Biography:

Marie Louise Hammarstrom received her PhD at Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden in 1979. In 1986 she moved to Umeå for a position as Assistant Professor. Since 2000 she holds a position as Full Professor of Immunology at the Medical Faculty of Umeå University. She has published 122 refereed research articles, mainly dealing with mucosal immunity in inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease and cholera, the role of gut microbiota and prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer. She is one of the founders of HiloProbe AB, a start-up company established to transfer basic research results to products that could benefit patients.