The election process has now been completed for members of the Electoral College regarding the term of office 2024-2027. The task of the Electoral College is to select academic staff representatives for the University Board and act as a collegial body in the recruitment and consultation process for a new Vice-Chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor. The election process has now been completed for me

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/these-are-medfaks-new-reps-electoral-college - 2025-09-13

Anne Schäfer, Segerfalk lecturer 2024. This year´s Segerfalk lecture at the Faculty´s Neuroscience Day (May 7) will be held by renowned neuroscientist Anne Schäfer. Sign up! Neurobiology, the study of our brain and nervous system, is a field that holds the keys to understanding the very essence of human life and consciousness. This year´s Segerfalk lecture at the Faculty´s Neuroscience Day (May 7)

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/neuroscience-day-lecture-2024-once-overlooked-microglia-open-doors-novel-treatments - 2025-09-13

WCMM Lund presents the Science Brew: popular science talks by researchers from Lund University. A collection of 10 minute “chalk-talks” around a common theme, with time for questions, discussions and drinks! No prior knowledge of the field is required. Audience space is limited and will be available on “first come, first served” basis.WCMM ScienceBrew | WCMM (lu.se) What is WCMM? The Wallenberg Ce

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/science-brew-wcmm - 2025-09-13

During a meeting with the management of the Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund, the new Faculty management made a site visit where Henrik Engblom talked about the Cardiac MR Group research. Photo: Sara Liedholm In the Cardiac MR group in Lund, great importance is placed on personal development and leadership training. “When recruiting new members, the most important thing is not what is writt

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/trust-key-successful-collaborations - 2025-09-13

University employees have received sophisticated phishing emails. Now the Division of IT wants to warn everyone in order to prevent deception. Read more about the attack on Staff pages.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/beware-suspicious-emails-ongoing-attack - 2025-09-13

Maria Björkqvist, Dean, Njainday Jobe, affiliated, the Prize recipent Laura Wisse, Associate Professor, Anders Rasmussen, Associate Professor. Future Faculty has awarded the 2024 Minerva Award to Laura Wisse, Associate Professor. Congrats to the Minerva Leadership Award, Laura Wisse, Associate Professor and PI!"Thank you, I feel very honored to receive the award as a relatively young PI and will t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/2024-minerva-leadership-award-good-academic-leadership-will-increase-future-success - 2025-09-13

From left: Fredrik Södergren (Med-service winner), Joel Johansson, Nicolae Voiculescu and Johnny Rivera. Photo: Privat Last Saturday "Lundaloppet" (a 10 K yearly run) took place in a sunny and warm Lund. The atmosphere was cheerful and along the run orchestras were playing and the audience was cheering on the participants. This year, record numbers ran Lundaloppet and from Med-service seven staff

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/broad-participation-lundaloppet-med-service - 2025-09-13

The participants discuss how different forms affect the feedback given. Photo: Kristina Lundholm Fors. How does assessment affect students' learning? Professor Luke Dawson from the School of Dentistry in Liverpool confirms a clear connection between the type of assessment and the students' learning process. One morning in April, about thirty people who teach at the faculty gathered to discuss how

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/visiting-expert-useful-feedback-supports-learning - 2025-09-13

Juan Vaz received his doctorate in 2023 and is now a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet, and still connected to Lund University. Photo: Halland Hospital in Halmstad Juan Vaz completed his dissertation at Lund University 2023. Now he is being praised for his thesis work by the Swedish Gastroenterological Association (SGF). This year is the first time the association has awarded the award. Hello there

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/award-best-dissertation-swedish-gastroenterology - 2025-09-13

Sign up for the conference "Heart & Brain". Deadline 14 May. More information – and how to register – about the seminar "Heart & Brain" in the calendar:Program and registration

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/celebrate-bundy-academys-10th-anniversary - 2025-09-13

European Research Council Starting Grants are open to researchers two to seven years after their PhD, and provide up to €1,5 million for up to five years. Interested? Research Services provides you with support. Register to their workshop by 23 May. The next call is the StG 2025 call, with preliminary deadline 15 October 2023. ERC Starting Grants workshopOpen to researchers who are planning to app

