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The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signalling pathway is often dysregulated in cancer and PDGF-receptor expression has been linked to unfavourable prognostic factors in breast cancer (e.g. ER negativity, high Ki67 and high grade). This study aimed to evaluate the expression of PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and ligand PDGF-CC in breast cancer in relation to molecular subtypes and prognosis. Methods: Protei

https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/pdgf-pathway-breast-cancer-linked-tumour-aggressiveness-triple-negative-subtype-and-early-recurrence - 2026-01-09

TorTalk is a speech synthesiser for which the university has held computer licenses for many years. Now the app is also available. This increases accessibility, since you can now have all kinds of texts read aloud, in different kinds of situations and environments. Photo: Johan Bävman. Who is TorTalk for? TorTalk is a speech synthesis programme that you can install on your computer or download to

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-now-holds-license-tortalk-app - 2026-01-09

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har tagit ytterligare ett kliv framåt i utvecklingen av ett nytt koncept för cancerbehandling. En syntetisk peptid har tillsammans med en fettsyra visat god effekt mot blåscancer i en klinisk Fas I/II-studie. Resultaten publiceras nu i Nature Communications. Många cancerformer är aggressiva – de växer snabbt, påverkar frisk vävnad och kan förstöra kroppens normala fu

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ett-nytt-koncept-behandling-av-blascancer-0 - 2026-01-10

Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art – will present a solo exhibition by Fredrik Strid in the spring and summer of 2024. The starting point for the exhibition Making Nature is the process-based sculpture project Alla fåglar i Sverige (All Birds of Sweden). Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art – will present a solo exhibition by Fredrik Strid in the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-exhibition-making-nature-fredrik-strid - 2026-01-10

Mohamad Hariri is studying a bachelor’s in Business and Economics and the past 10 weeks he has done an internship at Nordea in Malmö. LUSEM Career Services had the opportunity to visit him at Nordea to learn more about what a typical day as an intern looks like. What have you been doing during your internship?”I’ve mainly been writing a report on customers who have left the bank, and why they deci

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/internship-experience-nordea - 2026-01-10

Can a reduced intake of gluten during childhood affect the development of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance)? Researchers at Lund University will investigate this question in the new study GRAIN (Gluten Reduction After INfancy and the risk of celiac disease). – We’ve seen in previous studies that the amount of gluten you eat plays a role in the risk of getting sick. In GRAIN, we want to see if w

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-gluten-reduced-diet-first-years-life-prevent-celiac-disease - 2026-01-09

Around 40 physicians from different specialist areas are now being trained in team-based learning, TBL, a pedagogical approach that will better equip future medical students for a complex reality. “We work according to a vision of how healthcare should work," says programme director Sara Regnér. The new six-year medical programme, launched in autumn 2021, has a new curriculum and new qualitative t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/training-trainer-team-based-learning - 2026-01-10

On January 13th, London-based designers Guillaume Couche & Richard Shackleton held a guest lecture at the Department of Informatics. The guest lecture was delivered to students enrolled in the course Human-Computer Interaction - Design, part of the Master's Programme in Information Systems. The industry experts were invited by Lecturer and Course director Markus Lahtinen.Guillaume, who first visit

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/industry-experts-inspire-students-interface-design - 2026-01-10

The Swedish Research Council’s (SRC) latest review of MAX IV, published at the end of last year, was positive. It states that the SRC’s review committee is very impressed by the scope and pace of changes that MAX IV has achieved since the previous review in November 2021. The committee also praised MAX IV’s staff for the technical and scientific performance during 2022 and changes initiated by the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-praised-srcs-review-and-has-new-chair-board - 2026-01-10

För att kunna ordinera patienter rätt dos fysisk aktivitet på recept, behöver hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal ta hänsyn till en mängd individuella faktorer. Det finns ett behov av att underlätta bedömningen av kondition och syreupptagningsförmåga, samt att beräkna intensiteten för konditionsträning enligt WHO’s rekommendationer för fysisk aktivitet. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklat en

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/konditionsapp-hjalper-varden-att-stotta - 2026-01-10

