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  • 1000 ancient genomes PI: Anders Götherström (SU)

Application round: May 2019

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Co-applicants: Love Dalén (NRM)

  • A new diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis PI: Rikard Holmdahl (KI)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Inger Gjertsson (GU)

  • Acquisition of lymphatic endothelial cell fate during zebrafish development PI: Kaska Koltowska (UU)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Co-applicants: Hannah Stanforth (UU)

  • Adaptive deregulation of miRNA genes by genomic rearrangements PI: Carlos Rovira (LU)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • B cell receptor diversity and convergence after COVID-19 vaccination PI: Karin Loré (KI)

Application round: Jan 2021

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Baltic sea CRISPR dynamics PI: Anders Andersson (KTH)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: Biodiversity

  • Barcode-linked reads technology for genome sequencing and haplotyping PI: Afshin Ahmadian (KTH)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: New Technology Development

  • Cellular heterogeneity and differentiation during salamander regeneration PI: Andras Simon (KI)

Application round: Jan 2020

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Chromatin dynamics and inheritance PI: Simon Elsässer (KI)

Application round: May 2017

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Chromatin-associated RNAs and their roles in chromatin regulation PI: Neus Visa (SU)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Co-applicants: Jordi Planells (SU), Vincent Pelechano (KI)

  • Clonal evolution from diagnosis to relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia PI: Ann-Christine Syvänen (UU)

Application round: Oct 2016

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • Correlation between patient-derived CAR-T cells and treatment outcome PI: Magnus Essand (UU)

Application round: Jan 2021

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Data integration for molecular classification of multiple sclerosis patients PI: Maja Jagodic (KI)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Publications:

Zheleznyakova et al. Small noncoding RNA profiling across cellular and biofluid compartments and their implications for multiple sclerosis immunopathology. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 118:e2011574118 (2021)

Data: ncRNA counts

  • Decoding the birth of hair follicles by single-cell RNA-seq PI: Maria Kasper (KI)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Defining cell heterogeneity and therapy resistance in neuroblastoma PI: Per Kogner (KI)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Cancer Biology

Co-applicants: Ninib Baryawno (KI)

  • Delineating the genetics in severe scoliosis PI: Paul Gerdhem (KI)

Application round: Oct 2020

Subject: Human Genetics

Co-applicants: Elisabet Einarsdottir (KTH), Juha Kere (KI)

  • Dissection of cell-fate decisions in early B lymphocyte activation PI: Taras Kreslavskiy (KI)

Application round: Oct 2019

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Environmental genomics in the Northern krill PI: Andreas Wallberg (UU)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Epigenetic regulation of human skin wound healing PI: Ning Xu Landén (KI)

Application round: Oct 2020

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Epigenetics of acute myeloid leukemia PI: Karl Ekwall (KI)

Application round: Nov 2014

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • Establishment of epigenomic landscapes in the Drosophila embryo PI: Mattias Mannervik (SU)

Application round: May 2019

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Evolution of human skeletal muscle metabolism PI: Ola Hansson (LU)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Evolution of sex chromosomes PI: Bengt Hansson (LU)

Application round: Oct 2016

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Evolutionary genomics of Darwin&aposs finches PI: Leif Andersson (UU)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Co-applicants: Mats Pettersson (UU)

  • Evolutionary genomics of the Motacilla (wagtails) radiation PI: Per Alström (UU)

Application round: May 2020

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Co-applicants: Erik Enbody (UU), Leif Andersson (UU)

  • Fat heterogeneity PI: Kirsty Spalding (KI)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Fate mapping of human cells PI: Jonas Frisén (KI)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: New Technology Development

Publications:

Hård et al. Conbase: a software for unsupervised discovery of clonal somatic mutations in single cells through read phasing. Genome Biol 20:68 (2019)

  • From single nuclei genomes to the arbuscular mycorrhizal tree of life PI: Anna Rosling Larsson (UU)

Application round: May 2018

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Genome and metagenome of the deep-sea Swedish sponge Geodia barretti PI: Paco Cárdenas (UU)

Application round: Jan 2020

Subject: Biodiversity

  • Genome-wide consequences of population declines in endangered species PI: Love Dalén (NRM)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Co-applicants: Johanna von Seth (SU), Nicolas Dussex (NRM)

Publications:

Larsson et al. Consequences of past climate change and recent human persecution on mitogenomic diversity in the arctic fox. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 374:20190212 (2019) Lord et al. Pre-extinction Demographic Stability and Genomic Signatures of Adaptation in the Woolly Rhinoceros. Curr Biol 30:3871-3879.e7 (2020) von Seth et al. Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world &aposs last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations. Nat Commun 12:2393 (2021)

  • Genome-wide screen for inhibitors of lysosomal damage-induced cell death PI: Sonja Aits (LU)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Genomic analysis of adaptation to climate change in two bumblebee species PI: Matthew Webster (UU)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Christmas et al. Genetic barriers to historical gene flow between cryptic species of alpine bumblebees revealed by comparative population genomics. Mol Biol Evol advance online publication (2021)

Data: WGS reads

  • Genomic analysis of pediatric solid tumors PI: Monica Nistér (KI)

Application round: May 2017

Subject: Cancer Biology

Co-applicants: Teresita Diaz de Ståhl (KI), Johanna Sandgren (KI), Maxime Garcia (KI), Gustaf Ljungman (UU)

Publications:

Garcia et al. Sarek: A portable workflow for whole-genome sequencing analysis of germline and somatic variants. F1000Res 9:63 (2020)

Tools and scripts:

Sarek – Complete open source pipeline to detect germline or somatic variants from normal or tumour/normal whole-genome sequencing data.

