Published 18 December 2014 Meet Per Ödling, Professor of Telecommunication at LTH, who recently gave a lecture for the Hjärntrusten network in Lund entitled “The new digital society is already here”. You expect to become redundant as a teacher within the foreseeable future? “Yes, that’s correct.” And whose fault is that? “It is mine and all those who have contributed to technical and digital devel

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Published 18 December 2014 Wandering among the amaryllises and other seasonal blooms of the “Christmas in the orangery” exhibition in Lund’s Botanical Garden is one very satisfied director. Bente Eriksen came from Gothenburg University to her new job in Lund a couple of months ago and has now learnt that the municipality of Lund will support the garden to the tune of SEK 2 million per year. The ne

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Published 18 December 2014 He is checking out at the same fighting weight as when he checked in, and does the same number of push-ups (40!) now as he did then. He has been through several tough rounds and had to fight to defend his convictions and his views on the University’s development. Per Eriksson summarises his time as vice-chancellor as “six years of incredibly great joy, development, press

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eriksson-you-have-dare-take-risks-sometimes-if-you-want-make-things-happen - 2025-07-05

Published 6 February 2015 His ambition is to awaken our longing for a life which doesn’t revolve around wage labour. “If I had a citizen’s salary, I would do the same things I do now – read, write and have an occasional go with a scrubbing-brush, to make life more real. Others might play computer games, which would of course be perfectly OK”, says sociologist Roland Paulsen, who has become a bit o

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Published 6 February 2015 Professor of Spanish Inger Enkvist has written a large number of books about education and teaching. She sees it as her obligation to take part in the debate on education, but she also participates in the public debate in other areas. Most recently, she wrote in Språktidningen about the Catalonian independence movement. Last year she was awarded the Instituto Cervantes in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/obligation-participate-education-debate - 2025-07-05

Published 6 February 2015 Vinnova is investing SEK 500 million in collaboration on non-communicable diseases over the next ten years. A call for proposals for collaborative projects is currently open. “Researchers who collaborate with either the business sector or the health service, or both, have a chance of obtaining a grant”, says Peter Nordström, who is coordinating the national initiative fro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strategic-innovation-area-coordinated-lund - 2025-07-05

Published 6 February 2015 The University is now a member of Scholars at Risk (SAR), an international network that helps vulnerable and persecuted academics. Professor Shirin Zubair visited Lund University and spoke about her situation as a persecuted academic. “This is in line with our core values as a university, which include defending and supporting academic freedom”, says Pär Svensson at Exter

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-joins-network-help-scholars-risk - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05