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  • LUDC-IRC
    • WP 1 - Biomarker discovery in observational prospective studies
    • WP2 - Biomarker discovery in observational prospective studies
    • WP3 - Severe Autoimmune Diabetes (SAID) - mechanisms & pathways
    • WP4 - Severe Insulin-Deficient Diabetes (SIDD) - mechanisms & pathways
    • WP5 - Severe Insulin-Resistant Diabetes (SIRD) - mechanisms & pathways
    • WP6 - Moderate Obesity-related Diabetes (MOD) - mechanisms & pathways
    • WP7 - Moderate Age-related Diabetes (MARD) - mehanisms & pathways
    • WP8 - Clinical validation (randomized trials & interventions)
  • Vision & goals
  • Organisation
  • Action groups
    • The GPCR Action Group
    • The Metabolic Surgery Action Group
  • Our mentors
  • The Diabetes Programme at Lund University (DPLU)
    • The Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research
      • Prize winner 2019
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      • Prize winner 2004
  • History
  • Researcher profiles
    • Researcher profiles LUDC
      • Philipp Kaldis
      • Geeti Arora
      • Corrado Cilio
      • Maria Gomez
      • Leif Groop
      • Cecilia Holm
      • Helena Jones
      • Valeriya Lyssenko
      • Yang de Marinis
      • Hindrik Mulder
      • Erik Renström
      • Martin Ridderstråle
      • Anders Rosengren
      • Albert Salehi
      • Peter Spegel
      • Nils Wierup
      • Claes Wollheim
      • Anna Zetterqvist
    • Research profiles collaborators
      • Anders Tengholm
      • Bryndis Birnir
      • Lars Hedbys
      • Mozhgan Dorkhan
      • Olle Korsgren
• RESEARCH
  • Autoimmunity
    • Dan Holmberg, PI
    • Julia Nilsson, PhD Student
    • Anja Schmidt-Christensen, postdoctoral fellow
  • Cardiology/Cardiovascular Research Translational Studies
    • Isabel Goncalves, MD, PhD, FESC, PI
    • Andreas Edsfeldt, MD, PhD
    • Nuno Dias, Associate Professor, MD, PhD
    • Pratibha Sing, PhD
    • Annelie Shami, PhD
    • Jiangming Sun, bioinformatician, PhD
    • Mihaela Nitulescu, BMA
    • Lena Sundius, BMA
    • Gertrud Jensen, research secretary and administator
    • Ana Persson, research nurse
    • Christoffer Tengryd, MD, PhD student
    • Hanna Markstad, MD, Thorax radiologist, PhD Student
  • Cellular autoimmunity
    • Corrado Cilio, PI
    • Jeanette Arvastsson, biomedical analyst
    • Matteo Calafatti
    • Eitan Netanyah, Ph D Student
    • Luis Sarmiento-Pérez
    • Previous co-workers
  • Centre for Analysis and Synthesis
    • Peter Spégel, PI
    • Katharina Herzog, postdoctoral fellow
    • Oksana Rogova, PhD Student
  • Clinical Obesity
    • Martin Ridderstråle
    • David Buchebner
    • Maja Ekman
    • Sai Pradeep Chandra Bompada
  • Diabetes and Brain Function
    • Group members
      • João Duarte, PI
      • Alba M Garcia-Serrano, postdoc
      • Cecilia Skoug, PhD Student
      • João PP Vieira, PhD Student
      • Sara Larsson, research engineer
    • Alumni
  • Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease - Genetic Epidemiology
    • Marju Orho-Melander, Professor of genetic epidemiology, PI
    • Louise Brunkwall, Dietary coordinator and PhD student
    • Isabel Drake, post-doctoral researcher
    • Ulrika Ericson, post-doctoral fellow
    • Sophie Hellstrand, research assistant
    • Malin Svensson, Laboratory engineer
    • Stanley Teleka, Project assistant
    • Previous co-workers
      • Tanja Stocks, Associate researcher
  • Diabetes and Celiac Disease
    • Group members
      • Åke Lernmark, PI
      • Linda Ahlkvist
      • Carin Andrén Aronsson
      • Charlotte Brundin
      • Linda Faxius
      • Alexander Lind
      • Anna-Lena Nilsson
      • Anita Ramelius
      • Falastin Salami
      • Evelyn Tekum Amboh
      • Carina Törn
    • Previous co-workers
    • Research projects
      • DiPiS
      • CiPiS
      • TEDDY
      • BDD
      • GDA
      • DIAPREPP
      • DIAPREV-IT
      • TrialNet
      • READ-ON
      • DOHK
    • Collaborations
    • Funding
    • Other activities
  • Diabetic Complications
    • Group members
      • Maria Gomez, Principal Investigator
      • Abrar Ahmad, Assistant Researcher
      • Sten Arheden, collaborator
      • Ulrika Blom-Nilsson, research administrator
      • Mattias Borell, IT coordinator
      • Julia Davies, collaborator
      • Anna-Maria Dutius Andersson, laboratory technician
      • Eliana Garcia Vaz, PhD student
      • Annie George Chandy, innovation officer
      • Thomas Gunnarsson, innovation officer
      • Johan Hultman, system engineer
      • Jasmina Kravic, database manager
      • Ulrika Krus, HTL coordinator
      • Dmytro Kryvokhyzha, PhD
      • Sara Liedholm, communication officer