  • Genomic and transcriptome profiling of MDS cells PI: Eva Hellström-Lindberg (KI)

Application round: May 2019

Subject: Cancer Biology

Co-applicants: Seishi Ogawa (Kyoto Univ. and KI)

  • Genomic dynamics over space and time in salmonid metapopulations PI: Linda Laikre (SU)

Application round: May 2018

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Kurland et al. Exploring a Pool‐seq‐only approach for gaining population genomic insights in nonmodel species. Ecol Evol 9:11448-11463 (2019)

  • Identification of functionally perturbing non-coding mutations PI: Robert Måsson (KI)

Application round: Jan 2017

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • Impact of spaceflight on mouse heart spatial gene expression PI: Stefania Giacomello (KTH)

Application round: May 2020

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Improved gene-finding annotation in complex genomes PI: Anders Blomberg (GU)

Application round: May 2019

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Imputing genetic variants in a high kinship human cohort PI: Åsa Johansson (UU)

Application round: Jun 2015

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Höglund et al. Improved power and precision with whole genome sequencing data in genome-wide association studies of inflammatory biomarkers. Sci Rep 9:16844 (2019)

  • Insect aging omics PI: Christopher Wheat (SU)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Lehmann et al. Metabolome dynamics of diapause in the butterfly Pieris napi: distinguishing maintenance, termination and post-diapause phases. J Exp Biol 221:jeb169508 (2018)

Data: Cold tolerance and metabolome data

  • Integrate multiple omics in 9000 Swedish individuals PI: Marju Orho-Melander (LU)

Application round: Jan 2020

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Louise Brunkwall (LU)

  • Interneuronal populations in locomotor networks PI: Ole Kiehn (KI)

Application round: Feb 2014

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Intragenomic conflict PI: Hanna Johannesson (UU)

Application round: Jan 2017

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Hosseini et al. Comparative analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation in Neurospora. Epigenetics 15:972-987 (2020)

  • Is DNA methylation heritable in clonal water fleas? PI: Tobias Uller (LU)

Application round: Jan 2018

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Co-applicants: Reinder Radersma (LU)

  • Long-term evolution of germline-restricted chromosomes in songbirds PI: Alexander Suh (UU)

Application round: Jan 2020

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Co-applicants: Francisco Ruiz-Ruano (UU)

  • Longitudinal proteomic profiling in blood and airways of COVID-19 patients PI: Anna Smed Sörensen (KI)

Application round: Oct 2020

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Machine learning approach to spatially resolved sequencing in brain tissue PI: Tomas Björklund (LU)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: New Technology Development

  • Massive and parallel single-cell sequencing of eukaryotic plankton PI: Anders Andersson (KTH)

Application round: Oct 2020

Subject: New Technology Development

Co-applicants: Rachel Foster (SU)

  • Microbes in the deep PI: Mark Dopson (LNU)

Application round: Jan 2017

Subject: Biodiversity

Tools and scripts:

Metagenomics pipeline – a Snakemake workflow for processing and analysis of metagenomic sequence reads

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease PI: Nils-Göran Larsson (KI)

Application round: May 2017

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Molecular pathogenesis of liver lipotoxicity PI: Margit Mahlapuu (GU)

Application round: May 2020

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Multiomics analysis of response to epigenetic treatments in multiple myeloma PI: Helena Jernberg Wiklund (UU)

Application round: Jan 2020

Subject: Cancer Biology

Co-applicants: Jan Komorowski (UU)

  • Mutation calling to enable sensitive proteogenomics for cancer immunotherapy PI: Janne Lehtiö (KI)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: New Technology Development

Co-applicants: Rui Branca (KI)

  • Non-coding regulatory RNAs in the transition from uni- to multicellularity PI: Fredrik Söderbom (UU)

Application round: May 2020

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Novel regulatory patterns of biofilm formation in Candida parapsilosis PI: Ute Römling (KI)

Application round: May 2018

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Omics of sleep loss PI: Christian Benedict (UU)

Application round: Oct 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Co-applicants: Jonathan Cedernaes (UU)

Publications:

Cedernaes et al. Acute sleep loss results in tissue-specific alterations in genome-wide DNA methylation state and metabolic fuel utilization in humans. Sci Adv 4:eaar8590 (2018)

Tools and scripts:

RNA-seq and DNA methylation analysis – R scripts and output

Data: RNA-seq data DNA methylation data

  • Oral microbiota and immune dynamics in early cancer protection PI: Margaret Sällberg Chen (KI)

Application round: Oct 2019

Subject: Cancer Biology

Publications:

Morgell et al. Metabolic characterization of plasma and cyst fluid from cystic precursors to pancreatic cancer patients reveal metabolic signatures of bacterial infection. J Proteome Res 20:2725-2738 (2021)

