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Panel 10 – medicine | Laboratory
may offer an explanation to the emergence of numerous small research
groups in Malmö.
The newly opened CRC in Malmö provides an excellent environment for
conducting successful translational research. The Department of Laboratory
Medicine, Malmö has developed a “Tissue Micro-Array” centre
that was initiated by Professor Göran Landberg with the support of the
Swegene consortium. This unit is now run by associate professor Karin
Jirström, who has established a close collaboration with the Human
Protein consortium at Uppsala University and KTH in Stockholm.
Professor Joakim Dillner is a national and international authority in bio
banking and has made a major effort in organising and making these
materials easily accessible to all interested scientists
3.3 Research quality
The report in the main document of the evaluation material lists the 4
most successful researchers in the Department of Laboratory Medicine,
Malmö: Anna Blom working on inhibitors of human complement
system; Björn Dahlbäck studying the regulation of blood coagulation
and endothelial cell functions by the anticoagulant protein C and
Gas6-Axl pathways as well as structure-function of a novel apolipoprotein
ApoM; Joakim Dillner working on the importance of virus
infections in the etiology of cancer; Göran Landberg studying multiple
functions for cell cycle regulators and associated pathways in cancer as
well as therapeutic targets for improved efficiency of endocrine treatments
in breast cancer.
These four principal investigators are internationally recognized for their
scientific discoveries and impact in their respective research areas. Their
research is overall characterized by originality, high quality, productivity
and impact. Their contributions have resulted in international recognition
of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Malmö.
In particular the Dahlbäck group is very well known and is worldwide
regarded on of the leading groups in its field. The activity, which was
extremely high ten years ago, has levelled out, but the group still produces
research of excellent quality.
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