Mathias Uhlén
Mathias Uhlén (born May 1954) is a Swedish biologist, biotechnologist, and Professor of Microbiology at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm. His research interests cover antibody engineering, proteomics and precision medicine. Life. In 1984 Uhlén received his PhD at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. After being employed at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, he became professor at KTH in 1988. His research has led to more than 650 publications, 63,000 citations. In 2003, as part of an international project to map the complete human proteome and transcriptome system, the Human Protein Atlas  project was created and launched. Uhlén is Program Director of the project. There are six additional projects within the primary project. Awards and honours. He is member of the He is the President of the European Federation of Biotechnology. From 2010-2015, he was the founding Director of the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) which is a national center for molecular bioscience.