  • Organ-specific features of the lymphatic vasculature in the gastrointestinal tract PI: Taija Mäkinen (UU)

Application round: May 2020

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Pericyte fibrosis PI: Christian Göritz (KI)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Tools and scripts:

Single-cell RNA-seq pipeline – a Snakemake workflow for quality control and basic analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data (under development)

  • Pneumonial metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metabolomics PI: Birgitta Henriques-Normark (KI)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Tools and scripts:

Metagenomics pipeline – a Snakemake workflow for processing and analysis of metagenomic sequence reads

  • Preimplantation stress: programming our future generations PI: Sophie Petropoulos (KI)

Application round: Jan 2017

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Profiling of drug treatments on sarcoma and coronavirus-infected cell lines PI: Ola Spjuth (UU)

Application round: May 2020

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Sven Nelander (UU), Jordi Carreras-Puigvert (KI)

  • Prophylactic probiotics to extremely low birth weight preterm infants PI: Thomas Abrahamsson (LiU)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Maria Jenmalm (LiU)

Tools and scripts:

Metagenomics pipeline – a Snakemake workflow for processing and analysis of metagenomic sequence reads

  • Proteogenomics of radiotherapy resistance in locally recurring breast cancer PI: Emma Niméus (LU)

Application round: Jan 2020

Subject: Cancer Biology

Co-applicants: Lars Malmström (Univ. of Zurich)

  • Quantifying the dynamics of the blood plasma proteome during acute HIV PI: Joakim Esbjörnsson (LU)

Application round: Jan 2021

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Jamirah Nazziwa (LU)

  • Redefining the molecular landscape of triple-negative breast cancer PI: Johan Staaf (LU)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • Reproductive isolation and the evolution of key innovations PI: Charlie Cornwallis (LU)

Application round: Feb 2015

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Respiratory genomics in flies and mammals PI: Christos Samakovlis (SU)

Application round: Nov 2014

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Seqitope - a novel tool for mapping antibody epitopes PI: Mats Persson (KI)

Application round: Oct 2020

Subject: New Technology Development

Co-applicants: Anders Andersson (KTH)

  • Sex-biased gene expression and its dependence on condition PI: Urban Friberg (LiU)

Application round: May 2018

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Sex-limited experimental evolution of novel sex chromosomes PI: Jessica Abbott (LU)

Application round: May 2018

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Single cell profiling of cell types and lineages in the mouse brain PI: Jonas Frisén (KI)

Application round: Jan 2018

Subject: New Technology Development

  • Single-cell analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 3D primary cell lung PI: Johan Henriksson (UmU)

Application round: Jan 2021

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Anna Överby Wernstedt (UmU), Annasara Lenman (UmU)

  • Single-cell gene expression analysis of limb regeneration PI: Andras Simon (KI)

Application round: Jun 2015

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Somatic mutations and its implications for age-related disease PI: Maria Eriksson (KI)

Application round: Oct 2020

Subject: Human Genetics

  • SuperGenE - supergene evolution in a classic plant system PI: Tanja Slotte (SU)

Application round: Feb 2019

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Symbiont-induced host speciation in insects PI: Lisa Klasson (UU)

Application round: Jan 2017

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Systems biology dynamics of liver regeneration in humans PI: Niklas Björkström (KI)

Application round: Oct 2019

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Co-applicants: Martin Cornillet (KI)

  • Targeting topoisomerase regulation as a mean to control transcription in cancer cells PI: Laura Baranello (KI)

Application round: Oct 2019

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • The basis of inherited migratory directions in the Australian bogong moth PI: Eric Warrant (LU)

Application round: May 2018

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • The epigenetic landscape in MLL-rearranged leukemia PI: Anna Andersson (LU)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • The genomics and transcriptomics behind Nature&aposs high performance material PI: Anna Rising (KI)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • The molecular basis of recombination rate variation in butterflies PI: Niclas Backström (UU)

Application round: Oct 2019

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • The role for gene repression in maintaining differentiated identity PI: Johan Holmberg (KI)

Application round: May 2019

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • The transcriptional landscape of mucosal healing PI: Eduardo Villablanca (KI)

Application round: May 2020

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Towards tailored treatments in multiple sclerosis PI: Joachim Burman (UU)

Application round: Oct 2019

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Kim Kultima (UU)

  • Tracing human history in southern Africa using ancient proteomics PI: Carina Schlebusch (UU)

Application round: Jan 2021

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Co-applicants: Imke Lankheet (UU)

  • Transcriptional and immune receptor profiling of influenza-specific B cells PI: Davide Angeletti (GU)

Application round: Oct 2019

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Matthew et al. Single-cell BCR and transcriptome analysis after influenza infection reveals spatiotemporal dynamics of antigen-specific B cells. Cell Rep 35:109286 (2021)

Tools and scripts:

Data analysis scripts – Code and supporting files for reproducing the analyses reported in the publication

Data: VDJ data Gene expression data

  • Transcriptional profiling of mononuclear phagocytes in sarcoidosis patients PI: Anna Smed Sörensen (KI)

Application round: May 2018

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Publications:

