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Department of Laboratory Medicine

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Welcome to the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM), one of six departments at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine. We conduct leading research, both broad and specialised, within the field of laboratory medicine, focusing on the onset of disease and how we can improve diagnostics and treatment for patients.

 

Images and illustrations from medical laboratory research. Photo collage.


Our strongest research areas are:

  • Cancer and Oncology
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Laboratory Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Immunology in the medical area
  • Microbiology in the medical area
  • Occupational and environmental medicine
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology

In addition, we are also active as lecturers within first and second cycle education – above all within the medical and biomedical degree programmes.

Research at the department

Search for researchers, projects and articles in Lund University Research portal

Doctoral theses and defenses

Doctoral theses (Lund University Research Portal)

Upcoming defences (the faculty's internal website)

Contact us

Visiting address, ILM office:
BMC: House I, floor 13
Sölvegatan 19, Lund

Contact details to the deparmental office and managment

Department facts

Figures from January 2024

Research groups: 76
Employees: 301
Professors: 30
Adjunct professors: 2
PhD students: 78
Dissertations: 16
Revenues: SEK 459 million
Government fundings: SEK 113 million
External grants: SEK 351 million

Departmental board

Information at the faculty's internal website.

Last updated: 6 Mar 2025 | sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se