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Lund Stem Cell Center researchers awarded funding from Cancerfonden

Researchers awarded funding from Cancerfonden. (left to right) Top row Henrik Ahlenius, Tariq Enver, Mattias Magnusson. Middle: Björn Nilsson, Filipe Pereira, Stefan Scheding. Bottom: Mikael Sigvardsson, Niels-Bjarne Woods, Joan Yuan.
Researchers awarded funding from Cancerfonden.Top row (left to right): Henrik Ahlenius, Tariq Enver, Mattias Magnusson. Middle: Björn Nilsson, Filipe Pereira, Stefan Scheding. Bottom: Mikael Sigvardsson, Niels-Bjarne Woods, Joan Yuan.

Nine researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center have been awarded a total of over 29 million SEK in project grants and continued support from the Swedish Cancer Society, Cancerfonden.

Congratulations to all researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center awarded support from Cancerfonden!

Researchers awarded project grants include:

Henrik Ahlenius - ‘Modeling and intervention in glioma using stem cells, reprogramming and genome engineering.’ 
Link to the Ahlenius research group

Tariq Enver - ‘Delineating the transcriptional and cellular context of leukaemic initiation and progression in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia using a human induced pluripotent stem cell model of foetal lymphopoiesis.’
Link to the Enver research group

Mattias Magnusson - ‘Resolving treatment resistance in human non-small cell lung cancer.’
Link to the Magnusson research group

Björn Nilsson - ‘Genetic variation influencing blood cancer risk and blood stem cell activity.’
Link to the Nilsson research group

Filipe Pereira - 'Understanding dendritic cell diversity with cell reprogramming.'
Link to the Pereira research group

Stefan Scheding - 'A xenotransplantation model of fibrosis in myeloproliferative neoplasms to develop novel therapies targeting specific fibrosis-driving pathways.'
Link to the Scheding research group

Mikael Sigvardsson - 'Oncogenic conversion of transcription factor networks as a driving force in B-lymphocyte transformation.'
Link to the Sigvardsson research group

Niels-Bjarne Woods - de novo generation of transplantable hematopoietic stem cells from pluripotent stem cells.
Link to the Woods research group

Joan Yuan - 'On how neonatal determinants influence the incidence of B cell malignancies later in life.'
Link to the Yuan research group


Researchers awarded continued support:

Björn Nilsson - 'Development of PPM1H inhibitors to facilitate stem cell harvesting.'


For more details of funding follow this link:
Cancerfonden grant announcements 2020