Lepzien et al. Monocytes in sarcoidosis are potent TNF producers and predict disease outcome. Eur Respir J 2003468 (2021)

  • Transcriptome analysis of memory T cells during influenza virus challenge PI: Nils Lycke (GU)

Application round: Jan 2018

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Transcriptome analysis of the response to mechanical stimulation in cereals PI: Olivier van Aken (LU)

Application round: Jan 2020

Subject: Biodiversity

Co-applicants: Nick Sirijovski (LU), Essam Darwish (LU)

  • Understanding epigenetics of type 2 diabetes by WGBS PI: Charlotte Ling (LU)

Application round: Jan 2018

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Alexander Perfilyev (LU)

  • Understanding the tissue-material interface during wound healing PI: Molly Stevens (KI)

Application round: Jan 2018

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Alessondra Speidel (KI), Annina Steinbach (KI)

  • WGS and RNA-seq in chronic lymphocytic leukemia subsets PI: Richard Rosenquist (UU)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Cancer Biology

  • Whole genome sequencing to identify genetic causes of adverse drug reactions PI: Mia Wadelius (UU)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Human Genetics

  • Whole-genome sequencing of 1000 colorectal cancers PI: Tobias Sjöblom (UU)

Application round: Oct 2018

Subject: Cancer Biology

Co-applicants: Mathias Uhlén (KTH)

  • Why such high genetic diversity in songbird immunity? PI: Helena Westerdahl (LU)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • scRNA-seq analysis of B cells in patients with Sjögren&aposs Syndrome PI: Ann-Christine Syvänen (UU)

Application round: Jan 2021

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Co-applicants: Gunnel Nordmark (UU), Gustav Arvidsson (UU), Amanda Raine (UU)

  Organization,No of projects
  GU, 4
  KI, 36
  KTH, 4
  LNU, 1
  LU, 17
  LiU, 2
  NRM, 1
  SU, 7
  UU, 25
  UmU, 1

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  • Acoelomorph genomes PI: Ulf Jondelius (NRM)

Application round: Jun 2015

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Analysis of the nuclear and cytosolic transcriptomes in human brain PI: Lars Feuk (UU)

Application round: Feb 2015

Subject: New Technology Development

Publications:

Zaghlool et al. Expression profiling and in situ screening of circular RNAs in human tissues. Sci Rep 8:16953 (2018) Zaghlool et al. Characterization of the nuclear and cytosolic transcriptomes in human brain tissue reveals new insights into the subcellular distribution of RNA transcripts. Sci Rep 11:4076 (2021)

  • Ancient DNA metagenome PI: Barbara Wohlfarth (SU)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Biodiversity

Publications:

Ahmed et al. Archaeal community changes in lateglacial lake sediments: Evidence from ancient DNA. Quat Sci Rev 181:19-29 (2018) Parducci et al. Shotgun environmental DNA, pollen, and macrofossil analysis of lateglacial lake sediments from southern Sweden. Front Ecol Evol 7:189 (2019)

Data: DNA sequence reads

  • Antibody repertoires PI: Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam (KI)

Application round: May 2014

Subject: New Technology Development

Publications:

Corcoran et al. Production of individualized V gene databases reveals high levels of immunoglobulin genetic diversity. Nat Commun 7:13642 (2016)

Tools and scripts:

IgDiscover – Software for antibody repertoire analysis and V gene discovery from high-throughput sequencing reads

  • Bacterial regulatory RNAs PI: Emmanuelle Charpentier (UmU)

Application round: Oct 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Le Rhun et al. RNA sequencing uncovers antisense RNAs and novel small RNAs in Streptococcus pyogenes. RNA Biol 13:177-195 (2015) Le Rhun et al. Identification of endoribonuclease specific cleavage positions reveals novel targets of RNase III in Streptococcus pyogenes. Nucleic Acids Res gkw1316 (2017)

Data: RNA-seq data set 1 RNA-seq data set 2

  • Beetle genome assembly and annotation PI: Göran Arnqvist (UU)

Application round: May 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Sayadi et al. The evolution of dark matter in the mitogenome of seed beetles. Genome Biol Evol 9:2697-2706 (2017) Sayadi et al. The genomic footprint of sexual conflict. Nat Ecol Evol 3:1725-1730 (2019)

  • Biodiversity in air PI: Per Stenberg (UmU)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Biodiversity

Tools and scripts:

Metagenomics pipeline – a snakemake workflow for processing and analysis of metagenomic sequence reads

  • Body weight sensor PI: Claes Ohlsson (GU)

Application round: Oct 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Cancer proteogenomics PI: Janne Lehtiö (KI)

Application round: Nov 2014

Subject: Cancer Biology

Publications:

Zhu et al. Discovery of coding regions in the human genome by integrated proteogenomics analysis workflow. Nat Commun 9:903 (2018) Johansson et al. Breast cancer quantitative proteome and proteogenomic landscape. Nat Commun 10:1600 (2019)

Data: Proteomics data for A431 cells and tissues Proteomics data for breast tumors Proteomics data for tumor and matched normal tissue RNA-seq data for A431 cells RNA-seq data for tissues

  • Colon cancer genes PI: Erik Johansson (UmU)

Application round: Feb 2014

Subject: Cancer Biology

Publications:

