Av lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - publicerad 26 april 2024 Tre frågor med LU Innovations affärsjurist Fredrik Engfeldt. Lärarundantaget innebär en unik möjlighet för forskare vid svenska lärosäten att kommersialisera sin forskning och skapa samhällsnytta. Men få känner till hur undantaget egentligen fungerar och vilka viktiga gränsdragningar som finns.LU

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/det-varldsunika-lararundantaget-vad-innebar-det-mig - 2025-04-25

Av emma [dot] renman [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Renman) - publicerad 6 maj 2024 Petter Pilesjö, Abdulghani Hasan och Andreas Persson var trötta på känslan av att skriva artiklar och presentera på konferenser utan att någonting hände. Följ deras resa från forskningsresultat till att sprida sin forskning genom att starta företaget PluvioFlow, med hjälp av Lunds universitets innovationsv

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/de-valde-att-starta-foretag-som-ett-satt-att-sprida-sin-forskning-vi-maste-bli-battre-pa-att-hantera - 2025-04-25

Av lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - publicerad 28 juni 2024 Sedan 2010 har innovationer från Lunds universitet, Uppsala universitet och Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH) lagt grunden för fler än 1000 nya aktiebolag. Under år 2022 hade bolagen tillsammans 3836 anställda, omsatte 6,7 miljarder kronor samt beräknas ha genererat nästan 2 miljarder i skatteintäk

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/svenska-universitet-spelar-en-betydande-roll-startup-sverige - 2025-04-25

Publicerad 2 september 2024 Bo Häggman. VD, Cyclicor LU Holdings portföljbolag Cyclicor, som utvecklar hållbara polyuretaner för CASE- och skumindustrin (färger, lim, tätningsmedel och elastomerer), har stängt en ny finansieringsrunda och välkomnar Bo Häggman som ny VD. Häggman har en gedigen erfarenhet inom kemiindustrin, med tidigare ledande befattningar på Perstorp. Hans djupa branschkunskap oc

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/cyclicor-varvar-tungt-namn-fran-perstorp-och-tar-nytt-kapital - 2025-04-25

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 9 March 2022 Charlotta Böiers, head of StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research infrastructure, and Mikael Sommarin, research engineer, discuss the results of a 22-colour analysis made on the new FACS device Symphony S6. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter. Anna Fossum, Project Manager at the StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-addition-lund-stem-cell-center-facs-facility - 2025-04-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 14 March 2022 Magdalena Götz, a professor of physiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, held the prestigious Segerfalk lecture 2021. (Photo: private) Magdalena Götz, a professor of physiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, held the prestigious Segerfalk lecture last year. The discovery she made as a youn

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/control-experiment-transformed-entire-research-field - 2025-04-25

Published 17 March 2022 To the left: Petri dishes for cell cultures in the lab. To the right: Cells from the cell line the researchers used in the study. (Photo: Massimo De Marinis and Yang de Marinis) A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention - 2025-04-25

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 21 March 2022 Kristina Fagher together with a Chinese colleague, "Ski-doctor", on the slopes. Meeting international colleagues is very rewarding and inspiring. Photo: Private photo. Our researcher is part of the Swedish Olympic Committee’s development programme “Tomorrow’s Sports Researchers” and her research on pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researcher-supporting-our-athletes-most-successful-paralympic-winter-games-long-time - 2025-04-25

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 31 March 2022 The islets of Langerhans are clusters of cells that are spread out over the pancreas. Lena Eliasson and Jones Ofori separate the islets of Langerhans from the pancreas to study them in the lab. Photo: Petra Olsson Researchers at Lund University have discovered increased levels of a microRNA in type 2 diabetes

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-drug-candidate-increases-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2025-04-25

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 8 April 2022 Image: Ben Sweet Two young experimental researchers have been awarded grants from the Anna-Lisa Rosenberg Foundation, the Department of Experimental Medical Science´s own grant for research in the neurobiological field with a clinical collaboration. Congratulations Alessandro Fiorenzano on the Anna-Lis

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/young-neurobiologists-awarded-grants-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-research - 2025-04-25

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 27 April 2022 Photo: Mostphotos. In addition to memory problems and other cognitive symptoms, most people with Alzheimer’s disease also suffer from mental health issues. It has long been unclear whether these occur because of tissue changes in the brain, or whether they represent psychological reactions to cognitiv

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/psychiatric-symptoms-alzheimers-disease - 2025-04-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 29 April 2022 Illustration: iStock/koto_feja. This year's prestigious Segerfalk lecture will be given by Eero Castrén, Research Director at the Neuroscience Centre at the University of Helsinki. In his research on brain plasticity, he has discovered clues about which mechanisms in the brain are affected by antidepressants – an

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/brain-plasticity-and-link-depression - 2025-04-25

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 13 May 2022 Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that it is possible to identify at-risk individuals by measuring BMI in a new way. The authors of the study have iden

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metabolic-bmi-can-predict-risk-type-2-diabetes-normal-weight-patients - 2025-04-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 13 May 2022 Gülsen Özkaya Sahin (Photo: Tove Smeds) At the end of March, the first cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported in the UK. Since then, the number has increased to more than 300 in around 20 countries; there are now reports of nine suspected cases in Sweden. The acute liver infecti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-search-answers-increase-acute-severe-hepatitis-children - 2025-04-25

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 23 May 2022 Charlotte Ling, Tina Rönn and Karl Bacos carry out research at Lund University Diabetes Centre. They summarise some of the most important advancements within the field of epigenetics and diabetes in a review article. Photo: Petra Olsson Epigenetics has become an important tool for researchers endeavoring to und

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/epigenetics-can-pave-way-individualised-treatment-type-2-diabetes - 2025-04-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 31 May 2022 Inger Kristensson Hallström and Hanne Tønnesen, head of the WHO Collaboratoring Centre at Lund University. Photo: Jon Ulvsgärd. One in three patients is asked about their lifestyle habits when they visit the outpatient healthcare clinics. This figure really ought to be higher, according to Professors Hanne Tønnesen

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/who-mission-creating-evidence-how-health-care-can-prevent-disease - 2025-04-25

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 31 May 2022 Anita Wisén. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter. In order to be able to prescribe the appropriate dose of physical activity to patients, healthcare professionals need to consider a range of individual factors. There is a need to facilitate the assessment of aerobic capacity i. e. maximal oxygen uptake capacity (VO2max),

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/my-aerobic-capacity-rpc - 2025-04-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 1 June 2022 Sebastian Palmqvist. The Bundy Academy’s 2022 major prize amounting to SEK 3 million is awarded to Sebastian Palmqvist, Associate Professor of Clinical Memory Research at Lund University and Senior Physician at the Memory Clinic at Skåne University Hospital, for his research on improved diagnostics of Alzheimer’s d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/awardees-2022-bundy-academy-major-prize - 2025-04-25

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 1 June 2022 Paul Bourgine, researcher and Wallenberg Fellow in Molecular Medicine, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept, consisting of EUR 150,000. Photo: Kennet Ruona. By using cells isolated from cancer patients and mixing them with a new technology called “OssiGel”, it is possible to engineer human mini-bones. T

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/miniature-bones-research-model-cancer - 2025-04-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 15 June 2022 From left: Ewelina Golec, Ben King and Anna Blom, three of the researchers behind new findings on insulin secretion. Photo: Tove Smeds. Insulin secretion into the bloodstream requires a protein called CD59. New research led by Lund University shows that the two protein variants that are responsible for this functi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-protein-variants-are-key-insulin-secretion - 2025-04-25