Hoffecker Lab
molecular programming research group
Current members
Ian HoffeckerPrincipal Investigator
• Docent, Dept. of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
• Postdoc, Dept. Medical Biochemistry & Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
• PhD Polymer Science, Kyoto University School of Engineering, Japan
• MS Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• BS Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
• ian.hoffecker
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Anastassia RuninaPostdoctoral Researcher
• PhD Microbiology, Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia
• M.Sc. Molecular Diagnostics, University of Tartu, Estonia
• B.Sc. Molecular Diagnostics, University of Tartu, Estonia
• anastassia.runina
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Joel SprattSenior Researcher
• Postdoctoral Researcher in DNA Nanotechnology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
• PhD Bionanotechnology, University of Oxford, UK
• B.S. Quantitative Biology, McGill University, Montreal, CA
• joel.spratt
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Shuai Lang PhD Student, Biotechnology
• M.Sc. Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
• B.S. Bioscience, Jilin University, China
• shuai.lang
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David Fernàndez Bonet PhD Student, Biotechnology
• M.Sc. Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
• B.S. Physics, University of Barcelona, Spain
• david.fernandez
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Simon Kolmodin Dahlberg PhD Student, Biotechnology
• M.Sc. Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
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Krzysztof Mrozik Master Student, KTH Biotechnology
Shreya J. Venkat Bachelor/Exchange Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Gallery
Group members Simon, Joel, and Shreya conduct experiments in our lab
Collaborators Martin Weigt and Federico Scarpati visit stockholm for a graph theory hackathon
The Hoffecker lab hosts Professor Hirofumi Shintaku who gives an exciting talk on electrodynamic technologies at SciLifeLab
Joel calibrates a robot arm, bringing humanity one step closer to obsolescence
Collaborators and organoid biologists Benedetta Artegiani and Delilah Hendriks from Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology give an introduction to their research on organoid methods.
Ian visits the lab of Hirofumi Shintaku and colleagues at the LiMe Institute, Kyoto University in Japan. Nov 2024.
Collaborator and physicist Professor Martin Weigt from Sorbonne University discusses the statistical physics of networks at Voluminex kickoff event.
Highschoolers participate in ForskarFredag at SciLifeLab, getting a glimpse at some of the research activities we do
Joel sporting a pair of safety glasses to protect his eyes from UV radiation. But who will protect us from all this coolness?
Collaborators of the Voluminex project gather at the premises of industrial partner and sequencing technology company Single Technologies AB.
David, Ian, and Simon visiting Johns Hopkins in Baltimore USA for DNA30
Poster presentations at spatial biology-focused Annual Conference SciLifeLab Science Summit in Uppsala, October 1, 2024
Talk by Joshua Weinstein, U. Chicago, hosted by our group at SciLifeLab, Sep. 25, 2024.
Group members Joel, Johanna, David, and Simon - Alfa6 June BBQ 2024
The May 2024 "DNA Corner" KTH's Gene Technology Department conference, organized by Ian, Simon, and colleagues
Group members Joel and Simon inspect a tomato plant, 2024
Group julbord on Skeppsholmen island, Stockholm, December 2024
David wins Best Poster at the DDLS conference, 2023
Postdocs Nastja and Erik analyze polonies with fluorescence microscopy, 2023
Alumni
Johanna Blumenthal, Sclilfelab Master's thesis (November 2023 - May 2024)
Erik Benson, Postdoc (January 2022 - December 2023), currently SciLifeLab Fellow and Assistant Professor at Karolinska Institutet
Yang Zhao, Sclilfelab Master's summer intern (July 2023 - September 2023)
Hans Jiang, KTH Physics Bachelor's thesis student (January 2022 - June 2023)
Salomé Hahne, Karolinska Inst. Biomedicine M.Sc. project student (November 2022 - January 2023)
Li Ma, Karolinska Inst. Biomedicine M.Sc. project student (June 2021 - December 2021)
Xuelong Fan, project intern (July 2021)
Erik Benson, Postdoc (January 2022 - December 2023), currently SciLifeLab Fellow and Assistant Professor at Karolinska Institutet
Yang Zhao, Sclilfelab Master's summer intern (July 2023 - September 2023)
Hans Jiang, KTH Physics Bachelor's thesis student (January 2022 - June 2023)
Salomé Hahne, Karolinska Inst. Biomedicine M.Sc. project student (November 2022 - January 2023)
Li Ma, Karolinska Inst. Biomedicine M.Sc. project student (June 2021 - December 2021)
Xuelong Fan, project intern (July 2021)