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The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation announced on October 1st that Kenneth Wärnmark wins one of 20 prestigious grants for ground-breaking research projects. The grant of 35 MSEK over five years is to support the project “Photofunctional iron complexes”, aiming to harvest solar energy with iron-based molecules.Kenneth will give a talk on the project on October 17th at 12:15 in Lundmarksalen at

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kaw-project-funding-kennet-warnmark - 2026-01-09

Associate Professor Maria Messing received the Smoluchowski Award August 27, 2019, during the Annual European Aerosol Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.The Smoluchowski Award, named after the physicist Marian Smoluchowski (1872 – 1917) is awarded annually to one or two young researchers (under 40 years of age) who has/have significantly contributed to the field of aerosol science. The award is conf

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/smoluchowski-award-maria-messing - 2026-01-09

We are very happy to announce that Luke Hankin is starting today as new Head of laboratory for Lund Nano Lab, succeeding Maria Huffman. Luke comes from a position as Engineering Director at Sol Voltaics where he has lead a team of 20 people. He was responsible for lab construction, equipment development, clean room, chemistry labs, IT and safety. Prior to that he has held positions in automotive,

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/luke-hankin-new-head-lund-nano-lab - 2026-01-09

A feature in Sydsvenskan describes Tönu Pullerits' research on perovskites as a material for more efficient solar cells and describes the limitations with the current silicon solar cells. The reason for the feature is that a journal article by Tönu and colleagues has been chosen as one of the best on Perovskites by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Cambridge.Read more in Sydsvenskan (in Swedish) o

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/solar-cell-research-featured-sydsvenskan - 2026-01-09

Cellevate AB, a company spun out from a project at the Engineering Nanoscience Program at Lund University, was named Nordic Nanotech Company of the Year 2019 last week at the NanoForum 2019 conference arranged by SwedNanoTech as part of the IVC-21. Another company spun-out from the NanoLund research environment, Hexagem AB, was also competed for the title as one of the three finalists. Congratulat

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/cellevate-named-nanotech-company-year-2019 - 2026-01-09

Rapidus reports that the recently established Spermosens AB secured 2,5 MSEK in funding from private investors and and 0,3 MSEK from Vinnova.Spermosens AB led by NanoLund graduate Kushagr Punyani, develops a diagnostic device for male infertility, predicting if the patient’s sperms would bind to and fertilize a healthy female egg, and hence diagnosing the underlying cause of male factor infertilit

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/spermosens-ab-secures-funding - 2026-01-09

Andreas Wacker was interviewed on May 20th by Swedish Radio P4 about the 2019 redefinition of the kilogram according to the SI base units.Listen to the interview here (Kilogrammet pensioneras) or read Andreas' short summary of the changes.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/radio-interview-andreas-wacker-si-changes - 2026-01-09

NanoLund postdoc Martin Hjort was selected to participate to the LMK foundation idea forum (LMK-stiftelsens Idéforum) in Björkliden, which will take place in September 2019.  The selection was made by nomination and in competition with many promising young researchers.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/martin-hjort-lmk-foundation-idea-forum - 2026-01-09

April 4th NanoLund researchers Christelle Prinz from Solid State Physics and Erik Lind from Electrical and Information Technology were appointed Professors by the Vice-Chancellor. Christelle Prinz is Professor in Experimental Biophysics and Erik Lind is Professor in Nanoelectronics.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-new-nanolund-professors - 2026-01-09

Sara Linse has been awarded 10 MDKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for her project entitled "Unravelling the IAPP aggregation mechanism for the design of inhibitors that specifically suppress toxicity and cell death in type 2 diabetes" as part of the Foundation’ Research Leader Programme, which supports ambitious, original research projects and the continuing development of top researchers.The g

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sara-linse-awarded-10mdkk-novo-nordisk-foundation - 2026-01-09

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation have just announced their choice of Wallenberg scholars, one of them being Stephanie Reimann, professor in Mathematical Physics. A total of 22 excellent researchers, all among the foremost in their field in Sweden, receive 18 million SEK each from the Wallenberg Foundation in the form of a five-year grant for free research.Read more in the KAW press release

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kaw-grant-stephanie-reimann - 2026-01-09

