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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maria Messing receives a grant from Future Research Leaders, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Nano Design meets Organic Chemistry for Greener Catalysts is the name of the research program led by Maria Messing, funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. This is the summary of the project:   One

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolundian-gets-grant-greener-catalysts - 2026-06-17

The process of establishing a new Nanolab in the immediate vicinity of MAX IV and ESS is moving further as decided by the Board of LTH. The lab – Nanolab Science Village – will be the first step to establishing Lund University’s research operations in Science Village. The location for Nanolab Science Village has been identified for a long time and the plan was approved by the City of Lund in 2018.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/important-step-towards-new-nanolab-science-village - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Exciting research for PhD students is waiting ahead. Co-funded by EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, we are now opening as many as 11 projects in nanoscience and nanotechnology – in physics, chemistry and biomedicine – for application. Initial deadline for applications: May 4, 2020Candidates can freely apply for one o

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/11-open-doctoral-positions-nanolund - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are many questions concerning the coronavirus and infection prevention that need to be answered as soon as possible. Jakob Löndahl, associate professor in aerosol technology at Lund University and faculty member of NanoLund is currently working to analyse air samples from patient rooms at Lund University hospita

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/air-samples-coronavirus-patient-rooms-being-analysed - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Oxana Klementieva and her colleagues in Lund and at Synchrotron SOLEIL in France have used a new method, optical photothermal spectroscopy (O-PTIR) to study protein structures in neurons from mice affected by early stage Alzheimer’s disease. “We saw that the structure of the protein changes in different ways depending

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-imaging-method-sheds-light-alzheimers-disease - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anne L’Huillier has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approximately SEK 25 million for the project Quantum Physics with Attosecond Pulses. With the grant from ERC Anne and colleagues plan to use laser technology to create ultra-short light pulses to study the motion of el

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-advanced-grant-awarded-anne-lhuillier - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a paper, recently published in Nature Communications with researchers from NanoLund and Lund Laser Centre, the ultrafast optical dynamics of porous gold nanosponges filled with zinkoxide was studied. This type of hybrid plasmon-emitter system could be useful for future optical computers as they are able to strongly

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/porous-gold-nanosponges-can-be-useful-future-computers - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a recent review article Donatas Zigmantas and colleagues from 16 universities and institutes in Europe, Canada, the US and Singapore critically assess previously proposed persistence and role of quantum coherence in photosynthetic light harvesting. In the article they analyse the recent work on coherence in photosy

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/no-quantum-effect-photosynthetic-light-harvesting - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Through the advanced synchrotron radiation facility MAX IV, senior scientists and materials specialists from NanoLund are contributing to giving Alfa Laval detailed insights of the nanometer thin oxide which protects products in stainless steel from corrosion. Together with Alfa Laval and MAX IV, NanoLund researchers

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/protecting-nano-thin-oxide-layer-studied-alfa-laval - 2026-06-17

NanoLund has had an excellent 2019 – with an increasing amount of publications, more than 70 invited talks all over the world, 21 new graduated PhDs, and much more. Having been a Strategic Research Area of Sweden for a full decade now, NanoLund can look back on yet another year of success. 286 scientific publications, directly related to nanoscience, sets a new record. Of the 148 PhD students acti

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/our-annual-report-out - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Due to the Corona pandemic, scientists all over the world have begun focusing on every aspect possible of the virus. NanoLund poses no exception. To detect a virus or other infectious agents, medical and clinical laboratories usually employ the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This method, invented 1983, is widely use

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-scientists-mobilize-against-covid-19 - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Exciting research for PhD students is waiting ahead. Co-funded by EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, we are now opening as many as 6 projects in nanoscience and nanotechnology – in physics and chemical physics – for application. Initial deadline for applications: August 25, 2020Candidates can freely apply for one or m

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/6-open-doctoral-positions-nanolund - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The annual international nanoscience student conference INASCON is coming up. This year, it is held in Lund 11–13 August, broadcasted online, open for anyone interested in nanoscience: students, academics or businesses. INASCON is an annual, student-organized conference on nanoscience and technology, hosted in differe

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/inascon-goes-digital-time-register - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An exciting position as center coordinator at NanoLund is open for application. Are you a master of coordinating and managing? Do you have a strong interest in science, technological development and how it can be used in future society? Apply for the position as coordinator and get the chance to work at Sweden’s large

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wanted-center-coordinator-nanolund - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund is a very proud sponsor of INASCON 2020. The annual international nanoscience student conference opened yesterday with 1100 registered students from 70 countries around the world.   This year the conference is organized by a team of 35 Lund University undergraduate students. Due to the circumstances around CO

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/inascon-2020-more-1000-registered-participants-all-over-world - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from strategic research areas NanoLund and StemTherapy have developed a promising new method for delivering biomolecules into human blood stem cells using nanotechnology. With little to no detrimental effects on target cells, this novel approach has great potential for research and clinical applications. T

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanostraws-used-deliver-biomolecules-stem-cells - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund’s affiliated member Pablo Villanueva Perez from Synchrotron Radiation Physics has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the project Probing MHz processes in 3D with X-ray microscopy. The ERC project aims to develop a novel X-ray microscope capable of filming processes in 3D, at least 100 times faster than up

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-nanolund - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the NanoLund Annual Meeting 2020, Camilla Modéer gave her honorary lecture as part of the program. We are happy to be able to show it to all of you who could not attend the event – academic leaders, researchers, and business professionals working with research and development. Is there a conflict between, on the on

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/academia-needs-boosting-purpose-perspective - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Mikkelsen, professor at Synchrotron Radiation Physics, will be the next Director of NanoLund by the beginning of 2021, when Heiner Linke steps down from this role after eight years of leadership. The announcement by Viktor Öwall, dean of LTH, was preceded by a process that started before summer. The Board of Na

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-director-nanolund-coming - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How come bees always find their way home, not to mention in a straight line? What is it about the insect brain that allows them to navigate so easily? Could we copy that function? A step in this direction has now been taken by a group of scientists in a project combining the fields of biology, physics, nanoscience and

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2026-06-17