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Despite groundbreaking research, many cell and gene therapies do not make it all the way to the patients. Researchers and clinicians in Lund have now presented a new model for cooperation that will shorten lead times and reduce costs – with the aim to give more patients access to advanced, potentially curative treatments. In brief:Why promising cell and gene therapies fail to reach implementation

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-lund-model-aims-shorten-path-life-saving-cell-and-gene-therapies - 2026-05-13

The stiffness of tumour tissue plays a role in how cancer spreads. Furthermore, stiff tumour tissue leaves traces in the affected cells. This is shown by two recent research studies from Lund University. "This helps us to better understand how the mechanical properties of the tumour microenvironment actively drive cancer development and spread,” says Vinay Swaminathan, senior lecturer at Lund Univ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/stiffer-tumour-tissue-causes-cancer-spread-more-quickly - 2026-05-13

Associate Professor Pinar Dinc (Department of Political Science), together with colleagues from several faculties at Lund University and external partners, has received seed funding from the Strategic Research Areas of Lund University for the project Extreme-Loss: Agricultural Workers’ Livelihoods under Climate Change-Related Extreme Weather Events and Biodiversity Loss. The project brings togethe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/extreme-loss-new-project-receives-seed-funding-explore-farming-futures-changing-climate - 2026-05-13

As one of four young researchers at Lund University, Ingrid van Dijk, Associate senior lecturer at the Department of Economic History at LUSEM and researcher at the Centre for Economic Demography, receives an ERC Starting Grant. Her project is titled “Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations”. She is the first researcher ever from Lund U

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-economic-historian-ingrid-van-dijk-project-health - 2026-05-13

Despite groundbreaking research, many cell and gene therapies do not make it all the way to the patients. Researchers and clinicians in Lund have now presented a new model for cooperation that will shorten lead times and reduce costs – with the aim to give more patients access to advanced, potentially curative treatments. In recent years, cell and gene therapies have shown promising results in eve

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-lund-model-aims-shorten-path-life-saving-cell-and-gene-therapies - 2026-05-13

Since 2020 Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir has been a PhD student at the Malmö Theatre Academy and is now defending her dissertation project: “How Little Is Enough? Sustainable Methods of Performance for Transformative Encounters.” Part of her PhD defence is the exposition at IAC during the Malmö Gallery Weekend (26 September to 3 October 2024). In her PhD project Steinunn has been exploring sustainable

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/how-little-enough-meet-steinunn-knuts-onnudottir-get-possible-answers - 2026-05-13

Henrik Smith receives the Marsh Awards for Ecology by the British Ecological Society. The prize recognizes his long-standing contributions to advancing ecological research and strengthening the connection between science and society. He himself highlights the need for public engagement in science — the days of letting hefty reports collect dust are behind us. The motivation for the Marsh Awards fo

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-receives-award-has-message-academia - 2026-05-13

Why are there hundreds of jumbled human bones in the ground at Uppåkra? That is one of the mysteries that archaeologists at Lund University hope to be able to solve in the next few years. They will be aided by the latest DNA technology. A quiet calm rests over Uppåkra, just outside Lund. The only sound under the enormous tent canvas that has been hung just next to an old pigsty – which incidentall

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-technique-reveals-uppakras-violent-past - 2026-05-14

Ethnologist Susanne Lundin’s research is ultimately about life and death and how people relate to the inevitable. What are people willing to do to delay the end briefly? Is there a limit beyond which someone ceases to be human? Susanne Lundin is a professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences and has conducted interdisciplinary research with medics for 30 years. Today, she is a sought-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-concerns-our-deepest-fears - 2026-05-14

Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Faculty of Law. He is best known for his recommendation that bird-killing cats should be kept indoors. “Humans see themselves as the kings of the hill, which extends to their cats. If you question this, many people get very angry. I got death threats,” says Han Somsen. Han Somsen’s latest position was as professor at Tilburg

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2026-05-14

What happens when people meet? How do they interact? How do they react? Annika Nyman, lecturer at Malmö Theatre Academy, regards helping students to understand these things as the most important aspect of her teaching duties. Inside the Malmö Theatre Academy’s premises on Bergsgatan in Malmö, a group of acting students are busy rehearsing their degree project, a production that will be staged at B

