Inmates

Kevin Memsuri

Research assistant

Kevin began his scientific journey at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in biotechnology focusing on long-read sequencing platforms under the mentorship of Prof. Lucia Corrado. He then pursued a Master’s degree in molecular life sciences at the Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University in Sweden where he investigated the immunological role of a single-stranded oligonucleotide and its potential as a treatment for atopic dermatitis under the guidance of Prof. Anna-Lena Spetz. Kevin also studied structural biology and protein prediction engines at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore as part of the GEM Trailblazer Program. His passion and deep curiosity for the immune system led him to the Sorobetea lab (oh, the fool), where he’s conducting research into the mechanisms underlying intestinal granuloma resolution, with a focus on T cells.

Ainhoa Pohlmann

Master’s student

Ainhoa began her Bachelor’s studies in Life Science and Biology at the Technical University of Munich, in Germany, where she also worked at a COVID-19 test center. This experience sparked her interest in viruses and microbiological techniques, leading her to focus her thesis on generating E. coli mutants lacking prophage genes in the lab of Prof. Li Deng. After earning her degree, she joined Dr. Veit Buchholz’s lab to study immunological memory in CD8⁺ T cells. In 2024, Ainhoa moved to Stockholm to pursue a Master’s degree in Microbiology and is currently conducting her thesis work in the Sorobetea lab at Karolinska Institutet.

Guðríður Elísa Pétursdóttir

Master’s student

Guðríður Elísa finished her Bachelor’s degree in 2024 at the University of Iceland in Biomedical sciences. In parallell with her studies she worked at the pathology lab in the National University Hospital of Iceland. From her experiences, she acquired a passion for lab work in both microbiology and cancer research with a focus on immunology. Since August 2024, she has been attending the Master’s program in Biomedicine at Karolinska Institutet, from which she will graduate in June 2026. In her previous research project, she focused on ILC2s in hematological malignancies in Itziar Martinez Gonzalez’s lab. Now she has moved on to the Sorobete lab where she will focus her thesis on intestinal granuloma resolution.

Fugitives

Silvia Fattore

Silvia spent a year in the lab as an intern studying how macrophages respond to Pseudomonas infection. She was essential in establishing the murine immortalized myeloid progenitors, as well as the infection model itself. In the above picture, she can be seen enjoying her favorite food in Stockholm, namely Günter’s sausages. A hole-in-the-wall sausage place might not seem very fancy, and Italians are notoriously picky about any foreign food. Yet, these sausages got Silvia’s approval, and that is saying something. Silvia is currently pursuing her PhD in the lab of Samuel Nobs at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Switzerland, and we are very excited for her, although we do miss her dearly. But, perhaps not as much as she misses those sausages.

Felicia Chammas

Felicia joined the lab in the autumn of 2025 to do a short research project as part of her Master’s studies. Despite her brief time in the lab, Felicia was very productive and made good progress on trying to understand how macrophages undergo inflammasome activation in response to Pseudomonas infection. She has now moved on to the lab of Christopher Sundling (on the other side of the street) to finish her thesis project. We will, of course, miss her, but at least now we can eat gluten again, which will be of great comfort in her absence.