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Prof. Stenmark leads a research team at EMV, Lund university. He focuses on structure-based drug design, both in the development of small molecule drugs targeting cancer and in the engineering of protein drugs (e.g. neurotoxins). The main methods used are X-ray crystallography and single particle cryo-EM.
https://www.microscopy.lu.se/article/pal-stenmark-short-biography - 2025-12-09
Prof. Wallenberg is leading a group in solid state chemistry/nanoscience engineering at the Chemistry Institution, LU, with characterisation of structure and chemical composition of materials down to the atomic level as a special topic. Materials range from inorganic compunds to semiconductors to biological structures. He is the director of nCHREM, the national center for high-resolution electro
https://www.microscopy.lu.se/article/reine-wallenberg-short-biography - 2025-12-09
Anna Carnerup is in charge of maintaining and operating the 200 kV cryo-TEM at nCHREM. She has a PhD in Physical Chemistry and has many years of experience of plunge-freezing and investigating solutions of water-lipid-protein systems in the cryo-TEM.
https://www.microscopy.lu.se/article/anna-carnerup-short-biography - 2025-12-09
A course for PhD students with a background in physics. Starting in January the course is intended for students with a background in physics or similar.This 7.5 hp course focuses on hard X-ray interaction with matter. The topics covered include:X-ray sourcesScattering and absorptionRefraction and reflection from interfaces, refractive indexX-ray opticsScattering from non-crystalline material, smal
https://www.microscopy.lu.se/article/modern-x-ray-physics-diffraction-and-imaging - 2025-12-09
Meet Carl Troein, new co-worker at CIPA since June 2020. Carl has a background in physics and computational biology and is a 2D spectroscopy analysis expert. Can you tell us about your role at CIPA?Certainly! I've been recruited to help researchers working with spectroscopic 2D imaging. In particular, I am focusing on developing methods and tools for processing vibrational spectroscopy data, inclu
https://www.microscopy.lu.se/article/hello-there - 2025-12-09
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", a guide for international researchers, to help navigate Swedish academia and remove time-consuming obstacles. The Young Academy of Sweden (YAS) is an independent platform that provides young researchers with a strong v
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/beginners-guide-swedish-academia - 2025-12-09
The WCMM centre has got yet another new doctor! Roberta Battistella, PhD student in the Lundgaard lab, successfully defended her thesis this month. Roberta Battistella, PhD student in the Lundgaard lab and part of MultiPark, defended her PhD thesis entitled “Methods to study glymphatic system in rodents´ brain during physiological and pathophysiological processes” on the 1st of December. Roberta w
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor-0 - 2025-12-09
Karin Tran Lundmark was awarded funding from the Heart-Lung Foundation for the project "Synchrotron-based imaging to decipher cardiovascular pathobiology". The funding includes 800.000 SEK per year for 3 years. The main purpose of this project is to find novel treatments for pulmonary hypertension. To achieve this, Karins group aims to: Use synchrotron-based imaging combined with other methods to
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/karin-tran-lundmark-receives-heart-lung-foundation-grant-24-million-sek - 2025-12-09
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! Thanks to all the speakers for their fantastic performance at Café Ariman! At the inaugural WCMM ScienceBrew we heard from: Luís, on turning skin into immune cells to fight disease. Zackarias, on the "sweet" science of sugars that decorate our
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/two-wcmm-sciencebrews-down-many-more-come - 2025-12-09
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. Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. The amount and complexity of data is growing expo
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-wallenberg-national-program-data-driven-life-science - 2025-12-09
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 (NeoIDC). The ERC Proof-of-Concept (PoC) grant aims at facilitating the exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC-funded research. The project, for which Filipe Pereira got the grant, aims to e
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/filipe-pereira-awarded-erc-proof-concept-grant - 2025-12-09
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. The already ongoing project entitled “Modulating key targets in pericytes: impact on tumor infiltration and immune evasion in glioblastoma” will investigate if and how modulation of previously selected targets in pericytes antagonize
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/gesine-paul-visse-receives-3-million-sek-cancerfonden - 2025-12-09
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 universities is now a national collaboration with operations at 11 universities. In 2022, SciLifeLab site Lund was started. SciLifeLab, Science for Life Laboratory, is a joint organisation for the advancement of molecula
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-national-resource-unique-technologies-and-expertise - 2025-12-09
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 diabetes” on the 1st of March in Belfragesalen at BMC. In her thesis, Cecilia has explored the change in the lipidome and the consequences for brain function in type 2 diabetes (T2D). In metabolic diseases, such as obesity a
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor-1 - 2025-12-09
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 developed by Lund University and it is now being tested in patients for the first time. The transplantation product is generated from embryonic stem cells and functions to replace the dopamine nerve cells which are lost in the p
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-12-09
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 Anja Meissner. The aim of this study is to assess the long-term effects of incretin hormones GIP and GLP-1 on the cardiovascular system. These hormones initiate insulin secretion, which reduces blood sugar levels after a me
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellows-receive-vr-grant-2 - 2025-12-09
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 BMC. Cecilia explored the change in the lipidome and the consequences for brain function in type 2 diabetes (T2D). In metabolic diseases, such as obesity and T2D, the brain is impacted and variety of bioactive lipids and t
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor-2 - 2025-12-09
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” on the 24th of March at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö. Johan was interested in exploring variants of obesity with lower risks of cardiometabolic disease and exploring the pathways between individuals wit
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/johan-korduner-new-wcmm-doctor - 2025-12-09
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 brought Oksana and Iben Lundgaard together and today Oksana is working in the Lundgaard lab trying to find out more about the mysterious glymphatic system. We are all well aware of the situation in Ukraine. Prof Oksana Tymoshc
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/story-oksana-tymoshchuk-and-mysterious-glymphatic-system - 2025-12-09
Never before so much data has been produced within life sciences. At the same time, computing power, artificial intelligence and other technology necessary to handle data have been greatly improved. The theme of this year’s WCMM Research Day held on April 12th in Lund, was artificial intelligence (AI) in medical research. A widely discussed topic that has opened up endless amounts of new opportuni
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-day-2023 - 2025-12-09