För att kunna ordinera patienter rätt dos fysisk aktivitet på recept, behöver hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal ta hänsyn till en mängd individuella faktorer. Det finns ett behov av att underlätta bedömningen av kondition och syreupptagningsförmåga, samt att beräkna intensiteten för konditionsträning enligt WHO’s rekommendationer för fysisk aktivitet. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklat en

https://www.lu.se/artikel/konditionsapp-hjalper-varden-att-stotta - 2026-01-10

Climathon is a hackathon for climate solution that is organized simultaneously in over 100 city’s all around the world. Climate-KIC@LU organized Climathon in Lund on the 25-29th of October. The 5 day event was a great success with over 50 participants. All most as many experts, staff, jury members, workshop leaders and others helped the participants out in creating the climate solutions of the fut

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2021-0 - 2026-01-09

After graduation from the master's programme in International Strategic Management (ISM) in 2021, Marc Leon started his career in the fast paced world of consultancy at Porsche Consulting in Hamburg, Germany. Today, he thrives in the role as senior consultant where he manages workflows, junior colleagues and advice clients in the life sciences sector. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Hi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/marc-leon-willemsen-alumnus-international-strategic-management-2021 - 2026-01-10

At LU Innovation, anyone who wants to utilise and translate their research into a product or service can get help with things like funding, advice, development and marketing completely free of charge. Niclas Nilsson, head of office at LU Innovation, hopes that more researchers will discover the service. Ultrasound diagnosis, the first respirator, oat milk, Bluetooth and gene therapy in cancer trea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-researchers-who-want-start-companies-and-develop-innovations - 2026-01-10

On 17 April, the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament unfolded. A total of 20 players battled fiercely until the very end, and the final match of this year may well be remembered as the most thrilling and of the highest quality ever! A set of quick questions for the winnersCongratulations! How do you feel?Djevdet: “Amazing!""She was amazing. It was all thanks to her!" (points at Yuqing)Yuqing: "I al

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/fek-table-tennis-tournament-2024-meet-winners - 2026-01-09

No 46, 8 October 2025 In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the autumn term.   Since the last time, we added an introduction to the Linux command line and the Programming Formalism course.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website.OverviewNAISS trainingOnline training workshop: Basic Singularity/Apptainer workshop, 13 October, 2025O

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-1 - 2026-01-09

The fourth Swedish diabetes summit will be held as an online meeting on the 10th and 11th of February. The meeting brings together diabetes researchers in Sweden for new interactions and collaborations. “We aim to create an inspiring meeting where diabetes researchers can interact and form new collaborations,” says Hindrik Mulder, professor of metabolism at Lund University and chair of the organis

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/swedish-diabetes-summit-brings-together-diabetes-researchers-new-collaborations - 2026-01-09

During the following three weeks our department hosts Manisha Anantharaman, PhD, Associate Professor of Justice, Community and Leadership at Saint Mary’s College of California. – I am so happy to have the opportunity to spend some time with you at Lund. I hope to engage with many of you regarding ideas or work-in-progress. The visit began with a guest lecture with the topic of circular economy and

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/visit-and-guest-lecture-department-manisha-anantharaman - 2026-01-09

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har tagit ytterligare ett kliv framåt i utvecklingen av ett nytt koncept för cancerbehandling. En syntetisk peptid har tillsammans med en fettsyra visat god effekt mot blåscancer i en klinisk Fas I/II-studie. Resultaten publiceras nu i Nature Communications. Många cancerformer är aggressiva – de växer snabbt, påverkar frisk vävnad och kan förstöra kroppens normala fu

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ett-nytt-koncept-behandling-av-blascancer - 2026-01-09

Roberto García-Roa, postdoc at the department of Biology has won yet another prestigious photo award. This time he’s the overall winner of “Capturing Ecology”, the British Ecological Society photo competition. Congratulations Roberto, what does this award mean to you?– It’s very special! First, it links two powerful allies, science and photography. They are probably two of the best tools we have t

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/sharp-shooting-biologist-winner-international-photography-award - 2026-01-09