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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten was an advisor to President Obama, worked with Joe Biden on Cancer Moonshot, was involved in the R&D for some 30 drugs – and he is now leading the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine as head of research at Pfizer. It is an impressive career to say the least, and it started in Lund
On January 1, 2024, Wallenberg Centre Lund got a new preclinical co-director. Professor Kristian Pietras will replace Jonas Larsson, who recently started his new position as Deputy Dean. Welcome to the team! | How does it feel becoming the next preclinical co-director of WCMM Lund?"I am honored to take on this position and really look forward to working with everyone within the centre to create th
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/get-know-new-wcmm-co-director - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As soon as the guns fall silent in Syria, the people will begin to rebuild their country and their lives – this is the strong conviction of Tareq Emtairah, a reader at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). For that reason, he and his colleagues are starting visionary workshops in
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-exile-meet-visionary-workshops - 2026-05-07
Two innovation-driven research projects at Lund University have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council, ERC. They relate to biomarkers for predicting who benefits from metformin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and new technology to enable powerful and focused therapies for the treatment of solid tumours. Charlotte Ling has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Gr
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-grants-research-diabetes-and-immunotherapy - 2026-05-07
The Central Administration’s aim is to offer the best possible support for the University’s operations. In order to do this, we need to continuously review the organisation and working methods so that optimum support is provided while balancing the budget. Based on this, a number of changes are being made. One example is that the major part of the support relating to contract education will be mov
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/central-administration-transition - 2026-05-06
Sweden’s industry uses about one third of the country’s entire energy consumption. How can industry convert to a better considered and sustainable circular economy? Researchers at Lund University are working closely with companies to find smarter solutions that focus on improving sustainability in materials recycling. We would like to have an electric car, solar cells on our roof or the latest mod
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recycling-alpha-and-omega-sustainable-circular-economy - 2026-05-07
The Fernström Foundation’s Grand Nordic Prize – one of the largest medical research prizes in Scandinavia – goes this year to the stem cell researcher, Jonas Frisén. His research concerns stem cells, primarily how they are transformed and renewed in mature organs. Jonas Frisén, professor at the Karolinska Institute, has been awarded the 2017 Grand Nordic Prize by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation.
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stem-cell-researcher-wins-prestigious-prize - 2026-05-07
The Faculty of Medicine has reviewed its communications activities and made some changes. They have reorganised their ways of working and have even reworked their internal website, Intramed. 2022 saw the reorganisation of the communication activities at the Faculty, taking as its starting point an analysis made from 2019-2020 of the situation as it was then, including proposals for improvements.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-internal-website-staff-faculty-medicine-has-made-difference - 2026-05-06
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Endurance running is often seen as a welcome escape from everyday life. But extraordinary experiences, such as running ultra-marathons, are not untouched by the competitive nature of contemporary consumer culture, a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden argues. The at times romanticized notion of experiencing comp
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-attracts-people-endurance-running - 2026-05-07
Lund University is returning to Almedalen with a broad programme to strengthen the public discussion about higher education and research. Since the university's first participation in 2009, the commitment has grown, and this year around 50 employees are participating. The programme offers discussions on everything from preparedness and AI to the future of food. As in previous years, LTH has a well
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/ai-crisis-and-quantum-almedalen - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten, head of research at Pfizer, who led the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, will take up the appointment of visiting professor of Pharmacology at Lund University in Sweden on 1 January 2021. “During my years as a student and researcher in Lund I had many mentors who inspired me. I
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university - 2026-05-07
For the first time in the University’s history, a Vice-Chancellor’s decision exists concerning how we are to work on educational qualifications throughout the entire University, as reported in the previous LU News. Half of the University’s faculties have offered the opportunity to apply for recognition as an excellent teaching practitioner or similar for several years. A framework is now being int
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-forefront-work-educational-qualifications-higher-education - 2026-05-06
Every year Agora, the Helsingborg section of the Social Science Union, organises a job fair at Campus Helsingborg, where students have the opportunity to network and make contact with future employers. This year's edition will take place on 5 February. Inspiring, interactive and worthwhile - three words that sum up the upcoming event Agora Day at Campus Helsingborg, according to this year's projec
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-opportunities-students-and-companies-agora-day - 2026-05-07
Singing can be a real health boost. Song involves your emotions, thoughts and body; the feelgood hormone oxytocin surges and the stress hormone cortisol declines. Singing accompanies us from the cradle to the grave, and binds us together as human beings. But what do kids sing in school, how much, and in what way? David Johnson, researcher at the Malmö Academy of Music, investigates this in his the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/childrens-songs-link-ones-inner-self-and-others - 2026-05-07
The symposium was named: Ageing, technology and health in later life: Results from the interdisciplinary national graduate school in Sweden. Chair: Charlotte Löfqvist, Lund University The participants in the symposium were: Sofi Fristedt, Lund University Attitudes and adoption of technologies for active and healthy ageing from a generational perspective Emilia W.E. Viklund, Åbo Akademi University
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-had-its-own-symposium-26th-nordic-congress-gerontology-odense-26nkg - 2026-05-07
Increased use of solar cells in the future requires higher efficiency and lower production costs. Innovative research from the interdisciplinary centre NanoLund wants to optimize the nanowires so that sunlight can be harvested more efficiently. Meet three young international researchers in the PhD4Energy project, working on hunting the sun. Solar energy, which reaches our earth every day, correspo
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sunhunters-knowledge-collect-light - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University has decided to be an important player at Science Village Scandinavia (SVS) in Brunnshög. The move will, probably, commence in five years. Up to 575 LU employees will work at SVS. The Department of Physics and parts of the Department of Chemistry are now considering moving. Sven Lidin Photo:Mats Nygren T
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-moves-activities-science-village-scandinavia-financing-still-unclear - 2026-05-07
Two CASE researchers, Wenqian Xu and Oskar Jonsson, have each received a "seed money grant" in the profile area Proactive Ageing's first internal call. Researcher Oskar Jonsson leads the one project, which was granted SEK 250,000 in the call: "Inclusive Living Environments to Attract the Joy of Movement and Promote Physical Activity for Proactive Ageing: Theory and Method Development and Full-scal
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/ai-and-movement-focus-profile-areas-seed-money-grant - 2026-05-07
