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A consortium led by Paul Bourgine has been awarded EIC Transition grant with 2,5 million Euro over three years. This covers activities that are typically hard to finance - researchers refer to the famous « valley of death » illustrating the difficulty of translating promising basic research into human clinical practice. What is your project about?  "Our project is entitled DENOVOSS which stands fo

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/eic-transition-grant-advance-ossigel-bone-repair - 2026-05-25

Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University and Director of the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been selected as a candidate for Vice President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). The ISSCR is a leading global society for stem cell research, bringing together scientists, clinicians, industry representatives and policy experts from across the field and th

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-selected-candidate-vice-president-isscr - 2026-05-25

For many cancer patients, successful treatment depends on whether the disease is detected early or responds to existing therapies. With new grants from the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden), three postdoctoral researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center will investigate new drivers of cancer development and how the immune system can be more effectively mobilised against tumors. In M

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cancerfonden-grants-support-early-career-researchers-exploring-new-approaches-understanding-and - 2026-05-25

What happens when 200 high school students step inside a research center for a full day of science? Curiosity ignites, questions multiply, and for many, new futures begin to feel possible. At the end of March, Lund Stem Cell Center welcomed students from Lars Erik Larsson gymnasiet in Lund, Söderslättsgymnasiet in Trelleborg, and Malmö Borgarskola, Malmö Latinskola, and Sjölins Gymnasium in Malmö

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unistem-day-2026-opening-door-life-science - 2026-05-25

Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University and Director of the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been elected Vice President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the world’s leading organisation for stem cell science and regenerative medicine. The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an independent, global, nonprofit organization that brings tog

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/professor-malin-parmar-elected-vice-president-international-society-stem-cell-research - 2026-05-25

A large international collaboration involving researchers from Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center has taken an important step toward making induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)–based therapies more globally accessible. Published in Stem Cell Reports, the study presents the first data‑driven international benchmarking of key quality control assays, showing how standardized methods can reduce v

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/global-study-advances-harmonised-quality-control-stem-cell-based-therapies - 2026-05-25

CMES Doctoral Researcher Laleh Foroughanfar has co-authored the article "Migration, place-making and the rescaling of urban space" together with Mattias Kärrholm (LU), Tina Gudrun Jensen (Malmö University) and Rebecka Söderberg (Malmö University). The article is available in the journal European Planning Studies. The purpose of this article is to contribute to a refined perspective on how the prac

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/migrants-and-re-scaling-nordic-urban-space - 2026-05-25

CMES Director participates in a public panel to discuss the wider repercussions in the Middle East. The Russian invasion has ended the post-Cold War era in Europe bringing war and death, civilian casualties, and refugees to Ukraine. The panel of Lund University experts will consider: Why history matters to the invasion and conflict? What does the invasion mean for Putin’s Russia, Ukraine, and beyo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/russian-invasion-ukraine-why-history-matters-and-what-will-be-impact - 2026-05-25

CMES scholars Seyed Amir Naghibi, Behshid Khodaei and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "An integrated InSAR-machine learning approach for ground deformation rate modeling in arid areas", available in the Journal of Hydrology. Land subsidence is an increasing human-induced disaster that not only damages building and transportation structures but also diminishes the water storage capacity o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/measuring-groundwater-induced-land-subsidence-iran - 2026-05-25

CMES scholar Sarah Anne Rennick has edited the volume "Reassessing Activism and Engagement Among Arab Youth", published by Transnational Press London (2022). This collective volume contributes to the conceptual understanding of Arab youth and their relationship to politics by making explicit how civic engagement in seemingly ‘apolitical’ fields can be conceived as a form of political activism. In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reassessing-activism-and-engagement-among-arab-youth - 2026-05-25

New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issues of the Newsletter Si

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-26 - 2026-05-25

CMES scholars Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund have co-authored an annotated bibliography about the Syrian climate-migration-conflict nexus, together with Gianna Angermayr (Lund University). The bibliography is available to read online. The scientific debate about the Syrian civil war being linked to climate change that manifested through a prolonged drought took off in 2014. This annotated bibliography

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrian-climate-migration-conflict-nexus - 2026-05-25

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A hybrid approach based on simulation, optimization, and estimation of conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources" together with Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz), Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran), HamedReza Zarif Sanayei (Shahre Kord University) and Zahra

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/estimating-sustainable-groundwater-use-iran-through-machine-learning - 2026-05-25

Sarah Anne Rennick has co-authored the paper "National Ambition, Divergent Vision: Consensus and Fracture Among Iraqi Youth Activists of the Tishreen Movement" together with Adel Bakawan. Since October 2019, Iraq has been witnessing a mass protest movement, heavily though not exclusively centered in Baghdad and the country’s southern provinces and largely led by youth. This new uprising, referred

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/consensus-and-fracture-among-iraqi-youth-activists - 2026-05-25

CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has authored "Environmental Racism and Resistance in Kurdistan", available online (open access) in The Commentaries. Environmental degradation is identified as a key factor that threatens the future of life on Earth, but such generalised reading entails that conceal the uneven effects of environmental degradation. When environmental degradation takes place on the lands of t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/environmental-racism-and-resistance-kurdistan - 2026-05-25

CMES scholar Lina Eklund has co-authored the article "Societal drought vulnerability and the Syrian climate-conflict nexus are better explained by agriculture than meteorology” together with Ole Magnus Theisen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Matthias Baumann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Andreas Forø Tollefsen (Peace Research Institute Oslo), Tobias Kuemmerle (Humboldt-Univer

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/effects-drought-agriculture-pre-war-syria - 2026-05-25

The Pufendorf Institute at Lund University has produced a short video about the the research theme "Hydrosolidarity 2.0: Ethics and Conflict Resolution in International Water Governance." Participating from CMES are Researcher Dalia Abdel Hady, Director Karin Aggestam and Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/want-learn-more-about-hydrosolidarity-and-conflict-resolution-middle-east - 2026-05-25

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Urban Flood-Risk Assessment: Integration of Decision-Making and Machine Learning" together with Fereshteh Taromideh (Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University), Ramin Fazloula (Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University), Bahram Choubin (West Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/urban-flood-risk-assessment-through-machine-learning-iran - 2026-05-25

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Can Potato Crop on Sandy Soil Be Safely Irrigated with Heavy Metal Polluted Water?" together with Tarek Selim (Port Said University), Samah M. Elkefafy (Suez Canal University), Mohamed Elkiki (Port Said University), and Ahmed A. El-kharbotly (Suez Canal University). The article is available in the journal Water. Heavy metal (HM) ac

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/crop-irrigation-heavy-metal-polluted-water-egypt - 2026-05-25

New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issues of the Newsletter Si

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-27 - 2026-05-25