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Congratulations to Lars B. Dahlin, Professor Emeritus of Hand Surgery at Lund University, who has been awarded the title of "Giant of Hand Surgery" at this year's European hand surgery meeting. The award is presented to European hand surgeons over the age of 55 who have introduced innovative procedures, concepts, or techniques in hand surgery and whose scientific legacy has influenced the developm

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lars-bdahlin-has-been-awarded-title-giant-hand-surgery - 2026-06-27

Gabriel Börner preferred playing pinball to studying at upper secondary school and therefore failed to get into a medical programme. Today, he is a senior consultant in surgery at Helsingborg Hospital and a researcher at Lund University. He has invented a “sewing machine” to suture patient’s wounds after abdominal surgery. Although the journey there was longer than he could ever have imagined, he

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/needlework-surgery - 2026-06-27

The Faculty of Medicine currently preserves the so-called Broman Collection at the Archive Centre South. The collection, a remnant of medical research conducted between the 1920s and 1950s, consists of preserved foetuses and full-term infants. At the request of the Faculty of Medicine’s board, the Vice-Chancellor has now decided that the collection will be discontinued and the foetuses and childre

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/dignified-end-ivar-bromans-research-collection - 2026-06-27

The risk of neurodegenerative diseases increases markedly after a traumatic brain injury – particularly following repeated concussions. Professors Niklas Marklund and Tadeusz Wieloch have now received SEK 3.4 million from The ALBORADA Trust for their research into preventing dementia after brain injury. Brain injury is a major but often underestimated public health problem that particularly affect

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/millions-brain-research-dementia - 2026-06-27

Rare diseases pose a major challenge for the healthcare system, as their diversity and low prevalence make it difficult to build up sufficient knowledge regarding diagnosis and treatment. Sweden is now working to establish a national quality registry to collect information on all rare diseases. The aim is to ensure more equitable healthcare. In Sweden, over half a million people live with a rare c

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/better-care-people-rare-diseases - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. First published: 2019-05-03Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protecti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part, but most parts of the brain can be involved in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons proce

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-view-mechanisms-how-brain-works - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The number of cases of disease caused by Leishmania, a parasite that is spread via bites by sand flies which are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden. The most serious form of the disease usually leads to death if untreated. First published:

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-shows-increase-parasite-disease-sweden - 2026-06-27

During his Ph.D. studies, Alexander Svanbergsson has established a modelling system to screen for factors affecting the aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease. On the 3rd of December, it is time for him to defend his work supervised by Prof. Jia-Yi Li. Now, Alexander tells us about his research in the research group Neural Plasticity and Repair at MultiPark. What is your research ab

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-alexander-svanbergsson - 2026-06-27

Peptides from the common bacteria Staphylococcus aureus speed up the pathological aggregation of α-synuclein, a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease. This was discovered by researchers at MultiPark and published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Staphylococcus aureus is carried by 30–70% of the general population as a commensal bacterium. It produces a special kind of peptides c

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/common-skin-bacteria-may-trigger-aggregation-parkinsons-disease-protein - 2026-06-27

Ph.D. student Laura Andreoli spent several years digging into the neural pathways involved in involuntary movements in Parkinson’s disease. On the 14th of December, she defends her thesis. And she is eager to share her findings and thoughts about her time in the Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology Lab headed by MultiPark’s coordinator Angela Cenci Nilsson. Tell us about your research! Most patients suff

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-laura-andreoli - 2026-06-27

MoRe-Lab (Movement & Reality Lab) is an experimental health science test environment for studies of movement, activity, and behavior in full scale. A new platform for interdisciplinary collaborations opens to the entire university. Initiators and partners outside the academy are also welcome to join MoRe-Lab's operations. On December 8th, MoRe-Lab will be inaugurated. On Wednesday, December 8th, M

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/more-lab-opens-gates - 2026-06-27

With the support of an EU grant of 1.9 million euros, Alzheimer's researcher Oskar Hansson will lead and coordinate a research collaboration between Sweden, Spain, France, Germany and Denmark. The goal is to create conditions for early and correct diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. This is to improve the treatment and care of the patients and reduce the societal costs that the disease causes. The i

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/large-eu-project-alzheimers-coordinated-lund-university - 2026-06-27

Lina Rosengren explores factors for maintaining life satisfaction despite suffering from Parkinson’s disease. December 17, she defends her Ph.D. projects supervised by Prof. Jan Lexell. Lina explains her most important findings, future directions, and time as a Ph.D. student in the Rehabilitation Medicine group at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! I work part-time as a physician in Rehabilit

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-lina-rosengren - 2026-06-27

The research group leader Malin Parmar is granted 50 million SEK over 10 years within the Distinguished professor program by the Swedish Research Council. The purpose of the Distinguished Professor Program is to create conditions for the most prominent researchers to conduct long-term, innovative research with great potential to achieve scientific breakthroughs. Malin Parmar is Professor of cellul

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/distinguished-professorship-malin-parmar - 2026-06-27

The career program Wallenberg Academy Fellows is the largest private investment in young researchers in Sweden. It provides the most promising young researchers with long-term resources, giving them excellent opportunities to establish themselves and build up their research groups. Wallenberg Academy Fellows is designed for young researchers and was launched by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Founda

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/daniella-rylander-ottosson-has-been-admitted-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2026-06-27

From January 2022, MultiPark will have its own coordinator for projects involving Artificial Intelligence. Pär Halje is an assistant researcher in Per Petersson’s Integrative Neurophysiology and Neurotechnology group. For a one year trial period, he will spend 20 % of his time facilitating the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in all-day methods used in MultiPark’s research grou

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-investing-artificial-intelligence - 2026-06-27

The best of MultiPark 2021 and looking forward to 2022. As 2021 turns towards its end, we can look back on the many positive events we managed to land together this year. In particular, We have awarded salary support for Ph.D. students and young group leaders, which has broadly benefitted our community. We have formed a networking group composed of young researchers (the “Young MultiParkers”) with

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/season-greetings-coordinator - 2026-06-27