Gunnar Brinkmalm, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Senior Research Associate, University of Gothenburg, Sweden


Gunnar Brinkmalm is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Associate at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His main research focus and interest is development of advanced mass spectrometric methods for analysis of complex biological samples, in particular analyses related to neurodegenerative diseases. He has published more than 100 scientific articles as well as book chapters on mass spectrometry.

Funded Research

These projects were made possible from Cure Alzheimer's Fund support.

Selected Publications

These published papers resulted from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund support.

Watamura, N., Foiani, M. S., Bez, S., Bourdenx, M., Santambrogio, A., Frodsham, C., Camporesi, E., Brinkmalm, G., Zetterberg, H., , … Duff, K. E., Saido, T. C. In vivo hyperphosphorylation of tau is associated with synaptic loss and behavioral abnormalities in the absence of tau seeds, Nature Neuroscience, December 24, 2024, Read More

Lantero-Rodriguez, J., Camporesi, E., Montoliu-Gaya, L., Gobom, J., Piotrowska, D., Olsson, M., Burmann, I. M., Becker, B., Brinkmalm, A., Burmann, B. M., Perkinton, M., Ashton, N. J., Fox, N. C., Lashley, T., Zetterberg, H., Blennow, K., & Brinkmalm, G. Tau protein profiling in tauopathies: a human brain study, Molecular Neurodegeneration, July 19, 2024, Read More

Kasri, A., Camporesi, E., Gkanatsiou, E., Boluda, S., Brinkmalm, G., Stimmer, L., Ge, J., Hanrieder, J., Villain, N., Duyckaerts, C., Vermeiren, Y., Pape, S. E., Nicolas, G., Laquerrière, A., De Deyn, P. P., Wallon, D., Blennow, K., Strydom, A., Zetterberg, H., & Potier, M. C. Amyloid-β peptide signature associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy in familial Alzheimer’s disease with APPdup and Down syndrome, Acta Neuropathologica, July 18, 2024, Read More

Gobom, J., Brinkmalm, A., Brinkmalm, G., Blennow, K., & Zetterberg, H. Alzheimer’s disease biomarker analysis using targeted mass spectrometry, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, January 20, 2024, Read More