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Courses for 2023 are now available to UDC Doctoral Candidates. Please consult each individual course for details such as registration deadlines.  ...

Between March, 29th and April 1st, 2023, Uppsala Diabetes Centre doctoral candidate Maria Ovezik (Phillipson Lab, Dept. of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University) presented the UDC-funded research project on The role of Immune cell-microbial interactions for long-term islet function and glucose homeostasis at the European Phagocyte Workshop in Budapest, Hungary.  ...

The Uppsala Diabetes Centre board has now decided which eight doctoral projects will be granted funding 2022. We congratulate Johan Bröjer, Tatjana Pavlenko, Katie Winkle, Jonas Lindh, Hannah L Brooke, Anders Tengholm, Jonathan Cedernaes and Joel Kullberg. ...

Tove Fall, professor of molecular epidemiology at Uppsala University, became a familiar face during the Covid-19 pandemic. She is also an outstanding diabetes researcher who uses large quantities of data to gain a better understanding of the development of diabetes. Tove Fall is now awarded the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research for her work. ...

Hospital care, along with primary healthcare at Region Uppsala, has been ranked as the best in diabetes care in Sweden. Diabetesbarometern (the Diabetes Barometer) 2022 was presented at World Diabetes Day on 14 November. ...

UDC course – Introduction to Diabetes Research September 12-16 2022. ...

Professor Ingela Lanekoff, who is part of the Uppsala Diabetes Centre network, received the prestigious ERC Starting Grant earlier this year. With the help of new methods, she aims to study the behaviour of individual cells to gain new knowledge about type 2 diabetes. ...

In the diabetes field, he has attracted the interest of both financiers and the broader research community. Daniel Espes wants to find new ways of visualizing and treating diabetes. ...

Uppsala researchers have taken part in creating the most well-developed insulin-producing beta cells from stem cells so far. Professor Anders Tengholm has been involved in leading the Swedish side of an international collaboration. ...

Uppsala Diabetes Centre is now open to new applications for PhD project research grants. This time, 400 000 SEK will be assigned to 8 cross-disciplinary projects at SLU and Uppsala University’s three disciplinary domains. Edit: This open call has now closed as the deadline has passed. You are welcome to apply at the next occassion!  ...

She has recently been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant of 1,5 million euro to research the history of patient associations. Historian of ideas Ylva Söderfeldt tells us about the historically central role of diabetes associations in Europe. ...

The 2021 Thuréus Award for natural history and medicine goes to Uppsala Diabetes Centre’s Tove Fall, Professor in molecular epidemiology at Uppsala University. ...

Barndiabetesfonden (‘The Childrens’ Diabetes Foundation’ in Sweden) has awarded 19,7 million SEK in research grants this year. More than half of that sum has gone to Uppsala researchers who are part of Uppsala Diabetes Centre. ...

Uppsala Diabetes Centre has launched the seminar series called Diabetes Plus, intended to disseminate knowledge, and encourage fresh and exciting discussions between researchers across academic fields of study. Chief organizer Peter Bergsten tells us about the initiative. ...

The Uppsala Diabetes Centre board has now decided which doctoral projects will be granted funding this year. We congratulate Erika Roman, Lance McCracken, Mia Philipsson, Jan Eriksson, Olof Eriksson and Meena Daivadanam. ...

Nearly a year after the founding of the centre we can finally meet. On the 30th of November Uppsala Diabetes Centre will hold its opening symposium. ...

The fourth Swedish Diabetes Summit will be held on the 10th and 11th of February in Lund. UPDATE: Due to the ongoing pandemic situation, this event will be held as a virtual meeting. ...

The first seminar of the new cross-disciplinary format Diabetes Plus takes place on the 12th of November. You can now register for the event. ...

Photograph: Debbie Rowe, 'Portrait of Patrik Rorsman', modified. Royal Society, CC BY-SA 3.0 Uppsala Diabetes Centre will partially fund seven cross-disciplinary PhD projects selected from a large pool of submitted applications. Patrik Rorsman, a distinguished professor of diabetic medicine, is part of the advisory board that will make the selection. ...

Uppsala Diabetes Centre (UDC) hereby opens a call for 7 cross-disciplinary PhD projects within areas of importance for the better understanding, diagnosis or treatment of diabetes. The last day to apply is 31 August 2021. ...