Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

The Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is a new department which started on January 1st, 2020. The Department is one of the largest at Linköping University with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Our goal is to conduct education and research in medicine and biomedicine, with a high international quality. At BKV you will find leading research in a large spectrum of modern biomedicine; from detailed molecular and cellular studies to genetics, clinical research and epidemiology.

Research activities are expanding and are still in a very positive development. Some of our strongest areas of very high-class research are neurobiology, genetics, cancer and blood cell research, drug research as well as regenerative medicine and system medicine.

In basic education, BKV is responsible for the majority of the medical programme, the biomedical laboratory science programme, speech and language pathology programme and most of the education in medical biology.

You can read more about our business and our departments below.

Upcoming events
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2 September 2020

Research
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Treatment of meniscus injuries

Keyhole surgery has long been the most common treatment for suspected meniscus injury. But the benefits of the operation are now being questioned and instead replaced with training primarily for middle-aged and older people with knee pain.

Gene Regulation during Development and Disease

All cells of a developing organism possess the same genome. We try to understand how different groups of proteins ‘read’ the right portion of the genome in each cell, and how the perturbation of this process can cause human disease.

The Pantazis Lab

In the Pantazis laboratory, we employ cutting-edge experimental and computational approaches to understand how the intricate structure of ion channels relates to their function.

News
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Research about skin sensation gave insights into pain

Håkan Olausson’s breakthrough research has partially upset the textbook description of the nervous system. His research group recently discovered a previously unknown component of the human pain-signalling system.

Over two million to research on social adjustments in early adulthood

Juulia Suvilehto receives 2.3 million in funding from Forte for her research project "Social adjustments in early adulthood". In the project, she will inspect loneliness and social adjustments - current issues in our modern society.

With a focus on women´s health

No ovaries, no oestrogen - but higher risk of brain problems. Neuroscientist Gillian Einstein is investigating what happens to women’s brains and health when their production of oestrogen stops.

Our divisions
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Barnafrid

Barnafrid is a national knowledge center with the aim of assembling and disseminating knowledge about violence and other abuses against children. It is a government commission that was assigned Linköping University in 2015.

Division of Children's and Women's Health

The Division of Children’s and Women’s Health consists of a number of different research and educational areas - obstetrics / gynecology and pediatrics.