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Leaders for work package 4: Lena Eliasson and Enming Zhang (Enming Zhang acts as Erik Renström’s deputy) The severe insulin-deficient diabetes (SIDD) subgroup is characterised by non-autoimmune impaired insulin secretion and was previously…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/ludc-irc/severe-insulin-deficient-diabetes-mechanisms-pathways- 2024-02-26

Leaders for work package 3: Luis Sarmiento-Pérez, Åke Lernmark, and Annelie Carlsson Investigators at the LUDC-IRC have a long track record of conducting studies aimed at early prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes (in our new sub…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/ludc-irc/severe-autoimmune-diabetes-said-mechanisms-and-pathways- 2024-02-26

The LUDC Bioinformatics Unit provides researchers, students, and technical personnel affiliated with LUDC with bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational support. The unit also offers access to a high-performance computing…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/resources/ludc-bioinformatics-unit- 2025-12-03

Our team is here to help you with bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational support. Do you have short and specific questions for our experts? Our preferred means of communication is our dedicated Slack channel. Anyone with a…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/resources/ludc-bioinformatics-unit-contact- 2025-10-08

Do you have an idea or research results that you would like to pursue further? Students and researchers at Lund University can discuss ideas with an innovation developer at LU Innovation. One way for you to ensure that your research…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/resources/innovation-support- 2026-05-29

New research supports the theory that certain viral infections are of importance in the development of type 1 diabetes. An international research team has discovered that young children with an increased genetic risk of type 1 diabetes had…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-virus-importance-development-type-1-diabetes- 2023-09-29

Lund University Diabetes Centre’s Scientific Advisory Board give researchers valuable feedback on ongoing research. Frances Ashcroft and Flemming Pociot from the board were invited to the LUDC retreat in the city of Helsingborg recently…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientific-advisory-board-important-contributions-within-type-1-diabetes-research- 2023-10-11

An international consensus report on diabetes identifies the potential for diabetes screening, better classification of type 2 diabetes, and biomarkers that can predict cardiovascular disease. The report also highlights that more evidence…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-report-highlights-opportunities-and-challenges-precision-diabetes-medicine- 2023-10-05

Ola Hansson’s group Our researchOur research unit is interested in learning how genetic variation influences skeletal muscle function and whole-body metabolism.We use translational approaches and regularly conduct focused intervention…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/translational-muscle-research-unit- 2026-07-09

How do heritability and the fetal environment affect the risk for the child to develop type 2 diabetes? This is a question that Rashmi Prasad studies in her research projects that that may lead to individualised prevention measures. She…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-inherited-type-2-diabetes-awarded- 2023-11-06

Diabetes researcher and cardiologist Isabel Goncalves at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) has teamed up with ultrasound researchers at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University (LTH) to identify dangerous atherosclerotic plaques…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/innovation-aims-identify-dangerous-atherosclerotic-plaques-wins-prize- 2023-11-15

Do epigenetic changes cause type 2 diabetes, or do the changes occur only after a person has become ill? A new study by researchers at Lund University provides increased support for the idea that epigenetic changes can cause type 2…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/epigenetic-changes-can-cause-type-2-diabetes- 2023-12-13

Corrado Cilio’s group Our researchThere is still no cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D), a disease which is associated with severe chronic complications. Obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the triggers and mechanisms responsible for…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/research/diabetes-immunovirology- 2026-07-09

An international team of researchers has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes. The analysis was led by Lund University, Johns…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-biomarkers-improve-prediction-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes- 2024-01-26

Much research on diabetes focuses on understanding what happens when the insulin-producing cells are destroyed. Researchers at Lund University have instead chosen to investigate what protects the insulin-producing cells. Their research…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-protects-insulin-producing-cells- 2024-02-15

Diabetes researchers Allan Vaag and Lena Eliasson are the new coordinators of Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) and the strategic research area EXODIAB (Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden). Over the next years, they will work…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-coordinators-strategic-research-area-diabetes- 2024-02-28

Do you think that people with obesity have themselves to blame? Tune H Pers tries to dispel persistent myths through his research on the brain's role in the development of obesity. The diabetes researcher at the University of Copenhagen is…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/tune-h-pers-receives-award-outstanding-research-obesity-and-diabetes- 2024-02-20

Allan Vaag’s group Our researchOur translational research strategy integrates multiple complementary research fields and innovative technologies to address key questions in the fields of integrative physiology, for example ex vivo multi…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/research/translational-diabetes-research- 2026-07-09

The Flow Cytometry Core Facility at LUDC provides instrumentation and technical assistance to perform flow cytometric analysis and operator-based cell sorting service to all Lund University scientists. Scientists from other universities…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/resources/flow-cytometry-core-facility-ludc- 2025-12-03

You can learn more about the cell sorter and analysers available at the LUDC Flow Cytometry Core Facility on this webpage. Cell sorterBD Aria Fusion  4 lasers (405, 488, 561, 640 nm)16 fluorescence parametersAcquisition tubes: 1.5, 5 or 15…

https://www.ludc.lu.se/resources/flow-cytometry-core-facility-ludc/instruments- 2024-06-05