Dr Mikael S. Lindström is Associate Professor (Docent 2012 in Exp Pathology) and researcher at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He completed his PhD studies in Experimental Oncology at Karolinska Institutet in 2004. He focuses on ribosome biogenesis and ribosome related functions in cancer, especially brain tumors. He has published 57 papers in various journals, and serves as a frequent reviewer of papers and grants, along with extensive tasks in teaching and supervision of students, besides heading several ongoing research projects. He has been main supervisor for two PhD students until defense and co-supervisor for another 4 students up to defense. His teaching disciplines include medical biochemistry (metabolism), and his interests include ribosome biogenesis, mRNA translation, p53, cellular stress responses, small molecules, brain tumors, glioma.