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Big congratulations to Göran B Jönssons group (Oncology), Kristian Pietras group and Joan Yuans group (Developmental Immunology) on receiving a joint grant from Knut and Alice Wallenbergs Foundation (KAW). Article about the project via this link (in Swedish).
https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/researcher-tcr-receives-kaw-grant - 2025-12-27
Big congratulations to Kazi Uddins group on receiving Barncancerfonden grant for "Utveckling av riktade kombinationsterapi och nya verktyg för att förutspå terapi-resistens" and to Alexander Pietras group on receiving Barncancerfonden grant for "Syrebristberoende måltavlor i barngliom och ponsgliom".
https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/researchers-tcr-receive-barncancerfonden-grants - 2025-12-27
Big congratulations on receiving grants from Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR):Daniel Bexell, Mekanismer och nya behandlingsstrategier mot resistent neuroblastom, and to...Anders Bjartell, Målriktade behandlingar och biomarkörer vid avancerad prostatacancer, and to...Kristian Pietras, Definiering av funktionella cell-nischer i tumörens mikromiljö som mål för precisionsmedicin.
https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/researchers-tcr-receive-swedish-research-council-grants - 2025-12-27
Big congratulations on receiving Cancerfonden grants:Daniel Bexell, Decoding and Targeting Treatment-Resistant Metastatic Neuroblastoma, an to...Christer Larsson, Induction and consequences of interferon expression in breast cancer cells, and to...Ramin Massoumi, Novel preclinical models for treatment of lung cancer.
https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/researchers-tcr-receive-cancerfonden-grants - 2025-12-27
One ERC-funded postdoc position in Molecular Pediatric Oncology lab, led by PI Daniel Bexell. The group is working with neuroblastoma (NB), a severe childhood cancer. The overall aims are to unravel mechanisms leading to metastasis and treatment resistance of NB, and to test compounds targeting aggressive NB. The post-doc will lead and develop his/her own analyses and projects, and also work in cl
https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/tcr-now-has-two-postdoc-positions-available - 2025-12-27
Kristian Pietras group is part of project receiving the biggest donation in Lund University's history - 420 million SEK.Read more via this link. (Swedish)Visit Kristian Pietras group via this link.
https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/group-tcr-part-receiving-420-million-sek-donation - 2025-12-27
We are proud to have Swedish Cancer Society announce Cancer Researcher of the Year, 2025, Kristian Pietras.Read more on Swedish Cancer Society's webpage. (Swedish)Read more about Kristian Pietras Research via this link.Read more about Kristian Pietras Research group via this link.
https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-year-2025-kristian-pietras - 2025-12-27
Kære medlemmer af Dansk Virologisk Selskab (DVS), Sæt kryds i kalenderen torsdag den 27. november, hvor vi afholder Virusdagen 2025Igen i år inviterer vi til indsendelse af korte abstracts, så vi kan få sammensat et spændende program af dansk virologisk forskning. Vi opfordrer især yngre forskere til at sende abstracts. Skabelon til abstracts er vedhæftet, og skal indsendes senest 21. oktober til
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/virusdagen-2025 - 2025-12-27
Lund University, 009999 Lund University, 310000 MEDLund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/senior-lecturer-virology-0 - 2025-12-27
The HALRIC research internship programme offers Bachelor and Master students the opportunity to get insights into research done in the field of Life Science, involving Advanced Research Infrastructures, and to gain international experience. Interdisciplinary internship positions for students who want to explore infrastructures, such as MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, as well as cutting-edge c
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/halric-research-internship-programme - 2025-12-27
Spring highlights and what’s next!In the newsletter, we highlight recent activities, ongoing initiatives, developments, and opportunities for collaboration within the network. Among other, this spring, the initiative was present at the Nordic Public Health Conference in Gothenburg, contributing to discussions on building resilient communities. We also celebrated the inauguration of the Lund Univer
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/pandemics-alertness-newsletter - 2025-12-27
Congratulations to Gemma Atkinson, Roni Odai and Vasili Hauryliuk at the Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, and their collaborators, on their study “The Viral AlphaFold Database of monomers and homodimers reveals conserved protein folds in viruses of bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes” that is published in the high impact scientific journal Science Advances. This study con
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/ai-powered-viral-protein-models-advance-global-health-research - 2025-12-27
Joakim Esbjörnsson, Associate Professor in Virology, lecturer and head of the Systems Virology research group at Lund University Virus Centre (LUVC). Joakim is coordinating the Pandemics and Alertness initiative together with Professor Anette Agardh from the unit of Social Medicine and Global health. What inspired you to form the initiative Pandemics & Alertness?To me it became clear during the pa
Tisdag 27/11 kl 16.30-19.00Plats: Agardhsalen, CRC, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, SUS, MalmöModerator: Professor Per BjörkmanMötet vänder sig till infektionsintresserade läkare och sjuksköterskor, mikrobiologer och forskare inom Region Skånes sjukvård och Medicinska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Konceptet är detsamma som tidigare år, dvs vi varvar korta presentationer med laboratorieinriktning med
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/2711-infektionsforum-0 - 2025-12-27
För fem år sedan var vårt samhälle lamslaget av spridningen av ett nytt virus, SARS-CoV-2, och covid-19-pandemin var ett faktum. Med utgångspunkt i Coronakommissionens synpunkter från det första pandemiåret bjuder Centrum för hälsokriser in till ett öppet symposium för att blicka tillbaka och reflektera över både goda exempel och utmaningar inför nästa hälsokris. Under en eftermiddag ser vi tillba
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/lat-inte-pandemins-lardomar-ga-till-spillo-framtidens-beredskap-formas-idag - 2025-12-27
Congratulation to Wolfgang Knecht and his collaborators, who have been awarded a grant for a LINXS theme initiative titled Pandemics and Alertness (PandA)! The theme is a “spin-off” from the Pandemics and Alertness the thematic collaboration initiative at Lund University, with a deeper focus on advancing understaning of viruses and strengthening crisis preparedness. The themes want to achieve an i
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/grant-awarded-linxs-theme-initiative-pandemics-and-alertness-panda - 2025-12-27
Warm welcome to a research seminar on ”the Role of HSV-1 ICP0 Dimer Formation in Viral Replication and Protein Functions”, given by Erick McCloskey, herpesvirologist in Professor David Davido’s lab at the University of Kansas. This seminar offers an unique opportunity to discuss and exchange knowledge on the latest trends in the field of Structure and Function of Herpesviruses.· Date and time: Nov
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/seminar-2411 - 2025-12-27
Are you interested in virus–host–vector interactions and the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne diseases? Or would you like to learn about the latest developments in pandemic preparedness? If so, don’t miss these upcoming NDP-VIP events in 2026 for PhD students and postdocs!🦟 Mosquito-Borne Vectors and Their PathogensThis course combines lectures, fieldwork, laboratory training and epidemiol
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/ndp-vip-events-2026-phd-students-and-postdocs-0 - 2025-12-27
Major investment in virus research at Lund University - new high-risk laboratory built Storsatsning på virusforskning på Lunds universitet – nytt högrisklabb byggs - Sydsvenskan Virus center
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/creation-virus-centre-lund-university - 2025-12-27
Carolina will be joining the Systems Virology group in the spring 2020 semester and she will be working on the transcriptomics project.
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/new-students-have-joined-team - 2025-12-27
