Published 4 November 2020 Stefan Karlsson has been active as a researcher at Lund University for 25 years and during that time has received many major grants and awards. However, never a gold medal. - It feels like a very great honor because the medal is only awarded every nine years for medical research efforts, says Stefan KarlssonThe Royal Physiographic Society will be awarding the commemorativ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gold-medal-stefan-karlsson - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 9 November 2020 In October, Predrag Bakic received a research grant from the Swedish Breast Cancer Association for 600 000 SEK. His research focuses on the evaluation of a novel clinical imaging system for early breast cancer screening, which combines X-ray and mechanical imaging of the breast. Predrag Bakic. Photo: Tove Gil

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/grants-swedish-breast-cancer-association-breast-cancer-imaging-research - 2025-07-07

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 11 November 2020 Iben Lundgaard is studying the cleaning system of the brain. “Our goal is to discover a mechanism that can be targeted so we can achieve effective brain cleaning even in old age.” Iben Lundgaard is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-iben-lundgaard - 2025-07-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 November 2020 One clear change meant minimising the number of patient visits to the clinic – instead, physicians, nurses and patients met via telephone or video call. A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pand

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2025-07-07

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 13 November 2020 Congratulations to Cheng Luan, research engineer from China and postdoc in the research group Diabetes - Islet Patophysiology who is given the Chinese government award for outstanding self finance students abroad. "It is one of greatest moments in my life", says Cheng Luan. Photo: Tove Gilvad – I would n

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By sofia_b [dot] liljedahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sofia B Liljedahl) - published 13 November 2020 Professor Kristina Åkesson will be Dean and Professor Martin L Olsson, Pro-Dean from 1 January 2021. It's official! Vice-Chancellor has approved proposed Dean and Pro-Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Professor Kristina Åkesson will be Dean and Professor Martin L Olsson will be Pro-Dean, starting

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By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 18 November 2020 Darcy Wagner develops therapies for patients with lung diseases. “This could help to overcome the shortages in donor tissue available for patients and could further improve long-term survival.” Darcy Wagner is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-darcy-wagner - 2025-07-07

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 25 November 2020 Vinay Swaminathan studies cell movement in health and disease. “To understand how cells get hijacked in diseases, we need to understand how cells work.” Vinay Swaminathan is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we pr

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By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 25 November 2020 Martin Magnusson and Amra Jujic (Photo: Tove Gilvad) Diabetes is currently treated using incretin hormones to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other medical issues that the illness can trigger. Now researchers from Lund University in Sweden have noted new links between these hormones and arterio

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/incretin-hormone-levels-linked-arteriosclerosis - 2025-07-07

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 2 December 2020 João Duarte. Photo: Kennet Ruona João Duarte is linking cognitive impairment and diabetes. “Our findings might one day contribute to the development of metabolic or brain disease therapeutics.” João Duarte is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM L

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-joao-duarte - 2025-07-07

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 9 December 2020 Anja Meissner. Photo: Kennet Ruona Anja Meissner is looking for new treatments for cardiovascular diseases. “We are interested in understanding processes involved in disease onset and progression.” Anja Meissner is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-anja-meissner - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 11 December 2020 Mikael Dolsten (Photo: Pfizer) Mikael Dolsten, head of research at Pfizer, who led the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, will take up the appointment of visiting professor of Pharmacology at Lund University in Sweden on 1 January 2021. “During my years as a student and researcher in Lund

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 15 December 2020 It has long been known that the choice of shoe, surface and type of sport can all be contributing factors when someone suffers an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now observed that genes also play a decisive role. Karin Magnusson. By analysing data from the Swed

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/genes-play-role-common-knee-injury - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 17 December 2020 Sebastian Albinsson and Fatima Daoud. Photo: Agata Garpenlind Researchers at Lund University have shown that a group of proteins are crucial for smooth muscle function in the gastrointestinal tract. A lack of these proteins leads to a lethal condition called intestinal pseudo obstruction in mice. T

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/impaired-bowel-movement-due-lack-protein - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] gmail [dot] com (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Sinem Tas. Photo: Agata Garpenlind The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a com

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] gmail [dot] com (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Pontus Gourdon in the lab. Photo: Magnus Bergström Lund University represents one of the most attractive locations within structural biology in entire Northern Europe, says Pontus Gourdon, who has been awarded a Wallenberg Academy Fellows prolongation grant 2020 from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/adopting-long-term-research-approach-thanks-prolongation-grant - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] gmail [dot] com (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Harmful variants in cellular networks divided by different forms of cancer. Lund researcher Mauno Vihinen has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation to develop AI methods that in the long run enable improved cancer diagnosis. One of the researchers who has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/improved-and-tailored-prediction-methods-cancer - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 20 January 2021 Pamela Buchwald and Najia Azhar have led the study that is now being published in JAMA Surgery. Photo: Private “Relapse of the condition is more common following the new treatment method using keyhole surgery, which for one-third of patients will lead to planned bowel operations. However, far fewer patients r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/keyhole-surgery-ruptured-bowels-safe-long-term-method - 2025-07-07

Published 27 April 2015 VINNOVA, Energimyndigheten and Formas have selected Smart Built Environment as one out of five new Swedish strategic innovation projects. The government and industry will initially invest up to 200 million SEK in the program over three years.The investments will cover research, development and innovation in the fields of digital infrastructure, business-driven applications

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/smart-built-environment-new-strategic-innovation-area-sweden - 2025-07-07

Published 27 April 2015 In the latest issue of LUM, Jonas Ardö, Senior Lecturer at our department, discusses how to make resources suffice in the Sahel region. Read the article here.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/family-planning-new-weapon-against-threatened-sahel - 2025-07-07