Published 7 March 2023 On 13th of February, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. The product has been developed by Lund University and it is now being tested in patients for the first time. The transplantation product is generated from embryonic stem cells and functions to replace the dopamine nerve cells

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-03-11

Published 7 March 2023 Martin Magnusson, clinical WCMM fellow and adjunct professor in cardiovascular research Martin Magnusson received a 4.8 million VR project grant 2023-2026 for the project "Incretin system´s impact on cardiovascular disease and cancer" together with Joao Duarte and Anja Meissner. The aim of this study is to assess the long-term effects of incretin hormones GIP and GLP-1 on th

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellows-receive-vr-grant-2 - 2025-03-11

Published 7 March 2023 Cecilia Skoug, PhD graduate in Joao Duartes group Cecilia Skoug, PhD graduate from Joao Duartes group, defended her thesis “Bioactive lipids as neuroprotective targets in type 2 diabetes” on the 1st of March in Belfragesalen at BMC. Cecilia explored the change in the lipidome and the consequences for brain function in type 2 diabetes (T2D). In metabolic diseases, such as obe

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor-2 - 2025-03-11

Published 2 April 2023 Johan Korduner, PhD graduate from Martin Magnusson’s group, defended his thesis “The heterogeneity of obesity for risk of cardiometabolic disease. Epidemiology and clinical aspects” on the 24th of March at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö. Johan was interested in exploring variants of obesity with lower risks of cardiometabolic disease and exploring the pathways

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/johan-korduner-new-wcmm-doctor - 2025-03-11

Published 4 April 2023 Oksana Tymoshchuk, professor from Ukraine, came to Sweden in April 2022 when a full-scale war broke out in her country. A grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation brought Oksana and Iben Lundgaard together and today Oksana is working in the Lundgaard lab trying to find out more about the mysterious glymphatic system. We are all well aware of the situation in Ukrai

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/story-oksana-tymoshchuk-and-mysterious-glymphatic-system - 2025-03-11

Published 14 April 2023 Never before so much data has been produced within life sciences. At the same time, computing power, artificial intelligence and other technology necessary to handle data have been greatly improved. The theme of this year’s WCMM Research Day held on April 12th in Lund, was artificial intelligence (AI) in medical research. A widely discussed topic that has opened up endless

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-day-2023 - 2025-03-11

Published 3 May 2023 Photo: Mikael Stiernstedt The National Molecular Medicine Fellows Program - NMMP - is a collaborative program between the four Wallenberg centres and SciLifeLab that was established in 2017. The aims of the program is to improve scientific networks and collaborations across Sweden, as well as to increase the awareness and accessibility of the cutting-edge infrastructure at Sci

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/nmmp-annual-scientific-conference-2023 - 2025-03-11

Published 4 May 2023 After a long break due to the pandemic the WCMM Research Day has been organized in its full form on-site again. It brought WCMM researchers, communicators, economist, the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) members, the director Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, and co-directors Jonas Larsson and Lars Dahlin, the two newly recruited DDLS fellows and everyone else invited together to em

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/interview-research-day-organization-committee - 2025-03-11

Published 8 June 2023 siRNA delivered to cervical cancer cells. Cell nuclei in blue. Double-stranded RNA molecules in orange. Diffuse orange signal around nucleus are RNA molecules reaching the cytosol. Picture by Hampus Hedlund. Did you know that current RNA therapeutics are highly inefficient and less than 1 percent of the RNA molecules seem to end up in the right place? Anders Wittrup and his t

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/anders-wittrup-receives-fastest-confocal-microscope-nordics - 2025-03-11

Published 8 June 2023 Abigail Altman (left), Emma Gustafsson (middle), Sara Palo (right) A new WCMM research school year is completed and the students together with the PIs could celebrate the success of another engaging year at a well-planned and well-deserved retreat. The WCMM research school retreat always offers a good balance between stimulating scientific programs including external speakers

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/interview-wcmm-research-school-representatives-2023 - 2025-03-11

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 4 September 2023 Martin Magnusson, clinical WCMM fellow and adjunct professor in cardiovascular research A research study at Lund University shows that there is an association between selenium deficiency and an increased risk of developing heart failure. The risk is twice as high for individuals with low selenium

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/link-between-selenium-deficiency-and-heart-failure - 2025-03-11

Published 14 August 2023 Do you want to learn about a diverse array of cutting edge research and techniques centered on the theme of regeneration, replacement and repair? Do you want hands-on training on how to write grants, foster collaboration, and develop transferrable skills? Are you a graduate student or postdoc? If so, consider applying to be part of the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medic

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/time-apply - 2025-03-11

Published 14 August 2023 The WCMM Friday club started in spring 2019 as a monthly scientific meeting for all clinical and preclinical PIs at WCMM Lund. It serves as a platform for presenting ongoing scientific work in each member’s research program. The informal format allows for open discussions, brainstorming and encourages new collaborations. 25th of August 2023 | Segerfalk, BMC A10 12:00 - 12:

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-friday-club - 2025-03-11

Published 4 September 2023 As you probably know, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted funding of SEK 20 million to the Program for Academic Leaders in Life Science (PALS). The program is a collaborative effort with the four WCMM Centers, SciLifeLab and the DDLS program and follows the success and track record of the previous WCMM and SciLifeLab collaboration termed NMMP (National Molec

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/program-academic-leaders-life-science-pals - 2025-03-11

Published 6 September 2023 Kees-Jan is a WCMM researcher and paediatric oncologist at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Photo: Rebecka Sjöberg, previously published by the Faculty of Medicine Kees-Jan Pronk is a clinical scientist and oncologist at WCMM, who recently assumed the role of section Head of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Immunology and Nephrology. We congratulate him for this impre

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmms-kees-jan-becomes-section-head-skane-university-hospital - 2025-03-11

Published 11 October 2023 Jacob in his natural laboratory environment. While it "might not seem very exciting" at first glance, the science brewing inside certanly is! (Photo by Jacob Vogel) Welcome to the first "WCMM fireside chat" article. This is a new series is dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. We st

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-jacob-vogel - 2025-03-11

Published 11 October 2023 As you know, the WCMM Research School is one of the most important pieces of regenerative medicine training that we provide here as a centre. This year, the school is celebrating its five-year anniversary and due to that, we will pay some extra attention to the activities going on during the year. The 2023/24 WCMM Research School, which is actually the 6th class starting,

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/kick-wcmm-research-school-2324 - 2025-03-11

Published 7 November 2023 Karin Tran-Lundmark is part of the working group Biomedical Imaging, within the integrative pharmacology and drug discovery (IPDD) theme, a group that currently is organizing a workshop on synchrotron-based 3D imaging. Karin Tran-Lundmark, physician scientist and Associate Professor at Lund University, has her clinical interest in advanced heart failure, transplantation,

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/3d-histology-synchrotron-micro-tomography-symposium-and-hackathon - 2025-03-11

Published 7 November 2023 Photographer: Kennet Ruona The LMK Foundation believes in innovative and interdisciplinary research and its potential to contribute to the solution of many of today's and tomorrow's problems. Therefore, they mainly support pioneering projects that bring together researchers with different subject backgrounds. Apart from supporting research projects, the foundation also ha

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/lmk-foundation-has-awarded-their-prize-medicine-2023-wcmm-fellow - 2025-03-11

Published 6 November 2023 Photographer: Tove Smeds For Anders Wittrup, clinical WCMM researcher and oncologist, the choice of this year's Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, was quite expected. They recieved the prize for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 such

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/anders-wittrup-about-years-nobel-prize - 2025-03-11