The Ukrainian research students are now on site at Medfak. Pictured: students, supervisors, course leaders and the project coordinator. (Not all project participants are pictured in this photo.) Photo: Agata Garpenlind Ten Ukrainian medical students, ten supervisors from the Faculty, for ten weeks. Initiator and professor, David Gisselsson Nord, is happy that the pilot project in medical research

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/medfaks-ukrainian-summer-school-has-started-welcome-us - 2025-09-05

This autumn, Dean, Deputy Dean and members of the board of the Faculty of Medicine will be elected. The Nomination Committee has worked hard during the spring and is now ready to share their proposal. They are convinced that all candidates will contribute with commitment, knowledge and competence if elected. Eva Ekvall Hansson, Chair of the Nomination Committee, talks about the process. Professor

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/candidates-dean-deputy-dean-and-faculty-board-mfs - 2025-09-05

In the Researchers’ Grand Prix, researchers compete to present their research in the most understandable, captivating, and inspiring way in just 4 minutes. Last day for application is August 1. Researchers’ Grand Prix Digital is the Researchers’ Grand Prix (Forskar Grand Prix) online heat and is taking place from 25-29/9 2023, in connection with the science festival ForskarFredag (European Researc

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/most-understandable-research-presentation-researchers-grand-prix-digital-2023 - 2025-09-05

Ready for Midsummer and new green pastures. Foto: Agata Garpenlind Our chief veterinarian, Anders Forslid, is retiring with mixed feelings, but sees new exciting opportunities opening up. We wish Anders a happy and sweater-free midsummer and many long and lovely summers after that. I saw your wobbly book stacks in your office. Are you packing? – Absolutely, but fortunately, over the years, my offi

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/charitable-and-german-challenges-soon-await-our-chief-veterinarian - 2025-09-05

Prize ceremony at EMV Strawberry feast. Professor Angela Cenci Nilsson and Dean Kristina Åkesson. For her research on new symptomatic and disease-modifying treatments for Parkinson´s disease and related diseases of the basal ganglia. Through her work Professor Cenci Nilsson has developed preclinical models that mimic Parkinson’s disease, particularly in the area of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia, where

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/2022-bengt-falck-prize-goes-professor-angela-cenci-nilsson-emv - 2025-09-05

To stimulate the University's work for gender equality and equal conditions, we welcome two Visiting Professors of underrepresented gender to IHV, Department of Health Sciences: Torbjörn Falkmer and Ulrik Röijezon. The Department of Health Sciences has been awarded university-wide funds for the employment of Visiting Professors of underrepresented sex for the period 2023-2024. For Torbjörn and Ulr

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/gender-equality-we-welcome-two-visiting-professors-health-sciences - 2025-09-05

Roof-top view from Forum Medicum. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Mingle with colleagues, enjoy the refreshments and take The Grand Tour. Sign up deadline: June 30. We welcome all employees at the Faculty of Medicine to the inauguration of Forum Medicum, the Faculty's new knowledge center for education and research. Please register for the inauguration of Forum Medicum here, no later than June 30. Progra

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/forum-medicum-inauguration-party-see-you-there - 2025-09-05

Kajsa Ericson Lindquist and Johan Tham recieve the students appreciation and Cor mark Hello there, Johan Tham, reader in clinical infectious medicine at the medical school's semester 7 and Kajsa Ericson Lindquist, teacher of practical clinical pathology at semester 4. Both of them have been awarded the quality stamp "Cor" by the Medical Education Council and the students of the medical program. Jo

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/recipients-students-quality-stamp-congratulations-johan-tham-and-kajsa-ericson-lindquist - 2025-09-05

The grant should contribute to researchers breaking new ground in basic science, creating new theoretical foundations or practical solutions to important problems, or laying the foundations for methodological breakthroughs. The Horisont grant is meant to support foundational research across all scientific fields and disciplines to find novel theoretical or practical solutions to important problems

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/breaking-new-grounds-royal-physiographic-societys-horisont-grant - 2025-09-05

