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After a five-year pause, the Lund Stem Cell Center’s outreach initiative Taking Science to Schools – Borrow a Scientist has returned, once again bringing researchers face-to-face with students across southern Sweden. In March 2025, nine researchers from the Center visited more than 100 students at Malmö Latinskola, Filbornaskolan in Helsingborg, and Söderportgymnasiet in Kristianstad. The sessions

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/science-steps-outside-lab-borrow-scientist-returns-local-classrooms - 2026-07-25

Researchers at the Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University have developed a stem cell-based therapy that rejuvenates the aging blood and immune systems in mice without harsh treatments like chemotherapy or radiation. The findings recently published in the journal Nature Communications is a step toward safer, non-toxic treatments for age-related blood disorders and immune decline. As we age, the s

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/non-toxic-stem-cell-therapy-prevents-age-related-blood-diseases-mice - 2026-07-25

Each year, around 350 children in Sweden are diagnosed with cancer. Thanks to progress in research and treatment, six out of seven children today survive. But unlike cancer in adults, we don't know what causes most childhood cancers to develop. This spring Barncancerfonden, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation, awarded SEK 64 million to 29 researchers across the country. The funding includes po

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/three-researchers-receive-barncancerfonden-funding-investigate-causes-childhood-leukemia - 2026-07-25

Paul Bourgine, research group leader at Lund University's Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant for his project CiThOss – Cellular immunoTHERapy modelling by exploitation of humanized OSSicles, which aims to develop accurate models for testing immunotherapies in cancer treatment. The European Research Council's Proof of Concept is awarded to researchers to investiga

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/paul-bourgine-awarded-erc-proof-concept-grant - 2026-07-25

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as ‘junk’ and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show that the repetitive part of the human genome plays an active role during early brain development and may also be relevant for understanding brain diseases. DNA carries the complete set of instructions an organism

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/why-repetitive-dna-matters-human-brain-evolution-and-disease - 2026-07-25

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that usually requires lifelong treatment. A central goal for many diabetes researchers is to develop new cell therapies that can cure the disease. The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation now provides support two diabetes researchers at Lund University working to learn more about diabetes. Among them is Associate Professor Isabella Artner, from the Lund Uni

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/hjelt-diabetes-foundation-supports-research-can-pave-way-new-cell-therapies - 2026-07-25

An international team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has identified the molecular tools needed to reprogram ordinary cells into specialised immune cells. The discovery, published in Immunity, could pave the way for more precise and personalised cancer immunotherapies. The team has taken an important step toward harnessing the immune system to fight cancer. Their work describes how

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/scientists-uncover-cellular-toolkit-reprogram-immune-cells-cancer-therapy - 2026-07-25

Why do some pregnancies succeed while others do not? With support from a newly awarded ERC Starting Grant, Assistant Professor Camila Consiglio and her team at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center are embarking on a project to explore the role the immune system plays in fertility, and in determining reproductive success. Infertility is a deeply personal and global health issue, affecting one in

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-grant-awarded-explore-how-immune-system-shapes-fertility - 2026-07-25

The Lund Stem Cell Center’s Annual Image Competition returned this year with another vibrant display of creativity, curiosity, and scientific discovery. From intricate cellular landscapes to artistic interpretations of research, this year’s submissions once again highlighted the diverse and inspiring work of our research community. Now in its fourth year, the Lund Stem Cell Center Annual Image Com

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/celebrating-art-science-images-2025-image-competition - 2026-07-25

Researchers at Lund University's Lund Stem Cell Center have identified a previously unknown precursor stage of leukemia. The discovery may help explain why an especially aggressive form of blood cancer initiates already during fetal life. When we think of cancer, we usually imagine a disease that develops over many years in adults. But for one particular group of leukemia – acute lymphoblastic leu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-find-new-clues-why-leukemia-develops-infants - 2026-07-25

Martin L. Olsson, professor of Transfusion Medicine at Lund University, and head of the Transfusion Medicine and Red Cell Biology research group at Lund Stem Cell Center, has received the 2025 President’s Award from the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB). At the AABB General Meeting award ceremony in San Diego on October 25, 2025, Martin L. Olsson was honored as one o

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/martin-l-olsson-receives-aabb-presidents-award-advancing-blood-transfusion-medicine-and-safety - 2026-07-25

