Emelie Backman

My research is on host-pathogen interactions under hypoxic conditions and neutrophil responses in COVID-19.

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Doctoral student at Department of Clinical Microbiology

Host-pathogen interactions under hypoxic conditions

My research focus on how the innate immune system interact with pathogenic fungi and how these interactions are affected by the local decrease in oxygen that arise during infections. Focus is on our most numerous immune cells: neutrophils and the opportunistic fungi Candida albicans.

Neutrophil responses during COVID-19

I also work on a new project on neutrophil responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection and how they contribute to severe COVID-19.

EMBO Reports, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 24, (11)

Unger, Lucas; Skoluda, Samuel; Backman, Emelie; et al.

Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 12

Shankar, Madhu; Uwamahoro, Nathalie; Backman, Emelie; et al.

Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 9

Shchukarev, Andrey; Backman, Emelie; Watts, Samuel; et al.

Current Opinion in Microbiology, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 58 : 106-115

Urban, Constantin F.; Backman, Emelie

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2019, Vol. 9

Lopes, José Pedro; Stylianou, Marios; Backman, Emelie; et al.

mBio, American Society for Microbiology 2018, Vol. 9, (6)

Lopes, Jose Pedro; Stylianou, Marios; Backman, Emelie; et al.

Backman, Emelie; Gröning, Remigius; Lind, Alicia; et al.

Research groups

Group member

Constantin Urban Lab

Research projects

1 January 2022 until 31 December 2024

Harnessing neutrophil biology to develop new weapons against severe mycoses

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