The 15 are also good at juggling moving boxes. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Edit: Jonathan Cronqvist. You will recognize them by the black uni tees, the 15 young summer workers now on site at BMC (mainly) who work hard to put all in place after the intense moving carousels. On the command bridge: Joel Johansson and Zippo Prajz, both at Medservice. Sure are busy and hot summer work days for 15 hard-wor

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/swarm-summer-workers-putting-life-medfak-order - 2025-09-05

The International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) awards the Robert P. Grant medal to Björn Dahlbäck, professor emeritus in clinical chemistry at Lund University. The medal is the society's most prestigious award, and Björn Dahlbäck receives it for his outstanding achievements in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis. Björn Dahlbäck. Foto: Privat Björn Dahlbäck received the medal on J

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/robert-p-grant-medal-bjorn-dahlback - 2025-09-05

LU can nominate three candidates for STINT Teaching Sabbatical. Deadline: August 11. Read more on how to apply at Staff Pages.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/apply-internal-nomination-exchange-stint-teaching-sabbatical - 2025-09-05

Erik K. Fernström. Professors and lecturers at the Swedish medical faculties are invited to submit nominations for the Eric K. Fernström prize for younger, particularly promising and successful researchers. Deadline: 7 August. How to apply (information i Swedish).

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/time-nominate-colleague-fernstrom-award - 2025-09-05

Intramed has gone fishin´ and will be back in mid-August. In case you´ll need to get in touch during summer, here are the contact details. Have a restful summer! THE MEDFAK OFFICE THE DEPARTMENTS: Department of Experimental Medical Science Department of Health Sciences Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö Department of Laboratory Medicine Department of Trans

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/getting-touch-during-summer-medfak-office-departments-reception-tips - 2025-09-05

A view from the top. Photo: Agata Garpenlind In order to be able to handle incoming booking requests in a uniform way, guidelines for the use of the premises on floor 16 have been established. On floor 16 of BMC building E there is access to newly built representation rooms in the form of a seminar room with associated lounge and terrace. The intention with the construction of the premises was to

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/temporary-guidelines-use-premises-top-forum-medicum - 2025-09-05

How does the Faculty of Medicine work with sustainability? And how can you engage in sustainability at work? Now there is information on the Faculty's sustainability work, a work in progress, gathered at Intramed. Heiko Herwald, Vice Dean with responsibility for sustainability, explains. Sustainable development is a new responsibility area for the leadership of the Faculty of Medicine. The activit

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-intramed-how-engage-facultys-sustainability-work - 2025-09-05

Photo: the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences invites the Swedish academic community to propose topics for the Nobel symposia 2025 in Physiology or Medicine, among other disciplines. The Nobel symposia present an opportunity for the Swedish academic community to organise international conferences at the highest scientific level, bringing Swedish researchers in

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/application-arrange-nobel-symposium-2025-open - 2025-09-05

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) encourages more women to apply for project grants for research projects with high scientific potential. Apply by September 18th. At least 40 percent of all granted projects should be awarded to women. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation aims for at least 40 percent of all granted projects to be awarded to women. The foundation has expressed dissa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/kaw-call-applications-encouraging-more-women-apply-project-grants - 2025-09-05

Kristina Åkesson, Dean. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Now the autumn semester starts and there will soon be full activities both in Lund on our new premises and at CRC in Malmö. It is always invigorating to feel that the pace increases and to meet everyone after the holidays. The fact that we have now gathered the entire faculty on one campus in Lund, when we recently opened the doors to Forum Medicum,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/word-dean-welcome-new-autumn-semester - 2025-09-05

The Swedish Security Service (Säpo) has raised the terrorist threat level to level 4 (high threat) out of 5. According to the Swedish Security Service, the increase should be seen in the light of, among other things, the Koran burnings and the deteriorating security situation in the outside world due to the war in Ukraine. The increased terrorist threat level has not been caused by any specific th

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/how-we-handle-rise-terrorist-threat-level - 2025-09-05