Doctoral Candidate Na Liu, M.D. soon to defend doctoral thesis
Doctoral candidate Na Liu, M.D. is soon to defend her doctoral thesis ‘Central nervous system fluid homeostasis in health and disease’. Her defense will be held at 13.00 on 18 June in Segerfalkssalen. We look forward to what promises to be an information-rich and exciting event showcasing Dr. Liu’s excellent work closely examining the extent […]
Postdoctor Kelley Swanberg, Ph.D. Gives Talk at International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2026 Annual Meeting in Cape Town
Lundgaard Laboratory postdoctoral fellow Kelley M. Swanberg, Ph.D. recently gave an oral presentation of her work ‘1H-MRS-visible brain lactate dynamics are perturbed in Aqp4-knockout mouse models of disrupted cerebrospinal fluid flow’ with Jari Jukkola, Ph.D., Maryam Hassan, Michael Gottschalk, Ph.D., and Professor Iben Lundgaard, describing recent developments in their novel in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS)-based method […]
Lundgaard Laboratory Awarded DKK 6.5 million for advancing understanding of brain fluid dynamics in small and large animal models
Congratulations to Glia-Immune Interactions Laboratory Principal Investigator Professor Iben Lundgaard, who has been awarded a five-year grant of DKK 6.5 million from the Lundbeck Foundation in her contributions to international research program ‘The Nordic Centre for Glymphatic Biology‘, awarded in total DKK 78m and led by Professor Maiken Nedergaard at the University of Copenhagen.
Lundgaard Laboratory Presents Work at International Research Summit with Clinical Collaborators from Tianjian Medical University
The Lundgaard Laboratory, together with clinical collaborators led by Professor Jiang Rongcai from Tianjin Medical University, held an international research summit in Oxford, United Kingdom on 29 March 2026, focused on their joint efforts within project ‘Prompting regeneration after acute traumatic brain injury by regulating the drainage of cervical lymph nodes’. This summit, a satellite […]
Postdoctor Kelley Swanberg, Ph.D. Wins Poster Award at Oxford Glymphatic Symposium
Congratulations to Kelley Swanberg, Ph.D. for having been awarded a poster prize for her presentation of ‘Jukkola J, Hassan M, Ghiasi Y, Gottschalk M, Lundgaard I, and Swanberg KM. Evidence of disturbed cerebral lactate homeostasis in aquaporin-4 knockout mouse models of extravascular brain fluid stagnation’ at the Oxford Glymphatic and Brain Clearance Symposium 2026! This […]
Lundgaard Laboratory Presents Novel Methods and Findings at Oxford Glymphatic and Brain Clearance Symposium 2026
Members of the Lundgaard Laboratory recently presented some of their novel methods and findings in the brain fluid-dynamic manifestations of health and disease at the Oxford Glymphatic and Brain Clearance Symposium 2026. This symposium represents the second iteration of an international glymphatic-field-wide research conference spearheaded by Dr. Iben Lundgaard with Lund Glymphatic Symposium 2024. Thank you to symposium […]
Researcher Oksana Tymoshchuk, M.D., Ph.D. Wins Award in MultiPark Scientific Photography Competition
Congratulations to Oksana Tymoshchuk, M.D., Ph.D. for her award-winning entry in the recent MultiPark #ScienceSnap photography competition with theme Neurovision. Her achievement was based on jury selection, with the final judgment that “The image conveys the shared joy over a colleague’s successes. A fun snapshot full of energy!” Oksana’s winning entry, displayed above, was honored […]
Postdoctor Kelley Swanberg, Ph.D. awarded 300 000 SEK from Crafoordska stiftelsen
Congratulations to Lundgaard Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow and primary applicant Dr. Kelley M. Swanberg with co-applicant Dr. Tekla Kylkilahti for their recent grant of 300 000 SEK by Crafoordska stiftelsen to extend to humans a novel preclinically developed method for noninvasively observing glymphatic solute clearance in the brain with “Ett icke-invasivt mätbart metaboliskt tecken på glymfatisk aktivitet i hjärnan.” This project […]
Doctoral Candidate Marios Kritsilis, M.D. Successfully Defends Ph.D. Dissertation
Dr. Marios Kritsilis has successfully defended his dissertation ‘Cerebrospinal fluid circulation and the glymphatic system in health and disease‘ in a lively and enriching debate with faculty opponent Rune Enger, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oslo in Norway. This work uses a wide array of imaging techniques, including two-photon, confocal and light-sheet microscopy […]