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7 Mar 2023
A new WCMM 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 BM...
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7 Mar 2023
WCMM Fellows Receive VR Grant
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 Anj...
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7 Mar 2023
First patient receives milestone stem cell-based transplant for Parkinson’s Disease
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 develope...
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6 Mar 2023
A new WCMM doctor!
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 diab...
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7 Feb 2023
Filipe Pereira awarded the ERC Proof-of-Concept grant
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 ...
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7 Feb 2023
Gesine Paul-Visse receives 3 million SEK from Cancerfonden
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.
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7 Feb 2023
SciLifeLab - a national resource of unique technologies and expertise
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 ...
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7 Feb 2023
SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science
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. Lun...
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8 Dec 2022
Two WCMM ScienceBrews down, many more to come!
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!
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8 Dec 2022
The role of cell death in diabetes-associated cardiovascular disease
WCMM researcher Andreas Edsfeldt has been awarded the SSMF consolatory grant, a five-year grant that gives prominent researchers the opportunity to strengthen their position as ind...
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8 Dec 2022
A new WCMM doctor!
The WCMM centre has got yet another new doctor! Roberta Battistella, PhD student in the Lundgaard lab, successfully defended her thesis this month.
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8 Dec 2022
Karin Tran Lundmark receives Heart-Lung Foundation grant of 2.4 million SEK
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...
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8 Dec 2022
19.5 MSEK to clinical WCMM researcher!
Sandra Lindstedt has received 19.5 MSEK, the grant for clinical studies within therapy research from the Swedish Research Counsil, for her project entitled “Cytokine filtration at ...
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8 Dec 2022
A Beginner's Guide to Swedish Academia
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"...
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3 Nov 2022
New publication in Science Translational Medicine
The Bourgine lab has published a new article in Science Translational Medicine reporting the fast and standardized generation of human mini-bones/humanized ossicles, and assess to ...
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3 Nov 2022
Swedish Medical Products Agency grants approval for clinical study of new stem cell based Parkinson’s Disease treatment
An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval ...
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3 Nov 2022
Open position!
The Pereira group is seeking for 1 post-doctoral candidate for a collaborative project with the company Asgard therapeutics.
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3 Nov 2022
Prince Daniel’s Research Grant to Andreas Edsfeldt!
This year Prince Daniel's grant for particularly promising young researchers was awarded WCMM researcher Andreas Edsfeldt for his research on atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes.
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3 Nov 2022
Get to know the Scientific Advisory Board
For those of you that maybe did not know, WCMM Lund has a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of four internationally recognized experts. Two of them know the WCMM Centre quit...
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3 Nov 2022
Welcome Chimezie Harrison Umeano!
Chimezie Harrison Umeano is a new graduate student in regenerative immunology at Nicholas Leigh’s lab. He has a background in biochemistry and biomedicine and has previously been ...