Bjoern O. Schroeder, PI
EDUCATION & POSITIONS
- Principal Investigator (since 2019)
Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Sweden - Assistant Professor (2016-2019)
Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2016)
Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2014)
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Tübingen, Germany - PhD (2008-2011)
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Tübingen, Germany - Master of Science (Biochemistry) (2005-2007)
Technical University of Munich, Germany - Research Intern (2006, 2 months)
Institute Pasteur, Paris, France - Research Intern (2005, 3 months)
University of California, Campus Davis, USA - Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) (2002-2005)
Technical University of Munich, Germany
FUNDING (>20.000 EUR)
- Dr. Per Håkanssons Stiftelse (2022-2023)
Stipendium - Kempe Stiftelse (2022-2024)
Stipendium to recruit a postdoc for 2 years - Dr. Per Håkanssons Stiftelse (2021-2022)
Stipendium - Umeå University Medical Faculty (2020-2021)
Biotechnology Research Grant - MIMS Umeå / Nordic EMBL Partnership (2019-2024)
Group Leader Package - Swedish Research Council (VR) (2019-2023)
4y Starting Grant - Åke-Wiberg Foundation (2019-2020)
Medical Research Grant - Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) (2015-2019)
3y Long-Term Fellowship - European Union/ Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (2014-2018)
2y Intra-European Fellowship - German Research Foundation (DFG)
2y Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2014; declined) - Robert-Bosch-Foundation (2008-2009)
2y PhD Thesis Fellowship
PRIZES/AWARDS
- Forskningsanslag from Stiftelsen Professor Nanna Svartz fond (2021)
- Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds-Travel Grant (2013)
- 2nd Poster prize at the Falk Symposium 188: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Microbiota versus the Barrier in Stuttgart, Germany (2013)
- Reinhold-and-Maria-Teufel-Foundation Dissertation Award by the University of Tübingen in Tuttlingen, Germany (2012)
- Paul-Ehrlich-Society for Chemotherapy e. V. Dissertation Award in Dresden, Germany (2012)
- DACED-Future Award of the German Association for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (DACED) in Mainz, Germany (2012)
- Young Investigator Award at the Gordon Research Conference on Antimicrobial Peptides in Lucca, Italy (2011)
- Travel Stipend from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2011)
- 1st Research Award from the German Society for Mucosal Immunology and Microbiome (DGMIM) in Stuttgart, Germany (2010)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING/ACTIVITY
- Outreach Activity: “Fika efter en Forskare” in Umeå (2022)
- Local coordinator of the EU project MIBEst (2021-2022)
- Member of the MIMS leadership group (2020-2022)
- ReaL – Research and leadership programme (Step 1) , the competence and career programme for research leaders at Umeå University (2020)
- Leadership Academy of the German Scholars Organization e.V. in Boston, USA and Darmstadt, Germany (2018/19)
- Workshop on Leadership in Bioscience of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA (2017)
- Outreach Activity: Participation in “Vetenskapsfestivalen” in Gothenburg, Sweden (2017)
- Intellectual Property Workshop at the European Patent Office Munich, Germany (2016)
- Scientific Writing Course at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2016)
- Outreach Activity: Participation in European Researchers Night in Gothenburg, Sweden (2016)
- Workshop for Science Communication at the Klaus-Tschira-Foundation in Heidelberg, Germany (2013)
- Biosafety project manager qualification in Mainz, Germany (2011)
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