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6 Sep 2023
WCMM's Kees-Jan becomes section head at Skåne University Hospital
WCMM doctor Kees-Jan discusses challenges and opportunities in his new position as section head at the Skåne University Hospital
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4 Sep 2023
The Program for Academic Leaders in Life Science (PALS)
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 collab...
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4 Sep 2023
Link between selenium deficiency and heart failure
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 ...
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14 Aug 2023
WCMM Friday Club
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 scient...
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14 Aug 2023
Time to apply!
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 h...
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8 Jun 2023
Interview with the WCMM Research School Representatives 2023
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...
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8 Jun 2023
Anders Wittrup receives fastest confocal microscope in the Nordics
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 team publis...
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4 May 2023
Interview with the Research Day Organization Committee
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 Scientifi...
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3 May 2023
NMMP Annual Scientific Conference 2023
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...
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4 Apr 2023
The story of Oksana Tymoshchuk and the mysterious glymphatic system
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 brough...
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2 Apr 2023
Johan Korduner is a new WCMM doctor!
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...
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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...