improve understanding of drug uptake, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, effects, and side effects.
We place great emphasis on collaboration with the surrounding community, and research projects are often conducted in close collaboration with national and international laboratories and pharmaceutical industries. Research collaboration with the international pharmaceutical industry and other parts of the healthcare sector ensures high quality. We also have extensive doctoral education within the various research groups.

Research groups
Anders Backlund | Pharmacognosy |
Björn Hellman | Toxicology |
Christian Benedict | Pharmacology Sleep Research |
Erik Jansson | Medical Mass Spectrometry |
Albert Mihranyan | Läkemedelsteknik |
Göran Frenning | Pharmaceutical Physics |
Hans Lennernäs | Translational Drug Discovery and Development |
Johan Lennartsson | Pharmaceutical Cell Biology & Biotechnology |
Maria Norlin | Steroid biochemistry |
Mathias Hallberg | Biological research on drug dependence |
Ola Spjuth | Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics |
Ola Söderberg | Pharmaceutical Cell Biology & Biotechnology |
Per Andrén | Medical Mass Spectrometry |
Robert Fredriksson | Molecular Neuropharmacology |
Ulf Göransson | Pharmacognosy |
Ulrika Simonsson | Translational Drug Discovery and Development |
Research areas
Björn Hellman | Drug Safety & Toxicology |
Albert Mihranyan | Pharmaceutical Technology |
Göran Frenning | Pharmaceutical Physics |
Hans Lennernäs | Biopharmaceutics |
Mathias Hallberg | Neuropharmacology and Biological Addiction Research |
Ola Spjuth | Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics |
Ola Söderberg | Pharmaceutical cellbiology |
Per Andrén | Spatial Mass Spectrometry |
Robert Fredriksson | Pharmacology |
Ulf Göransson | Pharmacognosy |
Our contributors
AbbVie Inc |
Akademiska sjukhuset |
Astra Zeneca |
Barncancerfonden |
Bergvalls stiftelse |
Cancerfonden |
Dicot AB |
EU-komm, Horizon (H2020) |
EU-komm, Horizon Europe |
EU-komm, övriga EU-medel |
Faciasstiftelsen |
FORMAS |
Galderma |
Gc Biopharma |
Gustavianska stiftelsen (RF) |
Hiertas Minne |
Hjärnfonden |
Kammarkollegiet |
Karolinska institutet |
Kjell och Märta Beijers Stift. |
Kungliga tekniska högskolan |
NovoNordiskfonden |
Sagens stiftelse |
SIDA-Styr.f.intern.utv.samarb |
Socialstyrelsen |
Stift för strategisk forskn |
STINT |
Svenska spel AB |
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet |
Umeå universitet |
Uppsala Akademiförvaltning |
Vetenskapsrådet |
VINNOVA |
Åhlénstiftelsen |
Åke Wibergs stiftelse |
Publications
Aktuella publikationer
- Fu, Xuan; Yin, Limei; Zhang, Yang et al., 2025
- Tofiq, Maryam; Persson, Ann-Sofie; Lazorova, Lucia et al., 2025
- Guo, Zhiming; Zheng, Yuxia; Wang, Chen et al., 2025
- Keutzer, Lina, 2025
- Kuijpers, Kiki W. K.; Andersson, Karl; Winkvist, Maria et al., 2025
- Kagios, Christakis; Hetty, Susanne; Grönbladh, Alfhild et al., 2025
- Noga Morais Ferreira, Diana; Meth, Elisa; Pacheco, André P et al., 2025
- Zheng, Yuxia; Yin, Limei; Jayan, Heera et al., 2025
- Raaijmakers, Jelmer; Ruth, Mike M.; Schildkraut, Jodie A. et al., 2025
- Langeskov Salim, Emilie; Kristensen, Kim; Sjögren, Erik, 2025
- Gautam, Namrata; Dutta, Debopriya; Mittal, Saurabh et al., 2025
- Miszczak, Rebecca; Slazak, Blazej; Sychta, Klaudia et al., 2025
- Lindberg, Frida A.; Kagios, Christakis; Tjernström, Nikita et al., 2025
- Jayan, Heera; Zhou, Ruiyun; Zheng, Yuxia et al., 2025
- Zhou, Ruiyun; Wu, Xinchen; Xue, Shanshan et al., 2025
- Vallianatou, Theodosia; Tsopelas, Fotios; Tsantili-Kakoulidou, Anna, 2025
- Zhang, Zhepeng; Gao, Mingjie; Zhang, Liang et al., 2025
- Dickson, Suzanne L.; Tracey, Irene; Cirulli, Francesca et al., 2025
- Vaivade, Aina; Erngren, Ida; Carlsson, Henrik et al., 2025
- Meth, Elisa; Noga Morais Ferreira, Diana; Dubol, Manon et al., 2025
- Benedict, Christian; Cedernaes, Jonathan, 2025
- Lindberg, Frida A.; Waern, Ida; Nilsson, Emma et al., 2025
- Seal, Srijit; Trapotsi, Maria-Anna; Spjuth, Ola et al., 2025
- Benedict, Christian; St-Onge, Marie-Pierre, 2025
- Arrington, Leticia; van Dijkman, Sven C; Plan, Elodie L. et al., 2025
- Zhang, Lei; Grip, Anastasia; Hjelmqvist, Daisy et al., 2025
- Pereira, Raquel; Larsson, Mats; Cárdenas, Paco et al., 2025
- Bonvicini, Gillian; Singh, Sunitha; Sandersjoo, Lisa et al., 2025
- Kasi, Phanindra Babu; Serafin, Aleksandra; O'Brien, Liam et al., 2025
- Tan, Xiao; Ljunggren, Mirjam; Kilander, Lena et al., 2024
- Kopsida, Maria; Clavero, Ada Lerma; Khaled, Jaafar et al., 2024
- Wu, Di; Wu, Chao; Ma, Wuchao et al., 2024
- Xu, Jingxiang; Liao, Wei; Yang, Shuxin et al., 2024
- Faraj, Alan, 2024
- Hu, Yang; Girdenyte, Milda; Roest, Lieke et al., 2024
- Nezhyva, Mariya, 2024
- Frenning, Göran, 2024
- Engen, Karin; Lundbäck, Thomas; Yadav, Anubha et al., 2024
- Faraj, Alan; Nyberg, Joakim; Blouse, Grant E. et al., 2024
- Selvin, Tove; Berglund, Malin; Lenhammar, Lena et al., 2024
- Díaz, Julio A.; Ordines, Francesc; Massutí, Enric et al., 2024
- Al-Sabri, Mohamed H.; Ammar, Nourhane; Korzh, Stanislava et al., 2024
- Tofiq, Maryam, 2024
- Ayoun Alsoud, Rami, 2024
- Zelleroth, Sofia; Stam, Frida; Nylander, Erik et al., 2024
- Guo, Zhiming; Zhai, Lixiang; Zou, Yan et al., 2024
- Gising, Johan; Honarnejad, Saman; Bras, Maaike et al., 2024
- Seal, Srijit; Carreras-Puigvert, Jordi; Singh, Shantanu et al., 2024
- Bivehed, Erik; Hellman, Björn; Wenson, Leonie et al., 2024
- Wannberg, Johan; Gising, Johan; Henriksson, Martin et al., 2024