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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 – the silent thief of sight

“Despite decades of research, we still don’t know exactly what causes the disease.”

Publications

Publications from WCMM Fellows and WCMM-associated researchers

News

A novel successful way of organising a scientific meeting
Published: 2023-02-16

"CU4 a Life Science Shake-Up" meeting took place on 7-8 February 2023 in Sollefteå

Movements in proteins provide clues to antibiotic resistance
Published: 2023-01-27

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered how a certain type of protein moves for DNA to be copied.

KAW supports a Program for Academic Leaders in Life Science (PALS)
Published: 2022-12-20

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted funding to the Program for Academic Leaders in Life Science.

Research shows how poliovirus takes over cells from within
Published: 2022-10-12

Researchers can now show how poliovirus takes over and tricks a cell into producing new virus particles.

Four days of science in beautiful scenery
Published: 2022-07-06

Four days of science in beautiful scenery with NMMPs summer school.

Calender

Medchem Seminar Series - Julian Sale, Cambridge, UK
Tue
13
Jun
Medchem Seminar Series - Julian Sale, Cambridge, UK
Time 15:15 - 16:00 13 June 15:15 - 16:00
Place Lilla hörsalen (KB.E3.01), KBC

Seminar. Title: Sequences that stall replication and shape the genome

POSTPONED! Medchem Seminar - Stefan Schoenfelder, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
Tue
20
Jun
POSTPONED! Medchem Seminar - Stefan Schoenfelder, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
Time 15:15 - 16:00 20 June 15:15 - 16:00
Place NAT.D.470

Seminar. POSTPONED!

September

SciLifeLab Day Umeå
Mon
11
Sep
SciLifeLab Day Umeå
Time 08:30 - 17:00 11 September 08:30 - 17:00
Place Umeå University

Conference. Save the date for the kick-off event for the national SciLifeLab site – now hosted by Umeå!

IceLab Camp 2023 (2 ECTS)
Tue
26
Sep
IceLab Camp 2023 (2 ECTS)
Time 26 September at 09:00 until 29 September at 17:00 26 September at 09:00 until 29 September at 17:00
Place Granö Beckasin, Umeälven

Course. IceLab opens registration for this year's research Camp, the course to prepare early career researchers for the multidisciplinary endeavour.

Basic Course in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM) for Life Sciences
Tue
26
Sep
Basic Course in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM) for Life Sciences
Time 26 September at 09:00 until 28 September at 16:00 26 September at 09:00 until 28 September at 16:00
Place Lectures at KBC Building and laboratory demonstrations at UCEM

Course. This course (1 ECTS) covers lectures and practical demonstrations in SEM and TEM techniques, specifically for life science applications

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