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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are now looking for a new grant manager! The grant manager has a central role in connecting different stakeholders in the environment and from this position be involved in designing diverse centre activities. The position is full-time and is limited to six months. Start as soon as possible. For more information abo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/open-position-grant-manager - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The company builder and patron Bo Hjelt has become honorary doctor at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University. The doctoral conferment ceremony was held in Lund on May 24. Bo Hjelt (born 1935) was born and raised in Sweden. He studied economics in Geneva. After being employed at the metal works company, Svenska Met

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/bo-hjelt-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Register now for a free, full-day symposium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 14 June, 2019, hosted by the Nordic Society for Human Genetics and Precision Medicine. This satellite meeting before the annual ESHG conference will feature the latest findings in discovery genetics from the Nordic countries, presented by the next w

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nshg-register-now - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Presented on June 9 at the 2019 American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions and published in the New England Journal of Medicine (nejm.org), findings from TrialNet’s Teplizumab (anti-CD3) Prevention Study show a drug that targets the immune system can delay type 1 diabetes a median of 2 years in children

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/immunotherapy-delays-type-1-diabetes-diagnosis-people-high-risk - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Society of Medicine has awarded post retirement professor Åke Lernmark at Lund University with the Oscar Medin Prize and SEK 25 000. Åke Lernmark started his research career in type 1 diabetes in the 1970s.He is responsible for the Swedish part of the TEDDY study and TrialNet, among others, in which he has

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ake-lernmark-awarded-his-epoch-making-contributions-children-type-1-diabetes - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ´Digitalization for the benefit of the diabetes patient´ är namnet på en av de fyra så kallade ”Super Sessions”, seminarieserier, vid kommande NLSDays. Det är diabetesvården som ska belysas: hur digitalisering kan förbättra den och vad läkemedelsindustrin gör inom området. Läs artikeln på Medeons blogg

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nlsdays-medeon-och-ludc-ar-vardar-super-session-diabetes - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The role of gut microbiota in disease and health has become one of today’s hottest fields of research. In her thesis, Louise Brunkwall, nutritionist and doctoral student at Lund University in Sweden, studied overweight, obesity and the importance of diet quality in relation to our gut microbiota.  Obesity arises when

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/thesis-significance-diet-quality-gut-microbiota - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jones Ofori is one of the researchers from LUDC participating in EASD in Barcelona. He will be presenting new findings on miR-200c. Learn more about him and his research here.  I am Jones Ofori and I am originally from Ghana. In 2011 I got the opportunity to pursue a master degree in Molecular biology and Biotechnolog

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-micrornas-future-targets-diabetes-treatment - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Shafqat Ahmad is one of the recipients of the Rising Star Award during the European diabetes conference EASD in Barcelona starting next week. In his work he hopes to identify if dietary meat intake associates with type 2 diabetes risk. - If yes, then we will try to find the dietary meat associated causal biomarkers fo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-does-dietary-red-and-processed-meat-intake-associate-type-2-diabetes-risk - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Yang De Marinis is presenting new results on a protein that predicts and mediates typ 2 diabetes. Learn more about her and her research here. Yang De Marinis is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University. Dr. Yang De Marinis received her PhD degree in 2010 at Lund Universi

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-protein-predicts-and-mediates-type-2-diabetes - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One third of the population is more sensitive to melatonin and face a higher risk of getting typ 2-diabetes. Why this is so is a question for Claire Lyons to answer. Learn more about her and her research. Our body clock, or circadian rhythm, controls our daily activities over a 24h period but sometimes this rhythm can

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-melatonin-and-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Paul Franks, Leif Groop, Olle Melander and Peter Nilsson, are among the most cited researchers in the world, according to Web of Science. The list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top one

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/worlds-most-cited-researchers - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Wathik Alsalim presented new findings on persistent whole day meal effects of three DPP-4 inhibitors on incretin- and islet hormones in metformin-treated type 2 diabetes Learn more about the study: Wathik Alsalim work as consultant in the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at Skåne University Hospital, SUS, in Lund

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-dpp-4-inhibition-effects-glycemia-and-islet-hormones-individuals-type-2-diabetes - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Søren Brunak from Copenhagen - member of the LUDC-IRC Scientific Advisory Board - has been awarded the grand Nordic Prize for 2019 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. It is one of the largest Scandinavian research prizes in medicine and Søren Brunak receives the award for his work as a pioneer in the border

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/prestigious-prize-goes-pioneer-bioinformatics - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Who will be the winner of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research 2019? Dead-line for nominations is November 8. Nomination form, instructions and information about previous winners.

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-c-groop-award-time-nomination-0 - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Medeon stipend for SEK 50.000 is given by Medeon Science Park in connection to Moll Wendén Advokatbyrå and this time it is associate professor Emma Ahlqvist who is awarded. "Docent Emma Ahlqvist is awarded 2019 years Medeon-stimpen for her pioneering research within genetics and diabetes. Her clinical subgrouping 

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/medeon-stipend-2019 - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is it possible to conduct research on type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and hair loss at the same time? Absolutely, says Pontus Dunér who after many years of secrecy can now lift the lid on and talk about his promising results. The common denominator is a protein that Pontus Dunér and his colleagues have worked on inte

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hair-raising-research-could-lead-diabetes-treatment - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre are awarded 46,3 millions SEK from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). The awardees are: Eva Degerman, Andreas Edsfeldt, Lena Eliasson, Paul Franks, Isabel Goncalves, Jan Nilsson, Albert Salehi, Karin Stenkula, Simon Timpka and Enming Zhang.The Swedish Researc

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/46-millions-swedish-reserch-council - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Insulin which is released by pancreatic beta-cells is the main regulator of blood sugar. Previous and current studies by a research group at Lund University in Sweden have identified around hundred different receptors on the surface of the beta-cells, with a diverse functional impact on the beta-cells. Now researchers

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/key-mechanism-insulin-release-cholesterol-metabolite-found - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international research collaboration led by researchers from the Universities of Helsinki and Oxford has identified the biological mechanism through which a genetic variant protects against type 2 diabetes. The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, finds that changes in a gene which makes zinc transporte

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/study-decodes-gene-function-protects-against-type-2-diabetes - 2026-04-25