Olof Rickard Nilsson, Ph.D.

Visiting Research Fellow

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Copenhagen, Denmark

M.S., University of Lund, Sweden

Languages Spoken: Swedish, German
Portrait of Olof Rickard Nilsson, Ph.D.

Biography

My main research interest is the effects of systemic Salmonella Typhimurium infection on the central nervous system. I make extensive use of fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry to study both bacterial virulence factors involved in infection and the response of the immune system.