This is up in our research group
Here you will find news from our research group in Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Please contact us for more details.
Sofia Nilsson awarded grant for research
We congratulate Sofia Nilsson on receiving a scholarship of 30,000 SEK from the Lars Hierta Memorial Foundation for a project on 3D-printed microreactors linked to mass spectrometry. The funds will be used to 3D-print reactors and purchase chemicals to study and optimize reaction conditions for pharmaceutical candidates.
New guest PhD student
We welcome another new guest PhD student, Martina Viglioli, to our group!
Martina joins us most recently from the University of Parma, Italy. She will be working on a project aimed at evaluating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) by developing an LC-MS method to study the pharmacokinetics of idarubicin and its metabolite, idarubicinol.
Martina will be part of the Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry group until the end of July 2025.
Welcome Martina!
New students
We welcome new students to our group! Reuana Al-Khameesi and Aysha Siddika are students on the Pharmacy programme and will be doing their in-depth projects in the group during the spring semester. They are supervised by Mikael Engskog and Jakob Haglöf.
Maya Alkssas and Lilian Hammadeh are students on the BSc. Pharmacy programme and will also be doing their in-depth projects in the group during the spring semester. They are supervised by Sofia Nilsson.
Julia Regnell is a student on the MSc program in chemical engineering, majoring in pharmaceuticals, and is also doing her in-depth project in the group during the fall semester. She is supervised by Jakob Haglöf and Catharina Sänger van de Griend.
We wish all students a warm welcome to us, and good luck with your projects!
New guest PhD student
We welcome a new guest PhD student, Francessco Castagini, to our group!
Francessco joins us most recently from the University of Parma, Italy. During his time at Uppsala University, he will work on developing a model for predicting chromatographic retention times based on physicochemical structures, as well as metabolomic studies of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Francessco will be part of the Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry group until the end of March 2025.
Welcome Francessco!
Half-time seminar
Jenny Nilsson, doctoral student in the Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry group, presented her ongoing research project, "Development of Novel Analytical Methods in Lipidomics using LC-MS," at her half-time seminar on October 1st. The focus of the project was on developing and improving chromatographic methods for the simultaneous analysis of lipids in biological samples.
Jenny’s research aims to compare lipid patterns in tumors and healthy tissue, as well as to identify how these patterns change following chemotherapy treatment. Through this work, she seeks to identify biochemical causes of the disease, drug effects, and side effects, ultimately paving the way for distinguishing biomarkers of both disease and therapeutic effects over the long term.
Thank you for an outstanding seminar, and best of luck with your continued research.
New PhD student
We welcome a new PhD student, Nichlas Näsström, to our group! Nichlas has a pharmacy degree, and most recently came from work as a chemist at Unilabs. His research is in the field of lipidomics and metabolomics, and he is supervised by Mikael Hedeland, Mikael Engskog and David Balgoma. Read more about the research on the project page.
Grants for education and research
The group receives new stipends in excess of 250 000 SEK for projects within both research and education.
We congratulate Jakob Haglöf (130 000+ SEK from Ahlqvists fund for education); Sofia Nilsson (60 000+ SEK from Schimmelpfenning fund); and Jenny Nilsson (60 000+ SEK from Olga Jönsson fund).
Dalia Abdelrahim Awadella winner of the Per Manell Award
We congratulate Dalia Abdelrahim Awadella, student at the Master of Science Programme in Pharmacy, on receiving the Per Manell Award for Best presentation of degree project 2024.
At the Faculty of Pharmacy's traditional Project Symposium, students at Uppsala University's Master of Science Programme in Pharmacy present their degree projects. Also according to tradition, the Alumni Association Farmis presents the Per Manell Award for Best presentation of degree project, a recognition that this year was awarded to Dalia Abdelrahim Awadella for her project carried out at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry's research environment in Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
New thesis introduces high tech tools to expose doping
In her thesis, Malin Nilsson Broberg launches new methods to trace use of illegal doping substances. "Our group has already helped to expose two cheating Olympic medalists, so these are without a doubt tools that can contribute to cleaner sports," says Malin on site in Uppsala University's laboratory for Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
Malin defended her thesis in an outstanding way Friday 22 March. Our congratulations to an excellent job PhD Nilsson Broberg.
SRC grants SEK 3.75 million to Professor Mikael Hedeland
The Swedish Research Council allocates SEK 3.75 million to Mikael Hedeland, Professor of Analytical pharmaceutical chemistry, for the development of methods to analyse lipids.
“The grant allows us to take the next important step in an ongoing project with a focus on more effective treatment of primary liver cancer. We will shortly begin the recruitment of a PhD student with the aim to develop methods for more precise lipid analyses, tools that we will benefit greatly from in our interdisciplinary collaboration with, above all, medical research,” states Mikael Hedeland.
Contact
- Mikael Hedeland
- Institutionen för läkemedelskemi, 070-657 1663