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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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

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 - 2026-07-21

LUCSUS research tackles complex sustainability challenges, from the local to the global scale. Last year, in 2025, our researchers participated in many events and forums to present their work, including in conferences, panel debates and meetings – often in collaboration with actors outside of academia. LUCSUS outreach work aims to contribute to policy and drive social change. Global Health Symposi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/creating-impact-across-globe-2025 - 2026-07-21

LUCSUS researchers spent the last four years collaborating with Indigenous communities in Colombia to document how traditional knowledge can support biocultural diversity and wildlife in the Amazon. The project culminated in a final workshop in February 2026. Global discussions on protecting the Amazon rainforest often focus on carbon storage and forest cover. In a recent study, Torsten Krause and

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/long-term-study-highlights-indigenous-role-protecting-amazon-wildlife - 2026-07-21

Using surface water to heat and cool buildings can make Europe’s heating systems more sustainable and reduce dependence on imported natural gas. But efforts are needed to make the technology more large-scale, according to researchers Sara Brogaard and Barry Ness from LUCSUS. Today, natural gas is the main source of heating in central Europe, which causes large carbon dioxide emissions. In Sweden,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/aquathermal-energy-lakes-and-rivers-can-make-europes-heating-systems-sustainable - 2026-07-21

Nation states should take the lead in governing and deploying carbon capture and storage technologies and use them to mitigate emissions from hard-to-abate industries such as iron, steel, cement or chemical production. This approach can contribute to both sustainable development and climate justice according to a new thesis from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. “If we collectivel

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nation-states-should-take-lead-governing-and-deploying-carbon-capture-and-storage-technologies - 2026-07-21

On most days, the flatlands west of Lund are inhabited mainly by grain crops and incessant wind. The week after Midsummer, a field near Borgeby Castlefield becomes a bustling gathering place, with exhibition tents, flags and field demonstrations. The event is Borgeby fältdagar (field days), one of Sweden’s largest agricultural fairs for farmers, advisors, industry representatives and anyone with t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-takes-root-one-swedens-largest-field-fairs - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Tengberg and Sandra Valencia at LUCSUS have written a report, Science of Integrated Approaches to Natural Resource Management – commissioned by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).The GEF is a partnership of 18 agencies, including United Nations agencies, mu

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-write-report-global-environment-facility - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is water a dangerous substance? Can water scarcity lead to armed conflict? And what does the term shit matters actually mean? These and other issues will be discussed by 350 high school students from Spyken high school when LUCSUS and Lund University is marking World Water Day on 22nd March.A programme of educational

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-celebrates-world-water-day-hundreds-high-school-students-lund - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Finlay MacGregor, LUCID PhD candidate at LUCSUS was one of the participants at our first International Women’s Day event. Finlay reflects on why it is important to highlight gender and diversity in sustainability science – and discuss how to achieve equality in academia.Gender and Diversity in Sustainability ScienceTo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflection-gender-and-diversity-sustainability-science-and-academia - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Charlotta Kjöllerström, is the network coordinator for the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project. Next week, a group of eight ESG Research Fellows will make a stop at LUCSUS and Lund University as part of a study trip for early career researchers. In this short interview, she explains the aim of the study trip, and wh

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/why-esg-project-study-trip-charlotta-kjollerstrom-explains - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We will add student presentations and vidoeclips over the course of the next few weeks.      

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/videos-and-presentations-world-water-day - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS and the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies are organising  two seminars to highlight recent debates in climate policy and the leadership role that academic institutions can play.Welcome to the two seminars with Kevin AndersonThe poster for the first event is attached here, please feel free to distribute!1

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/two-seminars-kevin-anderson - 2026-07-21