Stefan Thor

Stefan Thor received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Umea University, Sweden, in 1988. He trained in developmental biology as a graduate student with Thomas Edlund, also at Umea University and received his PhD in 1994. His post-doctoral training in Drosophila developmental biology was conducted at the Salk Institute, with John B. Thomas. In 1999, he moved to Harvard Medical School and established his first independent lab, in the Department of Neurobiology. In 2004, he moved back to his native country Sweden, and is currently a Professor of Developmental Biology at Linkoping University. In 2013, he was elected into the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. He has a longstanding interest in cell specification, and earlier work focused on the transcriptional codes that dictate unique cell fate in the nervous system. Current research in the lab focuses on proliferation control in the developing nervous system, and how proliferation is integrated with cell fate decisions to ensure that the proper number of each cell type is generated.

For more details, please see our lab homepage: http://www.hu.liu.se/ike/forskning/utvecklingsbiologi/stefan-thor?l=en&sc=true

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