By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 19 June 2023 Postdoctoral researcher Vivien Horvath investigates X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP), a rare neurodegenerative disorder. New research is underway at Lund University, led by Dr. Vivien Horvath, a postdoctoral researcher at Lund Stem Cell Center. Supported by a new grant from the Collaborative Center for

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/exploring-role-jumping-genes-x-linked-dystonia-parkinsonism - 2025-04-29

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 27 June 2023 Lund Stem Cell Center welcomes the Targeted Therapies in Leukemia Research Group, led by molecular biologist Marcus Järås, as its newest member. With a strong background in translational research and a focus on developing innovative therapies, the group brings extensive expertise and a unique perspective t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/targeted-therapies-leukemia-research-group-joins-lund-stem-cell-center - 2025-04-29

Published 21 December 2021 Daniella Rylander Ottosson. Photo: Johan Persson. Using methods for reprogramming human glia cells top create specialised nerve cells, interneurons, researcher Daniella Rylander Ottosson aims to lay the foundations for future treatments of diseases such as schizophrenia and epilepsy. Of the 27 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows, two are at Lund University: Daniella Rylander

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/daniella-rylander-ottosson-named-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2025-04-29

By anna [dot] johansson [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Johansson) - published 4 March 2021 Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustaina

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-investing-sek-100-million-international-research-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-04-29

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 10 September 2024 The University has started a new initiative that involves inviting its new staff from far and wide to joint activities during the year. New international staff members and their families were recently welcomed to the new academic year at an event in the Main University Building. Specially invi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-staff-members-were-welcomed-new-academic-year - 2025-04-30

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 14 July 2022 Each year, Lund Stem Cell Center presents one of its members with its Article of the Year Award. This year three distinguished nominees contended for the title. Among them, Marie Jönsson, representing the research group Molecular Neurogenetics, was awarded Article of the Year 2021, for their work in reveal

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/scc-article-year-award-goes - 2025-04-29

Published 2 May 2016 Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting effect in a study they conducted of 50 women in Lund. With 9,0

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2025-04-29

Published 25 February 2019 Photo: Max Adolfsson/Moderna Museet KHM x MMM is a series of lectures and artist talks created in collaboration between Malmö Art Academy and Moderna Museet Malmö. KHM x MMM presents a broad programme of internationally active artists, theorists, writers and curators connected to current themes and exhibitions. The programme and the invited speakers is presented continuo

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/artist-talks-khm-x-mmm-spring-2019 - 2025-04-29

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 22 March 2024 Climate change, gender and peace are closely linked, according to Agenda 2030 Award winner Christie Nicoson's research. She is a PhD student at the Department of Political Science and part of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School. Photo: Sara Håkansson While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, ca

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2025-04-29

Published 2 May 2013 Animal ecologist and pike researcher Anders Nilsson was the first doctor of the Millennium at Lund University. Now, 13 years later, he has just been appointed Professor of Aquatic Ecology. We caught up with him to find out what had happened since our last meeting, and had a long discussion on careers, creativity and the value of colleagues who provide a helping hand when times

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/journey-doctor-professor - 2025-04-29

Published 16 May 2024 Özlem Çelik Özlem Çelik is currently visiting the Pufendorf IAS as part of a new exchange programme of NordIAS´s fellows. She is a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki and a Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Research, University of Turku and Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) Collegium Fellow. You were a postdoc at Lund University in 2018-2019,

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-back-ozlem-celik - 2025-04-29

Published 17 January 2023 Control (right) and treated (left). Image credit: Francesco Trovato. Lund Stem Cell Center researchers from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital have uncovered a way to impair the growth and progression of glioblastoma tumor cells - the most aggressive form of brain cancer. The study, published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, shows it is possible to transform t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/reprogramming-cancer-cells-impair-glioblastoma-growth - 2025-04-29

Published 11 September 2015 Close proximity between the laboratory and the clinic, an identity that is tied to the division and not only to the different research groups, and lunch conversations about everything between heaven and earth. Thoas Fioretos, Felix Mitelman and Fredrik Mertens. According to three professors, these are some of the reasons why the Division of Clinical Genetics within the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stimulating-environment-key-success-clinical-genetics - 2025-04-29

Published 16 June 2014 “My stay here has not only given me practical access to sources and libraries. Being in a different academic environment has also given me new ideas and perspectives on what we do in Lund.” These are the words of historian Marie Cronqvist, who moved to Berlin with her husband and children last summer. Now it will soon be time to go home, but before that LUM had time to meet

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finding-new-inspiration-berlin - 2025-04-29

Published 7 February 2023 The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is the is one of the latest research initiative funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. The amount and complexi

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-wallenberg-national-program-data-driven-life-science - 2025-04-29

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 28 February 2025 From the abstract: Two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides are promising materials for optoelectronic applications due to their strongly bound excitons. Dark excitons are material excitations not visible under light illumination. Some acquire intrinsic momentum and become inherently mobil

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/dark-excitons-may-be-suitable-charge-transport-future-solar-cell-technologies - 2025-04-29

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 14 February 2025 After earning his master’s degree in Finance from LUSEM in 2022, Craig’s career has taken him across different countries and industries. He has worked at KPMG in Stockholm and now thrives as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman in Johannesburg. In this interview, Craig shares insights into his car

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/craig-eckleton-alumnus-msc-finance-2022 - 2025-04-30

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 17 February 2020 "I am proud that I came all the way here and that I managed it all myself – from applying for grants to organising housing and a good school and making friends", Pinar Dina says.Photo: Kennet Ruona A desire to be able to freely carry out research and the chance to provide her daughter with a go

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-found-sanctuary-lund - 2025-04-29