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Filipe Pereira and his research team have discovered a recipe on how to reprogram cancer cells into antigen-presenting dendritic cells, essential for initiating and enhancing anti-tumour immunity. This approach provides a promising strategy for cancer treatment. The goal of the now awarded project is to engineer the "vehicle" to deliver the instruction converting the cells, utilizing RNA vectors f

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/professor-filipe-pereira-awarded-erc-proof-concept-grant - 2026-07-23

Filipe Pereira and his research team have discovered a recipe on how to reprogram cancer cells into antigen-presenting dendritic cells, essential for initiating and enhancing anti-tumour immunity. This approach provides a promising strategy for cancer treatment. The goal of the now awarded project is to engineer the "vehicle" to deliver the instruction converting the cells, utilizing RNA vectors f

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/professor-filipe-pereira-awarded-erc-proof-concept-grant - 2026-07-23

Burak Tunca is director of AI at the Department of Business Administration. He shares some insights into large language models and his work in this fairly new role. He is responsible for overseeing developments in the AI space and evaluating how teaching and research activities at the department can benefit from integration of those developments. “At the moment, we have two main questions: First,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/what-about-ai-burak - 2026-07-23

A team of researchers from Lund University and the Lund Stem Cell Center have developed a new memory-efficient tool for single-cell genomic analysis called Scarf. Now available in Nature Communications, this innovative, bioinformatics software has the potential to help researchers navigate a growing treasure trove of data and set them on the path to answering new scientific questions related to hu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/introducing-scarf-memory-efficient-solution-single-cell-genomic-analysis - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A sun drenched day in the allies of Västra Hamnen. A whirlwind of black and white tails, snouts and barks are on duty at the townhouse door. Dog dad, Professor of Immunology Tomas Leanderson, hushes, admonishes, welcomes into the kitchen table and coffee. In a few days, this rare specimen of the old kind of professor

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/one-last-ones-out-old-school-professors - 2026-07-23

For Jane Pinyapat, the master’s programme in Data Analytics and Business Economics opened the door to programming and equipped her with skills she considers invaluable. After graduating in 2022, she began her European career as a Data Engineer Specialist in Copenhagen. Read Jane’s story for her favorite programming tools, passion for Pink Programming, and top advice for LUSEM students aiming for a

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/coding-community-and-career-janes-path-after-lusem - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ny forskning från Lunds universitet kastar nytt ljus över interaktionen mellan immunförsvaret och streptokocker, som orsakar både lindrig halsfluss och allvarliga infektioner som blodförgiftning och köttätande sjukdom. Det sätt på vilket antikropparna fastnar på bakterierna är kopplat till hur allvarlig sjukdomen är

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nya-ron-om-mordarbakteriers-forsvar - 2026-07-23

Måndagen den 13 januari är det Arrival Day – dagen då Lunds universitet välkomnar vårterminens nya internationella studenter. Totalt har 767 studenter antagits till universitetets utbildningar under vårterminen 2025. De nya internationella studenterna kommer från 64 olika länder och representerar en mångfald av kulturer och bakgrunder. De största grupperna kommer från Nordamerika, Australien och E

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-valkomnar-767-nya-internationella-studenter - 2026-07-24

Upphandlingar av e-resurser mmUnder 2025 kommer UB att, tillsammans med upphandlingsenheten, genomföra tre upphandlingar. Det som ska upphandlas är en agent för prenumerationstjänster för tidskrifter, en agent/leverantör av databaser och ett inköpsverktyg för e-böcker. Arbetet leds av upphandlare från upphandlingsenheten som tillsammans med referensgrupper bestående av medarbetare från UB och faku

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-oktober-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-5 - 2026-07-23

To strengthen Sweden's innovative capacity and technological independence, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova have been tasked with setting up clusters of excellence in groundbreaking technology. A total of SEK 2.5 billion is being invested, with SEK 1.5 billion coming from the Swedish Research Council and SEK 1 billion from Vinnova. This investment in clusters of excellence is part of a Gov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourteen-networks-receive-funding-swedish-research-council-and-vinnova-planning-future-clusters - 2026-07-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (J

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2026-07-23

What makes a university a university? The simple answer would be that the institution hosts teaching and research. Yet a university is so much more than that; it might be easiest to capture the essence of the universe that is a university by summarising the year that has just ended. It is a razor sharp, teeming, testing, reflective universe that pushes boundaries in disruptive, eloquent and powerf

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/past-year-showcases-universe-lund-university - 2026-07-24

Här hittar du forskare som kan analysera och kommentera den pågående konflikten samt den humanitära krisen i Gaza och andra delar av området. Dalia Abdelhady, sociolog, expert på Migration i Mellanöstern och Egyptendalia [dot] abdelhady [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se, 046-2228848 Dalia Abdelhadys profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportalKarin Aggestam, statsvetare, Israel-Palestina konflikten, dipl

https://www.lu.se/artikel/experter-med-anledning-av-krisen-i-israel-och-palestina-0 - 2026-07-24

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Forskning från Lunds universitet kan förklara varför typ 2-diabetes i större utsträckning ärvs från mamman. Arvsanlag i en tidigare känd riskgen, THADA, har visat sig vara dominanta om de kommit från mamman medan om de kommit från pappan haft mindre eller ingen påverkan på barnets sjukdomsrisk. - Vår forskning bidra

https://www.lu.se/artikel/mammans-roll-vid-typ-2-diabetes - 2026-07-22

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ett helt nytt målstyrt vaccin mot pneumokocker kan bli verklighet i framtiden. Vaccinet har i djurstudier visat potential att bli mer träffsäkert, billigare och användarvänligt än dagens alternativ. Forskningen, där Lunds universitet har en ledande roll, går nu vidare. Pneumokocker (Streptococcus pneumoniae) är en t

https://www.lu.se/artikel/malstyrt-vaccin-kan-bli-nytt-vapen-mot-dodliga-pneumokocker - 2026-07-22

Forskaren och läkaren Hannes Holm Isholth tilldelas Bundy Academys lilla pris i kardiologi på 500 000 kronor för sin forskning om kopplingen mellan hjärtkärlsystemet och hjärnans hälsa och funktion. Hannes Holm Isholths studier är framför allt baserade på befolkningsregister, men tillsammans med  forskargruppen studerar han även hur samspelet mellan hjärta och kärl ser ut för patienter med hjärtsv

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/bundypris-till-kardiologiforskaren-hannes-holm-isholth - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Strong external pressure is needed to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, which  has harvested immense humanitarian suffering on both sides. And it must happen quickly, according to Peace and conflict researcher Lisa Strömbom. The UN warns of full-scale war if the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas cont

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Strong external pressure is needed to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, which has harvested immense humanitarian suffering on both sides. And it must happen quickly, according to Peace and conflict researcher Lisa Strömbom. The UN warns of full-scale war if the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas conti

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2026-07-23

Do you want to contribute to a more sustainable world? Have you succeeded in changing your everyday habits in line with the 1.5° C target of the Paris Agreement? Can your new habits inspire others? If yes, then we would love to hear about them! Now, the international campaign "1.5°C Challenges" is kicking off across several European countries, featuring a series of citizens’ challenges over the co

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/15degc-lifestyles-challenges-launched - 2026-07-23

Lund Stem Cell Center provides researchers with access to core facilities equipped with the latest technologies, specialist expertise and instruction on the use of the different equipment. Over time these facilities have evolved to form the well-developed technological infrastructure which exists today. Earlier this year, the Center, in partnership with MultiPark, took the next step in the evoluti

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-cell-and-gene-therapy-core-facility-opening-its-doors-scientific-business - 2026-07-23