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[[File:Jonas Blomberg.png|right|Source:twitter.com]] '''Jonas Blomberg''', MD, PhD, (1944-2019) was an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Microbiology, Uppsala University, [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N96-3091 | title = Jonas Blomberg - Uppsala University, Sweden|website=katalog.uu.se|language=|access-date=2018-08-11}}</ref> He was on the Advisory Board of the [[Gottfries Clinic]], one of the couple of clinics in Sweden offering adequate biomedical treatment for [[Fibromyalgia]] and [[ME/CFS]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.gottfriesclinic.se/in-english/gottfries-clinic/ | title = Gottfries Clinic {{!}} Gottfriesmottagningen | website = gottfriesclinic.se|language=|access-date=2018-08-11}}</ref> Blomberg passed away suddenly in February 2019. ==Education== *1974 - MD, Göteborg University *1977 - PhD in Medical Biochemistry, Göteborg University *1979-1981 - Postdoctoral work on Retroviruses, National Cancer Institute, US ==Fields of Research== *Retroviruses: HIV, HTLV, XMRV and HERVs. *Bioinformatics: Improving diagnostic methods for clinical microbiology, enhancing phylogenetic studies. *Method development: Nucleic acid and Antibody based methods for detection of infection. *Clinical Virology: Quality control, management of routine, search for infectious triggers of Myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome). ==2017 Ramsay Award== A team comprised of Dr. Blomberg and Dr. [[Jonas Bergquist]] of Uppsala University and Dr. [[Carl-Gerhard Gottfries]] and Dr. Olof Zachrisson of the [[Gottfries Clinic]] were awarded a 2017 Ramsay Award grant from the [[Solve ME/CFS Initiative]] for research into [[biomarker]]s for initiation (infection) and metabolic derangement in [[ME/CFS]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://solvecfs.org/2017-ramsay-award-program-results/ | title = 2017 Ramsay Award Program Results|website=Solve ME/CFS Initiative|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref> == Committees and working groups == === ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University === Member of the Working Group which offers their expertise and resources to the [[ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://bos.etapestry.com/prod/viewEmailAsPage.do?erRef=773.0.423082047&databaseId=OMF&mailingId=34274682&jobRef=773.0.506425459&key=b6b9237b3ebd1e462a5d11dbc5c4dae&personaRef=773.0.423082048&memberId=1348639685 | title = OMF grants $1.2M to Ramp Up Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University|website=bos.etapestry.com|access-date=2018-08-11}}</ref> ===EUROMENE=== Member of the [[Biomarkers]] Working Group of [[ME/CFS]] across Europe on behalf of the [[EUROMENE]], a European Union COST Action CA15111 not-for-profit research organization committed to tackling the cause and treatment for [[ME/CFS|Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA15111/ | title = Action CA15111 | website = COST|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref> ==Research on ME/CFS== *2011, Murine gammaretrovirus group G3 was not found in Swedish patients with [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]] and [[fibromyalgia]]<ref name="Elfaitouri, 2011" /> - [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0024602 (Full Text)] *2011, Phylogeny-directed search for [[Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus|murine leukemia virus-like retroviruses]] in vertebrate genomes and in patients suffering from [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]] and prostate cancer<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Blomberg | first = Jonas | authorlink = Jonas Blomberg | last2 = Sheikholvaezin | first2 = Ali | authorlink2 = | last3 = Elfaitouri | first3 = Amal | authorlink3 = | last4 = Blomberg | first4 = Fredrik | authorlink4 = | last5 = Sjösten | first5 = Anna | authorlink5 = | last6 = Mattson Ulfstedt | first6 = Johan | authorlink6 = | last7 = Pipkorn | first7 = Rüdiger | last8 = Källander | first8 = Clas | last9 = Öhrmalm | first9 = Christina | date = 2001 | title = Phylogeny-Directed Search for Murine Leukemia Virus-Like Retroviruses in Vertebrate Genomes and in Patients Suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Prostate Cancer |url =http://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/341294/|journal=Advances in Virology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=1–20|doi=10.1155/2011/341294|issn=1687-8639|pmc=3265301|pmid=22315600|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265301/ (Full Text)] *2012, No evidence for [[Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus|xenotropic murine leukemia-related virus]] infection in [[Sweden]] using internally controlled multiepitope suspension array serology<ref name="Blomberg, 2012" /> - [http://cvi.asm.org/content/19/9/1399.long (Full Text)] *2013, Epitopes of Microbial and Human [[Heat shock protein|Heat Shock Protein]] 60 and Their Recognition in [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]]<ref name="Elfaitouri, 2013" /> - [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081155 (Full Text)] *2018, Infection Elicited [[Autoimmune disease|Autoimmunity]] and [[ME/CFS|Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]: An Explanatory Model<ref name="Blomberg, 2018" /> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818468/ (Full Text)] *2019, Antibodies to Human [[Herpesviruses]] in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Blomberg | first = Jonas | authorlink = Jonas Blomberg | last2 = Rizwan | first2 = Muhammad | authorlink2 = | last3 = Böhlin-Wiener | first3 = Agnes | authorlink3 = | last4 = Elfaitouri | first4 = Amal | authorlink4 = | last5 = Julin | first5 = Per | authorlink5 = | last6 = Zachrisson | first6 = Olof | authorlink6 = Olof Zachrisson | last7 = Rosén | first7 = Anders | last8 = Gottfries | first8 = Carl-Gerhard | authorlink8 = Carl-Gerhard Gottfries| date = 2019 | title = Antibodies to Human Herpesviruses in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients | url = https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01946/abstract| journal = Frontiers in Immunology | volume = 10 |issue= | pages = 1946 | doi= 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01946 |quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01946/full (Abstract)] ==Talks and interviews== *2013, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHozz1T2pJA Jonas Blomberg om sökande efter mikrobiella biomarkörer vid ME/CFS] *2014, [http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC9.shtml 9th] [[Invest in ME International ME Conference]] 2014 (no speech title given, but he discussed infection-induced autoimmunity in ME)[http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC9.shtml#dvd DVD on conference] ==Online presence== *[https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Blomberg Wiki page (in Swedish)] *[http://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N96-3091 Uppsala University faculty page] *[https://twitter.com/Jonas_Blomberg?lang=en Twitter] ==See also== *[[Sweden]] ==Learn more== *[https://soundcloud.com/user-463592841/a-loss-to-the-me-community-jonas-blomberg A loss to the ME community: Jonas Blomberg] by [[Jaime Seltzer]] ==References== <references> <ref name="Elfaitouri, 2011">{{Citation | last1 = Elfaitouri | first1 = A | authorlink1 = | last2 = Shao | first2 = X | authorlink2 = | last3 = Mattsson Ulfstedt | first3 = J | authorlink3 = | last4 = Muradrasoli | first4 = S | authorlink4 = | last5 =Bölin Wiener | first5 = A | authorlink5 = | last6 = Golbob | first6 = S | authorlink6 = | last7 = Ohrmalm | first7 = C | authorlink7 = | last8 = Matousek | first8 = M | authorlink8 = | last9 = Zachrisson | first9 = O | authorlink9 = | last10 = Gottfries | first10 = C-G | authorlink10 = Carl-Gerhard Gottfries | last11 = Blomberg | first11 = J | authorlink11 = Jonas Blomberg | title = Murine gammaretrovirus group G3 was not found in Swedish patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. | journal = PLoS One | volume = 6 | issue = 10 | pages = e24602 | date = 2011 | pmid = | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0024602 | url = https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0024602 }}</ref> <ref name="Elfaitouri, 2013">{{Citation | last1 = Elfaitouri | first1 = A | authorlink1 = | last2 = Herrmann | first2 = B | authorlink2 = | last3 = Bölin-Wiener | first3 = A | authorlink3 = | last4 = Wang | first4 = Y | authorlink4 = | last5 = Gottfries | first5 = C-G | authorlink5 = Carl-Gerhard Gottfries | last6 = Zachrisson | first6 = O | authorlink6 = | last7 = Pipkorn | first7 = R | authorlink7 = | last8 = Rönnblom | first8 = L | authorlink8 = | last9 = Blomberg | first9 = J | authorlink9 = Jonas Blomberg | url = https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081155 | title = Epitopes of Microbial and Human Heat Shock Protein 60 and Their Recognition in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | journal = PLoS One | volume = 8 | issue = 11 | pages = e81155 | date = 2013 | pmid = | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0081155 }}</ref> <ref name="Blomberg, 2012">{{Citation | last1 = Blomberg | first1 = Jonas | authorlink1 = Jonas Blomberg | last2 = Blomberg | first2 = Fredrik | authorlink2 = | last3 = Sjösten | first3 = Anna | authorlink3 = | last4 = Sheikholvaezin | first4 = Ali | authorlink4 = | last5 =Bölin-Wiener | first5 = Agnes | authorlink5 = | last6 = Elfaitouri | first6 = Amal | authorlink6 = | last7 = Hessel | first7 = Sanna | authorlink7 = | last8 = Gottfries | first8 = Carl-Gerhard | authorlink8 = Carl-Gerhard Gottfries | last9 = Zachrisson | first9 = Olof | authorlink9 = | last10 = Öhrmalma | first10 = Christina | author-link10 = | last11 = Jobs | first11 = Magnus | authorlink11 = | last12 = Pipkorn | first12 = Rüdiger| authorlink12 = | title = No Evidence for Xenotropic Murine Leukemia-Related Virus Infection in Sweden Using Internally Controlled Multiepitope Suspension Array Serology | journal = Clinical and Vaccine Immunology | volume = 19 | issue = 9 | page = 1399-1410 | date = 2012 | pmid = | doi = 10.1128/CVI.00391-12 }}</ref> <ref name="Blomberg, 2018">{{Citation | last1 = Blomberg | first1 = Jonas | authorlink1 = Jonas Blomberg | last2 = Gottfries | first2 = Carl-Gerhard | authorlink2 = Carl-Gerhard Gottfries | last3 = Elfaitouri | first3 = Amal | authorlink3 = | last4 = Rizwan | first4 = Muhammad | authorlink4 = | last5 =Rosén | first5 = Anders | authorlink5 = | title = Infection Elicited Autoimmunity and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Explanatory Model | journal = Frontiers in Immunology | volume = 2018 | issue = 9 | page = 229 | date = 2018 | pmid = | doi = 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00229 }}</ref> </references> [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:Sweden researchers]]
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