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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Giving up research has never been an option for Ronald Kröger, professor in biology with a specialisation in fish lenses and dog noses. “I conduct research with all of my heart!” He is, however, at least as dependent on his brain – and it has really suffered. It is nearly five years since the Saturday morning when Ron
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nose-noses - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Recruitment Committee has decided to reschedule interviews for candidates for the position of vice-chancellor of Lund University. Moreover, instead of proposing a new vice-chancellor at its June meeting, the University Board will decide on a proposal at the board meeting in September. The reason is uncertainty con
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-interviews-deferred-due-coronavirus - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Deadline for submitting your income tax return is May 4th. Here you can find some advice and webinars on how to declare your income. Do not miss the deadline and learn how to file your tax return. You will find information on how to submit your income tax return at the Swedish Tax Agency. They will hold webinars in En
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-declare-taxes-sweden - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University, like other higher education institutions in the Nordic countries, uses the Zoom service from Sunet/NORDUnet, with servers in Denmark. NORDUnet’s Zoom service observes GDPR and other European data legislation and all data is stored and processed within the EU. LU-Zoom differs from the widely available
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/zoom-lu-and-security - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new version of Lund University’s Records Management Plan applies from 1 May. The Records Management Plan is continuously updated in line with new surveys and changes to regulations. Among the changes this time are new instructions for the handling of intermittent employment, an entirely new case type for promotion m
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-version-records-management-plan - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The members of the University Board have been appointed for the period 1 May 2020–30 April 2023. There are four new members. Chair and external members appointed by the Government:Former ambassador Jonas Hafström (chair)District court chief judge Gudrun Antemar (new)CFO Ingrid Bengtsson-RijavecR&D director Torbjörn Lu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-board-members-have-been-appointed - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The first round of applications for strategic funding to develop commissioned education closed on Thursday 14 May. “We are very satisfied with the large number of submitted applications, especially in the prevailing Covid-19 situation. The great interest in the call for applications shows that there is an increased am
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The first phase was filled with creativity and collective effort. Elsa Trolle Önnerfors was surprised by how smooth the transition to distance education was. However, now the focus is more on how students are feeling and on perseverance – for how long is unknown "I used a year's worth of creativity in the first few we
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-phase-requires-stamina-and-consideration - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Bladder cancer is as common as malignant melanoma. However, in the past three decades, the death rate has remained high and the treatment has been the same since the 1970s. Yet only a very small part of research funding goes to bladder cancer. Through a unique collaboration, researchers now want to transfer new resear
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-cancer - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research group from Lund Stem Cell Center aims to understand a specific type of neuron that could underlie several brain disorders including schizophrenia, epilepsy and autism, and are developing exciting new strategies to treat them. For the brain to function properly, signaling – be it excitatory or inhibitory – m
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/restoring-neural-networks-and-understanding-brain-disorders-0 - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With the enormous pressure on the Swedish health care system during the ongoing pandemic, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center are helping battle Covid-19. In response to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the south of Sweden, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center have been working at Lund University Hospit
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-help-fight-against-covid-19 - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a company, an efficient way for creating synergies in
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very happy to announce that Emma Hammarlund and the Evolution of Stemness Control and Multicellularity research group have joined Lund Stem Cell Center! Emma and her team aim to understand how the rise of animals on Earth relates to the evolution of stemness control, an event we know very little about. Why anim
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/emma-hammarlund-joins-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Martina De Santis will be defending her thesis titled ‘Next generation bioengineering of lung tissue for transplantation’ on Friday 19th February 2021. In this interview, Martina tells us about her research in the Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration group and time spent at Lund Stem Cell Center. Can you t
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-martina-de-santis - 2026-07-09
Researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center highlight the importance of controlling viral elements that reside in the genome and how their activation during development may contribute to brain disorders later in life. Around 10% of the human genome is composed of DNA sequences originating from viruses that infected our ancestors throughout the millions of years of our evolution. Under normal conditions
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/activation-ancient-viruses-during-brain-development-causes-inflammation - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified a new layer of gene regulation mediated by changes in ribonucleic acid metabolism downstream of major oncogenes. This study, published now in the Molecular Cell journal, explains aggressive clinical features observed in triple negative breast cancers. A collab
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her PhD studies Shelby Shrigley has been exploring patient-specific cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease. Defending her PhD thesis on March 12th, here Shelby tells us about her research within the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology research group led by Prof. Malin Parmar and her time spent
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-shelby-shrigley - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The discovery is published in Nature Communica
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-method-developing-antibody-based-drugs - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers are working to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. “This model that has been developed with our collaborators will fill an important gap for current and future drug screening efforts for the upper or lower ai
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-model-human-airways-speeds-battle-against-covid-19 - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a slowly progressing form of blood cancer that attacks the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. The condition requires lifelong treatment that can cause severe side effects. Rebecca Warfvinge maps stem cells in patients in the hope of identifying predictive markers for how the pat
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/tailored-therapy-chronic-myeloid-leukaemia - 2026-07-09