      • Åsa Nilsson, research engineer
      • Jacqueline Postma, EU project manager
      • Riia Sustarsic, Grant Manager
      • Mikael Åkerlund, bioinformatician
    • Lab alumni
      • Darbaz Awla
      • Kate Louise Möller Herum
      • Anna Åkerud
      • Jenny Öhman
    • Research areas
      • Role of the incretin hormone GIP
      • Vascular complications of diabetes: Studies on NFAT
      • Work package 4 of SUMMIT
    • Previous co-workers
      • Tord Ajanki, communication officer
      • Lisa Berglund, assistant researcher
      • Fabiana Blanco, PhD student
      • Anna Zetterqvist, laboratory researcher
      • Olga Kotova, laboratory researcher
      • Maria Olofsson, project manager
  • Endocrine Cell Differentiation and Function
    • Group members
      • Isabella Artner, PI
      • Marie Magnusson, laboratory technician
      • Tania Singh, PhD student
  • Epigenetics and diabetes
    • Charlotte Ling, PI
    • Karl Bacos, Assistant researcher
    • Cajsa Davegårdh, PhD Student
    • Sonia Garcia-Calzon
    • Emma Nilsson, post-doc
    • Alexander Perfilyev
    • Sabrina Ruhrmann, PhD
    • Tina Rönn, PhD
    • Christiane dos Santos, Ms.
    • Previous group members
      • Marloes Dekker Nitert
      • Anders H Olsson
      • Siri Malmgren
      • Louise Nilsson
      • Sofia Salö
      • Annika Lundstig
  • Experimental Cardiovascular Research
    • Immunity and Atherosclerosis
      • Jan Nilsson, MD, PhD, Professor
      • Alexandru Schiopu
      • Chrysostomi Gialeli
      • Helena Grauen Larsen
      • Gayathri Narasimhan
    • Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies
    • Cardiovascular Research - Cellular Metabolism and Inflammation
      • Harry Björkbacka, Researcher
      • Daniel Engelbertsen
      • Pernilla Katra
      • Linda Andersson
    • Cardiovascular Research - Matrix and Inflammation i Atherosclerosis
      • Eva Bengtsson
      • Pontus Dunér
      • Loureen Oduor
      • Fong To
      • Kari Anne Sveen
    • Staff
  • Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology - GAME
    • Paul Franks
    • Alaitz Poveda
    • Daniel Coral
    • Giuseppe Nicola Giordano
    • Hugo Fitpaldi
    • Hugo Pomares-Millan
    • Mi Huang
    • Naeimeh Atabaki Pasdar
    • Neli Tsereteli
    • Pascal Mutie
    • Pernilla Siming
    • Sebastian Kalamajski
    • Simon Timpka
    • Tibor V Varga
    • Previous members
      • Ashfaq Ali
      • Azra Kurbasic
      • Louise Bennet
      • Robert Koivula
      • Yan Chen
      • Åsa Tornberg
  • Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology
    • Ola Hansson, PI
      • Olof Asplund, PhD student
      • Ola Ekström, MD, PhD student
      • Karl-Fredrik Eriksson, MD, PhD
      • Noriyuki Fuku, Associate Researcher, guest researcher
      • Esa Laurila, laboratory engineer
      • Kristoffer Ström, PhD, laboratory ingeneer
      • Damon Tojjar, MD, PhD student
      • Ylva Wessman, Research Nurse
    • Leif Groop, senior professor
      • Emma Ahlqvist, Associate Professor
      • Gad Hatem, PhD student
      • Gabriella Gremsperger, biomedical analyst
      • Johan Hultman, system engineer
      • Dina Mansour Aly, PhD Student
      • Yang de Marinis, Associate Professor
      • Malin Neptin, biomedical analyst
      • Rashmi Prasad, Associate professor
      • Bompada Sai Pradeep, PhD student
      • Bushra Shahida, PhD student
      • Maria Sterner, Biomedical analyst
    • Affiliated researchers
      • Valeriya Lyssenko
        • Ruchi Jain, post-doc
      • João Fadista, PhD
    • Clinical co-workers
      • Jan Apelqvist, MD
      • Kristina Bengtsson Boström
      • Kerstin Berntorp, MD, PhD
      • ÅsaLinda Lethagen
      • Eero Lindholm
      • Pia Burman, MD, PhD
      • Rickard Claesson, MD
      • Mozhgan Dorkhan, MD, PhD
      • Targ Elgzyri, MD, PhD
      • Bengt Hallengren, MD
      • Mikael Lantz, MD, PhD
      • Tereza Planck, MD, PhD
      • Nael Shaat, MD, PhD
  • Glucose Transport and Protein Trafficking
    • Karin Stenkula, assistant professor, PI
    • Maria Lindahl, lab technician
    • Samuel W Cushman, senior scientific advisor
  • Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
    • Olle Melander
    • Amar Jujic
    • Celine Fernandez
    • Erik Hallengren
    • Fidet Gallo
    • Filip Ottosson
    • Gunilla Hughes Wulkan
    • Hannes Holm
    • John Molvin
    • Jonas Dahlberg
    • Karolin Wiklund
    • Kerstin Andersson
    • Marketa Sjögren
    • Nathalie Lund
    • Sofia Enhörning
    • Therese Ohlsson
    • Tore Hedbäck
  • Incretin and Islet Biology
    • Bo Ahrén
    • Bertil Nilsson
    • Kristina Andersson
    • Wathik Al Salim
    • Wathik Al Salim
  • Insulin Signal Transduction
    • Group members
      • Eva Degerman, PI
