Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine
Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine is established to further accelerate research in stem cell biology, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, and regenerative medicine at Karolinska Institutet.
Congratulations
Fredrik Lanner has a new publication in Nature Cell Biology
Fredrik Lanner has a new publication in Nature Cell Biology
Stem cell research is fundamental for reparative medicine, which with the help of the body's cells, recreates and heals important organs. Now, Fredrik Lanner’s team, together with researchers at SickKids in Canada and KU Leuven in Belgium, have developed a method for defining the most general type of stem cells, that can develop into all cell types in the body. The study of totipotent stem cells in mice has been published in Nature Cell Biology.
Simon Elsässer has been awarded the Consolidator grant 2020
Simon Elsässer has been awarded the Consolidator grant 2020
Congratulations to Simon Elsässer for being one of the eight awarded candidates for the Consolidator grant! Karolinska Institutet established the Consolidator grant to give the most prominent younger researchers the opportunity to consolidate their research and broaden their activities. The eight awarded candidates this year were selected from 63 qualified applicants, and they would receive up to 1.2 million SEK per year over five years.
Latest news
Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s new publication in Nature Communications
Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s new publication in Nature Communications
The Castelo-Branco lab has previously shown that mature oligodendrocytes show transcriptional heterogeneity (Marques et al., Science 2016). In their latest publication in Nature Communications, they showed that distinct mouse mature oligodendrocytes populations have spatial preference in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) and different responses to spinal cord injury.
Simon Elsässer’s new publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Simon Elsässer’s new publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Researchers have been using light microscopes and fluorescent proteins to study how proteins work inside human cells, however they face limitations in studying microproteins which are much smaller than typical proteins, and thus are often overlooked. Simon Elsässer’s team has now developed a method, termed STELLA, which allows fluorescent tagging of proteins with the smallest imaginable perturbation - a single amino acid building block added genetically on either end of the protein. With STELLA, the team was also able to label and localize a number of elusive polypeptides produced by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing COVID-19.
KI researchers' excitement for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
KI researchers' excitement for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for discovering one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. This technology is revolutionary as it provides a quick and precise method in genome editing. Fredrik Lanner and Zongli Zheng are some of the KI researchers who use this technology in their research. Let's learn more about this powerful award-winning technology.
KI, St. Erik Eye Hospital and Novo Nordisk collaborate to find a cure for age-related macular degeneration
KI, St. Erik Eye Hospital and Novo Nordisk collaborate to find a cure for age-related macular degeneration
Dr Fredrik Lanner and Prof Anders Kvanta, together with their research teams at KI and St. Erik Eye Hospital have entered a collaboration with Novo Nordisk A/S to develop a new treatment for age-related macular degeneration. The aim is to develop a completely new cell therapy for this common but currently incurable eye disease.
Ning Xu Landén is this year’s winner of the LEO Foundation Award in Region EMEA
Ning Xu Landén is this year’s winner of the LEO Foundation Award in Region EMEA
The LEO Foundation Award aims to advance the understanding and treatment of skin diseases. It is given to outstanding young scientists from around the world, and this year Ning Xu Landén receives the award for her significant contribution to unravel the roles of regulatory RNAs in wound healing.
Highlights
Inauguration of MWLC
Inauguration of MWLC
On 7 October 2016, MWLC was inaugurated in Hong Kong Science Park. The officiating party included representatives of the Chinese and Hong Kong SAR governments, the Consul General of Sweden in Hong Kong and Macao, senior management of KI and Steering Group and management team of MWLC.
Visit of HRH Prince Carl Philip
Visit of HRH Prince Carl Philip
HRH Prince Carl Philip of Sweden visited MWLC on 7 December as part of an official visit to Hong Kong. Our scientists showed the Prince and the Consul General Helena Storm to our lab facilities and experiments.
Visit of the President and Chair of the Board
Visit of the President and Chair of the Board
President Ole Petter Ottersen and Chair of the Board of Karolinska Institutet Mikael Odenberg met with MWLC staff for the very first time on 19 December 2018. Our PIs presented ongoing research and demonstrated some of the techniques used in the lab.
Shaping the future of MWLC
Shaping the future of MWLC
MWLC together with the Consulate General of Sweden organized the reception "Moving forward together: Shaping the future of Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine" for representatives from the academia, industry and governmental bodies to learn more about MWLC and our ongoing activities.
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