Pandemics and Alertness member WG2 (Fighting the virus), LINXS Fellow

Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Prof. Jens Carlsson completed a PhD in Computational Chemistry at Uppsala University in 2008. His postdoctoral research was conducted at the University of California in San Francisco and focused on structure-based drug design. His research group uses computational models to understand protein function and develop strategies for drug discovery. The primary focus of his research is the modelling of G protein-coupled receptors and enzymes associated with cancer and viral infections. Jens’ group studies the molecular mechanisms of protein function and designs ligands using techniques such as machine learning, molecular dynamics simulations, and molecular docking. Many of his research projects are carried out in close collaboration with experimental groups, with the goal of identifying novel receptor modulators and enzyme inhibitors that can serve as starting points for drug discovery.