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/apply-erc-starting-grant - 2025-09-13

All our Heads of Department, from left: Agneta Malmgren Fänge (IHV), Patrik Midlöv (IKVM), Anna Rignell-Hydbom (ILM), Tomas Deierborg (EMV), Mikael Bodelsson (IKVL) och Jan Astermark (ITM). Foto: Ingemar Hultquist Several of the Faculty's departments will elect a new department board this year. It is a long process that is preceded by nominations and elections to a nomination committee. In paralle

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/department-board-drives-development-and-reviews-management - 2025-09-13

Aurora Borealis (Norrsken in Swedish). Sighted and immortalized over Lund. Photo: Agata Garpenlind It was during a conference that Pouya Movahed Rad first heard about the small foundation Norrsken Mind. Together with colleagues, he wrote an application. The result: SEK 6.7 million in three years. Congratulations, what are you going to do with the money?"We have received just over SEK 6.7 million t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/finding-small-and-unknown-funders-networking-led-multi-million-grant - 2025-09-13

Hugh Connell, Med-service director. Photo: Agata Garpelind New assignments, tough challenges and development work – a status check from Med-service, our section for managing and servicing the Faculty, one year after the inauguration of Forum Medicum. Almost a year ago, Akademiska Hus handed over the keys to Forum Medicum. During the three-year construction, a major organisational change was underw

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/med-service-director-our-goal-always-do-our-best-help-our-employees - 2025-09-13

BIKT´s Head of Unit Colm Doyle will be responsible for the Faculty's network. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. The Dean has decided that Colm Doyle, Head of Unit for BIKT, will be responsible for the Faculty's IT network. The decision has been made in light of increased demands for clear roles and responsibilities in the University's IT security work. Until this change, the network responsibility has foll

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/it-security-bikt-gets-unified-responsibility-facultys-it-network - 2025-09-13

Photo: Anna Hellgren Uncertain and unclear career paths make academic life a challenge for younger researchers. On this theme, Future Faculty organized a panel discussion together with the Faculty of Medicine (Lund University) and the National Junior Faculty of Sweden. One of the key speakers was the Minister of Education Mats Persson who elaborated on the government's position on academic career

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/minister-education-attractive-and-sustainable-research-careers-are-essential - 2025-09-13

Photo: Kennet Ruona. Our warmest congrats! The conferment ceremony in the Cathedral in Lund will be broadcast live on 31 May from 12:00. The list is long, it is beautiful and we are proud. Warm congratulations to the Doctors from a Medical Faculty near you. The conferment ceremony in the Cathedral will be broadcast live on 31 May from 12:00 noon. Link to the broadcast will be here: Conferment of D

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/proud-salute-these-are-our-new-doctors-jubilee-doctors-and-honorary-doctor - 2025-09-13

Carita Håkansson researches the importance of activity balance for our well-being. She herself recovers by hiking, among other things. Private photo. How do you fit everything together – at home and at work – and feel good at the same? Our researcher at the Faculty of Medicine, Carita Håkansson, has done research on the matter. Activity balance means the right amount of activities in relation to y

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/our-researchers-advice-how-make-your-life-puzzle-work - 2025-09-13

Save the date. Sign up for the hearing on the 19 September. Do you want to be involved in driving research and development in infection, immunity and microbiology at Lund University? Join Infect@LU and participate in the start-up meeting on September 19th! Our vision...is to be nationally leadingwithin the understanding of how infectious diseases work, spread and their impact on society.in the dia

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/infectlu-researchers-infection-immunity-and-microbiology - 2025-09-13

We have been informed that a fire has broken out in a solar cell system on the roof of BMC in Lund. No person has been reported injured. The emergency services are on site and state that the initial fire was extinguished at 13.20 o'clock. We have been informed that a fire has broken out in a solar cell system on the roof of BMC in Lund. No person has been reported injured, nor has any biobank mate

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fire-bmc-lund-firefighting-completed - 2025-09-13