Atherosclerosis is one of the major causes of death in the world. It is an inflammatory disease in the arteries which causes a gradual increase in arterial wall thickness and stiffness. Eventually a plaque could be formed, protruding into the artery and partially occluding the blood flow. Rupture of such a plaque could cause cardiac infarction or [...]
High demands in research and at home is the reality for many female researchers. More role models, greater awareness and dedicated efforts towards change can be a part of the solution. Read the interview with Dr Maria Tenje of Ångströmlaboratoriet in Uppsala and BME at Lund University for her view on being a female in research.
You can sign up for this course by emailing pelle.ohlsson [at] bme.lth.se. The next lecture is on Thursday 3 September at 10.15. Link to the course: http://bme.lth.se/course-pages/introduktion-till-miniatyriserade-analyssystem/introduction-to-lab-on-a-chip-systems/.
Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés, professor at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, is currently visiting the group in biomedical signal processing at the BME department.