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12 Apr 2024
WCMM Research Day 2024
This years' WCMM Research Day 2024 with the focus on "Tissue & Bioengineering in Molecular Medicine" served as an ideal platform for WCMM Lund affiliates to dive into the topic of ...
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27 Mar 2024
ScienceBrew - March 2024: Artificial lung cells and AI medicine
The second ScienceBrew of 2024 hosted two more great speakers, covering the creation of artificial lung cells from more common skin cells and the use of AI in mental health and in ...
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14 Mar 2024
WCMM Fireside Chat: Anders Wittrup
Welcome to the fourth edition of the "WCMM Fireside Chat" series, an ongoing initiative designed to showcase and highlight the work of researchers affiliated with or connected to W...
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4 Mar 2024
ScienceBrew - February 2024: Regenerating blood and limb
We kicked off the first ScienceBrew of 2024 with two great talks, covering the expansion of blood with nanotechnology and the possible role of immune system in limb regeneration. S...
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2 Mar 2024
The project "The bridge - lungs for life" receives EU funding
Lung patients die for lack of organs healthy enough for donation. The project called "The bridge - lungs for life" aim to create a centralized Danish-Swedish "revitalizing facili...
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8 Feb 2024
Get to know the new WCMM co-director!
On January 1, 2024, Wallenberg Centre Lund got a new preclinical co-director. Professor Kristian Pietras will replace Jonas Larsson, who recently started his new position as Deputy...
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7 Feb 2024
WCMM fireside chat: Darcy Wagner
Welcome to the third WCMM Fireside Chat article. Today we present our discussion with Darcy Wagner, a WCMM researcher focusing on lung regeneration. We talked about her science, mo...
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31 Jan 2024
Nature Medicine lists: clinical trials that will shape medicine 2024
Nature Medicine asked leading researchers which clinical trials in the coming year that are likely to have an outsized impact on medicine. One of the 11 listed trials were the tria...
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19 Dec 2023
The WCMM Research School | Alumni Spotlight: Inspiring the next generation of scientists
In a recent interview, we had the chance to catch up with Abigail Altman, an alumnus of the WCMM research school, who embarked on an inspiring initiative, visiting Internationella ...
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7 Dec 2023
Paul Bourgine receives Vinnova Emerging Technology Grant for the OssiGel technology
Vinnova is a Swedish innovation agency, dedicated to fund Swedish innovation and fostering sustainable growth. Their commitment lies in propelling Sweden as a dynamic force in the ...
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7 Dec 2023
WCMM Fireside chat: Nicholas Leigh
Welcome to the second edition of the "WCMM Fireside Chat" series, an ongoing initiative designed to showcase and highlight the work of researchers affiliated with or connected to W...
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6 Dec 2023
The WCMM Research School: Origins and Evolution
Since its foundation, the WCMM research school has encouraged young scientists to exchange ideas and foster collaborations while keeping up with the latest techniques. Delving into...
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4 Dec 2023
Karin Tran-Lundmark receives Prince Daniel's grant for Young Promising Researchers
Congratulations to Karin Tran-Lundmark who has been awarded the Prince Daniel grant for Young Promising Researchers! She receives the grant for her research on the incurable cardio...
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16 Nov 2023
DDLS Fellow Jacob Vogel Receives H.M. Queen Silvia’s Prize for a young Alzheimer’s researcher
On November 15, the Alzheimer's Foundation invited to a gathering with an award ceremony in the German Church in Stockholm. H. M. Queen Silvia's prize for a young Alzheimer's resea...
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7 Nov 2023
Research School | Fifth anniversary!
With the kick-off at the start of October, the 23/24 WCMM Research School has officially begun. As this year marks the fifth anniversary of the WCMM Research School, we wanted to t...
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7 Nov 2023
Filipe Pereira awarded the Eric K. Fernström Prize for Young Researchers
Filipe Pereira, professor of molecular medicine at Lund University, is awarded this year's Fernström prize for young, exceptionally promising, and successful researchers. He receiv...
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7 Nov 2023
3D histology with synchrotron micro-tomography: Symposium and hackathon!
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 wor...
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7 Nov 2023
LMK Foundation has awarded their prize in Medicine 2023 to a WCMM Fellow!
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...
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7 Nov 2023
The Bourgine group awarded with the EIC Pathfinder grant
Paul Bourgine and his group have been awarded the prestigious EIC Pathfinder grant for the establishment of a consortium named "The BuonMarrow project". The consortium is led by Pr...
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6 Nov 2023
Anders Wittrup about this year's Nobel prize
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 expect...