Assoc Prof Thomas Bäckström
Multiple Sclerosis Group Leader
- tbackstrom@malaghan.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4 499 6914
- Fax
- +64 4 499 6915
Assoc Prof Thomas Bäckström, originally from Sweden, established the Multiple Sclerosis Basic Research group at the Malaghan Institute in 1997 following a one year Postdoctoral research position at the National Jewish Centre, USA, and five years as a member at the Basel Institute of Immunology, Switzerland. In 1999 Assoc Prof Bäckström was awarded a five year Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Medical Science, and in 2005 he was the recipient of a Wellington Medical Research Foundation's Malaghan Senior Haematology Research Fellowship. Over recent years Assoc Prof Bäckström's research focus has been on identifying mechanisms that inhibit the development and activation of autoreactive T cells.
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