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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

Marta Bally
Ronnie Berntsson
Silvia Remeseiro
Gauti Jóhannesson

News

Multi-million grant to MIMS and WCMM
Published: 2026-03-31

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding 255 million Swedish kronor to life sciences.

Discovery on how aggressive breast cancer controls protein production
Published: 2026-01-12

A mechanism that increases our understanding of how breast tumours grow and adapt has been discovered.

The First National WCMM Group Member Meeting
Published: 2025-11-06

Nearly 120 early-career researchers met up for the first national WCMM-group member meeting.

EU invests in Umeå research – 16 projects tackle major societal challenges
Published: 2025-10-24

What links green cheese, AI and cancer tests? They're themes in 16 projects sharing €10 million in EU funding.

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

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

Calender

Medchem Seminar Series - André Mateus, Department of Chemistry, UMU
Tue
19
May
Medchem Seminar Series - André Mateus, Department of Chemistry, UMU
Time 15:15 - 16:00 19 May 15:15 - 16:00
Place KB.E3.01 (Lilla hörsalen), KBC

Seminar. Title: "Functional proteomics of human gut microbiome species"

Medchem Seminar Series - Laura Zanetti-Polzi, Institute of Nanoscience, Italy
Tue
26
May
Medchem Seminar Series - Laura Zanetti-Polzi, Institute of Nanoscience, Italy
Time 15:15 - 16:00 26 May 15:15 - 16:00
Place KB.E3.01 (Lilla hörsalen), KBC

Seminar. Title: "A multiscale perspective on photoinduced electron transfer in biosystems"

C-Trap: combined optical tweezers, confocal microscopy and microfluidics
Wed
27
May
C-Trap: combined optical tweezers, confocal microscopy and microfluidics
Time 12:00 - 13:00 27 May 12:00 - 13:00
Place Glasburen, KBC, and Zoom

Seminar. SciLifeLab Umeå/KBC Infrastructure lunch seminar

SSIBS seminar: William Schafer
Fri
29
May
SSIBS seminar: William Schafer
Time 14:35 - 15:35 29 May 14:35 - 15:35
Place TBA

Seminar. William Schafer, KU Leuven, Belgium, lectures withn the frame of Integrated Biomedical Sciences.

June

Medchem Seminar Series - Andrew Alexander, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Tue
2
Jun
Medchem Seminar Series - Andrew Alexander, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Time 15:15 - 16:00 2 June 15:15 - 16:00
Place KB.E3.01 (Lilla hörsalen), KBC

Seminar. Title: "Investigating the molecular logic and biotechnological applications of eukaryotic lipid-linked N-glycan synthesis"

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