The Collin Lab

The Collin Lab is a research group headed by Associate Professor Mattias Collin, Ph.D, within the Division of Infection Medicine at Lund University in Sweden.

• Division of Infection Medicine
• Mattias Collin, Ph.D

Research Focus

We are interested in the interaction of pathogens with the host immune system with a focus on endoglycosidases, phages, parasitology and much more. 

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Funding

Projects and people in the laboratory are currently supported by grants, fellowships, prizes, and scholarships from:

• Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)
• Konung Gustav V:s minnesfond
• Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund
• Åke Wibergs Stiftelse
• Alfred Österlunds Stiftelse
• Hedlunds Stiftelse
• Svenska Läkaresällskapet
• Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Hansa Medical AB

Previous support from:

• Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse
• Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse
• Stiftelsen Clas Groschinskys Minnesfond
• Kockska Stiftelserna
• Reumatikerförbundet
• Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse
• Stiftelsen Apotekare Hedbergs fond för medicinsk forskning
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (Swedish Society for Medical Research)
• Wenner-Green Stiftelserna
• Crafoordska Stiftelsen
• Jeanssons Stiftelser
• Stiftelsen Thelma Zoégas fond för medicinsk forskning
• Scandinavian Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

*Images in the header are used under the Creative Commons license and are from the following publications:

•  Egesten A, Olin AI, Linge HM, Yadav M, Mörgelin M, Karlsson A, et al. SpeB of Streptococcus pyogenes differentially modulates antibacterial and receptor activating properties of human chemokines. PLoS ONE. 2009;4:e4769.

•  Bober M, Mörgelin M, Olin AI, Pawel-Rammingen von U, Collin M. The membrane bound LRR lipoprotein Slr, and the cell wall-anchored M1 protein from Streptococcus pyogenes both interact with type I collagen. PLoS ONE. 2011;6:e20345.

•  Lood R, Mörgelin M, Holmberg A, Rasmussen M, Collin M. Inducible Siphoviruses in superficial and deep tissue isolates of Propionibacterium acnes. BMC Microbiol. 2008;8:139.

• Allhorn M, Olsén A, Collin M. EndoS from Streptococcus pyogenes is hydrolyzed by the cysteine proteinase SpeB and requires glutamic acid 235 and tryptophans for IgG glycan-hydrolyzing activity. BMC Microbiol. 2008;8:3.