Jakobsson Group Our Research We are interested in how gene expression is regulated in the brain and how this process influence neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric disorders and brain tumors. Our current focus is to study the role of…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/jakobsson- 2023-09-15

Academic staff representatives: Coordinator and Chairman: Johan Jakobsson, Professor, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund UniversityDeputy Coordinator: Johan Flygare, Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine,…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/lund-stem-cell-center/stemtherapy-board- 2022-08-19

G. Karlsson group Our Research The production of blood cells, hematopoiesis, is maintained by a small number of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that have the capacity to differentiate into all hematopoietic lineages, and at the same time…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/gkarlsson- 2023-08-18

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is an international team of esteemed researchers in the fields of basic and translational stem cell research. Comprised of experts from top research institutions around the world, the SAB provides…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/lund-stem-cell-center/stemtherapy-scientific-advisory-board- 2023-04-26

S. Karlsson Group Our Research We are studying the regulation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in order to understand how signaling pathways, transcriptional mechanisms and epigenetic regulators govern stem cell behavior to determine…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/skarlsson- 2023-08-18

Kokaia group AimBy linking together basic and clinical research, we aim to clarify cellular mechanisms of regeneration following damage to the brain and develop new therapeutic strategies to restore function in this organ (primarily in…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/laboratory-stem-cells-and-restorative-neurology- 2021-02-08

Larsson Group Our research The focus of the research in the Larsson group is to define genes and pathways that regulate human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and to develop novel strategies for ex vivo stem cell expansion to enhance…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/larsson- 2023-08-18

Researchers at Lund University already have a strong international position in two major areas of somatic stem cell and cell therapy research: Neural cell replacement therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders Hematopoietic stem…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research- 2021-02-08

Artner Group Our Research Diabetes results from loss or dysfunction of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. Despite insulin injection treatment, diabetic patients suffer from long-term complications, such as blindness and kidney…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/artner- 2023-08-18

Pera Group Our Research  In our research, we are studying extracellular signals in embryonic development and cancer. Particular emphasis is given to mechanisms that regulate pattern formation and collective cell migration in the vertebrate…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/pera- 2023-08-18

Pronk Group Our Research Today, we cure about 85% of children with cancer. In some subgroups, such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), cure rates exceed 90%. Treating pediatric cancer patients is characterized by balancing of anti-tumor…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/pronk- 2023-08-18

Roybon Group Our Research Research in the laboratory attempts to define pathogenic cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in synucleiopathies, in particular Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy, and Alzheimer's disease. Our…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/roybon- 2023-08-18

Rönnstrand Group Our Research The focus of our laboratory is to understand the molecular mechanisms of cancer, specifically acute leukemia and malignant melanoma. In particular, in acute myeloid leukemia, oncogenic mutations in the…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/ronnstrand- 2023-08-18

Scheding Group Our research Human bone marrow (BM) contains the hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) as well as a rare population of non-hematopoietic bone marrow stromal stem cells (BMSC). The HSCs are responsible for the life-long production…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/scheding- 2023-08-18

Sigvardsson Group Our Research The continued production of functional blood cells is based on maturation of multipotent progenitors gradually loosing lineage potentials to end up as progenitor cells committed into a defined category of…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/sigvardsson- 2023-08-18

Soneji Group Thousands of single-cells can be profiled using next generation sequencing technologies, and this leads to a massive amount of data which needs processing and analysing to determine the underlying biology of the samples…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/soneji- 2023-08-18

Wagner Group Our research  Over three million people die each year and over 60 million people suffer worldwide from chronic lung diseases (CLDs). Currently, there is no cure for CLDs, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/wagner- 2023-08-18

Woods Group Our Research Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are rare cells in the body that possess the ability to generate vast numbers of a multitude of specialised blood cell types required for our survival. HSCs are first generated in the…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/woods- 2023-08-18

Miharada Group Our Research Many of biological activities in cells, for example differentiation and proliferation, are regulated at different levels. In addition to the classical “Central dogma” flow (DNA to RNA to protein), modification…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-groups/miharada- 2023-08-18

"First Author" Symposium Each year, Lund Stem Cell Center holds its own International Young Investigator "First Author" Symposium. The concept behind the International Young Investigator event is that young scientists behind the actual…

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/news-0/events/young-investigator-symposium- 2022-11-14