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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Zaal Kokaia, professor of neurology at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund and former chairman of Lund Stem Cell Center, is this year's winner of the Bengt Falck Prize in Neuroscience. He receives the award for his many years of research on stroke, presented to him by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Erik

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/stroke-researcher-receives-bengt-falcks-award - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very happy to announce that Sandra Lindstedt - Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Wallenberg Molecular Medicine clinical researcher - has joined Lund Stem Cell Center! Professor Sandra Lindstedt is a senior consultant in thoracic surgery specializing in heart and lung transplantation, with a long-standing

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-welcomes-new-principal-investigator-sandra-lindstedt - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CRISPR is a simple yet powerful Nobel Prize winning technology that allows sequence specific editing and manipulation of DNA sequences. The CRISPR facility at Lund Stem Cell Center is here to help you with your projects using this technology. What is CRISPR and who is it for? CRISPR started as a “traditional” gene edi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-crispr-facility-here-help - 2026-05-03

The results are in and it’s time to announce the winners of Lund Stem Cell Center Image Competition 2020. We are pleased to announce the winners of the Lund Stem Cell Center Image competition 2020 are:First place: Grasping at straws – Ludwig Schmiderer and Martin Hjort, Larsson group and NanolundSecond place: Floating – Maciej Ciesla, Bellodi groupThird place: Million dollars worth of antibodies –

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/image-competition-2020-results - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The leadership team set to guide Lund Stem Cell Center for the next three years was announced in early September 2020. In this interview with newly appointed coordinator Johan Jakobsson and deputy coordinator Johan Flygare, we hear about their future plans for this center of research excellence. What have been your fi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/plans-future-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-05-03

Despite the ongoing pandemic, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center are bringing science to schools both physically and using a digital platform. High school students across the Skåne region are learning about stem cell research in the ‘Taking science to schools – Borrow a scientist’ initiative, organized by the Research School in Stem Cell Biology.In this outreach project – planned for spring 20

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/taking-stem-cells-high-schools-during-covid-19-pandemic - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

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

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

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

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/regulation-rna-splicing-reveals-unique-clinical-features-aggressive-breast-cancers - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

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 Communications. Antibody drugs are the fastest growing class of drug, and several therapeu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-method-developing-antibody-based-drugs - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

Den 4 maj hölls den första gemensamma forskningskonferensen om hållbar utveckling vid Lunds universitet. Under dagen presenterades över 70 forskningsbidrag för forskare, studenter och internationella deltagare. Konferensen synliggjorde den stora repertoar av hållbarhetsrelaterad forskning som finns på universitetet, samtidigt som potential för mer samarbete och utmaningar med kunskap om hållbar ut

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/hur-skapar-vi-kunskap-om-hallbar-utveckling - 2026-05-03

Under våren har det hänt mycket nytt inom universitetets arbete med jämställdhet, lika villkor, trakasserier, sexuella trakasserier och kränkande särbehandling. - Nu har vi börjat skapa de förutsättningar som krävs för att bedriva arbetet med de här frågorna på ett tydligt och bra sätt, säger Jimmie Kristensson som är vicerektor för frågor som rör kommunikation, kurage och karaktär.I början av åre

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nu-starker-vi-det-forebyggande-arbetet-mot-diskriminering-och-jamstalldhet-och-lika-villkor - 2026-05-03

Tre forskningsprojekt med sammanlagt 10 postdoktorer får anslag i den första omgången av Lunds universitets forskningsprogram för excellens med fokus på Agenda 2030 och hållbar utveckling. Totalt inkom 33 ansökningar och av dessa har 28 granskats av en extern, internationell panel. - Det här är första gången som Lunds universitet lanserar ett så här omfattande excellensprogram inom forskning och d

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/tio-postdoktorer-forst-ut-i-excellensprogrammet-hallbar-utveckling-p - 2026-05-03

Höstens fokus kommer att vara att utreda framtidens forskningsinfrastruktur utifrån Krantz-rapporten, att följa upp resultatet från universitetets e-infrastrukturutredning och att belysa informations- och IT-säkerheten vid universitetet. Att gå från dekan/rektor på LTH till vicerektor för forskningsinfrastruktur och digitalisering har varit en spännande upplevelse. Spännande, utmanande men också f

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/oversyn-av-var-forskningsinfrastruktur-och-informationssakerhet - 2026-05-03