Maria Jenmalm

Professor

Professor of Experimental Allergology

Publications

2023

2022

News

SEK 10 million for research in children's medicine

The Joanna Cocozza Foundation has announced the recipients of research grants for 2020. Funding has been awarded in the form of establishment and consolidation grants, support for visiting researchers, and a further seven project grants.

A major role for a small organ during pregnancy

The immune system of a pregnant woman is altered during pregnancy, but not in the way previously believed. A study from LiU shows that the thymus plays an important role in the immune response during a normal pregnancy.

Japanska tv-bolaget NHK filmar dokumentär kring Maria Jenmalms forskning

Allergy research from LiU in Japanese TV documentary

A Japanese tv team spent three days at LiU, filming parts of a series about the human body. Their focus: Maria Jenmalm’s research why children born by Caesarean section develop a poorer gut flora and are more often affected by allergy.

Intestinal diversity protects against asthma

Children who develop asthma or allergies have an altered immune response to intestinal bacteria in the mucous membranes even as infants. This has been shown by a new study at Linköping University in Sweden.

Let the microbes live

Professor Maria Jenmalm want to find ways to prevent allergies. An important issue when a third of all Swedish children are suffering from allergies.

More about my research

Strategies to combat the allergy epidemic: Can we predict and prevent childhood allergies?

Childhood immune maturation and allergy development: Epigenetic regulation by maternal immunity and microbial exposure during pregnancy.