By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 29 September 2022 Rita Charon, M.D. PhD, Professor and Executive Director of Columbia Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. Narrative medicine provides tools for clinicians to read patients better. 2022 Sandblom Prize Lecture will be given by pioneering Professor Rita Charon of Columbia University on the disci

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sandblom-prize-expanding-creativity-clinical-worlds-through-narrative-medicine - 2025-07-13

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 1 April 2025 Sibonginkosi Moyo and Michelle Chipo Muzanenhamo came to the Faculty to exchange experiences. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Sibonginkosi Moyo Lives in: Harare, ZimbabweHome university: University of ZimbabweOccupation: Medical doctor working at Parirenyatwa Hospital (Harare, Zimbabwe) and teacher at the Uni

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/zimbabwean-visit-experiences-beyond-usual-framework-both-guests-and-hosts - 2025-07-13

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 December 2024 A basic rule for students at Lund University is not to cheat, and students themselves are responsible for finding out which rules apply to, for example, summaries and references during examinations on the current course. Photo: Kenneth Ruona The disciplinary board at Lund University exists to ensure that all

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/disciplinary-board-where-humor-takes-break - 2025-07-13

Published 6 September 2023 Kees-Jan is a WCMM researcher and paediatric oncologist at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Photo: Rebecka Sjöberg, previously published by the Faculty of Medicine Kees-Jan Pronk is a clinical scientist and oncologist at WCMM, who recently assumed the role of section Head of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Immunology and Nephrology. We congratulate him for this impre

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmms-kees-jan-becomes-section-head-skane-university-hospital - 2025-07-13

By sylvia [dot] lysko [at] iac [dot] lu [dot] se (Sylvia Lysko) - published 7 November 2023 Interview with Karin Johansson (vice dean for research) and Hedvig Jalhed (interim director at the IAC) The Faculty Council recently adopted new guidelines and a new establishment period for the IAC. The new guidelines will apply from the turn of the year and for the next three years. Karin Johansson, Assoc

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-guidelines-inter-arts-center - 2025-07-13

Published 30 March 2023 The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier and her companions in the pioneering field of “attophysics”, Paul Corkum and Ferenc Krausz. Photo: Kennet Ruona For her pioneering work in attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier is one of the three new laureates of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in basic scien

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-new-frontiers-knowledge-awardee - 2025-07-13

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 27 May 2021 Yiyi Yang defends her PhD thesis on Thursday 3rd June 2021. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in the pathological development of Alzheimer’s disease. On the 3rd of June, it is time to defend her work supervised by Prof. Tomas Deierborg. Now, Yiyi tells us a

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang - 2025-07-13

Published 22 January 2018 Researchers have long wondered how our cells navigate inside the body. Two new studies, in which Lund University researcher Pontus Nordenfelt has participated, have now demonstrated that the cells use molecular force from within to steer themselves in a certain direction. This knowledge may be of great significance in the development of new drugs. Pontus Nordenfelt, resea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-cells-are-able-turn - 2025-07-13

Published 6 April 2018 High-resolution electron microscopy images illustrate significant differences in cell size between a normal (left) and PUS7-deficient (PUS7-KO, right) human embryonic stem cell. Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function – and defective regulation of protein production is common in certain types of aggressive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mechanism-vital-keeping-blood-stem-cells-functional-uncovered - 2025-07-13

Published 11 June 2018 Data from more than 400 000 patients in different countries will be used to increase knowledge and improve treatment of prostate cancer. This is all taking place within the international big data for better outcome (BD4BO) project PIONEER, in which Lund University has a prominent role. Despite intensive research, there are many unanswered questions concerning prostate cancer

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prostate-cancer-questions-could-be-answered-through-big-data-project - 2025-07-13

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-insects-also-migrate-using-earths-magnetic-field - 2025-07-13

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 “We must understand the ageing process itself in order to help people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, and to possibly enable us to prevent these diseases from arising”, says Henrik Ahlenius of the Stem Cell Centre at Lund University. His aim is to develop an experimental model for human nerve c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-do-dementia-diseases-affect-our-brains - 2025-07-13

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 February 2018 The CT-scanned feather details (left) need to be converted to a complete 3D model of the feather (right) in order to develop numerical tools to realise a geometric model of the feather. This model in turn will be the basis for the development of a highly Birds are masters of flight and can even outperform airc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/making-aircraft-wing-feather - 2025-07-13

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 Image credit: Greasy Faced Dial by Shane Gorski, via Flickr (licenced under a CC BY-ND 2.0 licence) Cycling becomes a lot harder if you don’t oil the bicycle chain! Similarly, you can’t cut metal, turn metal on a lathe or press sheet metal without lubricant. Previously in engineering works there was a flow of lu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-efficient-lubricants-using-sawdust - 2025-07-13

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https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-does-future-plastic-look - 2025-07-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 23 June 2025 Charlotte Ling and Lena Eliasson from Lund University Diabetes Centre are part of the organising committee for the conference. Photo: Petra Olsson International researchers who study islets of Langerhans met for a conference in Malmö in June. Studies of insulin-producing cells help us understand disease mechan

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-islet-cell-researchers-met-conference-malmo - 2025-07-13

By webbredaktor [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Björn Frostner) - published 16 March 2023 Professor Ian Manners, who is also due to be inaugurated as a professor tomorrow, teaches alongside Joel Abdelmoez on the course Political Cinéma. – Why Cinéma and not Cinema? –  The course is called political cinéma to remind us that ‘cinéma’ is both the production and projection of films. In 1895 the Lumière b

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hello-there-ian-manners-lets-hear-little-about-new-course-political-cinema - 2025-07-13

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/complex-consequences-warmer-arctic - 2025-07-13

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 12 March 2025 Filipe Pereira, professor at Lund University, together with Cristiana Pires and Fábio Rosa founded Asgard Therapeutics AB. Photo: Tove Smeds. Asgard Therapeutics, in partnership with Lund University and Herlev Hospital, has been awarded €2.5 million for an EIC Transition project from the European Innovation Council. EIC Tra

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/innovative-cancer-cell-therapy-project-lands-eu25-million-eic-funding - 2025-07-13