Published 11 April 2024 Lights on for our new interdisciplinary Themes. Photo: Å. Thormählen At yesterday’s meeting, the board of Pufendorf IAS decided to invite four new Themes to the institute this fall. We received ten theme applications in December 2023, six of these were sent on to external experts for review and four of these are now invited to start in September 2024. The chosen Themes are

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Published 16 May 2024 Özlem Çelik Özlem Çelik is currently visiting the Pufendorf IAS as part of a new exchange programme of NordIAS´s fellows. She is a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki and a Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Research, University of Turku and Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) Collegium Fellow. You were a postdoc at Lund University in 2018-2019,

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By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 17 June 2024 Today, on the 17 of June, the board of the Pufendorf IAS decided to accept three applications to form three new Advanced Study Groups - all starting in September 2024! These ASGs will pursue interdisciplinary research ideas within Oaths and Courts – from Forum to the Future;Neobiogenesis: The Inevitability

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By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 4 September 2024 The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies in Lund, a "home" for interdisciplinary research. Photo: Johan Persson. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of re

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By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 6 November 2024 Proper evaluation calls for accurate material. Photo: Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels Every four years, the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies is evaluated to monitor how the institute meets its overall objectives and follows its basic principles. This year, an external panel has evaluated the activities du

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By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 7 November 2024 Pufendorf IAS' beautiful façade and windows. Photo: Johan Persson A couple of weeks have passed since our symposium: Conducting research in interdisciplinary teams. On the 21 of October, we had the great pleasure of welcoming both Martin Cloonan and Britta Padberg, two of our external evaluators, back t

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Published 1 December 2016 Using the CRISPR/Cas9 “gene scissors” researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to “turn off” an enzyme that proved to play a key role in the regulation of the diabetes-associated TXNIP gene. The results are decreased cell death and increased insulin production in the genetically modified pancreatic beta cells. In a recent study, researchers ha

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Published 14 December 2016 Charlotte Ling, professor of epigenetics at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Sweden, has been awarded the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant. The funding of EUR 2 million over five years will be used to develop new methods to improve prediction, prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. Charlotte Ling is a pion

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Published 6 February 2017 BEAt-DKD (“Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease”), a unique public private partnership funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), member companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the state of Switzerland has announced the launch of a 5-year

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Published 5 March 2019 In his research in zebrafish, Olov Andersson of Karolinska Institutet strives to generate insulin-producing cells and new treatment methods for diabetes. This has led to his selection as a recipient of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding research, awarded by the Lund University Diabetes Centre and sponsored by Novo Nordisk Sweden. "It is a quick process to generate genet

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Published 4 April 2019 A two-days seminar gathered some 70 researchers from the University of Bergen, the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Finland (FIMM) and Lund University Diabetes Centre. - We wanted to strengthen the bonds that already exist and in the future create a Nordic network of metabolic researchers, says Ola Hansson who organized the meeting. Kay Prüfer from Max-Planck Institute in

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Published 5 April 2019 In Skåne, newborn babies can be screened for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease (gluten intolerance). To raise awareness about the screening we will be running an information campain on all commuter trains and busses in Skåne during week 15 and 19. Screening för typ 1-diabetes och celiaki Children found to be at risk are eligable to participate in our prevention studies POIn

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Published 15 April 2019 The 3rd Joint EASD Islet Study Group and Beta-Cell Workshop gathered experts in islet cell biology - mainly beta cells - ranging from development to function and with a focus on both type 1- and type 2-diabetes. Top from left: Jonathan Esguerra, Lena Eliasson, Elaine Cowan, Clair Lyons, Amaya Lopez and Hindrik Mulder. In the front: Alexander Hamilton and Malin Fex. This yea

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Published 17 April 2019 In Skåne, newborn babies can be screened for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease (gluten intolerance). More than expected have been found to have an increased risk of developing these diseases, and about thirty children have already been recruited for research studies aimed at lowering this risk. The oral insulin is mixed with the food. Photo: Johan Bävman Large-scale screen

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Published 18 April 2019 David Nicholls, professor emeritus of Mitochondrial Physiology at the Buck Institute in Novato, California and mentor at the Lund University Diabetes Centre, has become a member of the British Royal Society. The society’s fellows include many of the world’s most eminent scientists. “I feel immensely honoured!” says David Nicholls. David Nicholls knew from a very early age t

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Published 23 April 2019 In the past decade, knowledge of how lifestyle affects our genes, a research field called epigenetics, has grown exponentially. Researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre have summarised the state of scientific knowledge within epigenetics linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in a review article published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The epigenome is

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-affects-our-genes - 2025-04-19

Published 26 April 2019 Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University Diabetes Centre shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protective effect in Indian women. " The study show that personalized treatm

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Published 3 May 2019 Helena Elding Larsson, senior physician and associate professor at Lund University, has been awarded 1,1 million SEK from Odd Fellow Orden Sweden. Helena Elding Larsson has been awarded a gift as support for a research project aiming to study if oral insulin given to children from 4-7 months of age to 3 years, with high genetic risk, can prevent the development of beta cell au

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Published 20 May 2019 We are now looking for a new grant manager! The grant manager has a central role in connecting different stakeholders in the environment and from this position be involved in designing diverse centre activities. The position is full-time and is limited to six months. Start as soon as possible. For more information about the position, and apply

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Published 24 May 2019 The company builder and patron Bo Hjelt has become honorary doctor at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University. The doctoral conferment ceremony was held in Lund on May 24. Professor Henrik Clausen, Copenhagen University, and Bo Hjelt during the doctoral conferment ceremony. Photo: Katrin Ståhl Bo Hjelt (born 1935) was born and raised in Sweden. He studied economics in Gene

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/bo-hjelt-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2025-04-19