Published 19 December 2023 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 Engelska Skolan in Staffanstorp to introduce the world of science to 12-13-year-olds. We had the pleasure to interview Abigail and she shared her motivations, experiences, and insights gained f

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-school-alumni-spotlight-inspiring-next-generation-scientists - 2025-04-23

Published 31 January 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 trial "Stem cells for Parkinson’s disease" done at Region Skåne in Lund. Both, WCMM Fellow Agnete Kirkeby and WCMM researcher Gesine Paul Visse, are part of the responsible team. The STEM-PD trial w

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/nature-medicine-lists-clinical-trials-will-shape-medicine-2024 - 2025-04-23

Published 8 February 2024 Photo: Melker Dahlstrand 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 Dean. Welcome to the team! | How does it feel becoming the next preclinical co-director of WCMM Lund?"I am honored to take on this position and really look forward to w

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/get-know-new-wcmm-co-director - 2025-04-23

Published 7 February 2024 Darcy hard at work creating artificial lungs. Photo by Faculty of Medicine, originally published by Johanna Sandahl. 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, motivations, aspirations and the importance of collaboration and knowledge exch

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-darcy-wagner - 2025-04-23

Published 2 March 2024 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 facility" for damaged lungs – the first in Europe! Lung transplantation is the only treatment for patients with severe lung disease, but the organs are not enough, resulting in patients dying while waiting

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/project-bridge-lungs-life-receives-eu-funding - 2025-04-23

Published 4 March 2024 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. Stay tuned more amazing speakers throughout the second season of ScienceBrew! Thanks to Tyra and Marlene for opening the second season of Sciencebrew at Café Ariman!First Tyra explained the limited

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/sciencebrew-february-2024-regenerating-blood-and-limb - 2025-04-23

Published 14 March 2024 Welcome to the Fourth Edition of the "WCMM Fireside Chat". An ongoing initiative aimed at showcasing the research and innovations of scientists affiliated with WCMM in Lund. In this edition, we highlight Anders Wittrup, a clinical WCMM fellow specializing in RNA therapeutics. Anders and his team focus on overcoming the key challenge in RNA-based cancer therapeutics—delivery

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-anders-wittrup - 2025-04-23

Published 27 March 2024 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 medicine at large. You can learn more about their presentations below and experience even more great talks on our next session of ScienceBrew in April! Thanks to Alex and Petra for presenting thei

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/sciencebrew-march-2024-artificial-lung-cells-and-ai-medicine - 2025-04-23

Published 12 April 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 regenerative medicine, a strong focus of the WCMM Lund that has created many projects that resulted in high quality peer-reviewed publications and the opportunity for good education of young resea

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-day-2024 - 2025-04-23

Published 12 May 2024 The third ScienceBrew of 2024 hosted a trio of talented researchers in the fields of medicine and law. Read more about their presentations below and experience even more great talks on our next session of ScienceBrew in May! Thanks to Hanna, Sacharias and Manni for presenting their work at Café Ariman!Hanna, a PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine, explained her work on iden

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/sciencebrew-april-2024-stem-cells-heart-surgery-and-law-dying - 2025-04-23

Published 15 May 2024 Welcome to the fifth edition of the "WCMM Fireside Chat" series, an ongoing initiative, which showcases and highlights the work of researchers affiliated with or connected to WCMM in Lund. In this edition, we turn our spotlight to this years' WCMM Research day organizers Oscar van der Have, Swathi Pakirisamy and Iran Augusto Silva. Two oft them, Oscar and Iran, shared their m

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-organizers-research-day - 2025-04-23

Published 12 June 2024 At the May 2024 ScienceBrew we heard from three great speakers from the Faculty of Law and LTH. Read about their presentations below and experience even more great talks at the last evening of this series on June 17th! Thanks to Sarah, Gabriel and Alberto for presenting their work at Café Ariman!Sarah, a PhD student at the Faculty of Law, presented her research on the use of

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/sciencebrew-may-2024-ai-power-distribution-and-ethics-neuroscience - 2025-04-23

Published 12 June 2024 Vinay in his natural environment. Photo by Faculty of Medicine, originally published by Johanna Sandahl. Welcome to another WCMM Fireside Chat, a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. This time we present our discussion with Vinay Swaminathan, a group leader at WCMM

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-vinay-swaminathan - 2025-04-23

Published 14 June 2024 Photo from stem cell transplantation at Skåne University Hospital. Source: Skåne University Hospital. There is a lot going on around the clinical WCMM researcher Gesine Paul-Visse right now! Both press releases and interviews is coming out of her lab. We could also catch a glimpse of her when Swedish Television made a short interview with the very first patient enrolled in t

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/updates-gesine-paul-visses-lab - 2025-04-23

Published 14 June 2024 As summer slowly settles into Lund, the 2023-24 iteration of the WCMM Research School has come to an end. Seven exciting months were wrapped up with a two-day retreat at the beautiful Båstad Riviera Strand. At the retreat, the research school attendees were treated to inspiring lectures by representatives from both academia and industry, highlighting topics such as entrepren

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-school-2324-has-come-end - 2025-04-23

Published 9 September 2024 Welcome to another WCMM Fireside Chat, a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. We had a chat with the clinical WCMM researcher Gustav Smith, who to say the least, has a busy schedule. This time we present our chat with Gustav Smith, a clinician, group leader and

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-gustav-smith - 2025-04-23

Published 6 September 2024 A New Step to strengthen the research network in the long term WCMM Lund is taking a significant step forward in training the new generation of young international, highly qualified postdoc candidates within the field of regenerative medicine with the launch of its IGNITE Postdoc Fellow Program - Interdisciplinary Grants for Novel Innovation and Trainee Education. This i

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wallenberg-centre-molecular-medicine-lund-launches-ignite-postdoc-fellow-program - 2025-04-23

Published 9 September 2024 An atmosphere of anticipation and excitement filled the air as the Principal Investigators (PIs) and the management of the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) gathered for this year’s Scientific Advisory Board meeting. The discussions of the meeting focused on achievements to date, future challenges and advancements both regarding the centre itself and at a n

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/highlights-wcmm-scientific-advisory-board-meeting - 2025-04-23

Published 9 January 2025 What is the workshop about?Wavefunction methods, including multiconfigurational theory, are well-established techniques for electronic structure calculations of both ground and excited states in chemistry and molecular spectroscopy. However, these methods have been seldom applied in the context of solid-state systems due to their computationally intensive nature and the re

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/wavefunction-methods-solid-state-matter-wfs-2025-2503-2803-2025-hotel-arkon-park-gdansk-poland - 2025-04-23

Published 26 November 2024 The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund has decided to award Nabanita Mandal endowments for the Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology – Chemistry for a project on  “Unraveling Molecular Pathways of Toxic Aggregation in Amyloid Lateral Sclerosis” (100 kSEK).The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund has decided to award Gianluca Utzeri endowments for the Natural Sciences

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/nabanita-mandal-and-gianluca-utzeri-has-been-awarded-research-grants-royal-physiographic-society - 2025-04-23