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For the tenth consecutive year, Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University welcomed high school students from across Skåne for UniStem Day 2025, a hands-on celebration of stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Held on Friday, March 14, this year’s milestone event offered students a unique opportunity to step into the world of science, learning from leading researchers, experimenting in state-

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unistem-day-2025-decade-inspiring-future-scientists-lund - 2026-01-12

“As though I was driving a fast car but had enough margin to turn before hitting the rock wall.” That is how Evelina Lindén describes her experience of having a cancer tumour that was aggressive but treatable. By being open about her illness and sharing images showing how she was feeling on Facebook, she was able to keep the conversation about healthy life going with her friends. “It was so nice t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-cancer-found-its-place-facebook - 2026-01-12

Researchers at Lund University are developing a new type of gene therapy that reprograms cancer cells within tumors into immune cells that can help the immune system fight cancer. Their approach, now published in the journal Science, could lead to more effective treatments for hard-to-treat cancers. Cancer is known for its ability to hide from the immune system, making it tough to fight. But what

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-tumor-cells-cancer-fighting-immune-cells-living-beings - 2026-01-11

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/seeing-grocery-store-fresh-eyes - 2026-01-11

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-scc-and-multipark-join-forces-ensure-researchers-have-high-quality-electrophysiology-facilities - 2026-01-11

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/possible-association-between-tattoos-and-lymphoma-revealed - 2026-01-11

A new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile has recently captured its first starlight. This marks the beginning of a new era in astronomy, as researchers prepare to map the sky in unprecedented detail. The instrument does not take ordinary images of the night sky. Instead, 4MOST – the Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope – collects spectra, that

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/new-eye-universe-opens-chile - 2026-01-11

This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation goes to WCMM Fellow Vinay Swaminathan at Lund University, who has been awarded SEK 5 million for a project that aims to uncover how healthy breast tissue develops into tumours and spreads. Swaminathan’s research group studies the early stages of cancer development using advanced 3D tissue models that mimic the tumou

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellow-vinay-swaminathan-sek-5-million-ingabritt-and-arne-lundberg-research-foundation - 2026-01-11

Researchers have identified the top 12 ways European cities have been able to curb car use. The most effective measure was applying a congestion charge, with the notable case of London, where city traffic dropped by 33% following the change. Most success stories involved both “carrots” to encourage sustainable mobility and “sticks” to restrict cars, according to the study. – Transport is a major s

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/most-effective-ways-reducing-car-traffic - 2026-01-11

Researchers have successfully mapped the entire genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle. The breakthrough paves the way for new research into bark beetles and better prospects for effective pest control of a species that can destroy more than 100 million cubic metres of spruce forest during a single year in Europe and Asia. Mapping the genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle enables a far deep

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/entire-genome-common-forest-pest-now-revealed - 2026-01-11

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2026-01-11

Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study how not to disrupt animal flight and the evolution of eyesight. Michael Bok, researcher, Lund Vision GroupCan you describe your research?I study the evolution of eyes and visual systems. This new grant attempts to discover how advanced visual abilities like colour and polarisation v

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grant - 2026-01-11

Filipe Pereira, professor of molecular medicine at Lund University, is awarded this year's Fernström prize for young, exceptionally promising, and successful researchers. He receives the award for his work on reprogramming blood cells and the development of immunotherapies based on this technology. It was a sheep that determined Filipe Pereira's career choice. He was in high school when he heard a

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/filipe-pereira-awarded-eric-k-fernstrom-prize-young-researchers - 2026-01-11

The PALS program, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) for 2024–2028, continues to foster ground-breaking research through its collaboration between WCMM, DDLS, and SciLifeLab Fellow programs. Following an evaluation process in the second annual call for collaborative PALS projects, eight projects have been approved for funding. We are thrilled to announce that WCMM Lund Fellow

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/success-wcmm-lund-fellows-pals-call-2024 - 2026-01-11

Marju Orho-Melander, professor of genetic epidemiology in Malmö, has been awarded Lund University’s Fernström prize. Her research is about genetic variants that are associated with blood lipids and lipoproteins and can therefore increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Many genes exist in different variants. Sometimes, some of the variants have a negative effect, in particular if they are comb

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-goes-research-genes - 2026-01-11

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/molecular-link-between-diabetes-and-cancer-described - 2026-01-11

“Solutions to limit the climate impact of plastics” was the topic of this years Climathon in Lund. The 24 hour hackathon gathered 54 participants and was thereby one of the larger among the 113 Climathons held simultaneous all around the world. Climathon in Lund was organised by a consortia of five very different organisations, Lunds Universitet, Lunds Kommun, Sysav, Ideon Innovation, EIT Climate-

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018-0 - 2026-01-11

Ville Maisi and Martin Bech have been awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. Over a five-year period, the two researchers will conduct projects focusing on the detection of microwave photons and X-ray microscopy. Ville Maisi, senior lecturer at the Deparment of Physics at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and researcher at NanoLund, is to receive SEK 28 million for his project,

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-consolidator-grants-detection-microwave-photons-and-x-ray-microscopy - 2026-01-11

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/anne-lhuillier-new-frontiers-knowledge-awardee - 2026-01-11

Meet Ellen Hillbom, the economic historian, who, in cooperation with a Dutch and a German colleague, has created an online textbook on trends in Africa’s economic history. The book, which can be downloaded free of charge from the internet, has so far reached over 4,000 readers. Ellen Hillbom. Where did you get the idea for a free digital textbook about Africa? “At a world congress that is held eve

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ellen-hillbom-about-free-digital-textbook-about-africa - 2026-01-11