Jochen Schwenk's Biography

Jochen Schwenk, Director- Plasma Profiling Facility, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Dr Jochen M. Schwenk is Director of Plasma Profiling facility at Science for Life Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, KTH. He is also Principal investigator and head of Plasma Profiling Module within Human Protein Atlas project (2008 - present) at Dept. of Proteomics, School of Biotechnology, KTH.He studied Biochemistry at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, receiving his PhD in 2005 for his work with Dr. Thomas Joos (NMI). He then joined Prof. Mathias Uhlén and the Human Protein Atlas for his postdoctoral work, funded by the Wallenberg Foundation and F.Hoffmann-La Roche. In 2009, Dr. Schwenk was nominated as “KTH star” for the WCN symposium on Frontiers in The New Biology KTH. Dr Schwenk\\\'s group studies the human plasma proteome using affinity-based methods to enhance biomarker discoveries, validation and integration from basic research towards clinical use. Our long-term objective is to design translational assays for clinically useful plasma proteins, which contribute to establishing tools for precision medicine.