By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 18 November 2020 Darcy Wagner develops therapies for patients with lung diseases. “This could help to overcome the shortages in donor tissue available for patients and could further improve long-term survival.” Darcy Wagner is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-darcy-wagner - 2025-03-27

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 25 November 2020 Vinay Swaminathan studies cell movement in health and disease. “To understand how cells get hijacked in diseases, we need to understand how cells work.” Vinay Swaminathan is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we pr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-vinay-swaminathan - 2025-03-27

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 25 November 2020 Martin Magnusson and Amra Jujic (Photo: Tove Gilvad) Diabetes is currently treated using incretin hormones to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other medical issues that the illness can trigger. Now researchers from Lund University in Sweden have noted new links between these hormones and arterio

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/incretin-hormone-levels-linked-arteriosclerosis - 2025-03-27

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 2 December 2020 João Duarte. Photo: Kennet Ruona João Duarte is linking cognitive impairment and diabetes. “Our findings might one day contribute to the development of metabolic or brain disease therapeutics.” João Duarte is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM L

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-joao-duarte - 2025-03-27

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 9 December 2020 Anja Meissner. Photo: Kennet Ruona Anja Meissner is looking for new treatments for cardiovascular diseases. “We are interested in understanding processes involved in disease onset and progression.” Anja Meissner is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-anja-meissner - 2025-03-27

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 11 December 2020 Mikael Dolsten (Photo: Pfizer) Mikael Dolsten, head of research at Pfizer, who led the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, will take up the appointment of visiting professor of Pharmacology at Lund University in Sweden on 1 January 2021. “During my years as a student and researcher in Lund

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university - 2025-03-27

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 15 December 2020 It has long been known that the choice of shoe, surface and type of sport can all be contributing factors when someone suffers an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now observed that genes also play a decisive role. Karin Magnusson. By analysing data from the Swed

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/genes-play-role-common-knee-injury - 2025-03-27

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 17 December 2020 Sebastian Albinsson and Fatima Daoud. Photo: Agata Garpenlind Researchers at Lund University have shown that a group of proteins are crucial for smooth muscle function in the gastrointestinal tract. A lack of these proteins leads to a lethal condition called intestinal pseudo obstruction in mice. T

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/impaired-bowel-movement-due-lack-protein - 2025-03-27

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] gmail [dot] com (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Sinem Tas. Photo: Agata Garpenlind The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a com

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2025-03-27

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] gmail [dot] com (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Pontus Gourdon in the lab. Photo: Magnus Bergström Lund University represents one of the most attractive locations within structural biology in entire Northern Europe, says Pontus Gourdon, who has been awarded a Wallenberg Academy Fellows prolongation grant 2020 from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/adopting-long-term-research-approach-thanks-prolongation-grant - 2025-03-27

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] gmail [dot] com (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Harmful variants in cellular networks divided by different forms of cancer. Lund researcher Mauno Vihinen has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation to develop AI methods that in the long run enable improved cancer diagnosis. One of the researchers who has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/improved-and-tailored-prediction-methods-cancer - 2025-03-27

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 20 January 2021 Pamela Buchwald and Najia Azhar have led the study that is now being published in JAMA Surgery. Photo: Private “Relapse of the condition is more common following the new treatment method using keyhole surgery, which for one-third of patients will lead to planned bowel operations. However, far fewer patients r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/keyhole-surgery-ruptured-bowels-safe-long-term-method - 2025-03-27

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 4 December 2023 Emil Andersson uses computational models to investigate cell reprogramming and how tumour cells can be better recognised using machine learning. Photo: Sara Håkansson What if ordinary skin cells could be effectively reprogrammed to become brain cells and help with diseases like Alzheimer's? And what if

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/one-step-closer-towards-improving-cancer-surgery-and-reprogramming-cells - 2025-03-27

By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 4 December 2023 Bumblebees are a key wild and commercial pollinator. Yet commonly used farmland pesticides continue to harm bumblebees. Photo: Theresia Krausl A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across eight European countries sh

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-pollinators - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 5 December 2023 Congratulations on the funding for the research infrastructure ICOS, Natascha Kljun, Scientific Principle Investigator of the Lund University ICOS stations! ICOS Sweden has been awarded a grant of 43.8 million SEK from VR to operate 10 stations for a period of three years. “Thank you! Yes, these a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/congratulations-icos - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 6 December 2023 Micaela Mafla-Endara and one of her 'hotels' for soil organisms. Photo: Anna Maria Erling Remnants of plastic left by humans can now be found practically everywhere in nature – in waterways, within animals, and even amidst the clouds. In her thesis, Micaela Mafla-Endara examined how nanoplastics t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nanoplastics-influence-microbial-activity-soil - 2025-03-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 11 December 2023 A big congratulations to professor Henrik Smith on receiving the Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Zoology from The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund. The Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Botany and Zoology has been awarded every three years since 1935 to Swedish researchers whom the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund conside

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/professor-henrik-smith-receives-rosen-linnaeus-prize-zoology - 2025-03-27

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 18 December 2023 COP 28 participants in Dubai. Photo: COP28/Christophe Viseux A comprehensive decision has been negotiated during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The agreement, which calls for a tripling of renewable energy, energy efficiency and the transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, was finali

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-deal-renewables-and-net-zero-energy-systems - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 January 2024 Katarina Hedlund (right) is the new Director of CEC after Per Persson (left). Katarina Hedlund is the new Director of CEC after Per Persson, who left at the turn of the year. Per Persson has moved on to the role of Dean of the Faculty of Science at Lund University. Katarina Hedlund, professor at t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/katarina-hedlund-new-director-cec - 2025-03-27

Published 29 January 2024 On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to seek greater scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. David Wårlind is part of the steering group for the symposium, and we asked him three

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-03-27