https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cocktail-modified-antibodies-provides-strong-effect-against-sars-cov-2 - 2025-04-13

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 25 October 2024 Dainis Dravins, professor emeritus of astronomy at the Department of Physics. Photo: Johan Joelsson In March 2015, a valuable globe of Mars was stolen from the Astronomy Library. After disappearing without a trace for almost a decade, it suddenly turned up at an antique dealer in Stockholm. The astr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mystery-stolen-mars-globe - 2025-04-14

By nina [dot] nordh [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Nordh) - published 27 January 2025 Twenty University staff members participated as test cyclists on the super cycle path between Södra Sandby and Lund over a six-week period in September and October. The results exceeded expectations and most of the test cyclists who had not commuted by bike before improved their fitness and sleep. Are you thin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fitness-improved-after-only-six-weeks-commuting-bike - 2025-04-14

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 13 February 2025 It is unclear which parts of physics and chemistry will move to Science Village. Vision image: Science Village What has been the main option for a long time – i.e. relocating basically all physics and chemistry to Science Village – is no longer relevant. The costs would be too high and the logistics

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-scraps-plan-relocate-chemistry-and-physics-science-village - 2025-04-14

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 2 April 2024 The Meret-Neith tomb in Abydos. Photo: E. Christiana Köhler Meret-Neith was perhaps the first female ruler of ancient Egypt and one of the most powerful women in the world during her lifetime some 5,000 years ago. Researcher Amber Hood is part of an international research team investigating the royal t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/exploring-tomb-wine-loving-queen - 2025-04-14

By susanne [dot] sundell [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanne Sundell.) - published 14 December 2023 Organizing group for Career Day: Petter Hartman, Lottie Norrsén, Divya Bali, Pernilla Carlsson and Susanne Sundell For the second year in a row, Careers Centre at the Faculty has collaborated with Medicon Village to organize a Career Day for 170 life science students, including PhD students, and ear

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/career-day-2023-know-your-future-job-market - 2025-04-05

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/astronom-tar-farval-av-rymdteleskop-som-under-lang-tid-kartlagt-vintergatan - 2025-04-05

Published 10 February 2021 Operator remotely controls a real boat, and is in a virtual world above a virtual boat. The virtual world gets a 360°-image from the real boat. In the image, the operator takes a bearing against a landmark, thereby improving the accuracy of the positi Just like self-driving cars, we can expect autonomous ships to become more common in the coming years. However, two safet

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/improving-conditions-autonomous-ships - 2025-04-05

By Alexander [dot] Doyle [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexander Doyle) - published 3 June 2021 Sausan Moharram defends her PhD thesis on Wednesday 9th June 2021. During her PhD studies Sausan Moharram has been investigating the molecular mechanisms driving acute myeloid leukemia, shedding light on novel therapeutic approaches to treat this disease. Defending her PhD thesis on June 9th, in this inte

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sausan-moharram - 2025-04-05

By Alexander [dot] Doyle [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexander Doyle) - published 7 June 2021 Maria Jassinskaja defends her PhD thesis Wednesday 9th June 2021. PhD student Maria Jassinskaja has been studying the molecular and functional dynamics of hematopoietic progenitor cell fate during development. Defending her PhD thesis on June 9th, in this interview Maria tells us about her research within

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maria-jassinskaja - 2025-04-05

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Faculty of Medicine) - published 14 March 2022 Principal Investigator, Filipe Pereira. Photo: Kennet Ruona The Pereira research group has previously shown that it is possible to reprogram human skin cells into dendritic cells that strengthen the immune system. However, the efficiency of these reprogrammed cells has been shown to be very low. New

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-findings-indicate-ways-increase-efficiency-reprogrammed-immune-cells - 2025-04-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 19 April 2022 The MSCA Logo (left) and a photo of Camila Vazquez Echegaray (right). The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fund excellent research and innovation. This March, the MSCA awarded €242m to the 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowships applicants – among them, a researcher from Lund University, Camila Vazquez Echegar

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/msca-postdoctoral-fellowship-awarded-camila-vazquez-echegaray - 2025-04-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 4 May 2022 A laboratory expert in action in the Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility. Lund Stem Cell Center provides researchers with access to core facilities equipped with the latest technologies, specialist expertise and instruction on the use of the different equipment. Over time these facilities have evolved to for

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-cell-and-gene-therapy-core-facility-opening-its-doors-scientific-business - 2025-04-05

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 15 June 2022 From left: Ewelina Golec, Ben King and Anna Blom, three of the researchers behind new findings on insulin secretion. Photo: Tove Smeds. Insulin secretion into the bloodstream requires a protein called CD59. New research led by Lund University shows that the two protein variants that are responsible for this functi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-protein-variants-are-key-insulin-secretion - 2025-04-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 29 September 2022 Rita Charon, M.D. PhD, Professor and Executive Director of Columbia Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. Narrative medicine provides tools for clinicians to read patients better. 2022 Sandblom Prize Lecture will be given by pioneering Professor Rita Charon of Columbia University on the disci

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sandblom-prize-expanding-creativity-clinical-worlds-through-narrative-medicine - 2025-04-05

By amelie [dot] malmgren [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Amelie Malmgren) - published 22 May 2024 Professor Michael Edgerton is a composer directing the Artistic Research programme at Malmö Academy of Music who has made a name for himself within the field of Artistic Research in Music by being at the forefront of vocal exploration. His compositions have received performances and recognition around the

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/meet-michael-edgerton - 2025-04-05

Published 8 April 2010 At the time of the atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 1960s, the level of carbon-14 in the atmosphere increased dramatically. Now researchers from Lund University have developed a method for measuring the carbon-14 content in atherosclerotic plaques in patients. The measurements reveal how old and dangerous the plaques really are. "On the one hand it’s impo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nuclear-weapons-tests-provide-information-dangerous-atherosclerosis-plaque - 2025-04-05

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/early-partial-answer-why-obesity-operations-cause-remission-diabetes - 2025-04-05

Published 6 September 2023 Kees-Jan is a WCMM researcher and paediatric oncologist at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Photo: Rebecka Sjöberg, previously published by the Faculty of Medicine Kees-Jan Pronk is a clinical scientist and oncologist at WCMM, who recently assumed the role of section Head of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Immunology and Nephrology. We congratulate him for this impre

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmms-kees-jan-becomes-section-head-skane-university-hospital - 2025-04-05

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 25 March 2024 Last year, we had several opportunities to engage with Amanda Sjögren’s work during her time as a PhD student at the Unit for Clinical Epidemiology in Orthopedics at Lund University. For those who need a reminder of what Amanda does, the previous parts can be read here, or by scrolling to the bottom of the page

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/two-years-exciting-oa-research-phd-student-amanda-sjogren - 2025-04-05