This year, the Mats Paulsson Foundation is awarding grants to eight outstanding research projects, two of which are led by researchers at Lund University's Lund Stem Cell Center. The projects include an advanced cancer treatment using cellular reprogramming and a platform for the development of new cell therapies. On 24 October 2025, at an awards ceremony at Medicon Village, six researchers from t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/mats-paulsson-foundation-grants-propel-innovations-advanced-therapy-development-0 - 2026-07-25

Each year, the Lund Stem Cell Center presents its Article of the Year Award to acknowledge and celebrate the groundbreaking discoveries made by its members. For 2025, the Article of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Ervin Ascic from the Pereira Research Group for his research on in vivo reprogramming of cancer cells into immune cells, offering a new strategy for cancer immunotherapy. Now in its

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/turning-cancer-against-itself-ervin-ascic-awarded-2025-article-year-award - 2026-07-25

Regeringen har utsett tre nya ledamöter i Klimatpolitiska rådet. En av dem är Anna Maria Jönsson, professor vid institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemanalys vid Lunds universitet. Grattis, Anna Maria Jönsson, till det nya uppdraget. Vilken expertis bidrar du med i Klimatpolitiska rådet?– Min forskning handlar om klimateffekter på skogliga ekosystem, och vi använder modeller för att simulera

https://www.nateko.lu.se/sv/artikel/anna-maria-jonsson-utsedd-till-ledamot-i-klimatpolitiska-radet - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Jonas Ardö och Jonathan Seaquist, båda universitetslektorer vid institutionen, har intervjuats med anledning av ny forskning som visar att jordens samlade växtlighet ökar. Läs mer i Metro och SVT Nyheter.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/sv/artikel/jorden-blir-gronare - 2026-07-25

Intresset för Teaterhögskolans utbildningar i Malmö fortsätter att vara mycket högt. Årets antagning visar återigen på en stark efterfrågan, med många sökanden till ett begränsat antal studieplatser.Till kandidatprogrammet i skådespeleri inkom 856 ansökningar till endast tolv platser, och till masterprogrammet i scenkonst som kritisk praktik sökte 94 personer till åtta platser. De konstnärliga utb

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/stort-soktryck-till-teaterhogskolan-aven-i-ar - 2026-07-25

Under höstterminen är våra skådespelarstudenter som tar examen 2026 ute på teatrar runt om i landet och gör praktik. Här är hela listan på vart du ser våra studenter i höst. Rebecka Stomberg Lindström medverkar I The Clash was here på Örebro Teater som spelas 13 september - 25 oktoberFanny Guttormsson medverkar i Eddie/Errol på Regionteatern Blekinge & Kronoberg som spelas 18 september - 30 decemb

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/skadespelarstudenter-pa-praktik-1 - 2026-07-25

Den 24 oktober har det blivit dags för installation av universitetets nya professorer. I år kommer 28 nya professorer delta och från den Konstnärliga fakulteten är det Sven Bjerstedt och Mats Edén som installeras. Installationen sker under en högtidlig ceremoni i Universitetshusets aula med efterföljande mingel i Atriet och Pelarsalen. Tillställningen är öppen för vem som helst att delta, ingen fö

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/sven-bjerstedt-installeras-som-professor - 2026-07-25

Uppfinn demokratin tillsammans med teaterregissören Jörgen Dahlqvist – interaktiv teater med samtal, idéer och omröstningar under Malmö möts, en satsning på demokrati som arrangeras av Malmö stad. Föreställningen utgår från en enkel fråga: vad är grunden för en demokrati? Genom samtal, förslag och omröstningar formas gemensamt en ny demokratisk sammanslutning. Under resans gång uppstår nya frågor:

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/vi-ar-en-del-av-malmo-mots-med-forestallningen-skapa-demokrati - 2026-07-25

Nu utlyser vi möjlighet till projektstöd på upp till 150.000 kr (inkl OH) för att låta konstnärer, konstnärliga forskare och forskare från andra vetenskapliga discipliner tillsammans lära av varandra i en öppen dialog och undersökande miljö. Syftet med Art Collab är att låta konstnärer, konstnärliga forskare och forskare från andra vetenskapliga discipliner tillsammans lära av varandra i en öppen

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/utlysning-av-projektmedel-artcollab - 2026-07-25