Rentoft et al. A geographically matched control population efficiently limits the number of candidate disease-causing variants in an unbiased whole-genome analysis. PLoS One 14:e0213350 (2019)

  • DACP rat genome sequencing PI: Ulrika Norin (KI)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Publications:

Norin et al. Endophilin A2 deficiency protects rodents from autoimmune arthritis by modulating T cell activation. Nat Commun 12:610 (2021)

  • Development and diversity of midbrain dopamine neurons PI: Thomas Perlmann (KI)

Application round: Feb 2014

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Kee et al. Single-cell analysis reveals a close relationship between differentiating dopamine and subthalamic nucleus neuronal lineages. Cell Stem Cell 20:29-40 (2017) Tiklová et al. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals midbrain dopamine neuron diversity emerging during mouse brain development. Nat Commun 10:581 (2019)

Data: RNA-seq data set 1 RNA-seq data set 2

  • Diabetogenic perturbations of the fetal methylome PI: Paul Franks (LU)

Application round: Jan 2017

Subject: New Technology Development

  • Diseases in human history PI: Kristian Kristiansen (GU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Biodiversity

Tools and scripts:

Metagenomics pipeline – a snakemake workflow for processing and analysis of metagenomic sequence reads

  • Endurance training and gene expression in human muscle PI: Carl-Johan Sundberg (KI)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Lindholm et al. The human skeletal muscle transcriptome: sex differences, alternative splicing, and tissue homogeneity assessed with RNA sequencing. FASEB J 28:4571-4581 (2014) Lindskog et al. The human cardiac and skeletal muscle proteomes defined by transcriptomics and antibody-based profiling. BMC Genomics 16:475 (2015) Lindholm et al. The impact of endurance training on human skeletal muscle memory, global isoform expression and novel transcripts. PLoS Genet 12:e1006294 (2016)

Data: RNA-seq data set 1 RNA-seq data set 2 RNA-seq data set 3 RNA-seq data set 4

  • Epigenetic states of oligodendrocyte lineage cells PI: Gonçalo Castelo-Branco (KI)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Marques et al. Transcriptional convergence of oligodendrocyte lineage progenitors during development. Dev Cell 46:504-517 (2018) Falcão et al. Disease-specific oligodendrocyte lineage cells arise in multiple sclerosis. Nat Med 24:1837-1844 (2018)

Tools and scripts:

OPCs throughout mouse development – Web resource for exploring gene expression data from Marques et al. Oligodendrocyte lineage in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis – Web resource for exploring gene expression data from Falcão et al.

Data: Bulk RNA-seq data Single-cell RNA-seq data 1 Single-cell RNA-seq data 2

  • Evolution of gene regulation in plants PI: Tanja Slotte (UU)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Steige et al. Cis -regulatory changes associated with a recent mating system shift and floral adaptation in Capsella. Mol Biol Evol 32:2501-2514 (2015) Steige et al. The role of transposable elements for gene expression in Capsella hybrids and allopolyploids. bioRxiv 44016 (2016) Steige et al. Genomic analysis reveals major determinants of cis -regulatory variation in Capsella grandiflora. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114:1087-1092 (2017)

  • Examination of embryonic and adult stem cell characteristics PI: Jonas Muhr (KI)

Application round: May 2014

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Hagey et al. Distinct transcription factor complexes act on a permissive chromatin landscape to establish regionalized gene expression in CNS stem cells. Genome Res 26:908-917 (2016) Klum et al. Sequentially acting SOX proteins orchestrate astrocyte‐ and oligodendrocyte‐specific gene expression. EMBO Rep e46635 (2018)

  • Exercise-regulated mechanisms in mouse organs PI: Pontus Boström (KI)

Application round: Feb 2014

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Exploring sex-biased gene expression in willows PI: Sofia Berlin Kolm (SLU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Almeida et al. Genome assembly of the basket willow, Salix viminalis, reveals earliest stages of sex chromosome expansion. BMC Biol 18:78 (2020)

  • Finding causal variants within schizophrenia risk loci PI: Patrick Sullivan (KI)

Application round: Oct 2016

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Halvorsen et al. Increased burden of ultra-rare structural variants localizing to boundaries of topologically associated domains in schizophrenia. Nat Commun 11:1842 (2020)

  • Finding new treatments for type 2 diabetes PI: Nils Wierup (LU)

Application round: Feb 2015

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Flycatcher genomics PI: Hans Ellegren (UU)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Burri et al. Linked selection and recombination rate variation drive the evolution of the genomic landscape of differentiation across the speciation continuum of Ficedula flycatchers. Genome Res 25:1656-1665 (2015)

Data: Reference genome assembly Genotypes for linkage analysis Resequencing data

  • Fungal genome annotation through proteogenomics PI: Annika Scheynius (KI)

Application round: May 2013

Subject: New Technology Development

Publications:

Zhu et al. Proteogenomics produces comprehensive and highly accurate protein-coding gene annotation in a complete genome assembly of Malassezia sympodialis. Nucleic Acids Res 45:2629-2643 (2017)

Data: DNA sequence reads, genome assemblies and gene annotation RNA-seq data Proteomics data

  • Gene regulatory networks in β-cells PI: Olov Andersson (KI)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Charbord et al. In vivo screen identifies a SIK inhibitor that induces β cell proliferation through a transient UPR. Nat Metab 3:682-700 (2021)

Tools and scripts:

Data exploration – Web resource for exploring gene expression data from Charbord et al.

