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Now it starts - the Lund University’s 350th anniversary

Published 16 December 2016 For two years, the LU350 Office has been working hard to coordinate all the University initiatives into a jubilee programme. The jubilee starts on Monday 19 December – exactly 350 years after the document to establish Lund University was signed. “After all the planning, we have finally reached the implementation phase”, says Louise Pierce, one of the three members of the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/now-it-starts-lund-universitys-350th-anniversary - 2025-04-01

Medical centre recruiting top junior researchers

Published 16 December 2016 Tremendous amounts of money, an ambitious and carefully considered appointment process and major start-up packages for new employees – these are the three things that characterise WCMM, the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine in Lund. Professor Freddy Ståhlberg is the director of WCMM. WCMM in Lund has sister organisations at the universities in Umeå, Gothenburg and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medical-centre-recruiting-top-junior-researchers - 2025-04-01

The economist for whom the world was not prepared

Published 16 December 2016 He advocated family planning and contraceptives already four decades before Elise Ottesen-Jensen. He was in a common-law marriage, was interested in social problems, and supported the women’s suffrage movement – and today his theories control the design of monetary policy in the West. Knut Wicksell, pioneering Professor of Economics in Lund 1901–1916, was a man ahead of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/economist-whom-world-was-not-prepared - 2025-04-01

Unknowing researchers became a stamp

Published 16 December 2016 One of the two recent Lund University jubilee stamps depicts the young diabetes researchers Anna Edlund and Jones Ofori. They are pleased to be featured on the stamps – but it was a complete surprise to them both. “Obviously we knew that our picture had been taken. A couple of years ago, there was a photographer here at CRC (Clinical Research Centre) who photographed the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unknowing-researchers-became-stamp - 2025-04-01

A jubilee journey through time and space

Published 16 December 2016 Join us on a journey through the centuries, a hunt for the point where the present and the past merge. The history of the University is alive and well among us. After all, it is the same city, the same streets and buildings now as then. The only thing that distinguishes us from our colleagues from the 1600s, from a purely geographical point of view, is a measurable stret

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jubilee-journey-through-time-and-space - 2025-04-01

Is the world becoming a better place? Checkpoint Sweden

Published 17 February 2017 Is the world becoming a better place? This question will be asked by researchers when the first science week of the 350th anniversary celebration takes place in March. Debatt i Lund panellists will start off the week by approaching the question from different angles, followed by five days of discussions and lectures on the standard of living, human rights, war, terrorism

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/world-becoming-better-place-checkpoint-sweden - 2025-04-01

How to deal with journalists

Published 17 February 2017 Research communication officer Evelina Lindén at the School of Economics and Management encouraged journalists to use their moral compass and be careful to give credit where it is due when interviewing researchers – in reference to a case in which SVT had assumed credit for a documentary. Here she points out what researchers themselves can do to avoid the culture clash b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-deal-journalists - 2025-04-01

LU employees use yoga to relieve stress

Published 17 February 2017 Their own sense of well-being after a yoga session led them onto a new path in their research. Over 200 LU employees signed up as volunteers for their first study. Now they are finalising an interdisciplinary investigation of the psychological and physiological health effects of yoga. Rachel Maddux. Rachel Maddux, Una Tellhed and Daiva Daukantaité are colleagues at the D

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-employees-use-yoga-relieve-stress - 2025-04-01

USV is shrinking – centres are moving into the faculties

Published 17 February 2017 USV is the umbrella term for the University’s specialised centres which are gradually moving into the faculties. But the process is not painless – the specialised centres are keen to safeguard their identities and their low overhead costs. The faculties and departments, on the other hand, do not want to take on financially insecure ventures. Leif Stenberg is the director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/usv-shrinking-centres-are-moving-faculties - 2025-04-01

Lund Stem Cell Center Releases ATMP Pipeline Report

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 15 September 2023 Photo: Panorama Images from Getty Images Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University has launched its ATMP Pipeline Report, which maps the pipeline of cell and gene therapies being developed at the center. Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) are revolutionary medicines based on cells, tissues, or

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-releases-atmp-pipeline-report - 2025-04-01

A new bioinfomatics pipeline solves a 50-year-old blood group puzzle

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 9 October 2023 Using a data-driven, bioinformatics approach, Lund University researchers have made it possible to take a holistic approach to how our blood group genes are regulated. Photo: iStock/choja Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2025-04-01

A closer look at the making of a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 11 October 2023 An illustration depicting the different steps that need to be taken to bring a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, from the lab to the clinic. Illustration by Katrine Bech Lauritzen. A recent publication by researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center, gives a closer look

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/closer-look-making-novel-stem-cell-therapy-parkinsons-disease - 2025-04-01

From enemy to friend – 33 million for reprogramming cancer cells

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 October 2023 Filipe Pereira (R) coordinates the research project which is allocated 33 million from the EIC. Together with Fábio Fiúza Rosa (L), he is also one of the founders of the company Asgard Therapeutics, a partner in the EIC project. Photo: Asgard Therapeutics An international research project led from Lund

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enemy-friend-33-million-reprogramming-cancer-cells - 2025-04-01

Powering Down Cancer Cells – A New Way to Beat Leukemia?

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 27 October 2023 Researchers at Lund University have developed an new strategy against leukemia that targets the energy production within cancer cells. Photo: Science Photo Library/Canva.com Cancer cells are the ultimate sugar addicts, gobbling up glucose to fuel their growth and spread. What if we could starve them of

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/powering-down-cancer-cells-new-way-beat-leukemia - 2025-04-01

The innovation environment for customised stem cell treatments turns two

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 - 2025-04-01

How Mobile DNA Shapes the Human Brain

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 - 2025-04-01

Meet the New Executive Coordinator of Lund Stem Cell Center's Research School in Stem Cell Biology

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 - 2025-04-01

Lund Stem Cell Center Announces Articles of the Year 2022 and 2023

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 - 2025-04-01

Research on chickens and childhood cancer takes center stage at the Forskar Grand Prix

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 - 2025-04-01

ERC grant advances study of B Cells' crucial role in our immune system

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 - 2025-04-01