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Lund Stem Cell Center
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A world-leading center for #stemcell #research at Lund University in Sweden. Dedicated to improving human health by making advanced cell, gene, and tissue-based therapies a reality.
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⏰ Last call for PhD students & early-career researchers!
If flow cytometry is (or will be) part of your research, this is your chance to build a solid foundation.

Apply today to join our Flow Cytometry Introductory Course (MEFLIN1) at @lunduniversity.bsky.social this February 👇
#FlowCytometry #FACS
January 15, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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🧠 In a new Science Advances study, Daniella Rylander Ottosson & her team @lundstem.bsky.social directly reprogram human glial cells into parvalbumin neurons without passing a stem-cell stage, opening new ways to study schizophrenia & epilepsy. #SciComm

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Researchers create cells that help the brain keep its cool
Lund University. Parvalbumin cells play a central role in keeping brain activity in equilibrium. They control nerve cell signalling, reduce overactivity and make sure that the brain is working to a rh...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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🧬 Bringing a cell or gene therapy into clinical trials is complex. The National ATMP Research School in Sweden offers a 1-week online course at Uppsala University (9–13 Mar 2026) on the design, approval & implementation of #ATMP trials.

Apply by 26 Feb 👇
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December 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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🎗️ Six @lundstem.bsky.social researchers have been awarded SEK 13.4M from Barncancerfonden to advance childhood cancer research. Projects focus on brain tumors, leukemias & solid tumors, aiming to develop safer, more precise treatments.

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Six Lund Stem Cell Center researchers awarded SEK 13 million to advance childhood cancer research
Lund University. In total, Barncancerfonden is investing nearly SEK 145 million in 60 childhood cancer research projects across Sweden this year. The portfolio reflects a continued shift toward…
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December 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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🚨Doctoral fellow applications open in early 2026 for RAMP-UP - an EU-funded MSCA COFUND doctoral programme training future researchers in regenerative medicine & #ATMPs. 55 funded #PhD positions at 4 leading European universities.

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For PhD Applicants
Lund University. We offer a comprehensive doctoral training programme, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, part of the European Union's Horizon Europe's research and innovation framework,…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Why #CML returns after treatment is central to Göran Karlsson’s research @lundstem.bsky.social. Using single-cell genomics, he studies the cancer stem cells behind relapse. During a STIAS fellowship in South Africa, he’s working to make this data globally accessible.

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One cell at a time — A decade of exploring chronic myeloid leukaemia stem cells | The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study
For 25 years, the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) has cultivated a unique environment where unexpected connections lead to groundbreaking insights.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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🌌 “Astroid City”

Looks like a galaxy, but it’s brain cells. These star-shaped astrocytes grew in 3D spheroids from reprogrammed human skin cells. Captured by postdoc Alicja Krawczun-Rygmaczewska in @ahleniuslab.bsky.social, they help model the human brain in the lab. 🧠✨ #SciArt #SciComm
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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You know the science. Now learn the laws that shape it.

Join the Swedish National ATMP Research School's online course Medical Law & Legal Aspects of ATMPs (9–13 Feb 2026, 1.5 ECTS), hosted by @lunduniversity.bsky.social Faculty of Law

Apply by 19 Jan 2026👇
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National ATMP Research School Course: Medical law and legal aspects of ATMPs (MEMRJ0F)
Lund University. Stay ahead with a practical course on medical law for biomedical researchers, designed to help you protect patients, your research, and your innovations.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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⏰ Deadline extended: Propose a project in the RAMP-UP Doctoral Programme

Researchers at @lunduniversity.bsky.social, LUMC, DTU & Hannover Medical School can propose interdisciplinary projects spanning the #ATMP value chain.

New deadline: 5 Jan 2026, 09:00 CET
👉 stemcellcenter.lu.se/RAMP-UP/calls
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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What happens when 12–13-year-olds meet real scientists? 🤔
They ask incredible questions.

This autumn, 25 researchers from @lunduniversity.bsky.social visited 4 local middle schools to share what science looks like behind the scenes. #SciComm

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Bringing Science into the Classroom: Taking Science to Middle Schools in Lund
Lund University. This year marked the program’s third year, with visits to four international middle schools, Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) Lund, IES Staffanstorp, Lund International School (L...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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🌟 Assoc. Prof. Paul Bourgine (@cto-bourgine.bsky.social) at @lundstem.bsky.social has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant by @erc.europa.eu to uncover how the bone marrow shapes immune cells & influences cancer immunotherapy outcomes. Congrats! 👏

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Paul Bourgine awarded ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate how human bone marrow may influence immune cell functions and the success of cancer immunotherapies
Lund University. Understanding how bone marrow shapes immune responsesIn recent years, immunotherapies have transformed cancer treatment. Yet many patients still fail to respond, and the biological re...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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📊 New to flow cytometry or want to strengthen your skills?
Our Intro Course held 2–4 Feb 2026 at @lunduniversity.bsky.social will cover core concepts, protocol design, data analysis & common applications - taught by our FACS experts.

