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Lena Ohlsson is a Sample Service Coordinator at Region Skåne’s Biobank, guiding researchers through the process of starting a sample collection in a biobank or using samples from other biobanks across Sweden. Region Skåne’s Biobank is part of Biobank Sweden, which is Sweden’s national infrastructure for biobanking. The infrastructure aims to provide Sweden with the best conditions for initiating a

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/sample-service-coordinator-guides-our-researchers-through-biobanking-processes - 2025-11-30

During spring, students at the Faculty had the opportunity to share their thoughts and experiences on mental health through creative activities at Forum Medicum. The response has been very positive. – There was great commitment and a clear need from the students, which has confirmed how important this work is. The reception has been very positive, and several of the activities have been described

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/creativity-forum-medicum-mental-health-focus - 2025-11-30

The University Board needs a new teaching staff representative due to a retirement. As a staff member, you now have the opportunity to propose a colleague to the Electoral College, which is responsible for the nomination. The nomination period is from 3 September to 22 September. One of the three teaching staff representatives on the University Board, Lars Dahlin, is retiring and his place on the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/propose-new-teaching-staff-representative-university-board-election - 2025-11-30

On September 23–24, leading voices from Sweden and Europe will once again gather in Lund for the fifth edition of EU Days. This year's keynote speakers include EU Minister Jessica Rosencrantz and Carl Bildt, with Maria Wetterstrand as moderator. EU Days Lund, with Lund University as one of the organisers, is the main Swedish annual EU forum gathering around 500 Swedish and international high-level

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/follow-eu-days-lund-2025-online-main-swedish-annual-eu-forum - 2025-11-30

Welcome to a film screening followed by a panel discussion on stigma, suicide and mental illness. Please register by 19 September. The purpose of the film ‘Stigma - affects us all’ is to inform about mental illness, what stigma is and what consequences it has for individuals and society. The film addresses what we know about stigma today, what we can learn more about and why it is important that w

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/film-forum-medicum-stigma-affects-us-all - 2025-11-30

The stolen data from the data breach in Adato has, according to Miljödata AB, been published on Darknet. Continue to be vigilant if contacted by strangers or in an unusual way. Due to the current situation, you as an employee are advised to be particularly vigilant if you are contacted by people or companies that you have not previously had contact with, or if the contact takes place in an unusual

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/be-vigilant-outsmart-hackers-159-do-not-click-unknown-links - 2025-11-30

Mingle, listen to lectures and join our try-out activities at the Faculty of Medicine, Saturday September 23. Adress: Forum Medicum, Sölvegatan 19, Lund. The event is free of charge and open to everyone. No pre-registration required!Stations open 12.30-16.30. Read more on Swedish Intramed.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/welcome-culture-night-forum-medicum-239 - 2025-11-30

The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean informing about that we now have a research infrastructure specialist and senior research infrastructure specialist in place, that there is a new process for professorial appointments and promotion to professor at Lund University. She also reported from the Vice-Chancellor's Management Council on interna

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-17-september-2025 - 2025-11-30

The Organization Committee for SciLifeLab Lund Day invites you to join in for a dynamic day that brings together researchers, technology platforms, and strategic research initiatives to spotlight the powerful synergies driving life science forward in southern Sweden. Programme highlights:Opportunity to interact with SciLifeLab cutting-edge technologies and national resources.A spotlight session on

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/join-scilifelab-lund-day-october-23rd - 2025-11-30

A warm thank you to all visitors at the Faculty of Medicine! We hosted an afternoon full of exciting activities, lectures, and hands-on stations – all centered around medicine and health. Children (and their stuffed animals!) got to meet the Teddy Bear Doctor and try out x-ray.Many tested their balance using VR and listened to the blood flow in their arteries. Others took on word-based detective c

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/full-house-forum-medicum-during-kulturnatten - 2025-11-30

Hands-on workshop to support researchers in developing competitive proposals for calls within Pillar II, Cluster 1. Register no later than October 22. Are you planning to apply for Horizon Europe funding under Pillar II, Cluster 1 – Health? (i.e., Pillar II: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness within the Horizon Europe program, Cluster 1: Health, which aims to improve human h

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/workshop-preparing-competitive-proposal-horizon-europe-pillar-ii-cluster-1 - 2025-11-30

The interface when loggging in to our IT services that require strong authentication will be implemented shortly. All users will see a partially altered login flow. This will give better support to both international Freja users and for logins on mobile phones. Please note: If you are already using strong authentication and an authentication app such as Google Authenticator, you can continue to do

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/qr-code-login-introduced-facilitate-international-freja-users - 2025-11-30

Thoas Fioretos and Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman, professors at Medfak, have been awarded the LU Innovation Awards, established by Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne. Thoas Fioretos is the first recipient of Lunds Innovatörspris (the Lund Innovator Award), a newly established prize that recognises research that has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lu-innovation-researchers-medfak-awarded - 2025-11-30

Just as climate change threatens homes, food and livelihoods, so does it threaten the world's supply of wine. If temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, the regions of the world that are suitable for growing wine grapes could shrink by as much as 56 percent, according to a new study. And with 4 degrees of warming, 85 percent of those lands would no longer be able to produce good wines. Fortunately

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/wine-regions-could-shrink-dramatically-climate-change-unless-growers-swap-varieties - 2025-11-30

New study explores the integration of nature-based approaches for climate change adaptation into municipalities’ daily planning practices and associated governance in Sweden. In a new article in the Cleaner Production Journal, LUCSUS researcher professor Christine Wamsler (et al) explores the integration of nature-based approaches for climate change adaptation into municipalities’ daily planning p

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/targeted-strategies-overcoming-barriers-nature-based-solutions-and-climate-action - 2025-11-30

Adapting cities is key for increasing the resilience of citizens, communities, organisations and wider systems to deal with the effects of climate change. For more than 20 years Professor Christine Wamsler has collaborated with national authorities, municipalities and citizens to implement sustainable climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and long-term sustainability projects to supp

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-sustainable-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction-local-national-and - 2025-11-30

Chad Boda is a post-doctoral researcher at LUCSUS. He has a passion for researching and teaching on issues of environmental conservation and sustainable development. In this interivew, he explains what he is working on in the project, DICE, Recasting the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change Extremes, and highlights what he wants to achieve during the project. Why are you interested in the fi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-we-aim-make-major-advances-methodology-measuring-loss-and-damage-way-builds-yet - 2025-11-30

Around the world, coastal communities are exposed to the impacts of climate change, for example sea level rise and coastal erosion. But local governments are often politically and economically constrained in their abilities to implement timely and needed adaptation measures. These constraints can restrict adaptation options to practices that are too little and too late, or even result in measures

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-connecting-theory-and-practice-overcome-barriers-adaptation - 2025-11-30

Kelly Dorkenoo is a PhD student in the project DICE, Recasting the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change Extremes. In this interview, she talk about her interest in the field of loss and damage, and her views on sustainability research. Why are you interested in the field of loss and damage? There is a need to improve our understanding of the type of severe impacts from climate change that af

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-my-work-focuses-issues-disproportionality-and-inequalities-relation-loss-and - 2025-11-30

New research from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies shows that children’s relationships with nature are not only important for their wellbeing but also for future sustainable forest management. The study also shows that different socioeconomic factors affect children’s experiences of and relationships with the forest. Currently, young people are at risk of having less and less cont

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/childrens-relationship-nature-key-future-sustainable-forest-management - 2025-11-30