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Diabetes behandlas i dag med inkretinhormoner för att minska risken för hjärtkärlsjukdomar och andra riskfaktorer sjukdomen kan ge upphov till. I en ny studie har forskare från Lunds universitet sett nya samband mellan hormonerna GIP och GLP-1 och åderförkalkning. Själva tror forskarna att deras fynd kan ha betydelse för framtida studier och behandling av diabetes. Studien är publicerad i Diabetes
Elva forskare verksamma vid medicinska fakulteten i Malmö och i Lund får anslag från Maggie Stephens stiftelse på 200 000 kronor vardera. Stiftelsen grundades av docent Fredrik Koch 1959 med huvudsakligt ändamål att främja medicinsk vetenskaplig forskning. Maggie Stephens stiftelse delar ut extra anslag som går till forskare där samtliga är kliniskt verksamma och etablerar forskningslinje efter di
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/maggie-stephens-stiftelse-stottar-forskning-inom-medicin - 2025-10-27
Regeringen har utsett Medicinska fakultetens dekan Erik Renström till rektor för Lunds universitet 2021 - 2026. Renström är läkare och professor i experimentell endokrinologi med lång akademisk erfarenhet bakom sig. Han har de tre senaste åren varit dekan för Medicinska fakulteten. Erik Renström kommer att installeras den 22 januari 2021 vid en ceremoni. Rektorsinstallationen utformas efter rådand
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fakultetens-dekan-blir-rektor-klartecken-fran-regeringen - 2025-10-27
Analysföretaget Clarivate Analytics, listar varje år världens mest inflytelserika forskare. Med på listan finns bland andra lundaforskarna Sara Linse, Oskar Hansson och Johannes Rousk. Sara Linse, professor vid biokemi och strukturbiologi:– Det här visar att vår forskning är viktig och intressant, och att människor läser om den. Vi publicerade en banbrytande upptäckt 2013 kopplad till Alzheimers s
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/medicinare-med-bland-varldens-mest-citerade-forskare - 2025-10-27
Vinay Swaminathan studerar cellers rörelse i hälsa och sjukdom. “För att förstå hur celler kapas under sjukdom måste vi förstå hur celler fungerar.” Vinay Swaminathan är en av forskarna på Wallenberg centrum för molekylär medicinsk forskning vid Lunds universitet (WCMM LU). Under hösten 2020 presenterar vi varje vecka en forskare verksam vid centrumet. WCMM vid Lunds universitet är ett forskningsc
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/mot-veckans-wallenbergforskare-vinay-swaminathan - 2025-10-27
European Platform of Women Scientists NEWSLETTER, issue 35, May 2014 Read the newsletter here (pdf)Content2 Message from the Vice-President 2 EPWS Executive Committee and Board of Administration 3 EPWS Seventh General Assembly 2014 Announcement 4 EPWS Conference: “New Perspectives for Women Scientists’ Careers in Europe” 5 Innovation Summit Fringe Session, March 2014 “Bridging the gender gap and a
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-newsletter-may-2014 - 2025-10-27
"IN the world of higher education, we professors like to believe that we are free from the racial and gender biases that afflict so many other people in society. But is this self-conception accurate?"Read the whole story in the NY-times here
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/professors-are-prejudiced-too - 2025-10-27
In memory of Professor Cecilia Hägerhäll, our colleague and role-model, has left us too early after a long period of illness. Cecilia was a remarkable person and her work made a great impression and imprint. Her research focussed on fundamental details of the structure and function of enzyme complexes in mitochondria and has greatly increased the understanding of the respiratory chain in organisms
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/memory-prof-cecilia-hagerhall - 2025-10-27
Yesterday the Nordic forum 2014 agreement was handed to all the Equality ministers in the Nordic countries and also to the UN Woman Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka. She encourages the Nordic countries to lead the way and be good examples in the common work for gender equality in the World by 2030.Read the agreement here (Swedish, pdf)
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/nordic-forum-2014-agreement - 2025-10-27
The EPWS Paris Conference “New Perspectives on Women Scientists Careers in Europe” was held on June 11th 2014, and followed by the EPWS General Assembly. On the link below you can find a summary of the meeting including all presentations (EPWS website): http://home.epws.org/EPWS-Paris-Conference-2014
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-2014-summary - 2025-10-27
Is the gender-agenda the hero or enemy of equal opportunity in science? The gender-agenda is still-going-strong and in the news….all over the news. Sweden has a political party dedicated to gender equality and a couple of weeks ago the Nordic Forum 2014 was held in Malmö. Recently, and more locally the faculties (at least the faculty of medicine) have seen the gender-agenda in the news and up for
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-2014-report-wings - 2025-10-27
September 10-11, Medicon Village is organizing an open event to support you and your research group with internationalization Would you like to know how your company, your organization or research group can get help to work internationally?September 10-11, Medicon Village is organizing an open event with the main objective to support our members and other life science players to act globally, and
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/medicon-village-go-global-event - 2025-10-27
WINGS together with Lund Postdoc Society and Future Faculty are organizing a workshop on grant writing with Dr. Dan Csontos from Elevate Scientific, read more here.
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/grant-writing-workshop - 2025-10-27
Do you have experience with Life Science? Are you looking for new challenges? Then you can't afford to miss this event! This unique Career Fair will exclusively target Life Science competences. We are gathering the most interesting companies under one roof and giving professionals the opportunity to actively promote themselves. Science Skills will provide a chance for you to find your new employer
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/science-skills-career-fair - 2025-10-27
Blog post from an attendant at the September 19th grant writing workshop with Dan Csontos from Elevate Scientific "One especially helpful suggestion from Dan was to start research proposals with just four sentences, articulating the background, statement of need, purpose or objective, and impact for your project. Starting here can really help you keep your focus and see the integration between sec
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/grant-writing-workshop-report - 2025-10-27
Dr. Brigitte Mühlenbruch honoured with Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for pioneering work in the promotion of women in science. EPWS President Dr. Brigitte Mühlenbruch has been honoured with the Order of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany in acknowledgement of her pioneering work in the promotion of women in science at national as well as European level. She rece
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-president-receives-order-merit - 2025-10-27
Dear Colleagues and Friends,The EPWS Newsletter of October 2014 is now available. You can read it by following this linkBest wishes,European Platform of Women Scientists
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/epws-newsletter-october-2014 - 2025-10-27
The European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden, invites applications for Director for Neutron Scattering Facilities. Description of positionReporting to the Director General, the Director for Neutron Scattering Facilities provides leadership and professional direction to the staff within the Directorate, and manages the planning and implementation of the Directorate's scope of responsibiliti
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/job-ad-director-neutron-scattering-facilities - 2025-10-27
Lack of funding from LTH and Medical Faculty - WINGS in danger of shrinking to include Science faculty only Please help us spread this petition! Currently, WINGS runs on annual funding from the Faculty of Science. If the Medical Faculty and LTH don’t help pull their weight to fund our organization, we will have to shut WINGS to members from those faculties. We have given them ample opportunity ove
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/petition-support-wings - 2025-10-27
Apply for travel grants to attend womENtourage 2015! womENcourage is a scientific event, and also an event aimed at networking and exploring career opportunities for women in computer science and related disciplines. The program includes technical presentations and also discussions related to career issues in academic and industrial research. Following the success of the inaugural womENcourage 201
https://www.wings.lu.se/article/womentourage-2015 - 2025-10-27