Apply by 15 Jan 2026: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-sch...
Flow Cytometry: Introductory Course
Lund University. Basic concepts of flow cytometryInstrumentation - basic principles of operationTechniques - cell handling, staining, designing of protocolData acquisition and analysisApplications of ...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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🦴🩸 7 years of “Bone, Blood & Sweat”! At our latest Stem Cell Talk, Assoc. Prof. Paul Bourgine (@cto-bourgine.bsky.social) shared how his team builds human “mini-bones” to model bone-developing tumors & study bone formation, supporting future personalized #cancer therapies.

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December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🌃 Nighttime satellite image of mini-Copenhagen?

This image from our 2025 Image Competition, by PhD student Yu-Ping Shen, looks like a glowing city at night. But those “streets” are GFP-labelled neuronal fibers extending from a cortical organoid into human brain tissue. #StemCells #Neuroscience
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🧫 Kidney organoids are helping researchers study human kidney development and disease in new ways.

At our latest Stem Cell Stars Seminar, Prof. Melissa Little showed how her team guides stem cells into kidney-like tissues used for disease modelling, drug testing & early-stage regenerative research.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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🧫 Natural Killer cells are key defenders against infection and cancer.

At last month’s Stem Cell Talk, Prof. Ewa Sitnicka-Quinn shared new insights into how they develop & how this knowledge may support future NK-cell–based therapies. #NKcells

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November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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💜 Cancerfonden awards SEK 1B to Swedish cancer research incl. SEK 50M to 10 @lundstem.bsky.social researchers! Dr. Sandra Lindstedt will test a noninvasive breath test for lung cancer, while others study pancreatic, brain, blood & breast cancers. 👏

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Cancerfonden invests in next-generation cancer diagnostics and treatment research
Lund University. Among this year’s awardees is Dr. Sandra Lindstedt, senior consultant in thoracic surgery at Skåne University Hospital and adjunct professor at Lund University, who has been awarded…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🧬 Decoding the repetitive genome

Christopher Douse (@chdouse.bsky.social) has been awarded an SSMF Consolidator Grant to study how repetitive #DNA sequences linked to neurological diseases are controlled during nervous system development.

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Decoding the repetitive genome: Christopher Douse awarded a Consolidator Grant from SSMF
Lund University. While less than 2% of our DNA codes for proteins, more than half is made up of repetitive elements or simply ‘repeats’. These are often dynamic stretches of DNA, some of which can cop...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Looking to build your #FACS skills this January?

Our Flow Cytometry Sorting Course (12–16 Jan 2026) offers practical, hands-on training in droplet-based cell sorting, QC, troubleshooting & safe workflows. Open to researchers, limited spots.

Apply by 15 Dec: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-sch...
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🚀 The RAMP-UP Doctoral Programme has opened its first project call!

Researchers at @lunduniversity.bsky.social, LUMC, MHH & DTU can apply to host PhD fellows in regenerative medicine & #ATMPs, with co-funding up to €2,900/month for 4 years.

Apply by 30 Dec:
👉 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/RAMP-UP/calls
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🦴🧫 How can we create safer, scalable bone grafts? PhD student Sujeethkumar Prithiviraj in @cto-bourgine.bsky.social explored how engineered extracellular matrices could be safer, customizable solutions & how immune responses influence their success.

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Regenerative Performance and Immunogenicity of Engineered Extracellular Matrices
Lund University. What have your Ph.D. studies focused on?“Bone is a highly dynamic organ central to movement, mineral homeostasis, and structural integrity, and one of the few tissues capable of scar-...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🩸 Why do patients with chronic myeloid leukemia respond differently to the same treatment? A new Blood review by @lundstem.bsky.social researchers shows how #SciOmics can reveal differences in leukemic, healthy & immune cells shaping therapy response & remission.

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November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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💖 “We found love in a hopeless plate” – Two iPSC colonies merge into a heart-shaped cluster in this image by Claudia De Guidi from our 2025 image competition. It captures patient-derived fibroblasts being reprogrammed into #iPSCs for disease modeling & research at our Cell & Gene Technologies Core.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🌟 Six researchers @lundstem.bsky.social have been awarded SEK 46M from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social to advance stem cell & regenerative medicine research. The projects explore cell biology, disease mechanisms & ways to develop new advanced therapies.

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New Swedish Research Council grants strengthen stem-cell and regenerative medicine research in Lund
Lund University. The awards include seven grants to six Lund Stem Cell Center researchers, together amounting to over SEK 46 million, supporting projects that range from generating personalized models...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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🌟 Our 2025 Article of the Year Award goes to Ervin Ascic & @cellreprolab.bsky.social for “turning cancer against itself.” Their Science (2024) paper describes a new gene therapy approach that reprograms cancer cells into immune cells to attack tumors.

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Turning Cancer Against Itself: Ervin Ascic awarded the 2025 Article of the Year Award
Lund University. Now in its eighth year, the Article of the Year Award highlights exceptional research that advances the fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Since 2017, Principal…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM