Preclinical Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography is a powerful optoacoustic imaging system for small animal imaging. It acquires cross-sectional images from head to tail, with high resolution, in vivo and in real time. The machine is also equipped with ultrasound computed tomography for further insights. MSOT InVision 512-Echo Image rate: 10/2 fps (MSOT/US) S

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Live Cell Inverted Confocal Microscope The Zeiss 710 confocal laser scanning microscopes scan samples sequentially point by point. The microscope combines high-resolution optical imaging with depth selectivity which allows us to do optical sectioning. The inverted microscope is equipped with motorized stage, heated incubator, controller regulating O2, CO2 and humidity. This allow longitudinal imag

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PI Johan Staaf Breast Cancer researchBreast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and a heterogeneous disease at the molecular level. This heterogeneity translates into differences in clinical manifestation, patient therapies, and ultimately patient outcome. TNBC is a subgroup of breast cancer, representing ~10% of all cases (9% in Sweden 2015). To date, this patient subgroup has often had

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Our task is to understand the basic mechanisms behind tumor development. This understanding provides a basis for matching the right drug with the right patient and thereby offer better conditions for individualized treatment of cancer patients. The Division of Translational Cancer Research (TCR) was founded 2013 in conjunction with the formation of Lund University Cancer Center (LUCC) at Medicon V

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PI Yvonne Ceder Our researchProstate cancer is the most common cancer in men in industrialized countries, and the manifestation of distant metastasis is the major cause of cancer-related deaths in these men. Our research aims to deduce the role of post transcriptional regulation in prostate cancer initiation and progression. The current focus of our research is on RNA editing and m6A modification 

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PI Christer Larsson Our researchOur aims are to identify and understand mechanisms regulating breast cancer cell death and how inflammatory signaling can be induced and influence breast cancer progression. We specifically study Smac mimetics, small molecules mimicking the effect of the pro-apoptotic protein Smac. We investigate determinants of Smac-responsiveness and ways to circumvent resistance

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PI Charlotte Rolny ResearchOur research primarily focuses on tumor immunology, with a particular emphasis on understanding the behavior of Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) and is dedicated to finding novel targets that reprogram immunosuppressive and pro-metastatic Tumor-Associated Macrophages into an anti-tumor phenotype. Our lab employs state-of-the-art molecular biology techniques, mouse mod

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Swedish Research Council (VR)Swedish Cancer SocietyWenner-Gren foundationsThe Swedish Childhood Cancer FoundationFru Berta Kamprads stiftelse

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VEGF-C-expressing TAMs rewire the metastatic fate of breast cancer cells.Banerjee K, Kerzel T, Bekkhus T, Ferreira de Souza S, Wallmann T, Wallerius M, Landwehr LS, Agardy DA, Schauer N, Malmerfeldt A, Bergh J, Bartish M, Hartman J, Östman A, Squadrito ML and Rolny C. Cell Reports. 2023 Dec 1;42(12):113507. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113507  MNK2 governs the macrophage antiinflammatory phenotype.B

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PI Daniel Bexell Our researchOur research is about childhood cancer neuroblastoma. We work to understand the mechanisms leading to metastasis and treatment resistant relapse, and to test new treatment against aggressive neuroblastoma. Our projects encompass studies on basic tumor biology as well as preclinical and translational studies with the aim to find novel treatments. We perform molecular an

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PI Ramin Massoumi Our researchThe overall goal of our research is to characterize the function of certain genes in development biology and immunology. In addition, we try to identify driver genes that are defined as being linked to human diseases such as cancer and fibrosis. Dissecting the signalling pathway with the focus on the post-translational modifications, will allow us to identify potentia

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PI Alexander Pietras BackgroundGlioblastoma multiforme (GBM) the highest-grade glioma and deadliest brain tumor occurs in pediatric as well as adult patients. Despite aggressive treatment with surgery, irradiation and sometimes chemotherapy, tumors invariably recur as incurable lesions. Tumor cells with stem cell characteristics are thought to be responsible for therapeutic resistance in brain tum

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Our research 

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PI Kristian Pietras Our researchOur aim is to molecularly map support functions performed by the various cell types comprising the tumor microenvironment. We believe that decisive treatment benefit can only be achieved by targeting several of the cell types that collectively sustain tumor growth. Importantly, the cellular networks within tumors cannot be studied in isolation. Thus, our work ranges

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PI Lars Rönnstrand BackgroundThe receptor tyrosine kinases KIT and FLT3 are both important regulators of development and maintenance of a number of different cell types. Deregulation of these receptors by mutations has been implicated in various human malignancies, including akut myeloid leukemia and melanoma. The signaling pathways activated by the oncogenic mutants are to some extent unique and

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PI Kazi Julhash Uddin BackgroundDespite incredible progress in the treatment of cancer, the cure rate remains low due to the fact that almost all cancer patients develop resistance to anticancer therapies.  This results in as many as 90% of cancer-related deaths in various types of cancer. Consequently, identification of the factors that drive the development of therapy resistance is a pressing is

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Följ det Vetenskapsrådsfinansierade forskningsprojektet ”Döden på Vipeholm – en undersökning om vården av ’osnygga obildbara sinnesslöa’ och möjlig medveten dödssvält”. Om projektet Under några av 1940-talets första år dog 200 av de patienter som bodde på Vipeholms sjukhus. Vad berodde det på, att så många dog under de här åren? Kan det ha handlat om eutanasi – vilket har framförts men aldrig lett

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Artikel av Kristina Engwall i Nordic Journal of Educational History”… äro absolut obildbara”: Barnen på Vipeholm 1935–1963DOI: https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v11i1.456Abstract: Hospital in Sweden was the only institution for the ’uneducated, difficult to care for feebleminded’. Although it was designed for adults, a fifth of those admitted were under the age of 15. The article focuses on the child

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