Data: RNA-seq data

  • Genetic associations of serum lipidome in a prospective cohort PI: Olle Melander (LU)

Application round: May 2014

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

Publications:

Kjellqvist et al. Identification of shared and unique serum lipid profiles in diabetes mellitus and myocardial infarction. J Am Heart Assoc 5:e004503 (2016) Fernandez et al. Plasma lipidome and prediction of type 2 diabetes in the population-based Malmö diet and cancer cohort. Dia Care 43:366-373 (2020) Ottosson et al. A plasma lipid signature predicts incident coronary artery disease. Int J Cardiol 331:249-254 (2021)

  • Genetic risk factors for ANCA-associated vasculitides PI: Kerstin Lindblad-Toh (UU)

Application round: Feb 2015

Subject: Human Genetics

  • Genetic variation of European aspen PI: Pär Ingvarsson (UmU)

Application round: Oct 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Wang et al. A major locus controls local adaptation and adaptive life history variation in a perennial plant. Genome Biol 19:72 (2018) Lin et al. Functional and evolutionary genomic inferences in Populus through genome and population sequencing of American and European aspen. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115:E10970-E10978 (2018)

  • Genetics of heart stress recovery PI: Jan Borén (GU)

Application round: Oct 2013

Subject: Human Genetics

  • Genome-wide epigenetic variation in type 2 diabetes PI: Charlotte Ling (LU)

Application round: Nov 2014

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Bysani et al. ATAC-seq reveals alterations in open chromatin in pancreatic islets from subjects with type 2 diabetes. Sci Rep 9:7785 (2019)

Data: Gene expression data ATAC-seq data

  • Hemostatic regulation in human liver PI: Christina Jern (GU)

Application round: May 2014

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Olsson Lindvall et al. Hemostatic genes exhibit a high degree of allele-specific regulation in liver. Thromb Haemost 119:1072-1083 (2019) Olsson Lindvall et al. A comprehensive sequencing-based analysis of allelic methylation patterns in hemostatic genes in human liver. Thromb Haemost 120:229-242 (2020) Olsson Lindvall et al. Comparison of DNA Methylation Profiles of Hemostatic Genes between Liver Tissue and Peripheral Blood within Individuals. Thromb Haemost 121:573-583 (2021)

  • Human structural genetic variation PI: Magnus Nordenskjöld (KI)

Application round: Nov 2014

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Eisfeldt et al. TIDDIT, an efficient and comprehensive structural variant caller for massive parallel sequencing data. F1000Res 6:664 (2017) Lindstrand et al. From cytogenetics to cytogenomics: whole-genome sequencing as a first-line test comprehensively captures the diverse spectrum of disease-causing genetic variation underlying intellectual disability. Genome Med 11:68 (2019)

Tools and scripts:

vcf2cytosure – Convert structural variants from VCF format to the format used in CytoSure Interpret

  • Impacts of nitrogen fertilisation on forest belowground fungal communities PI: Nathaniel Street (UmU)

Application round: Jan 2018

Subject: Biodiversity

Co-applicants: Vaughan Hurry (SLU)

Publications:

Schneider et al. Comparative Fungal Community Analyses Using Metatranscriptomics and Internal Transcribed Spacer Amplicon Sequencing from Norway Spruce. mSystems 6:e00884-20 (2021)

  • Improving transcriptome reconstruction PI: Olof Emanuelsson (KTH)

Application round: May 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Reimegård et al. Genome-wide identification of physically clustered genes suggests chromatin-level co-regulation in male reproductive development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Res 45:3253-3265 (2017)

  • Integrated multiomics analysis of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia PI: Linda Holmfeldt (UU)

Application round: Jan 2018

Subject: Cancer Biology

Publications:

Stratmann et al. Genomic characterization of relapsed acute myeloid leukemia reveals novel putative therapeutic targets. Blood Adv 5:900-912 (2021)

  • Iron metabolism and inflammation PI: Anna-Lena Spetz (SU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Human Genetics

  • Leptidea butterfly genomics PI: Niclas Backström (UU)

Application round: Feb 2015

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Talla et al. Lack of gene flow: Narrow and dispersed differentiation islands in a triplet of Leptidea butterfly species. Mol Ecol 28:3756-3770 (2019)

Data: Leptidea DNA sequence reads, genome assembly and variant calls

  • Marine genomics of barnacle PI: Anders Blomberg (GU)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Biodiversity

Publications:

Alm Rosenblad et al. Genomic characterization of the barnacle Balanus improvisus reveals extreme nucleotide diversity in coding regions. Mar Biotechnol advance online publication (2021)

Data: Pilot genome assembly

  • Melanoma genetics PI: Veronica Höiom (KI)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Tuominen et al. The role of germline alterations in the DNA damage response genes BRIP1 and BRCA2 in melanoma susceptibility. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 55:601-611 (2016)

  • Methods for multiplex protein analysis PI: Ulf Landegren (UU)

