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Karin Söderlund Leifler

Communications Officer

Research communications officer and press contact for medicine and the sciences.

Presentation

As a research communication officer I write articles and news items about research at the university in the fields of medicine, chemistry, biology and physics.

Main tasks:

  • Writing press releases and articles about current research in the fields of medicine and the natural sciences
  • Helping journalists and researchers to contact each other through various channels
  • Writing articles in LiU Magazine
  • Teaching and inspiring doctoral students and researchers to engage in research communication
  • Participating in the development of the university's research communication.

Press and media service at LiU

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Press Contacts

Our press contacts support journalists and mass media. They will help you get in touch with the right person at Linköping University.

Articles

Selected research news

A researcher is examining an object.

Electronic medicine – at the intersection of technology and medicine

Swedish researchers have developed a gel that can form a soft electrode capable of conducting electricity. In the long term, they aim to connect electronics to biological tissue, such as the brain.
Close-up of baby belly.

Autism and ADHD are linked to disturbed gut flora very early in life

Disturbed gut flora during the first years of life is associated with diagnoses such as autism and ADHD later in life. This is according to a study led by researchers at the University of Florida and LiU and published in the journal Cell.
Demonstration of surgical method.

Bioengineered cornea can restore sight to the blind and visually impaired

LiU-researchers have developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig’s skin, which resembles the human cornea. In a pilot study, the implant restored vision to 20 people with diseased corneas.
Two young women collecting samples in a urban garden in front of city houses.

Urban agriculture – is it all good?

Many cities are seeing an increasing interest for homegrown food. But researchers want to find out: is there also a downside to urban agriculture in the shape of nutrient loss to waterways?
headshot of a woman smiling.

With pain as a driving force – from refugee to professor

After a childhood marked by displacement, Bijar Ghafouri came to a place where she could stay. “In Sweden I got the opportunity to study what I wanted. Age or gender didn’t matter,” she says. Today, she is a professor researching long-term pain.
Gunnar Cedersund is both playing the grand piano and being his own audience.

Digital twins will help us understand how the body works

In the future, a digital copy of your own body – a digital twin – may help you live a healthy life. At LiU, mathematical models are being developed as tools for better health. This is the result of collaboration between experts in several fields.

Publications

2015

Karin Söderlund Leifler, Anna Asklid, Tommy Fornander, Marie Askmalm Stenmark (2015) The RAD51 135G/C polymorphism is related to the effect of adjuvant therapy in early breast cancer Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, Vol. 141, p. 797-804 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2013

Karin Söderlund, Susanne Svensson, Annelie Abrahamsson, Christina Bendrik, Jennifer Robertson, Jack Gauldie, Anna-Karin Olsson, Charlotta Dabrosin (2013) Inflammation Induced by MMP-9 Enhances Tumor Regression of Experimental Breast Cancer Journal of Immunology, Vol. 190, p. 4420-4430 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2010

Karin Söderlund, Siv Queseth, Tommy Fornander, Askmalm Marie Stenmark (2010) Low expression of Ku70/80, but high expression of DNA-PKcs, predict good response to radiotherapy in early breast cancer INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY, Vol. 37, p. 1547-1554 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2009

Karin Söderlund Leifler (2009) DNA repair pathways and the effect of radiotherapy in breast cancer

2007

Karin Söderlund, Lambert Skoog, Tommy Fornander, Marie Stenmark Askmalm (2007) The BRCA1/BRCA2/Rad51 complex is a prognostic and predictive factor in early breast cancer Radiotherapy and Oncology, Vol. 84, p. 242-251 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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