Torbjörn Gräslund

Company: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Job title: Professor in Medical Protein Technology

Bio:

Professor Torbjörn Gräslund holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from KTH Royal institute of technology since 2001. After two years of post-doc training with professor Carlos Barbas at the Scripps Research Institute, he has been principal investigator at the department of protein science at KTH since 2003. His main research focus is on designing proteins such as affibody molecules for diagnostic and therapy applications. He has a particular focus on oncology applications but is also active in the field of auto-immune diseases. Dr. Gräslund is the inventor of several patents in the field.