Published 24 February 2022 The WCMM researcher Joao Duarte and his team strive to understand how a diet rich on fat and sugar impacts memory functions in relation to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Their new study on mice shows that although an unhealthy diet leads to memory impairment, the damage does not have to be permanent. The WCMM researcher Joao Duarte was recently in focus when Lund Universit

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/does-food-we-eat-have-impact-our-brain - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 3 May 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Sandra Lindstedt The focus of cardiothoracic surgeon Sandra Lindstedt and her research team is lung transplantation. “Today, we can only use 20 percent of the donor lungs. What if we could recondition and regain lung function of just a portion of thos

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/my-vision-no-patients-should-die-waiting-organ-transplant - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 3 May 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Karin Tran Lundmark Paediatric cardiologist Karin Tran Lundmark treats patients with pulmonary hypertension, a condition that means high blood pressure in the lung. Karin Tran Lundmark’s research is focused on finding ways to treat what is causing the

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/i-hope-i-will-be-able-tell-my-patients-we-have-curative-therapy - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 4 May 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Andreas Edsfeldt Cardiologist Andreas Edsfeldt’s focus in research is to understand the underlying biology in type 2 diabetes associated with certain complications, such as myocardial infarction and stroke. “Cardiovascular complications are much more

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/understanding-more-we-can-identify-new-therapies-complications-due-type-2-diabetes - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 11 May 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Robin Kahn Rheumatologist Robin Kahn’s focus in research is children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Together with his research team, he is trying to find the answers to two questions: why certain children get this condition – and how can it be c

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/children-always-ask-why-did-i-get - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 18 May 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Lisa Påhlman Lisa Påhlman, a specialist in infectious diseases, has a main research focus on airway infections in cystic fibrosis – a genetic disease that affects many organs of the body, perhaps most importantly the lungs. “If we knew more about the

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/i-hope-my-research-will-lead-more-knowledge-about-bacteria-cystic-fibrosis - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 30 May 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Einar Heiberg The focus of medical engineer Einar Heiberg’s research is on empowering physicians with patient-specific 3D models to help each patient. “The vision that I have is that for complex surgeries, the surgeons have already done the surgery m

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/already-now-we-are-producing-patient-specific-implants-shorten-surgical-time - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 1 June 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Gesine Paul-Visse Neurologist Gesine Paul-Visse's research focus is on discovering, developing and implementing new therapies for neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. “I am motivated every day by the need of the patients I me

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/we-hope-find-neuroprotective-treatment-can-slow-down-disease-progression - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 8 June 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Martin Magnusson The focus of cardiologist Martin Magnusson’s research is epidemiological clinical heart failure as well as diabetes and cardiovascular studies. “We use large population-based and patient-based cohorts to investigate biomarkers and th

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/its-every-researchers-dream-find-new-treatments-diseases - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 15 June 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Anders Wittrup The focus of oncologist Anders Wittrup’s research is so called RNA therapeutics and how it can be developed into cancer therapies. “We have a special focus on brain cancers for which there today are very poor treatment options.” Ander

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/need-better-therapeutic-options-brain-cancers-very-big - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 22 June 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Elin Trägårdh The focus of senior consultant Elin Trägårdh’s research is diagnostic nuclear medicine – in particular a modality called PET/CT. It is used mainly for evaluation of patients with cancer. Today, PET/CT is reviewed manually by doctors. ”

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/i-believe-validated-pet-imaging-biomarkers-could-transform-future-clinical-cancer-care - 2025-06-09

By Anders [dot] Martensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Mårtensson) - published 29 June 2022 Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Clinical Researcher - Kees-Jan Pronk The focus of paediatric oncologist Kees-Jan Pronk’s research is to find out what happens with the blood system in children that develop leukaemia. The other focus of his research is to reduce side effects of leukaemia treatments. “We

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/i-would-come-point-where-we-cure-even-more-children-are-diagnosed-leukaemia - 2025-06-09

Published 20 June 2022 On May 19th 2022, João Vieira, PhD student at João Duarte's lab successfully passed his half-time review. His main supervisor is João Duarte and his co-supervisor is Martin Magnusson, a perfect example of the translational work carried out at WCMM Lund!  João Vieira's work was entitled “Metabolic consequences of diet-induced insulin resistance on plasma metabolites and insul

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/half-time-review-diabetes-and-brain-function-lab - 2025-06-09

Published 20 June 2022 Nicholas Bèchet successfully defended his thesis on June 17, 2022. This makes him the first PhD to graduate from the Lundgaard lab. Congratulations to both Dr. Bèchet and Iben Lundgaard! His thesis is entitled "Developing a Porcine Model to Study the Glymphatic System" and opponent during the dissertation was professor Per Kristian Eide from Oslo.  The glymphatic system is a

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor - 2025-06-09

Published 20 June 2022 The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fund excellent research and innovation. This March, the MSCA awarded €242m to the 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowships applicants – among them, a researcher from Lund University, Camila Vazquez Echegaray, aiming to uncover regulators of plasticity in cell fate decision. Pereira Lab researcher Camila Vazquez Echegaray was awarded a MSCA Post

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/camila-vazquez-echegaray-awarded-msca-postdoctoral-fellowship - 2025-06-09

Published 3 October 2022 From the left: Sandra Lindstedt, Snejana Hyllén, and Leif Pierre. Photo: Skånes universitetssjukhus A large number of lungs donated yearly cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Skåne University Hospital and Lund University have conducted an animal study with results that give hope that more donor lungs could be used to save lives in the future. The researchers

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-treatment-can-result-access-more-donor-lungs-and-fewer-complications-after-transplantations - 2025-06-09

Published 3 October 2022 Agnete Kirkeby was awarded a grant from the Wallenberg Foundation of SEK 1 million for a one-year employment to support a Ukrainian researcher. Now, Viktoriia Nikulina has joined Agnete Kirkeby’s lab as a post doc! Viktoriia Nikulina holds a master degree in Microbiology (2011) and a Ph.D. in Cell biology (2015) from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. V

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/welcome-viktoriia-nikulina - 2025-06-09

Published 3 October 2022 After being awarded a 1-year postdoc stipend from Blücher Foundation, Zeinab Rafiee joined Joao Duarte’s Diabetes and Brain Function lab as a postdoctoral research fellow in the end of last year. Zeinab Rafiee is an anatomist with a background in stem cell therapy and diabetes. The purpose of her project, entitled “Role of astrocytic metabolism on brain function and connec

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/welcome-zeinab-rafiee - 2025-06-09

Published 3 October 2022 Zhimeng Fan started his PhD in Vinay Swaminathan's Cell mechanobiology research group this year. His project will focus on extracellular matrix stiffness and remodelling effects on breast cancer dormancy. Zhimeng Fan got his master’s degree from Tsinghua University in China. His project was about skin stem cells promoting hair follicle regeneration. After graduation, he wo

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/welcome-zhimeng-fan - 2025-06-09

Published 3 October 2022 Patrizia Kühne is a master student in Paul Bourgine’s lab. She came to Lund to learn more about stem cells, tissue engineering, and how these concepts can be used in regenerative medicine. Patrizia Kühne obtained her bachelor's degree in Molecular Medicine from the University of Göttingen in Germany.  Since the summer of 2020, she is doing her master’s studies in Molecular

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/welcome-patrizia-kuhne - 2025-06-09