In type 2 diabetes, the body’s cells are unable to assimilate the essential hormone insulin which is produced in the beta cells of the pancreas. Exactly what is wrong with the beta cells in type 2 diabetes is the question to which Professor Erik Renström at Lund University Diabetes Centre is searching for an answer. After just over twenty years of successful research in the field, he is now being

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-award-research-what-wrong-beta-cells-type-2-diabetes - 2025-09-03

Olle Melander, professor of Internal Medicine and consultant at Skåne University Hospital, has received the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approximately SEK 25 million. Olle Melander. Photo: Mikael Risedal Olle Melander, Professor of Internal Medicine, does research on new preventive treatments for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.“It feels incredibly inspiring

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/olle-melander-awarded-erc-advanced-grants - 2025-09-03

Oktawia Nilsson's doctoral thesis describes Apolipoprotein A-I (shortly named ApoA-I), the main protein of HDL also known as “the good” cholesterol. Based on the experiments performed in the scientific papers included in this thesis, we propose that ApoA-I can be used as a promising treatment for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, some people with genetic predispositions are born with

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/apolipoprotein-i-good-player-dark-side - 2025-09-03

The outbreak of covid19 has made us go more virtual than ever. During Oktawia Nilssons doctoral defense her opponent was connected by Zoom, and so was her relatives who could follow the webinar from Poland. The only thing that has been postponed is the celebration…   Oktawias opponent and her relatives joined the defense via Zoom. Photo: Jens Lagerstedt Did you ever fear the dissertation should be

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/doctoral-defense-corona-style - 2025-09-03

A new app to fight covid-19 in Sweden by tracking symtoms is on its way. Watch professor Paul Franks when he explains the idea behind it. Watch the video

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/video-app-will-predict-risk-and-outbreak-coronavirus-sweden - 2025-09-03

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill and die”, says Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology. Download the app,

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2025-09-03

Future Faculty is pleased to announce the 2020 Minerva Leadership Award winner: associate professor Malin Fex. A webinar with the winner is booked for the 25th of May, 14.30 - 15.00. More details about the webinar will be posted on the Future faculty website. Malin will provide a short presentation and will answer questions about her experience on academic leadership. The official ceremony has bee

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/malin-fex-winner-2020-minerva-leadership-award - 2025-09-03

The POInT clinic at the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö welcomes parents with their young children. One of the research nurses who sees them is Annika Björne Fors, who coordinates all sample-taking and appointments related to the study. The aim of the POInT study is to train the immune system to tolerate the body’s own insulin and thereby preventing destructive immune reactions. Photo: Ken

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/intersection-healthcare-and-academia - 2025-09-03

Research published in the research journal Diabetologia needs to meet a high standard of quality. Most of the manuscripts submitted are rejected. At the start of 2021, Hindrik Mulder, MD and professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), will take over as editor-in-chief of the journal. After just over 10 years as European and Senior Editor of Journal of Endocrinology, Hindrik Mulder finishe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hindrik-mulder-incoming-editor-chief-diabetologia - 2025-09-03

Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) will join a new IMI project - SOPHIA - which will contribute to a more patient-centric and equitable narrative around obesity and its multiple impacts on individuals from both a social and medical perspective. The project will provide evidence-based classification of predictors for obesity complications and response to obesity treatment. Obesity is a chronic

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sophia-aims-improve-obesity-treatment-and-change-narrative-around-obesity - 2025-09-03

The new HPC resource at LUNARC, COSMOS, will be installed during the fall. Are you curious about what new possibilities this resource offers you as a researcher? Would you like to know how existing users take advantage of LUNARC resources? Do you have questions regarding the use of LUNARC services? Do you need help improving your scientific workflows? If you answer yes to any of these questions, p

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/cosmos-dreams-presentation-cosmos-and-new-possibilities-12th-october-1330-1530 - 2025-09-03

One of the national services offered by NBIS/SciLifeLab is the Bioinformatics Peer review Support track (a.k.a. WABI), providing competences in large-scale data analysis for genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, Cryo-EM/ET and other technologies. This support has been enabled by funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and is a part of the SciLifeLab & Wallenberg Natio

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/apply-now-oct-6-bioinformatics-peer-review-support-track-now-including-cryo-emet - 2025-09-03

  Introducing LU-Fold workshops! First workshop 28th November 2023: “AlphaFold2 made easy” An introduction to modeling structures of proteins and small complexes, interpreting and visualising the results Location: E12034, Forum Medicum Cost: Free! Registration is required. Strictly limited to 30 places, allocated on a first come, first served basis, with priority for Lund University affiliated par

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/registration-open-first-lu-fold-workshop - 2025-09-03

2024 LU eScience Hub Event on Thursday 14 March:  Presenting the InfraVis visualisation infrastructure - visualisation experts at your service Programme:13:15 Alexandros Sopasakis - welcome on behalf of the LU eScience hub 13:20 Emanuel Larsson, Node Coordinator for InfraVisTitle: "Introducing Infravis @LU and application experts" 13:35 Jonas Lindemann, LUNARCTitle: "Visualising dams with Python a

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/presenting-infravis-visualisation-infrastructure-march-142024 - 2025-09-03

 The course covers the basics of R with a focus on basic functions, different data structures, import and export of data between R and other programs, data visualization, functions to summarise and manipulate data, Rstudio – an integrated development environment (IDE), as well as basic statistics functions in R.  This course is given jointly with the ClimBEco and IBIO research schools. Places on t

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/registration-opened-introduction-r-2-8-may-2024 - 2025-09-03

LU-fold semianr

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/lu-fold-seminar-video - 2025-09-03

LUBI will start organizing a seminar series this spring. The seminars will focus on methods in bioinformatics. The focus of these seminar series are methods: how-to apply bioinformatics in a study or in one´s research, described at a level that can attract researchers at many different stages The first seminar will take place on March 3rd, at 13-14, where Ulrich Pfisterer and Per Brattås from CTG

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/start-lubi-seminar-series - 2025-09-03

LUBI website is now alive! We hope you can find information about events, resources, news etc. related to bioinformatics here. If you have an event or any other information relevant for the website, contact karin [dot] engstrom [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Karin Engström).

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/lubi-website-created - 2025-09-03

A workshop was organized September 30th in order to start a bioinformatics network at Lund University. Notes from the bioinformatics network meeting 30th   Summary: The workshop to start a bioinformatics network at Lund University took place at Segerfalkssalen, the 30th of September 2020. It was organized by the department of Laboratory medicine and the coordinator for bioinformatics at the facult

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/workshop-start-lubi - 2025-09-03

See the attached flyer regarding consultation through NBIS for VR grant applications. VR outreach

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/nbis-vr-outreach-0 - 2025-09-03