Application round: May 2017

Subject: New Technology Development

Co-applicants: Caroline Gallant (UU)

Publications:

Reimegård et al. A combined approach for single-cell mRNA and intracellular protein expression analysis. Commun Biol 4:624 (2021)

Tools and scripts:

Scripts and data files – to generate figures and tables from the article

  • Methylation QTL analysis in the chicken PI: Dominic Wright (LiU)

Application round: Jun 2015

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Höglund et al. The methylation landscape and its role in domestication and gene regulation in the chicken. Nat Ecol Evol 4:1713-1724 (2020)

  • MicroRNA in muscle dystrophy PI: Madeleine Durbeej-Hjalt (LU)

Application round: Nov 2014

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • MicroRNA networks in Parkinson's disease PI: Johan Jakobsson (LU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Multi-level omics profiling of the yeast cell cycle PI: Jens Nielsen (CTH)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Campbell et al. Building blocks are synthesized on demand during the yeast cell cycle. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:7575-7583 (2020)

  • Multi-omics analysis of human neuronal cells in health and disease PI: Niklas Dahl (UU)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Sobol et al. Transcriptome and proteome profiling of neural induced pluripotent stem cells from individuals with Down syndrome disclose dynamic dysregulations of key pathways and cellular functions. Mol Neurobiol 56:7113-7127 (2019) Schuster et al. Transcriptomes of Dravet syndrome iPSC derived GABAergic cells reveal dysregulated pathways for chromatin remodeling and neurodevelopment. Neurobiol Dis 132:104583 (2019) Laan et al. DNA methylation changes in Down syndrome derived neural iPSCs uncover co-dysregulation of ZNF and HOX3 families of transcription factors. Clin Epigenetics 12:9 (2020)

  • Mutations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia PI: Ann-Christine Syvänen (UU)

Application round: May 2013

Subject: Cancer Biology

Publications:

Lindqvist et al. The mutational landscape in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia deciphered by whole genome sequencing. Hum Mutat 36:118-128 (2015) Lindqvist et al. Deep targeted sequencing in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia unveils distinct mutational patterns between genetic subtypes and novel relapse-associated genes. Oncotarget 7:64071-64088 (2016)

  • Neo-antigens in melanoma PI: Göran Jönsson (LU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Cancer Biology

Publications:

Lauss et al. Mutational and putative neoantigen load predict clinical benefit of adoptive T cell therapy in melanoma. Nat Commun 8:1738 (2017)

  • Neuronal identity PI: Johan Holmberg (KI)

Application round: Jun 2015

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Södersten et al. A comprehensive map coupling histone modifications with gene regulation in adult dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons. Nat Commun 9:1226 (2018)

Data: RNA-seq, ChIP-seq and TRAP-seq data

  • New mutations in dilated cardiomyopathy PI: Martin Bergö (GU)

Application round: May 2013

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Dalin et al. Massive parallel sequencing questions the pathogenic role of missense variants in dilated cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol 228:742-748 (2017)

  • Next-gen plant phylogenetics PI: Alexandre Antonelli (GU)

Application round: Feb 2014

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Andermann et al. SECAPR - a bioinformatics pipeline for the rapid and user-friendly processing of targeted enriched Illumina sequences, from raw reads to alignments. PeerJ 6:e5175 (2018)

Tools and scripts:

SECAPR – pipeline for processing of sequence capture data

  • Novel subpopulations in the brain reward-aversion system PI: Åsa Mackenzie (UU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Wallén-Mackenzie et al. Spatio-molecular domains identified in the mouse subthalamic nucleus and neighboring glutamatergic and GABAergic brain structures. Commun Biol 3:338 (2020)

  • Omics interplay in cardiometabolic disease PI: Marju Orho-Melander (LU)

Application round: Jan 2017

Subject: Molecular Medicine & Biomarkers

  • Origin and heterogeneity of the most primitive nervous system PI: Igor Adameyko (KI)

Application round: Jun 2016

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Klimovich et al. Prototypical pacemaker neurons interact with the resident microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:17854-17863 (2020)

Tools and scripts:

Single-cell RNA-seq pipeline – a Snakemake workflow for quality control and basic analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data (under development)

  • Personalized profiling of adaptive immune genes PI: Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam (KI)

Application round: May 2017

Subject: New Technology Development

Publications:

Vázquez Bernat et al. High-quality library preparation for NGS-based immunoglobulin germline gene inference and repertoire expression analysis. Front Immunol 10:660 (2019) Phad et al. Extensive dissemination and intraclonal maturation of HIV Env vaccine-induced B cell responses. J Exp Med 217:e20191155 (2020)

Tools and scripts:

IgDiscover – Software for antibody repertoire analysis and V gene discovery from high-throughput sequencing reads

  • Plant spatial transcriptomics PI: Nathaniel Street (UmU)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: New Technology Development

Publications:

Giacomello et al. Spatially resolved transcriptome profiling in model plant species. Nat Plants 3:17061 (2017)

  • SCAPIS human wellness profiling PI: Mathias Uhlén (KTH)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Tebani et al. Integration of molecular profiles in a longitudinal wellness profiling cohort. Nat Commun 11:4487 (2020)

