Published 17 July 2024 Access to the best tools is the most efficient prerequisite to deliver world class research. Well-functioning research infrastructures provides both equipment and competent staff to enable innovative research of the highest quality. In the current situation with a turbulent environmental, political and financial climate it is extra important that we all contribute to use our

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/gateway-european-biological-and-biomedical-imaging - 2025-07-01

Published 5 September 2024 First 7T images after upgrade The national 7T MR facility is one of about 100 similar ultra-high field MR scanners for human use in the world. The facility recently underwent a major state-of-the-art upgrade that will ensure that the facility remains at the forefront of ultra-high field MR research, enabling ground-breaking studies across a wide range of fields. Thus, as

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/lund-university-bioimaging-centre-celebrates-10-years-advancing-research-national-7t-mr-facility - 2025-07-01

Published 10 September 2024 Sedan 1985 arrangeras Kulturnatten i september varje år. Då fylls Lund av konserter, konst, vetenskapsshower, guidade turer, prova-på och massor av mat – från morgon till sent in på natten. I år deltar LBIC med fantastiska forskningsbilder! Lördagen den 21 september håller Medicinska fakulteten öppet hus på Forum Medicum. Mellan 12:30-17:00 kommer det att pågå mängder a

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/lbic-deltar-i-kulturnatten - 2025-07-01

Published 1 October 2024 As a significant advancement for preclinical research at Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC), IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg’s Research Foundation has awarded a grant of 3.9 million SEK to upgrade the Preclinical Magnetic Resonance (MR) platform’s imaging system. The investment will enhance the capabilities of the platform, which plays a crucial role in supporting cuttin

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/lund-university-bioimaging-centre-secures-39-million-sek-mri-system-upgrade - 2025-07-01

Published 3 October 2024 Marie Sydoff, PhD, Medical Radiation Physicist is working with imaging in nuclear medicine at LBIC, using techniques such as PET/SPECT/CT. Photo: Lisa Karlsson In a major leap forward for preclinical nuclear medicine research at Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC), the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation has granted 2.6 million SEK to upgrade important equ

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/lund-university-bioimaging-centre-secures-26-million-sek-nuclear-medicine-imaging-equipment-upgrade - 2025-07-01

Published 18 November 2024 I över ett decennium har supermagnetkameran på Skånes universitetssjukhus i Lund levererat ovärderlig information till forskningen. Nu har den genomgått en avancerad uppgradering som gör tekniken både snabbare och mer exakt, vilket skapar nya möjligheter för forskare inom olika områden att utforska och avbilda kroppens strukturer med ännu större precision. 2014 lyftes de

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/supermagnetkamera-i-lund-firar-10-ar-annu-vassare-efter-uppgradering - 2025-07-01

Published 2 December 2024 Victor Öwall, Christina Backman, Anna Mannfalk, Ebba Fischer klippte bandet för att markera invigningen av den nya uppgraderingen. Foto: Lisa Karlsson Idag invigdes uppgraderingen av 7T MR-kameran med bandklippning, föreläsningar och presentationer. Symposiumet anordnades av Lund Bioimaging Centre (LBIC) som tillsammans med Skånes universitetssjukhus i Lund driver den nat

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/uppgradering-och-tioarsjubileum-7t-mr-kameran-firades-med-symposium - 2025-07-01

By lisa [dot] karlsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lisa Karlsson) - published 10 January 2025 In spring 2025, Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC) will give a graduate course in Preclinical Imaging. The course aims to give PhD students, post-docs, researchers and others theoretical and practical experiences of LBICs preclinical imaging modalities. It will provide a base which helps to incorpor

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/attend-our-graduate-course-preclinical-imaging-1 - 2025-07-01

Published 13 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 pandemic, however, cancer patients were identified as an at-risk g

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2025-07-01

Published 23 November 2020 Predrag Bakic (Photo: Tove Gilad) 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 Gilvad) Predrag Bakic is a vis

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/grants-swedish-breast-cancer-association-breast-cancer-imaging-research - 2025-07-01

Published 20 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 is Mauno Vihinen, professor of medical structural biology at the Depa

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/improved-and-tailored-prediction-methods-cancer - 2025-07-01

Published 9 February 2021 Cecilia Jädert and Kristian Pietras during Focus on Cancer Collaboration digital meeting on February 4th 2021 The seventh meeting Focus on Cancer Collaboration was arranged as a digital event by Medicon Village in collaboration with Lund university Cancer centre (LUCC), Create Health at Lund University and Lund University Innovation. At the international world cancer day

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/focus-cancer-collaboration - 2025-07-01

Published 12 March 2021 In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The discovery is published in Nature Communications. Antibody drugs are the fastest growing class of dr

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2025-07-01

By pia [dot] berntsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Berntsson) - published 23 March 2021 Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period and she will replace Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Nomination of coordinator candidates took place during December 2020 until the end of February 2021 and the Dean of Faculty of Medicine app

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-lucc-coordinator - 2025-07-01

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 25 March 2021 Cancer in the colon and rectum is the third most common form of cancer after prostate and breast cancer. This screening will help healthcare providers to detect colorectal cancer at an early stage In May, screening for colorectal cancer will be offered in Skåne to all those born in 1961. Subsequently, S

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/screening-colorectal-cancer-starts-spring - 2025-07-01

Published 4 May 2021 3D-mammography, to the right, gives a more detailed image 3D-mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study from Lund University in Sweden. The results are published in the journal Radiology. “Our results indicate that 3D-mammography, or digital bre

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/fewer-breast-cancer-cases-between-screening-rounds-3d-mammography - 2025-07-01

Published 4 May 2021 Sergii Gladchuk, Anthony George, Malin Dahlgren, Christian Brueffer, Lao Saal and Yilun Chen. (Photo: Olle Dahlbäck) A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes. This is associated with mutations in the estrogen receptor gene, according to a study from Lund University now published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum.   “

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/mutations-can-reduce-effect-hormonal-treatment-early-breast-cancer - 2025-07-01

Published 24 May 2021 Pia Sundgren has been elected as Senior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and Titti Owman recieved Distinguished Service Award from the Society for MR Radiographers & Technologist (SMRT). Pia C. Maly Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D., Lund University, Lund, Sweden has been elected as Senior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resona

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/elected-senior-fellow-and-distinguished-service-award-lund - 2025-07-01

Published 28 June 2021 Skåne University Hospital is in a process to establish a Comprehensive Cancer Centre. A digital site visit by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) took place 22-24 June, 2021 as part of the accreditation process to establish a Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Skåne University Hospital. OECI has an accreditation programme to implement quality in cancer care. Sk

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/accreditation-process-improve-cancer-care-skane-university-hospital - 2025-07-01

Published 30 September 2021 Photo: Tove Smeds Congratulations Anna Blom, Professor of Medical Protein Chemistry at Lund University and the recipient of the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Berzelius Medal in Gold 2021 for innovative research in the field of medical chemistry. How does it feel to receive this prestigious award? – It’s a great honour for me to be awarded the Berzelius Medal and for our

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/anna-blom-receives-2021-berzelius-medal-advances-medical-chemistry - 2025-07-01