Marika is a Senior Lecturer in Immunology based at the University of York. She teaches on the Phase I MBBS programme and on the BSc and iMSc Biosciences programmes at York, including the Biomedical Sciences programme, which is jointly owned by Hull York Medical School and the Department of Biology.
Marika carries out a range of administrative roles within Hull York Medical School and the University of York. She is currently the Academic Lead for Programme Quality Assurance at Hull York Medical School, and her previous roles include Lead for Block 15 (2007-2011) and Coordinator for the Intercalated BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences degree programme (2010-2013). She is also an external examiner.
Marika Kullberg is a Senior Lecturer in Immunology. She obtained her BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and Microbiology from Stockholm University (Sweden), and then went on to do a PhD in Immunology at Stockholm University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA) where she spent 2.5 years in the laboratory of Dr Jay Berzofsky. After a post-doc year at Stockholm University, Marika returned to the NIH for a post-doc in Dr Alan Sher's laboratory at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases where she spent 8 years as a Visiting Fellow and a Research Fellow, investigating CD4 T-cell responses during bacterial-induced intestinal inflammation. In 2005, Marika joined the Hull York Medical School and the University of York, and established her own research group.
Career
- Stockholm University (Sweden)
BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and Microbiology (1988)
- Stockholm University (Sweden) and NCI, National Institutes of Health (USA)
PhD in Immunology (1995)
- Stockholm University (Sweden)
Postdoctoral Researcher (1996)
- NIAID, National Institutes of Health (USA)
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow (1997-2002)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2002-2005)
- Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York /
Experimental Medicine and Biomedicine, Hull York Medical School
Lecturer in Immunology (2005 - 2017)
Senior Lecturer in Immunology (2017 - )
Marika is a cellular immunologist with a background in mucosal immunology. Her research has focused on the role of T cells in intestinal inflammation, and the mechanisms by which immune responses are initiated and regulated in the intestinal tract.
For Hull York Medical School, Marika provides a Phase I lecture on ‘Immunology of the gut’ and a Phase I SSIP on ‘Inflammatory bowel disease’.
She also contributes to the BSc and iMSc Biosciences programmes at York, including the Biomedical Sciences programme, which is jointly owned by Hull York Medical School and the Department of Biology. Here she provides lectures on adaptive and mucosal immunity on the Stage 3 module ‘Haematology and Immunology’, runs tutorials on ‘Topics in immunology and infection’ for Stage 1-2 students, and supervises research projects for BSc and iMSc students on topics related to mucosal immunology. She is also an academic supervisor for students on the Biomedical Sciences programme.
View Marika’s publications on the York Research Database.