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Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine

The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) conducts research in cancer, infection biology, neuroscience and metabolic disorders including diabetes. WCMM at UmU is part of a nationwide effort to strengthen molecular life science in an initiative by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

Background

WCMM is part of a national effort to strengthen excellent life science research in molecular life sciences

Leadership and organization

Organization including contact info for directors, coordinator, controller, steering committee and SAB

Research

Young WCMM group leaders conduct research in molecular medicine - from laboratory to the clinic

Features

A challenge to find the solution to pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer can resist most existing treatments and the five-year survival rate is low.

Targeting cancer cells without affecting healthy cells

Francesca Aguilos work lies at the cutting edge of biomedical research and cancer.

Glaucoma 鈥 the silent thief of sight

鈥淒espite decades of research, we still don鈥檛 know exactly what causes the disease.鈥

Publications

Publications from WCMM Fellows and WCMM-associated researchers

Film: Marta Bally
Marta Bally
Film: Ronnie Berntsson
Ronnie Berntsson
Film: Silvia Remeseiro
Silvia Remeseiro
Film: Gauti Jóhannesson
Gauti Jóhannesson

News

Prestigious award to Umeå molecular biologist
Published: 2025-05-27

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Florman Prize to Changchun Chen.

New cells in connective tissue open up strategy against pancreatic cancer
Published: 2025-04-23

A newly discovered type of connective tissue cell may have a role in preventing pancreatic cancer.

Discovery of bacteria's defence against viruses becomes a piece of the puzzle against resistance
Published: 2025-04-04

Resistance can be understood in the mechanism of how bacteria defend against being infected by viruses.

New study reveals how Omicron binds more strongly to human cells
Published: 2025-04-01

A new attachment point to the cell may affect the virus's infection, spread and disease symptoms.

New Cancer Fund millions for UMU research
Published: 2024-12-06

Ten projects at 91传媒在线 receive a total of 30 million SEK from the Swedish Cancer Society.

Calender

Medchem Seminar Series - Malin Flodström Tullberg, KI
Tue
21
Oct
Medchem Seminar Series - Malin Flodström Tullberg, KI
Time 15:15 - 16:00 21 October 15:15 - 16:00
Place KB.E3.01 (Lilla hörsalen), KBC

Seminar. Title: "How vaccines and molecular surveillance may reveal early autoimmune triggers of type 1 diabetes"

November

Medchem Seminar Series - Annalisa Pastore, King鈥檚 College London
Thu
6
Nov
Medchem Seminar Series - Annalisa Pastore, King鈥檚 College London
Time 15:15 - 16:00 6 November 15:15 - 16:00
Place KB.E3.01 (Lilla hörsalen), KBC

Seminar. Title: "From aptamer in silico design to disease mechanism: the example of TDP-43"

Integrated Biomedical Scences Seminar: Haruhiko Koseki
Fri
14
Nov
Integrated Biomedical Scences Seminar: Haruhiko Koseki
Time 14:00 - 15:00 14 November 14:00 - 15:00
Place Lilla hörsalen KBC (KBE301)

Seminar. Title: Regulation of Polycomb repression during cellular differentiation and stresses

SwedNMR Meeting: Unravelling BioSolids mysteries by novel NMR approaches
Mon
17
Nov
SwedNMR Meeting: Unravelling BioSolids mysteries by novel NMR approaches
Time 17 November at 12:00 until 18 November at 13:30 17 November at 12:00 until 18 November at 13:30
Place KB.F3.01, KBC

Conference. Meeting organised by the national infrastructure, SwedNMR (Swedish Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

Medchem Seminar Series - Björn Forsberg, Linköping University
Tue
18
Nov
Medchem Seminar Series - Björn Forsberg, Linköping University
Time 15:15 - 16:00 18 November 15:15 - 16:00
Place KB.E3.01 (Lilla hörsalen), KBC

Seminar. Title: TBA

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