By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 21 November 2024 According to Emma Hammarlund's research hypothesis, chemical imprints in hair strands can give an indication of cancer at an early stage. Photo: iStock. Researcher Emma Hammarlund realized that geological measurement methods can also be used for medical purposes. With a simple hair sample, she hope

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/ivas-100-list-hair-analysis-find-cancer-early-stage - 2025-05-05

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 27 November 2024 Luís Oliveira wins for Lund - the win is the second time in a row that Lund Stem Cell Center researchers have won the Forskar Grand Prix. Image: Bodil Malmström, Lund University. By presenting cancer research as a battle between good and evil – and himself as a hacker attacking cells to make them kind, PhD stu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/win-fifth-time-row-luis-oliveira-wins-researchers-grand-prix - 2025-05-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 6 December 2024 "This collaboration is truly valuable and with high potential because it merges clinical, molecular, and computational expertise,” states Johan Jakobsson. Photo: iStock/Vitalii Gulenok A team of international researchers led by Professor Johan Jakobsson at Lund University has secured a 52 million SEK gr

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/52-million-sek-goes-uncovering-genetic-drivers-parkinsons-disease - 2025-05-05

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 16 December 2024 "At heart I am a fundamental scientist. Getting to this stage and finding solutions to start clinical testing is very exciting to me," says Filipe Pereira, Professor in Molecular Medicine at Lund University. Photo: Johan Persson. – I have red cells in my dish! When the phone call from PhD student Fábio Rosa ca

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/tracing-academic-startups-journey-lab-discovery-cancer-therapy - 2025-05-05

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 January 2025 Nicholas Leigh is a senior lecturer and researcher in regenerative immunology. Together with Sofie Mohlin, he leads the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee at Lund Stem Cell Center. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Nicholas Leigh came from the United States to Sweden and Lund University four years ago to stud

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/searching-switch-cancer - 2025-05-05

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 12 March 2025 Filipe Pereira, professor at Lund University, together with Cristiana Pires and Fábio Rosa founded Asgard Therapeutics AB. Photo: Tove Smeds. Asgard Therapeutics, in partnership with Lund University and Herlev Hospital, has been awarded €2.5 million for an EIC Transition project from the European Innovation Council. EIC Tra

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/innovative-cancer-cell-therapy-project-lands-eu25-million-eic-funding - 2025-05-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Bento Luis) - published 13 March 2025 In a recent study in mice, researchers at Lund University identified a gene that helps leukemia stem cells avoid detection by natural killer (NK) cells. Photo: Alexis Bento Luis. Leukemia stem cells have a clever survival strategy, they evade the body's immune defenses, making the disease difficult

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-leukemia-stem-cells-evade-immune-surveillance - 2025-05-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 19 March 2025 For the tenth consecutive year, Lund Stem Cell Center welcomed 200 high school students from across southern Sweden to Lund University's Faculty of Medicine for UniStem Day 2025 on Friday, 14 March, 2025. For the tenth consecutive year, Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University welcomed high school student

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unistem-day-2025-decade-inspiring-future-scientists-lund - 2025-05-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 31 March 2025 Sofie Mohlin, a cancer researcher at Lund University, has been awarded a Cancerfonden Senior Investigator Award to support her research into how early genetic changes drive neuroblastoma development. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter. Lund University researchers have been awarded SEK 19 million in funding from Cancer

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/sofie-mohlin-receives-cancerfonden-senior-investigator-award-advance-childhood-cancer-research - 2025-05-05

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 2 April 2025 Anna Falk, director of LU-ATMP, and Gisela Helenius, head of the ATMP center at Skåne University Hospital, want to develop the ATMP environment in Lund together with innovation players. Photo: Tove Smeds On April 9, Lund University's Pre-GMP Facility and Skåne University Hospital's ATMP Center - a joint rese

