Neuro-oncology and Neurodegeneration
Several groups in the research programme study cancer of the nervous system, primarily the brain tumour types glioblastoma and medulloblastoma. By trying to answer fundamental questions about brain cancer we hope to develop new strategies for diagnosis and therapy for patients with these severe diseases. In the programme there are also projects focusing on cancer in the eye, cognitive disorders and the neurodegenerative condition amyloidosis.
Research groups
- Niklas Dahl – Induced pluripotent cell models to recapitulate disorders of the human brain and identification of genetic risk factors for common traits
- Karin Forsberg Nilsson – Exploring brain tumour formation and invasion
- Finn Hallböök – Stem cells, retinal development and regeneration
- Sven Nelander – Characterization of brain tumours using systems biology
- Verónica Rendo – Targeting brain tumour evolution and treatment resistance
- Fredrik Swartling – Mechanisms behind childhood brain tumours
- Lene Uhrbom – Molecular and functional investigations of primary malignant glioma
- Bengt Westermark – Human malignant glioma – from oncogenic mechanisms to treatment
- Per Westermark – Amyloid research