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The Faculty Office's Trivsel (Well being) Committee organises joint activities for greater togetherness at work. Walking together is a nice, healthy and inexpensive activity tip. A successful morning at work. See full story and all the photos from the energizing event here (in Swedish).
Excerpt from the award motivation: "Catharina Hagerling ... seeks answers to why some children with neuroblastoma have tumors that give rise to metastases and thus the spread of the cancer." This is the first time the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund's award has been awarded. Catharina Hagerling's research focuses on cases of neuroblastoma in which the cancer spreads to various organs in the body and
All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. Pro Vice-Chancellor Kristina Eneroth gives an update. At the September meeting you will meet Pro Vice-Chancellor Kristina Eneroth, who will give us an update about how we as a university and as individuals need to work with the university’s international impact. NOTE: This meeting will be held in English.These are recurring mon
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-how-we-need-work-universitys-international-impact-269 - 2025-12-07
The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean talking about ongoing work on a new strategic platform and the new quality policy for the university. She shared that we have now established a Precision Medicine Centre South together with Region Skåne. Olle Melander has been appointed director and Sophia Zackrisson appointed deputy director for the cen
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-18-september-2024 - 2025-12-07
Your application case in Primula for 2024 needs to be completed by December 3, 2024. As of this year Lund University has introduced December 3 as the last date to apply for health promotion reimbursement. This is due to the Swedish Tax Agency regulations that stipulate that reimbursement as a general rule is to be paid in the same year as the application is submitted.Your application case in Primu
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-deadline-health-promotion-reinbursment-december-3 - 2025-12-07
Many interested visitors came to Forum Medicum on Culture Night on Saturday to learn more about medicine and medical science. All photos on Swedish Intramed, link below. Photo and captions: Julia Lundh Rafstedt.Click here for full photo story on Swedish Intramed.
Time to install three new Professors at the Faculty and 28 in all of Lund University. Everyone is welcome to attend the installation on October 18 in the Main University Building. Three of the 28 professors installed this year at Lund University belong to the Faculty of Medicine. Lennart Greiff, ear, nose and throat diseases Filipe Pereira, molecular medicine, regeneration, transplantation and r
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/ceremonial-installation-three-new-professors-faculty-we-had-chat-one-them - 2025-12-07
There are many exciting and useful courses that you can take at LU. Check out Kompetensportalen (the Competence Portal) to take a closer look at what´s on offer. Read more and apply in the Competence Portal (log in with your Lucat ID)
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fall-new-learning-check-out-our-courses-kompetensportalen - 2025-12-07
The roof fire at BMC in May was caused by a loose contact in the fire brigade switch for the solar cells. The switch has been replaced and now the renovation begins. The first step is to restore the roof. Scaffolding and weather protection are in place. The roof has extensive damage and currently it's impossible to say when the work will be finished. Discussions about what the renovated premises s
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/cause-bmc-roof-fire-now-established - 2025-12-07
Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role of Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM) at the end of this year. What attracts most is the opportunity to influence and promote the development of the department. "We are facing several challenges, but I see them as opportunities for improvement," she says. How does it feel?"Very exciting! It´s a big responsibility, but I´m motivated and I l
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/change-head-department-ilm-it-should-be-easy-managers-do-right-thing - 2025-12-07
Ann-Ki Holmén-Pålbrink, biomedical analyst, has worked at the Faculty for almost four decades. It may seem a long time, but it´s been inspiring years with lots of fun at work, she says. "I stayed put, but everything around me has moved around". My job is constantly changing; new people, new methods, it drives me forward.How did you end up at the Faculty of Medicine?"In the last year of my educatio
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/my-medfak-i-think-its-fun-go-work-every-day - 2025-12-07
Are you ready to broaden the impact of your research? Join us for a session - in Malmö (Oct. 15) or Lund (Oct. 16) - designed to learn how to reach out on the platform The Conversation! Whether you are passionate about reaching policymakers, industry leaders or the general audience, this discussion will provide inspiration and ideas on how to elevate your communication. You’ll learn how to reach o
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/beyond-journals-expand-global-reach-your-research - 2025-12-07
Your research deserves to be communicated clearly, efficiently, and correctly. To develop your academic English, don't miss the opportunity to take part in the popular course “Written English for Scholarly Publication”. Register by 11 October. The course is organized by the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature and consists of eight seminars in November and December. The course is
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/popular-course-written-english-scholarly-publication - 2025-12-07
Anders Christensson, Anna Åkesson and Anders Grubb and collaborators have been awarded the Eldjarn prize 2024 for significant research efforts in kidney diseases. Anders Christensson reflects about why cross-field collaboration can be very valuable. Intramed asked Anders Christensson, Professor of renal medicine at Clinical Sciences Malmö and chief physician in renal medicine at Skåne University H
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/awarded-collaboration-interdisciplinary-research-provides-new-insights - 2025-12-07
Are you a PhD student or a Postdoc at the Faculty of Medicine? Here's a golden opportunity for you to take part in a seminar that will give you new insights into why publishing is key to an academic career. In a rare opportunity the Australian Professor Sonya Girdler will share her academic journey and authorship.– I will give you 16 life lessons for surviving and thriving as an academic, focusin
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-academic-publishing-and-research-career-myths-vs-reality-1710 - 2025-12-07
Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson is a surgeon and professor. He is also one of the pioneers in life science and innovation and was involved in the founding of the Lund company Probi. For some time he wa
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2025-12-07
Have your, your relatives` or your friends' hearing checked free of charge. The hearing tests are carried out for a few days during November and December, sign up today. The hearing examination is performed by students at the Audiology programme at Lund University, under the supervision of licensed audiologists. The examination will take place at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Kioskgatan 11. T
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/free-hearing-examination-our-audiology-students-welcome - 2025-12-07
Från och med höstterminen 2022 gäller en ändrad kursplan i fysik och naturorienterande ämnen (NO). Från höstterminen 2022 börjar en ny kursplan att gälla – Lgr22. Skolverket har sammanställt material som hjälper lärare att använda den nya kursplanen, samt en jämförelse av vilka förändringar som gjorts gentemot den nuvarande kursplanen, Lgr11, Alla ämnessidor med material kring den nya kursplanen
https://www.nrcf.lu.se/artikel/andrade-kursplaner-i-fysik - 2025-12-07
New research at Lund University shows that the biological parents’ genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate blood sugar levels and blood lipids in different ways. Such knowledge may be used to to develop preventive treatments that reduce the child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous research by diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad has sh
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2025-12-07
LONGREAD. He treats tremor with sound waves, is preparing to help paralyzed patients control a cursor with their thoughts and envisions a future where brain and machines talk to each other in both directions. Neurosurgeon and researcher Andres Lozano is pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the human brain – and doing it with both precision and imagination. “We are trying to discover the b