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flair-dramatic - 2026-05-14

Her diary is full for the rest of the year, and new invitations to events around the globe pour in every day. Receiving the Nobel Prize does not just mean a gala dinner with the King, it also means a different everyday life. “It almost feels like I’ve got a new job,” says Anne L’Huillier. In Anne L’Huillier’s office in the A building at the Department of Physics there is a majestic plant with gree

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-having-new-job - 2026-05-14

Two issues that have taken up a relatively large part of my time since I became pro vice-chancellor five years ago are the management of research data and IT security. Both were areas in which LU did not really live up to the expectations of a top 100 university. There are, naturally, many points of contact between the areas, and both require a larger element of university-wide solutions than what

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strengthened-it-security-and-better-support-research-data-two-crucial-steps-forward-tomorrows - 2026-05-14

Where will the chemists and the physicists be located in the future? A recent report shows that it will be much more expensive to move to Science Village than if they stay on Sölvegatan. The evaluation report compares three options: Chemistry and physics establish activities in Science Village and move thereKemicentrum is renovated and expanded, and the physicists move in there to be with the chem

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/major-cost-differences-when-comparing-science-village-options - 2026-05-14

He has designed a transport box that keeps hearts alive outside the body and developed a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device. But during a visit to nuns in Africa, he was suspected of being a spy. Meet Stig Steen, a post-retirement professor of thoracic surgery, who is driven by an unshakeable belief that the greatest things in life are on the other side of the mountain. If Stig Steen had f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cardiothoracic-innovator - 2026-05-14

Kan du berätta lite om ditt forskningsområde?Min forskning sträcker sig över livsspannet. Vi undersöker prevention och behandling och använder skada i led som riskfaktor för artros. Vi gör studier från unga med skada eller risk för skada till äldre med artros och har fokus på träning.Kan du berätta om dina pågående forskningsprojekt?I-PROTECT är ett projekt som handlar om att förebygga skada i led

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/mot-eva-ageberg - 2026-05-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kerstin och Hans Persson hade länge funderat på att donera till välgörenhet men inte hittat något ändamål som kändes rätt. Det var inte förrän deras barnbarn, som vid födseln visade sig bära på den potentiellt dödliga Hirschsprungs sjukdom som de bestämde sig. Tack vare parets donation kan forskare vid Lunds univers

https://www.lu.se/artikel/donation-sprider-ljus-over-hirschsprungs-sjukdom - 2026-05-13

Det är en högtidlig stämning bland forskarna som strax ska gå upp på scen och berätta om sin forskning. De är alla stipendiater hos en av Hains fyra stiftelser som fördelar medel till Lundaforskning. I år delar 17 forskare på 13,5 miljoner kronor. Den ena presentationen tar vid där den andra slutar. Tillsammans ger de publiken en inblick i stipendiaternas forskning vars ämnen rör allt från fästing

https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2025/fran-fastingar-till-fossilfritt-lundaforskare-prisas-sina-insatser-himani-garg-vid-lth-en-av-dem - 2026-05-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. – Det är en ny värld och vi spelar på en global marknad, där vi konkurrerar om finansiering. Forskarna vill inte sälja sig för tillfälliga nycker. Men den tuffa sanningen är att om inte Lunds universitet vill samarbeta med industrin, så vill någon annan det, säger Lunds universitets ”innovationsmäklare” Bengt Streij

https://www.lu.se/artikel/horizon-2020-om-inte-vi-samarbetar-gor-nagon-annan-det - 2026-05-13

I gränslandet mellan estetik och ekonomi omvandlar Centrum för estetik och företagets kreativitet (ABC) innovation genom att sammanföra estetik, ekonomi och teknik i ett organisatoriskt sammanhang. Vi fick möjlighet att prata med Alexandra Huang-Kokina och Robin Porsfelt – två nya postdoc röster som hjälper till att forma centrets ambitiösa vision, från AI-drivna operaföreställningar till hantverk

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/dar-konst-moter-innovation - 2026-05-13