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Per Uhlén, born in 1969 in Uppsala, is a Swedish researcher and professor at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Uhlén's research aims to increase our understanding of how the cell's own signaling system affects important biological processes for cancer and development, such as cell division, cell differentiation and cell death.

Uhlén began studying Engineering Physics (Teknisk Fysik) at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm in 1993 and graduated with a master's degree in engineering (civil engineer) in 1998. He then began doctoral studies at Karolinska Institutet and became a doctor of philosophy (PhD) in 2002 with the thesis "Signal Transduction Via Ion Fluxes". After his dissertation, Uhlén moved to the United States to conduct research in Barbara Ehrlich's laboratory at Yale University in New Haven, CT. During his postdoc stay in the United States, Uhlén also conducted research at the Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA. In 2006, Uhlén returned to Sweden to establish his own research group at Karolinska Institutet. Uhlén became an associate professor (Docent) in 2009 and a full professor in 2014.

Per Uhlén has participated in two Paralympic Games in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2020), where he played wheelchair basketball in the Swedish national team, and also played in a rock band with Atomic Swing's frontman Niclas Frisk.