      • Ann-Kristin Holmén-Pålbrink, laboratory engineer
  • Islet cell exocytosis
    • Group members
      • Lena Eliasson, PI
      • Anna Edlund
      • Jonathan Esguerra
      • Mototsugu Nagao
      • Jones Ofori
      • Anna-Maria Veljanovska
      • Anna Wendt
  • Islet patophysiology
    • Group members
      • Erik Renström, PI
      • Cheng Luan; PhD Student
      • Marie Sjögren, PhD
      • Emilia Mellergård
      • Eitan Netanyah
      • Anders Rosengren
      • Enming Zhang
      • Daowei Yang
      • Rui Wu, PhD Student
    • Affiliated researchers
      • Islet Cell Physiologi, PI Albert Salehi
  • Medical Genetics
  • Medical Protein Science
    • Group members
      • Jens Lagerstedt, PhD, PI
      • Raquel Lopera, student
      • Oktawia Nilsson-Wolanin, PhD, postdoc
  • Molecular Epidemiology and Cardiology
    • J. Gustav Smith, PI, MD, PhD,
    • Pontus Andell, MD, PhD
    • Oscar Braun, MD, PhD
    • Olof Gidlöf, PhD
    • Ihdina Sukma Dewi, PhD
    • Maya Karbalaei Sadegh, PhD
    • Selvi Celik, MSc
    • Anna Egerstedt, MD
    • Grunde Gjesdal, MD
    • Andreas Martinsson, MD
    • Neha Pimpalwar, MSc
  • Molecular Metabolism
    • Group members
      • Hindrik Mulder, PI
      • Malin Fex, Associate professor
      • Diana Grajales Abellan, student
      • Karin Filipsson
      • Laila Jacobsson, laboratory engineer
      • David Nicholls, senior advisor
      • Peter Spegel, associate professor
      • Pratibha Singh, PhD, post doc
  • Molecular Nutrition Group
    • Group members
  • Molecular endocrinology
    • Group members
      • Cecilia Holm, PI
      • Sara Larsson, researcher engineer
      • Florentina Negoita, postdoc
  • Neuroendocrine Cell biology
    • Group members
      • Nils Wierup, PI
      • Andreas Lindqvist, PhD
      • Liliya Shcherbina, PhD student
    • Previous group members
  • Nutritional epidemiology
    • Emily Sonestedt, associate professor, PI
    • Joana Alves Dias, assistant researcher
    • Stina Ramne, PhD student
    • Summer students
    • Kjell Olsson, PhD student
    • Esther González Padilla, master student
  • Pediatric Autoimmunity
  • Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Protein Chemistry
  • Protein phosphorylation research unit
    • Group members
  • Translational diabetes research
• INNOVATION
  • Vision and ambition
  • Innovation office
  • Innovation board
    • Erik Renström
    • Holger Luthman
    • Charlotte Ling
    • Leif Groop
    • Lena Eliasson
    • Jan Nilsson
    • Lars Hedbys
    • Paola Hjelt
    • Sibylle Lenz
    • Peter Mörck Eriksen
    • Rolf Ehrnström
    • Lars Grundemar
    • Christine Widstrand
  • Activities
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  • Innovation projects and spin outs
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• EDUCATION & TRAINING
  • Blue ScY Exchange Program
  • Master course in Metabolic diseases BIMM23
  • Thesis
    • Thesis 2019
      • Metabolomics in Cardiometabolic disease - A population-based perspective
      • The Role of Maf Transcription Factors in Islet Inflammation and Beta Cell Function
    • Thesis 2017
      • The role of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in endocrine cells
      • Non-coding RNAs in beta cell insulin secretion - emerging players in Type 2 Diabetes pathogenesis
      • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in North India
      • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Diagnostic Implications during Pregnancy and follow-up
    • Thesis 2016
      • In search of the missing heritability of celiac disease, from genome-wide linkage & association to a candidate gene approach
      • Transcriptional regulation of miRNA-212 and miRNA-132 and their fine-tuning function of beta-cell insulin secretion
      • Genome-wide analysis of the DNA methylation landscapes in human tissues
      • Causes and consequences of hyperglycemia and glycosuria
      • Metabolomics of Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance in Obese Humans
      • Genetic Determinants of Obesity in Relation to Diet, Weight gain and Mortality
      • Novel insights into the role of serotonin in control of beta-cell function
      • The human pancreatic islet methylome and its role in type 2 diabetes
      • Study of DNA methylation in human pancreatic islets
    • Thesis 2015
      • Effects of Ca2+, microRNAs and rosuvastatin on insulin - secreting beta cell function
      • Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in the Development of Obesity
      • Gestational diabetes mellitus - prevalence in southern Sweden and risk factors for subsequent diabetes
    • Thesis 2014
      • Outcome of Ischaemic Foot Ulcers in Patients with Diabetes, with or without Revascularization?