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/now-lunds-atmp-infrastructures-are-officially-open - 2025-05-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 16 April 2025 The Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University welcomes the beginning of a new chapter with the appointment of its new leadership team. As of January 1, 2025, Professor Malin Parmar has assumed the role of Director, with Associate Professor Göran Karlsson stepping in as Deputy Director. Together, they bring

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-welcomes-new-leadership-team - 2025-05-05

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 28 April 2025 Oxygen fluctuations on ancient shallow seabeds may have been crucial for the evolution of animal life. Photo: Mostphotos/MIRMAXSTOCK In a newly published study in Nature Communications, Emma Hammarlund and her research team at Lund University detail how daily fluctuations in oxygen levels influenced the r

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-article-conversation-how-dramatic-daily-swings-oxygen-shaped-early-animal-life - 2025-05-05

Published 16 May 2018 The book "Strategic Communication: An introduction" by Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide, both researchers at the Department of Strategic Communication, was released last winter. Last week, the website PR Place wrote a praising review on the book, which of course is great news for the Department. The review tells us, among other things: "It is an admirable text that brings tog

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/strategic-communication-introduction-jesper-falkheimer-and-mats-heide-gets-great-review - 2025-05-05

Published 7 June 2018 Charlotte Simonsson och Mats Heide, both researches at the Department of Strategic Communication, recently got their article "How focusing positively on errors can help organizations become more communicative: An alternative approach to crisis communication" published in the magazine Journal of Communication Management. The purpose of the paper is to gain new knowledge of how

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/charlotte-simonsson-and-mats-heide-published-journal-communication-management - 2025-05-05

Published 18 June 2018 Stella Zimpfer At the graduation ceremony for all the master students at the Faculty of Social Science earlier in June, Stella Zimpfer received the Sparbankstiftelsen award for best master thesis in strategic communication, a thesis focusing on startup branding in the Öresund region. I asked Stella a few questions about her work. Stella is from Germany and has since before a

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/stella-about-her-award-winning-master-thesis-i-hope-my-thesis-helps-get-startups-thinking-about - 2025-05-05

Published 12 October 2018 Håkan Bengtsson (CEO) and Anna Haraldsson (consultant) at Edmund Communication participated in the master course Brand Communication. They did a case exercise with the students and talked about the integration of branding in human resource management and how branding can support adoption communication within organisations. We were also joined by two adorable future brand

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/edmund-communication-talks-branding-and-adoption-communication-our-master-students - 2025-05-05

Published 3 October 2018 Anne Buchmann, lecturer from Newcastle University - Australia, recently visited the department of Strategic Communication. Anne Buchmann, lecturer from Newcastle University in Australia, recently visited the department to give a much appreciated lecture for the master students that dealt with branding, popular culture and New Zealand. It was also an opportunity for the edi

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturer-australia-visits-department - 2025-05-05

Published 16 November 2018 From the left; Maria Månsson (ISK) Jörgen Eksell (ISK) Cecilia Cassinger (ISK) Michael Johansson (ISM) Lena Eskilsson (ISM) Jan Henrik Nilsson (ISM) A new research project at the Department of Strategic Communication will examine the problems tourism causes for cities and create counteractive strategies. The project, which will run for four years, is funded by a SEK 19.2

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-interdisciplinary-research-project-renewal-urban-tourism-development-managing-sustainability - 2025-05-05

Published 6 December 2018 To strengthen the Department’s International cooperation and exchange research experiences, Cecilia Cassinger, Jörgen Eksell and Maria Månsson from the Department of Strategic Communication visited Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) this week. They met with the international office, exchange students and researchers at the School of Communication. They also got a grand t

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/visit-hong-kong-baptist-university-hkbu - 2025-05-05

Published 14 December 2018 2018 has been a great year for incoming research funds to the Department! We can proudly present a various number of different projects within different fields of Strategic Communication! Only during the last week we had several grants given to various researchers at the Department; ranging from funds for further research within “Public Diplomacy”, Marianne and Marcus Wa

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/more-research-funds-keep-coming - 2025-05-05