We are proud to announce that two NanoLund postdocs have been selected by the The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings to participate in this summers Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from 30 June to 5 July. Rubén Seoane Souto and Yang Chen will be two of 580 young scientists from 88 countries will come together with 42 Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, in a meeting dedicated to physics; k

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-postdocs-selected-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting - 2026-01-09

Our warmest congratulations to Kristian Pietras, leader of BioCare and NanoLund board member, on winning the Göran Gustafsson prize in medicine, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The research on the role of a cancer tumor’s micro environment was awarded a prize of  5.1 MSEK in research funding and a 250 kSEK personal prize.Read more on the homepage of the Royal Swedish Academy od S

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-board-member-kristian-pietras-wins-prestigious-prize-young-researchers - 2026-01-09

NanoLund member and board member Sara Snogerup Linse was awarded the “FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2019” in part for her work on the molecular mechanisms of protein self-assembly in Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. The award of 10,000 euros and a bronze statuette will be presented to Linse on 7 July 2019 at the FEBS Congress in Krakow, Poland, where she will prese

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/distinguished-prize-sara-linse - 2026-01-09

I den jättelika partikelacceleratorn Large Hadron Collider, LHC, vid CERN-laboratoriet i Schweiz och Frankrike når protonerna nästan ljusets hastighet innan de krockar med varandra. Resultaten ger oss ny kunskap om universums skapelse, dess minsta beståndsdelar, mörk materia och kanske ledtrådar om mörk energi. I mitten av juni samlas forskare från hela världen i Lund för att diskutera senaste nyt

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/allt-ljus-pa-den-morka-sektorn - 2026-01-09

Ett omfattande forskningsprojekt kring design av små proteinbehållare får nu prestigefyllda pengar från Europeiska forskningsrådet. Det handlar om cirka 20 miljoner kronor som går till forskaren Ingemar André på kemiska institutionen. Kemisten Ingemar André får nu det åtråvärda anslaget ERC Consolidator Grant. Ett huvudspår i hans forskningsprojekt handlar om att på molekylnivå designa täta kapsla

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/mangmiljonsatsning-pa-tata-proteinkapslar - 2026-01-09

Lunds universitet har fått två nya hedersdoktorer inom naturvetenskap. Den ena är en underhållande och kreativ cirkusartist inom fysikämnet. Den andra är en kemiprofessor som brinner för att ge studenter en tidig anknytning till kvalificerad forskning. Stanley Micklavzina, fysiker vid Oregons universitet i USA Stanley Micklavzina har ett stort intresse för att utveckla nya kreativa sätt att lära u

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/nya-hedersdoktorer-i-naturvetenskap - 2026-01-09

I en studie konstaterar forskare från Sverige och Ungern att ljusa, målade ränder på kroppen skyddar naken hud mot insektsbett. Det är första gången som forskare lyckas bevisa att kroppsmålning har denna effekt. Att måla kroppen ger således ett skydd mot insektsburna sjukdomar. Kroppsmålning förekommer bland exempelvis vissa ursprungsbefolkningar. Majoriteten av dessa lever i områden där det är go

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/kroppsmalning-skyddar-mot-blodsugande-insekter - 2026-01-09

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har med hjälp av en unik kamera för första gången lyckats återge hur fåglar ser färger i sin omgivning. Studien avslöjar hur fåglarnas färgseende gör att de får en helt annan verklighetsuppfattning än vi människor. Människans färgseende bygger på tre grundfärger: rött, grönt och blått. Fåglarnas bygger på samma färger. Plus ultraviolett. Det biologer i Lund nu visar

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/sa-uppfattar-faglarna-varlden - 2026-01-09

Av alla nattaktiva djur är det bara dyngbaggar som navigerar med hjälp av polariserat månsken. Nu visar forskare vid Lunds universitet att skalbaggarna kan använda ljussignalerna trots att de tidvis är mycket svaga, och trots att konstgjorda ljuskällor, främst i städer, stör det naturliga ljuset från natthimlen. – Vår undersökning avslöjar att skalbaggarna kan vara tillräckligt ljuskänsliga för at

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/manens-faser-paverkar-skalbaggar - 2026-01-09