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The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean informing about the national dean's meeting in Umeå and the issues that were discussed there, she informed about the process for professorial appointments to achieve gender equality and the consequences this has for these appointments. She also talked about the ongoing work on empty premises, such as neg

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-22-april-2026 - 2026-05-27

The Nomination Committee for the Faculty of Medicine has extended the deadline for nominating external members to the Faculty of Medicine’s Board. You can now submit your nomination until 7 May. The Faculty Board shall have two external members.An external member must carry out their work outside the faculty and must not be employed by or otherwise affiliated with or attached to the faculty.The No

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/nominate-external-members-faculty-medicine-board-mfs - 2026-05-27

Come sun, come high altitude window cleaners to our glass palace, Forum Medicum.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/high-level-window-cleaning-better-view-world - 2026-05-27

Competence, commitment, and collaboration. That’s the combination that Lund native, distinguished teacher, associate professor, and senior physician Mikael Segerlantz likes best about working at Medfak. “There’s a strong desire here to develop both education and healthcare, and an openness to new ideas.” How did you end up at Medfak?"I first came to Lund University as a medical student from 1988 t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/my-medfak-im-passionate-about-teaching-and-mentoring-future-colleagues - 2026-05-27

Not without their skeletal parts. The three skills teachers Helena Steneloo, Gunilla Mertens and Carl Bjerkelund, in full swing heading to the classrooms for this morning’s teaching session, with around 14 students per group in term 3 of the physiotherapy programme.Lessons begin at nine o’clock. The three are teaching examination methodology, specifically today: the shoulder.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-wonderful-day-faculty-medicine-0849-three-lecturers-move-skeletons - 2026-05-27

At the May meeting Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord will tell us about our work with responsible internationalisation and how to work responsibly with our international collaborations. NOTE: This meeting will be held in English.All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The m

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-215-responsible-internationalisation-and-international-collaboration - 2026-05-27

This week, the Minerva Leadership Award was presented to Lotta Happonen and Camila Consiglio. The award, presented by Future Faculty, recognizes researchers who actively contribute to a positive and sustainable academic culture. Future Faculty is a networking organization for early-career researchers. The organization works to amplify the voices of junior researchers and teachers at the faculty. E

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/two-laureates-awarded-minerva-leadership-award-good-leadership - 2026-05-27

When research findings are ready to make the leap from the lab to the patient, the requirements become much stricter. That is precisely where many promising projects start to falter. “We want to be the bridge between research and the patient, so that promising projects don’t get stuck in that difficult transition,” says Sara Nolbrant, director of the new pre-GMP facility. And with that, she disapp

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/training-ground-cell-and-gene-therapies-new-pre-gmp-facility-aims-smooth-path-idea-patient - 2026-05-27

The Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM) is strengthening its support for researchers through a new strategic initiative. The role of pre-award grant facilitator will assist the department in developing competitive research proposals. The new function is a strategic initiative by the department’s management to strengthen the ability to secure significant research funding. “The support functions

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-key-role-ilm-aims-boost-chances-securing-more-research-grants - 2026-05-27

STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and teachers to spend an autumn semester at one of STINT's twelve partner campuses in the US, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Botswana. The programme aims to develop both individuals and institutions. By giving researchers and teachers passionate about teaching issues international experiences based on the teaching role, rather than

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/apply-stint-teaching-sabbatical-no-later-108 - 2026-05-27

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-lovely-day-faculty-medicine-1406-swedish-fika-vitamine-d - 2026-05-27

The entrance to Forum Medicum has been causing more trouble than usual lately. The problems stem from systems that aren’t syncing properly and a door system that is fundamentally undersized. – The revolving door is fundamentally undersized for the number of people passing through every day, which puts a strain on both the automatic system (the outer door) and the revolving door itself. Last week,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/revolving-door-forum-medicum-out-order-trouble-shooting-ongoing-how-enter-instead - 2026-05-27

From 25 May to 11 June, you can help elect the Dean and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, as well as members of the Faculty Board. At the same time, by-elections will be held to fill vacancies for staff representatives on the Faculty Board and the University Council. Take this opportunity to make your voice heard! The Nomination Committee’s proposalDean and Deputy Dean (1 January 2027 to 31 De

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/time-vote-here-are-nomination-committees-proposals - 2026-05-27

This seminar provides a practical and research‑oriented introduction to how AI tools can be used effectively in academic work. Through three complementary presentations, the seminar explores general use of AI tools, coding and data analysis with AI support, and the use of AI as an assistant in research funding applications. Together, the presentations offer a broad overview of how AI can be integr

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lunch-seminar-ai-everyday-research-255 - 2026-05-27

Anyone who watched the carnival parade on Saturday and held out to the last orchestra could catch a glimpse of Medfak's envoy Johanna Erlandson in full costume. It was her tenth carnival with Alte/Ältere Kamreren. On a daily basis, Johanna is Head of Communications at the Faculty of Medicine, but when it's the Lund Carnival, it's clarinet and carnival parade all the way."I started playing in the s

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/clarinet-ready-play - 2026-05-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Väl anpassade bostäder för äldre förbättrar chansen till ett aktivt och självständigt liv – och skulle kunna spara samhällspengar i form av minskad hemtjänst och framskjuten flytt till särskilt boende. Projektet Simul-Age, lett av CASE-forskaren Björn Slaug, har fått 4,66 miljoner kronor av Forte för att ta fram ver

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/miljoner-sakrar-case-forskning-om-bostader-och-arbetsliv-aldre - 2026-05-28

En ny behandlingsstrategi för bakterieorsakad infektion och sepsis utvecklas nu av forskare vid Lunds universitet. I en vetenskaplig studie visar forskarna hur de, genom att efterlikna ett kroppseget ämne, kan oskadliggöra giftiga ämnen från bakterier och därmed dämpa skadlig inflammation som annars kan leda till sepsis. – Trots årtionden av forskning och ett stort behov, finns det idag inga speci

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-behandlingsstrategi-bakterieorsakad-infektion-och-sepsis - 2026-05-28

Fysioterapeuten Charlotta Jönssons nya forskningsresultat visar att träning inte alls förvärrar lymfödem i benen. Personer med benlymfödem som deltagit i en träningsstudie vittnar om ökad livskvalitet och mindre besvär av ödemet. – Det är en seglivad myt att träning skulle förvärra benlymfödem. Träning har så god effekt på hälsan, det finns verkligen inget att förlora, konstaterar Charlotta Jönsso

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/trana-pa-ditt-benlymfodem-forvarras-inte-och-du-mar-battre - 2026-05-28

Ett internationellt forskarlag har identifierat 13 biomarkörer som kan leda till förbättrad möjlighet att förutse hjärt- och kärlsjukdomar hos personer med typ 2-diabetes. Studien har letts av forskare vid Lunds universitet, Johns Hopkins University och Chinese University of Hong Kong. Artikeln publiceras nu i Communications Medicine. Personer med typ 2-diabetes har två gånger högre risk att utvec

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-biomarkorer-forutser-hjart-och-karlsjukdom-vid-typ-2-diabetes - 2026-05-28

Aquaporiner är ett protein som reglerar vattenflödet in och ut ur celler. Dessa proteiner har visat sig spela roll vid både cancer och diabetes typ 2. Nu har en forskargrupp vid Lunds universitet lyckats hitta en läkemedelskandidat som binder till proteinet, något som visat sig påverka leukemicellers tillväxtförmåga. Studien publiceras i PNAS. Aquaporiner är vattenkanaler som finns i cellernas mem

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blockerar-aquaporiner-och-darmed-cancertillvaxt - 2026-05-28