By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 31 October 2023 The innovation environment for customised stem cell treatments is led by researchers at the Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University, and is now celebrating its second anniversary. Photo: Science Photo Library at Canva.com IndiCell, short for Individualized Cell Therapy, is a national initiative in Swed

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments-turns-two - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 3 November 2023 Researchers at Lund University have discovered that a specific group of genetic elements in our DNA influence the development of the human brain, their study was published in Science Advances. Photo: Phonlami Photos at Canva.com The human brain is an incredibly intricate organ that regulates everything

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-mobile-dna-shapes-human-brain - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 14 November 2023 Mattias Magnusson joined the Research School in Stem Cell Biology as its Executive Coordinator earlier in 2023. Photo by: Alexis Luis Lund Stem Cell Center's Research School in Stem Cell Biology has a new Executive Coordinator, Mattias Magnusson. As a researcher with a passion for education and collabo

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/meet-new-executive-coordinator-lund-stem-cell-centers-research-school-stem-cell-biology - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 28 November 2023 Each year, the Lund Stem Cell Center recognizes notable scientific achievements made by our members in the fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine through our Article of the Year Award. With each passing year, we witness remarkable strides in scientific innovation, and today, we are delig

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-announces-articles-year-2022-and-2023 - 2025-01-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 23 November 2023 Participating in the Forskar Grand Prix was proof that she has succeeded in conveying how exciting her research is, and the enthusiasm she feels for the profession, says Sofie Mohlin. With a presentation focusing on how research using chicken embryos can help cure an unusual form of childhood cancer, researche

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/research-chickens-and-childhood-cancer-takes-center-stage-forskar-grand-prix - 2025-01-19

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl and Johan Joelsson) - published 24 November 2023 Joan Yuan received the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant 2023 for the project: Unraveling the Role of Early Life B Cells in Shaping the Adult Immune System. Joan Yuan, associate professor of immunology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, and researcher at Lund Stem Cell Center, is

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-grant-advances-study-b-cells-crucial-role-our-immune-system - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 2 January 2024 Christopher Douse explores the repetitive portion of the human genome, so-called ‘genomic dark matter’, and its role in human brain development and degeneration. Photo: Alexis Bento Luis. Christopher Douse, a new group leader at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, has been awarded the Ben Barres

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/exploring-genomic-dark-matter-christopher-douse-awarded-12m-grant-chan-zuckerberg-initiative - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 6 February 2024 At the end of 2023, researchers at Lund Stem Cell Center received funding amounting to SEK 77.5 million from the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Cancer Society, and the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund. Photo credit: Kenneth Ruona World Cancer Day, celebrated on 04 February, is a time to reflect on t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/leukemia-lung-cancer-funding-regenerative-medicine-advances-cancer-research - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 4 March 2024 Lund University researchers find that individual blood stem cells (depicted as snowflakes in this image) express stress-related transcripts when subjected to experimental procedures involving cell incubation at elevated temperatures. Image // Marcin Minor Changes occur in all cells of the human body as we

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/intrinsic-aging-or-lab-induced-stress-understanding-genetic-changes-blood-stem-cells - 2025-01-19

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 14 March 2024 In a study led by Lund University, researchers can show for the first time that traumatic brain injuries activate dormant endogenous retroviruses that have been inserted into human DNA over the course of millions of years. The activation of these viruses may be the driving force behind the inflammation that worse

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/severe-brain-trauma-activates-dormant-endogenous-retroviruses-brain - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 4 April 2024 ‘The Bridge - Lungs for Life’ initiative received EU funding to establish a centralized Danish-Swedish "renovation facility" for damaged lungs – a first-of-its-kind endeavor in Europe. Photo credit: Karl Hörnfeldt // Unsplash Many lung patients face a critical shortage of organs for transplantation. To add

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bridge-lungs-life-eu-funding-supports-oresund-lung-transplant-initiative - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 15 April 2024 High school students from Skåne, Sweden, learn how to use chicken embryos to study childhood cancer with researchers in the Mohlin lab during UniStem Day 2024. In the heart of Lund, anticipation filled the air as over 230 high school students from across Skåne, Sweden, gathered in a bustling auditorium at

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/students-scientists-never-ending-journey-stem-cell-research-begins-unistem-day-2024 - 2025-01-19

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 23 April 2024 Desiree Dickerson leads the workshop "Connecting Minds: Navigating Isolation and Building Belonging in Academic Life" with a diverse group of researchers, students, and staff from the Lund Stem Cell Center. Isolation is a major problem for many in Academia. To counteract this among researchers and doctoral

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/wellbeing-and-belonging-promote-success-academia - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 29 April 2024 Researchers studying natural killer cells present a comprehensive map of how these cells develop in humans, detailing their regulatory networks along the way. Image credit: AI-illustrated artwork via Midjourney // Dang Nghiem Vo At any given time, more than 2 billion natural killer cells patrol the adult

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/drawing-molecular-roadmap-human-natural-killer-cell-development - 2025-01-19

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 7 May 2024 Photo from stem cell transplantation at Skåne University Hospital. Source: Skåne University Hospital. Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing. STEM-PD is a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/update-stem-pd-clinical-trial-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-01-19

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 30 May 2024 Researchers at Lund University and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Copenhagen have discovered a new method that takes us one step closer to universal blood. Image: iStock/MusMuculus. Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red bloo

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enzymes-intestinal-bacteria-opens-universal-blood - 2025-01-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 4 June 2024 Anna Fossum, head of the FACS Core Facility research infrastructure, along with researchers Nicholas Leigh, Chimezie Umeano, and Marlene Johanna Oesterle, collect and analyze data on the new BD FACSDiscover. Photo: Alexis Luis. At Lund University’s Biomedical Centre, the FACS Core Facility hums with activit

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-era-flow-cytometry-arrives-facs-core-facility - 2025-01-19

Publicerad 2 november 2016 Foto: Carola Wingren En utställning om stigande havsnivåer och hur det kan drabba Skånes kuster. Lördag 19 november 2016 kl 14-16. Invigning och presentation av utställningen kl 14.30Projektledare Tomas Germundsson, Lunds universitetKurator Carola Wingren, SLUBirgitta Ramdell, Form/Design Center, hälsar välkomna. Att havsnivåerna stiger råder det knappast något tvivel om

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/vernissage-19-november-vattnet-kommer - 2025-01-19

Publicerad 7 december 2016 On Thursday at 15.15 , Professor Frédéric Landy will be holding a seminar on the topicNational parks within the urban agglomerations of Mumbai, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town: between urbanization and globalization, which place for ‘eco-ethnicity’?Venue, Rio (430), Geocentrum 1, Sölvegatan 10, floor 4Frédéric Landy is the Director of the French Institute of Pondic

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/national-parks-within-urban-agglomerations-mumbai-nairobi-rio-de-janeiro-and-cape-town - 2025-01-19

Publicerad 9 december 2016 On Thursday 10th of November 2016, we had another inspiring edition of the Development Research Day, a flagship annual event at Lund University bringing together all disciplines working on development issues since 2002. This year the Development Research Day was hosted by the Human Geography department and was dedicated to Sustainable Development Goal no. 2: “End hunger,

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/inspiring-edition-development-research-day-2016-end-hunger-and-achieve-food-security-2030 - 2025-01-19