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Stina Ramne is the recipient of the DPLU PhD Student Prize 2019. In her research in nutritional epidemiology she focuses on intake of added sugar and risk of diabetes and cardiometabolic disease.
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/video-dplu-phd-student-prize-2019-stina-ramne - 2025-12-21
The more sugar we eat, the lower intake of vitamins and minerals we have, show new findings from Lund University Diabetes Centre. High sugar intake has been associated with numerous diseases and conditions such as dental caries, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. In this study the researcher have examined the effect of added sugar - that is sugar added to food and beverages during proc
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/more-sugar-less-vitamins-study-shows - 2025-12-21
JDRF honors type 1 diabetes research leaders, among them prof Åke Lernmark, Lund University Diabetes Centre. JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, has announced the winners of five prestigious research awards: the George Eisenbarth Award for T1D Prevention; the Gerold and Kayla Grodsky Basic Research Scientist Award; the Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/jdrf-award-ake-lernmark - 2025-12-21
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an increased understanding of how these diseases arise. “The goal is for researchers to be able to develop new treatments that can p
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched - 2025-12-21
Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) was ranked as one of Sweden's three best research environments in the medical sciences in the Final Evaluation of the Linnaeus funding program. - It was really gratifying to read the report. We are very proud to see how the long-term efforts have paid off and positioned LUDC among the highest-ranked Centers of Excellence in Sweden, both with regards to resear
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-top-ranked-national-evaluation - 2025-12-21
Message from the LUDC Executive Board. Dear Friends and colleagues,We are all now well aware that the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading fast in Sweden and around the world. There is a lot of information to digest. Some of this is factual and helpful, but there is also a great deal of poorly informed speculation, that risks promoting anxiety and panic. As biomedical scientists, we are better placed th
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/updates-covid-19 - 2025-12-21
A method that will quickly and easily detect diabetic neuropathy, nerve damage caused by high blood sugar, is under development. The aim is to identify individuals in the risk zone so that it is possible to initiate early treatment to prevent, or even reverse, the development. Neuropathy can be difficult to diagnose. It covers many different nerve types, can express itself in several different way
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-reveals-early-nerve-damage - 2025-12-21
Article in The Conversation by Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology and Peter M Nilsson, professor of internal medicine - epidemiology at Lund University. A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Sweden has adopted a relatively relaxed strategy, seemingly assuming that overreacti
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sweden-under-fire-relaxed-coronavirus-approach-heres-science-behind-it - 2025-12-21
In type 2 diabetes, the body’s cells are unable to assimilate the essential hormone insulin which is produced in the beta cells of the pancreas. Exactly what is wrong with the beta cells in type 2 diabetes is the question to which Professor Erik Renström at Lund University Diabetes Centre is searching for an answer. After just over twenty years of successful research in the field, he is now being
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-award-research-what-wrong-beta-cells-type-2-diabetes - 2025-12-21
Olle Melander, professor of Internal Medicine and consultant at Skåne University Hospital, has received the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approximately SEK 25 million. Olle Melander, Professor of Internal Medicine, does research on new preventive treatments for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.“It feels incredibly inspiring that the European Research Council ha
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/olle-melander-awarded-erc-advanced-grants - 2025-12-21
Oktawia Nilsson's doctoral thesis describes Apolipoprotein A-I (shortly named ApoA-I), the main protein of HDL also known as “the good” cholesterol. Based on the experiments performed in the scientific papers included in this thesis, we propose that ApoA-I can be used as a promising treatment for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, some people with genetic predispositions are born with
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/apolipoprotein-i-good-player-dark-side - 2025-12-21
The outbreak of covid19 has made us go more virtual than ever. During Oktawia Nilssons doctoral defense her opponent was connected by Zoom, and so was her relatives who could follow the webinar from Poland. The only thing that has been postponed is the celebration… Did you ever fear the dissertation should be cancelled or postponed? - Yes, I was very worried. I felt ready to defend my PhD and
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/doctoral-defense-corona-style - 2025-12-21
A new app to fight covid-19 in Sweden by tracking symtoms is on its way. Watch professor Paul Franks when he explains the idea behind it. Watch the video
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/video-app-will-predict-risk-and-outbreak-coronavirus-sweden - 2025-12-21
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill and die”, says Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology. It takes approxim
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2025-12-21
Future Faculty is pleased to announce the 2020 Minerva Leadership Award winner: associate professor Malin Fex. A webinar with the winner is booked for the 25th of May, 14.30 - 15.00. More details about the webinar will be posted on the Future faculty website. Malin will provide a short presentation and will answer questions about her experience on academic leadership. The official ceremony has bee
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/malin-fex-winner-2020-minerva-leadership-award - 2025-12-21
The POInT clinic at the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö welcomes parents with their young children. One of the research nurses who sees them is Annika Björne Fors, who coordinates all sample-taking and appointments related to the study. The clinic is located one floor above the main entrance and belongs to both Lund University and Region Skåne, which is the principal of several of the stud
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/intersection-healthcare-and-academia - 2025-12-21
Research published in the research journal Diabetologia needs to meet a high standard of quality. Most of the manuscripts submitted are rejected. At the start of 2021, Hindrik Mulder, MD and professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), will take over as editor-in-chief of the journal. After just over 10 years as European and Senior Editor of Journal of Endocrinology, Hindrik Mulder finishe
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hindrik-mulder-incoming-editor-chief-diabetologia - 2025-12-21
Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) will join a new IMI project - SOPHIA - which will contribute to a more patient-centric and equitable narrative around obesity and its multiple impacts on individuals from both a social and medical perspective. The project will provide evidence-based classification of predictors for obesity complications and response to obesity treatment. Obesity is a chronic
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sophia-aims-improve-obesity-treatment-and-change-narrative-around-obesity - 2025-12-21
In this thesis, an instrument using a broadband light beam for remote sensing of insects was developed. The thickness of a free-flying insect wing was measured at a distance of 85 m and with an accuracy of 2 nm. Insects play a key role in the ecosystem and are essential for biodiversity. Detecting and monitoring the millions of insects in our environment is a major challenge. The use of lasers and
https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/remote-sensing-insects-laser-light-finished-master-project - 2025-12-21
Let me clarify that we are not referring to blood plasma, as that pertains to the field of biology. Instead, we are discussing the fourth state of matter, which can be envisioned as a mixture of electrons, atoms, and excited species. To put it simply, it can be described as an ionized gas or a "soup" of charged particles. Our research group focuses on exploring the applications of plasmas in diffe
https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/unveiling-plasma-mysteries-harnessing-3d-tomography-and-laser-power - 2025-12-21
