Getting external funds for your research project is often what makes or breaks it at an early stage, but finding one that suits is a challenge, as is finding one that accepts applications at the right time. Welcome to the jungle! On LUSEM’s “Research grants” page you will find a lengthy list of funders and it is well worth the time spent searching through them. Some offer one or two grants yearly,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/funds-grants - 2025-08-21

Linn recently nailed her thesis to the wall here at LUSEM, as is tradition. She has been doing her research at the Department of Economic History and her work is called " Garment Workers and the Labour Issue in Development". She is now preparing the defense of the dissertation, which will take place on 25 April at 10:15, in EC3:207. Congratulations on your dissertation, please tell us, what is it

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-linn-ternsjo - 2025-08-21

Delta i seminariet med professor Kári Stefánsson. Foto: Anna Hellgren. Seminariet Human Diversity hålls på engelska den 7 november i Forum Medicum. Mycket hörvärt, enligt Intramed, som fick ett smakprov vid Forskningens dag. Professor Stefánsson kommer att dela med sig av sina insikter från sin mångåriga, världsledande genetiska forskning på Island.– Genetik är det enda sättet att systematiskt stu

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/seminarium-med-mottagaren-av-eric-k-fernstroms-pris-2024-kari-stefansson - 2025-08-21

The therapy dog Millie puts on a show in the entrance of Forum Medicum. Photo: Erik Skogh Two therapy dogs instead of one. There was a big turnout on May 5 when the pop-up event "Mental Health on Campus" was held in the Forum Medicum entrance. The goal was to give students a chance to share their thoughts on mental health. Either on a digital bulletin board or post-it notes on-site. Two therapy do

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/therapy-dogs-attracted-students-exchange-ideas-mental-health - 2025-08-21

Teachers are exploring generative AI tools on their own. This event shares research from six schools in Sweden and Australia, led by Professor Neil Selwyn, to discuss AI's role in education today. In the absence of official guidelines and institutional strategies, teachers around the world have been left largely to make sense of generative AI (genAI) tools for themselves. We present empirical work

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/teachers-sensemaking-around-their-use-and-non-use-genai - 2025-08-21

Photo: Kennet Ruona. It’s time to nominate the Faculty's Honorary doctors for 2026. In recent years, other faculties have appointed Honorary doctors such as Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse, musician Timbuktu and actress Pernilla August. We at the Faculty of Medicine now want to find more of our own "stars" and associate them with us through Honorary doctorates. Do you have a prominent person in your

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/do-you-have-honorary-doctor-stand-nominate-now - 2025-08-21

Professor Cecilia Lundberg takes over from Professor Tommy Andersson as the representative for teachers from our faculty, in the Electoral College. Congratulations & good luck! Cecilia will assume the position on July 1st and will serve for the remainder of the term, which ends on February 28, 2027, and will thus be involved in influencing the next vice-chancellor election at Lund University.258 o

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/election-electoral-college-decided - 2025-08-21

Vice Dean Eva Ageberg, who has initiated and led a working group that mapped activities and needs regarding career support at the Faculty. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. A working group, led by Vice Dean Eva Ageberg, has mapped the needs for career support activities at our Faculty. The changes are now being rolled out. Career support means guidance and inspiration regarding career and the labour market

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-career-support-redesigned-include-larger-and-broader-target-groups - 2025-08-21

A project group has reviewed the use of our buildings and empty premises to find savings and at the same time create good working environments. Within the Faculty of Medicine, a working group has been appointed with the task of reviewing the use of our buildings in order to propose a plan to reduce the cost of empty premises and a better use of available spaces. Welcome to this meeting where we wi

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/info-meeting-review-our-buildings-and-empty-premises-final-report-56 - 2025-08-21

Doctoral ceremony 2024. Foto: Jonas Andersson. Warm congratulations to our Faculty's 101 new doctors, of which two are Honorary doctors. In addition, 14 scholars will be created jubilee doctors. Proud celebration and salute in Lundagård and digitally. Read more about the doctoral degree conferment ceremony here.  Doctors of the Faculty of Medicine after completing examinationsJuliane AlbrechtMaria

