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Burcu Ayoglu

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Tomtebodavägen 23 A

Researcher


About me

Short CV:

Research Overview:

We are interested in how molecular and cellular immune features manifest in the spatial context of human tissues in both health and disease. We study non-diseased lymphoid and visceral tissues across life stages to define the baseline organization of immune cells in health. In parallel, we investigate how inflammation structurally and functionally reshapes tissue architecture in relation to key biological processes such as organ development, autoimmunity, or neurodegeneration.

We are also interested in understanding how local, tissue-resident immune activity relates to systemic immune features. Determining how immune dynamics within tissues correspond to, or diverge from, what is detected in circulation is essential for translating spatial insights into clinically meaningful outcomes.

To address these questions, we primarily use multiplexed, antibody-based proteomics, including custom-designed, high-dimensional immunofluorescence microscopy assays that generate single-cell resolved protein maps of tissues. We are increasingly integrating our in-house developed spatial proteomics assays with other omics readouts to build a multi-dimensional view of tissue organization and immune activity.

Through this work, we aim to improve how the human immune system is understood, not only as a circulating system observed in blood, but as a spatially organized, tissue-embedded network that plays a central role in human development, homeostasis, and disease.

Research interests in keywords:

  • Proteomics

  • Systems immunology

  • Spatial biology

  • Single-cell analysis

  • Spatial immunology

  • Inflammation

Research funding:

  • Hjärnfonden - Swedish Brain Foundation (2025-2026)

  • Karolinska Institutet StratNeuro Collaborative Neuroscience Grant (2025-2027)

  • KAW Project Grant (2023-2028)

  • VR - Swedish Research Council Starting Grant (2023-2027)

  • VR - Swedish Research Council Research Environment Grant (2022-2028)

  • Diabetesfonden (2022)

  • SciLifeLab Technology Development Grant (2019-2020)

  • Åke Wibergs Foundation (2018-2020)

  • Tore Nilsons Foundation (2018-2020)

  • KAW Repatriation Fellowship (2018-2020)

  • KAW Postdoctoral Fellowship for Stanford University (2015-2017)

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