Published 29 November 2024 The PALS program, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) for 2024–2028, continues to foster ground-breaking research through its collaboration between WCMM, DDLS, and SciLifeLab Fellow programs. Following an evaluation process in the second annual call for collaborative PALS projects, eight projects have been approved for funding. We are thrilled to ann

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/success-wcmm-lund-fellows-pals-call-2024 - 2025-02-23

Published 2 December 2024 The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) prestigious 2024 100 List showcases this year’s most promising research projects from Swedish universities and colleges. With the theme “Technology in the Service of Humanity – Innovation Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration,” the list highlights research initiatives with the potential to revolutionize industry,

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/swedens-most-promising-research-highlighted-ivas-2024-100-list - 2025-02-23

Published 6 December 2024 The WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community by highlighting innovative research, breakthrough discoveries, and the people driving thes

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-agnete-kirkeby - 2025-02-23

Published 12 February 2025 Photo: Tove Smeds In the autumn 2024, we launched a competition inviting researchers from WCMM to submit their most compelling scientific images. With 21 remarkable art pieces submitted, the eagerly awaited exhibition opened the 24th January in the foyer of Forum Medicum, transforming the space into a gallery where science and art seamlessly converge. WCMM Fusion 2025 wa

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fusion-2025-event-where-art-and-science-meet - 2025-02-23

Published 14 February 2025 Nejc Art (right) and Ervin Ascic (left) at WCMM ScienceBrew in Café Ariman. October 2022. The WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-wcmm-communicators-ervin-ascic-and-nejc-arh - 2025-02-23

Published 17 February 2025 Photo: Lisa Karlsson WCMM Fusion 2025 exhibition invites you to explore the fascinating intersection of science and art through stunning medical images created by the talented WCMM scientists. Each artwork tells a unique story of ongoing research, how it contributes to advancing scientific knowledge or addresses a specific medical need, and how far the research is with t

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/meet-winner-wcmm-fusion-2025 - 2025-02-23

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 7 February 2025 Anny Matamoros, Ingrid Altamirano, Clara Heil, Diamantis Almpantis, Kimberley Montañez, Emmelina Eriksson, Anton Wrisberg, Abigail Starkey, Veronika Widengren and Maria João Silva. (Missing are Florencia Radeljak, Dylan Pashley and Jennifer Carey.) At the start of the new year, the Agenda 2030 Graduate

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/thirteen-new-phd-students-join-agenda-2030-graduate-school - 2025-02-23

Published 8 December 2022 The Young Academy of Sweden, an interdisciplinary academy for a selection of the most prominent younger researchers in Sweden, has launched "A Beginner’s Guide to Swedish Academia", a guide for international researchers, to help navigate Swedish academia and remove time-consuming obstacles. The Young Academy of Sweden (YAS) is an independent platform that provides young r

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/beginners-guide-swedish-academia - 2025-02-23

Published 8 December 2022 The WCMM centre has got yet another new doctor! Roberta Battistella, PhD student in the Lundgaard lab, successfully defended her thesis this month. Roberta Battistella, PhD student in the Lundgaard lab and part of MultiPark, defended her PhD thesis entitled “Methods to study glymphatic system in rodents´ brain during physiological and pathophysiological processes” on the

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor-0 - 2025-02-23

Published 8 December 2022 Karin Tran Lundmark was awarded funding from the Heart-Lung Foundation for the project "Synchrotron-based imaging to decipher cardiovascular pathobiology". The funding includes 800.000 SEK per year for 3 years. The main purpose of this project is to find novel treatments for pulmonary hypertension. To achieve this, Karins group aims to:  Use synchrotron-based imaging comb

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/karin-tran-lundmark-receives-heart-lung-foundation-grant-24-million-sek - 2025-02-23

Published 8 December 2022 The first pair of WCMM ScienceBrew popular science talks was a success. Stay tuned for the many exciting plans we have for our popular science talks series! Thanks to all the speakers for their fantastic performance at Café Ariman! At the inaugural WCMM ScienceBrew we heard from: Luís, on turning skin into immune cells to fight disease. Zackarias, on the "sweet" science o

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/two-wcmm-sciencebrews-down-many-more-come - 2025-02-23

Published 7 February 2023 The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is the is one of the latest research initiative funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. The amount and complexi

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-wallenberg-national-program-data-driven-life-science - 2025-02-23

Published 7 February 2023 Filipe Pereira was awarded the ERC Proof-of-Concept grant covering €150.000 for a period of 18 months for the idea to identify cancer neoantigens with dendritic cell reprogramming (NeoIDC). The ERC Proof-of-Concept (PoC) grant aims at facilitating the exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC-funded research. The project, for which Filipe Pereir

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/filipe-pereira-awarded-erc-proof-concept-grant - 2025-02-23

Published 7 February 2023 Gesine Paul-Visse and consultant neurologist and clinical fellow Robert Carlsson received 3 million SEK of funding by Cancerfonden covering 3 years for their project. The already ongoing project entitled “Modulating key targets in pericytes: impact on tumor infiltration and immune evasion in glioblastoma” will investigate if and how modulation of previously selected targe

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/gesine-paul-visse-receives-3-million-sek-cancerfonden - 2025-02-23

Published 7 February 2023 Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Barg SciLifeLab, Science for Life Laboratory, is a joint organisation for the advancement of molecular biosciences in Sweden. What started off as a joint effort between Stockholm-based universities is now a national collaboration with operations at 11 universities. In 2022, SciLifeLab site Lund was started. SciLifeLab, Science for Life Laboratory

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-national-resource-unique-technologies-and-expertise - 2025-02-23

Published 6 March 2023 Cecilia Skoug, PhD graduate in Joao Duartes group The WCMM centre has got yet another new doctor! 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. In her thesis, Cecilia has explored the change in the lipidome and the consequences for brain fu

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor-1 - 2025-02-23

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 - 2025-02-23

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 - 2025-02-23

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 - 2025-02-23

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 - 2025-02-23