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/friday-facultys-101-new-doctors-will-be-solemnly-celebrated-lundagard - 2025-08-21

The trio Anabella Aguilera, Wojciech Potrzebowski, Sophie Hellstrand coordinate SciLifeLab in Lund. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist As SciLifeLab continues to grow as a hub for cutting-edge life science research, collaboration and coordination are more important than ever. At SciLifeLab Lund, the coordinators play a vital role in connecting researchers, infrastructure units, and strategic initiatives acr

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/enhancing-research-and-partnerships-new-coordinators-step-scilifelab-lund - 2025-08-21

On 10 June, the TimeEdit system will be completely closed due to a migration. This means that no reservations can be made on that day. The system is completely shut down on 10 June, which means that you cannot book, change or see anything in the system on that day. It will not be possible to access any of the TimeEdit pages. According to the plan, everything will work as usual again on 11 June. Ca

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/timeedit-closed-10-june-due-migration - 2025-08-21

Photo: Unsplash. Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring the what, why, and how of collaboration in research. In this context, collaboration refers to meaningful, goal-oriented cooperation between researchers and actors outside academia. ”We have invited established researchers who actively engage in collaboration to share their cases, showcasing examples from various fields such as preclinical,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/workshop-strengthen-your-research-through-collaboration - 2025-08-21

Lund University now offers an improved and free of charge solution for storing research data. This new service replaces the previous IT Service “Research Data Folders”, making it easier to order, administrate, and manage authorizations. What’s new?Storage still takes place on the R: file server, but you now place and manage your own orders directly in Lucat – no need to go through Servicedesk. Thi

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-storage-solution-research-data-free-charge - 2025-08-21

The Lund University Virus Centre (LUVC) has now been inaugurated. Film and photos: Agata Garpenlind. Lund University's virus centre, LUVC, has held a festive opening (27 May). There was no ribbon cutting, but a laughter-filled and applauded symbolic demolition of a 3D-printed giant virus, which marked the opening of the virus center. LUVC has been established and also includes a security lab on th

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lus-virus-centre-inaugurated-symbolic-laughter-filled-demolition-giant-virus - 2025-08-21

The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean informing about what is happening with grants from NIH and how we follow the developments in this area. She also talked about new initiatives based on the research bill, such as new Strong Research Areas, clusters of excellence, centres of excellence, the Swedish Research Council’s initiative for associa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-4-june-2025 - 2025-08-21

Maria Ekelin with her daughter Sigrid in Austin, Texas. Private image. A few years ago, Maria Ekelin, programme director for our midwifery programme at the University of Texas, taught within the framework of STINT Teaching Sabbatical. "I'm passionate about educational issues and always have the University of Texas and how they did it in the back of my mind". A few years ago, Maria Ekelin, program

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/time-apply-teaching-sabbatical-108-among-most-fun-things-ive-done-teacher - 2025-08-21

Photo: Agata Garpenlind. First they met online. Then a Lund (LU) delegation visited Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa. A couple of weeks ago SU came to visit LU. (And the tale goes, they rode off together into the sunset.)An eight month long Erasmus university strategic partership exchange programme between Lund and Stellenbosch, South Africa, has given the participants lots of food for

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/skys-not-limit-su-lu-su - 2025-08-21

Shabnam Parveen applied for an internship programme and Ganna Petruk offered her a job in her lab. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist “Getting into the Swedish society can be difficult if you're coming from outside the EU”, says Ganna Petruk. Her Jobbsprånget trainee Shabnam Parveen agrees: “I hope this will open doors for me in the future”. Shabnam Parveen came to Sweden from India a little over two years

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/jobbspranget-i-hope-will-open-doors-me-future - 2025-08-21

At the June meeting you will meet Vice-Dean Eva Ageberg who will share the latest news about the Faculty's career support activities, and which help is on offer.  NOTE: This meeting will be held in English.All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The meetings are held in E

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-126-career-support-activities - 2025-08-21