  • Sequencing the missing link in land plant evolution PI: Hans Ronne (SLU)

Application round: Oct 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

  • Single nuclei sequencing of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi PI: Anna Rosling (UU)

Application round: May 2017

Subject: Biodiversity

Publications:

Montoliu-Nerin et al. Building de novo reference genome assemblies of complex eukaryotic microorganisms from single nuclei. Sci Rep 10:1303 (2020)

  • Somatic genetic variation in the aging brain and Alzheimer's disease PI: Maria Eriksson (KI)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Helgadottir et al. Somatic mutation that affects transcription factor binding upstream of CD55 in the temporal cortex of a late-onset Alzheimer disease patient. Hum Mol Genet 28:2675–2685 (2019)

  • Somatic mutations in tissue stem cells during human aging PI: Maria Eriksson (KI)

Application round: Jun 2015

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Franco et al. Somatic mutagenesis in satellite cells associates with human skeletal muscle aging. Nat Commun 9:800 (2018)

  • Spatial transcripts PI: Jonas Frisén (KI)

Application round: Feb 2014

Subject: New Technology Development

Publications:

Ståhl et al. Visualization and analysis of gene expression in tissue sections by spatial transcriptomics. Science 353:78-82 (2016) Vickovic et al. Massive and parallel expression profiling using microarrayed single-cell sequencing. Nat Commun 7:13182 (2016)

  • Spatially resolved gene expression analysis in human developing heart tissue PI: Matthias Corbascio (KI)

Application round: Oct 2016

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Asp et al. A spatiotemporal organ-wide gene expression and cell atlas of the developing human heart. Cell 179:1647-1660.e19 (2019)

  • Speciation genomics in crows PI: Jochen Wolf (UU)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Poelstra et al. The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows. Science 344:1410-1414 (2014)

  • Stem cell mutational signatures PI: Maria Eriksson (KI)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Franco et al. Whole genome DNA sequencing provides an atlas of somatic mutagenesis in healthy human cells and identifies a tumor-prone cell type. Genome Biol 20:285 (2019)

  • The Swedish reference database of genetic variants PI: Ulf Gyllensten (UU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Human Genetics

Publications:

Ameur et al. SweGen: a whole-genome data resource of genetic variability in a cross-section of the Swedish population. Eur J Hum Genet 25:1253-1260 (2017) Ameur et al. De novo assembly of two Swedish genomes reveals missing segments from the human GRCh38 reference and improves variant calling of population-scale sequencing data. Genes 9:486 (2018)

Tools and scripts:

Structural variation pipeline – A workflow for standardized calling and filtering of structural variants, designed for whole genome sequencing projects

Data: Genetic variant frequencies

  • The herring genome PI: Leif Andersson (UU)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Martinez Barrio et al. The genetic basis for ecological adaptation of the Atlantic herring revealed by genome sequencing. Elife 5:e12081 (2016)

Data: Genome assembly Gene annotation and genetic variants Population sequencing reads, set 1 Population sequencing reads, set 2 Population sequencing reads, set 3

  • The transcriptional heterogeneity of human intestinal innate lymphoid cells PI: Jenny Mjösberg (KI)

Application round: Sep 2017

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Mazzurana et al. Tissue-specific transcriptional imprinting and heterogeneity in human innate lymphoid cells revealed by full-length single-cell RNA-sequencing. Cell Res 31:554-568 (2021)

Tools and scripts:

Analysis scripts – to reproduce the analyses reported in the publication

Data: Gene expression data

  • Transcriptomics of plant-insect coevolution PI: Niklas Janz (SU)

Application round: Oct 2013

Subject: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics

Publications:

Celorio-Mancera et al. Evolutionary history of host use, rather than plant phylogeny, determines gene expression in a generalist butterfly. BMC Evol Biol 16:59 (2016)

Tools and scripts:

Gene expression analysis – R and python scripts

Data: RNA-seq data

  • Travel and antibiotic resistance PI: Joakim Larsson (GU)

Application round: Jan 2013

Subject: Biodiversity

Publications:

Bengtsson-Palme et al. The human gut microbiome as a transporter of antibiotic resistance genes between continents. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 59:6551-6560 (2015)

  • Tumorgan single cell sequencing PI: Kristian Pietras (LU)

Application round: Feb 2016

Subject: Cancer Biology

Publications:

Bartoschek et al. Spatially and functionally distinct subclasses of breast cancer-associated fibroblasts revealed by single cell RNA sequencing. Nat Commun 9:5150 (2018)

  • Whole genome sequencing of neuroblastoma PI: Tommy Martinsson (GU)

Application round: Oct 2015

Subject: Cancer Biology

Tools and scripts:

Sarek – Complete open source pipeline to detect germline or somatic variants from normal or tumour/normal whole-genome sequencing data.

  • Zebrafish mutation identification PI: Olov Andersson (KI)

Application round: Feb 2014

Subject: Cell and Developmental Biology

Publications:

Reischauer et al. Cloche is a bHLH-PAS transcription factor that drives haemato-vascular specification. Nature 535:294-298 (2016)

Data: Whole-genome sequencing of zebrafish on PacBio Assembly of the Cloche/npas4l locus