      • Mechanims by which variants in the TCF7L2 gene increase the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes
    • Thesis 2013
      • Adapt, Survive or Die; Metabolic Imbalances and the Enteric Nervous System
      • Detecting the Vulnerable Plaque
      • Estrogen and serotonin - old dogs, new tricks, implications for pancreatic beta-cell function
      • New actors in adipocyte function - focusing on PDEs, CART and superantigen
      • Mechanisms of Defective Insulin Secretion in Type 2 Diabetes
      • NFAT signaling in chronic and acute inflammation. A novel target for the treatment of diabetic vascular complications and acute pancreatitis?
    • Thesis 2012
      • Search for Molecular and Metabolic Mechanisms Contributing to Impaired Beta-Cell Function
      • Melatonin Receptors in pancreatic Islets - Linking a Genetic Variant to Functional Phenotype
      • Genetic and Epigenetic Influence on Oxidative Phosphorylation, Islet Function and Type 2 Diabetes in Humans
      • Exocytosis in Type 2 Diabetes - Functional and Genetic Studies of Hormone Secretion
    • Thesis 2011
      • New aspects of voltage-gated calcium channel regulation in pancreatic beta-cells. Relevance for insulin release and Type 2 Diabetes
      • Triggers of autoimmunity. Studies on gestational events.
      • Adaptive immune responses in atherosclerosis: Or how to prolong the use of your yellow socks
      • Genetic Variants and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
    • Thesis 2010
      • Molecular Etiology of Graves´ Disease and Associated Ophthalmopathy
      • The Role of Genetic Variation and DNA Methylation in Human Glucose Metabolism and Type 2 Diabetes
      • Genetic and Metabolic Markers for the Development of Diabetes after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
      • Regulation of Glucagon Secretion from Pancreatic Alpha Cells
      • Folate - Associations with breast cancer depending on intake, metabolism, genetic variation and estrogen receptor status
      • Development of Protocols for Metabolomics in Biomedical Research using Chemometrics
    • Thesis 2009
      • Mitochondrial and Chromosomal Genomics in Type 2 Diabetes
      • The Impact of Ethnicity on Type 2 Diabetes
      • Beta Cell Function: from Human Genetics to Animal Models
      • Beta-cell Dysfunction in Huntington´s Disease
      • Exploring the Grey Zone between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
      • Integrating Bioinformatics and Physiology to Describe Genetic Effects in Complex Polygenic Diseases
    • Thesis 2008
      • Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: From Genome Wide Linkage Scans and Candidate Genes to Genome Wide Association Studies
      • Adipose Tissue Gene Expression & Candidate Genes for Obesity
      • Assessment and Treatment of Impaired Insulin-Secretion and Action in Type 2 Diabetes
    • Thesis 2007
      • Candidate Genes for Late Diabetic Complications
      • From the pancreatic beta cell to the endothelium: Pathophysiological aspects of Type 2 diabetes
      • Heritability of blood pressure: monogenes and polygenes
      • Pathophysiology and treatment of defective insulin secretion in diabetes
    • Thesis 2006
      • Coupling mechanisms of insulin secretion - roles of mitochondrial metabolism and cAMP
      • Lipid metabolism in the pancreatic beta-cell. Implications for insulin secretion.
      • Genetics of diabetic subtypes
      • Exploring Positional and Functional Candidate Genes for Type 2 Diabetes
• RESOURCES
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