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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.
🩸 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
💖 “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
🌟 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.

More: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-...
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
🌟 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.

🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/turn...
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
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#EMBOMobileGenome Session 2 on transposon regulation 🧬

➡️'Epigenetic control of transcribed retroelements by the HUSH complex and associated factors' presented by Christopher Douse (Lund University, Sweden)

We love a good Q&A session as well! 🙋🏼

@chdouse.bsky.social @lundstem.bsky.social @embl.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧠🧬 What if the brain could repair itself?

For PhD student Raquel Martínez Curiel, that question has driven her research on stem cell–based therapies for #stroke. #StemCellResearch

She defends her thesis on 07 Nov. @lunduniversity.bsky.social

Read our Q&A:
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Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Stroke
Lund University. What have you been working on during your time as a Ph.D. student?“What I do is stem cell therapies. In the lab, we focus on ischemic stroke which is a disease that currently has no e...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🩸120M units of blood are donated each year, yet demand exceeds supply. Prof Martin Olsson's research at @lundstem.bsky.social aims to make transfusions safer & universal. He received the AABB President’s Award for his contributions to #TransfusionMedicine 👏

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Martin L Olsson receives the AABB President's Award for advancing blood transfusion medicine and safety
Lund University. At the AABB General Meeting award ceremony in San Diego on October 25, 2025, Martin L. Olsson was honored as one of this year’s recipients of the AABB President’s Award. He was recogn...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Why does leukemia develop so early in life?

In a new study in Leukemia, researchers in @boierslab.bsky.social found a new precursor stage of leukemia during fetal blood development, offering clues to how infant #leukemia begins. #CancerResearch

📖 Read more:
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Researchers find new clues as to why leukemia develops in infants
Lund University. When we think of cancer, we usually imagine a disease that develops over many years in adults. But for one particular group of leukemia – acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – it is qu...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🌌 These glowing “mini galaxies” aren’t stars, they’re 3D clusters of mammary cells grown in the lab. Captured by Jasmeet Kaur Virdi, postdoc in the Gopal Research Group, this award-winning image reveals how tissues form & how they change when diseases like cancer develop. #SciArt #BioArt #Microscopy
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
What makes some species able to regenerate organs while humans cannot? 🦎

Elly Tanaka (IMBA, ÖAW) joined us in Lund last week at our #StemCellStars Seminar to explore how regeneration works across species - and what it could teach us about repairing tissues in humans. #RegenerativeBiology
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚀 This November the RAMP-UP #MSCA Doctoral Programme is opening its first call for cofunded PhD projects in regenerative medicine & #ATMPs!

Researchers from all faculties at LU, LUMC, DTU & MHH are invited to apply.

🗓️ Join our info webinars: 27 Oct & 3 Nov, 12–13 CET
🔗 stemcellcenter.lu.se/RAMP-UP
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🧬 What if cancer cells could be turned into immune defenders?

A 2024 Science study by @cellreprolab.bsky.social showed in preclinical models that tumor cells can be reprogrammed into dendritic cells that can help the body fight #cancer.

Now featured in a @science.org Perspective. Read more 👇
In a 2024 Science study, researchers report that cancer cells can be reprogrammed in vivo into dendritic cells that can activate T cells and promote antitumor immunity.

Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qdeKfa #ScienceMagArchives
Reprogramming tumor cells to fight cancer
Cancer cells reprogrammed into dendritic cells in vivo promote antitumor immunity
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October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Did you know cells from a patient’s brain tumor can be grown in the lab as 3D “organoids”?

In this image by @enricopracucci.bsky.social postdoc in @ahleniuslab.bsky.social, green glioblastoma cells are being reprogrammed into less harmful glial-like cells using an experimental gene therapy. #SciArt
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🇸🇪🧬 Are you a #PhD student in #Sweden exploring cell & gene therapies? The Swedish National ATMP Research School welcomes applications for its Intro to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) course hosted by @umeauniversitet.bsky.social.

Apply by 07 Nov: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🩸 Only one person in the world is known to have the rarest blood group - Gwada-negative.

In @theconversationuk.bsky.social, Lund Stem Cell Center researchers Martin Olsson & Jill Storry explain how it was discovered and why it matters for safe transfusions.

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Gwada-negative: the rarest blood group on Earth
Scientists find 48th blood group in woman with no compatible donors.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🔬When #RNA functions are disrupted, how do cells respond? Magdalena Madej's PhD thesis explores the impact of RNA-modifying enzymes, specifically pseudouridine synthases, on cellular activities and disease progression. #ScienceInsights

Read more in our Q&A:
Decoding the RNA regulome governing cellular stress response and cell fate transitions
Lund University. What have your Ph.D. studies focused on?"My PhD focused on RNA-modifying enzymes, particularly pseudouridine synthases, which convert uridine to pseudouridine in ribonucleic acid…
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October 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
☯️ Yin Yang Salamander Embryo: Balanced from the Beginning

At 8 days post-fertilization, a salamander embryo curls into a Yin Yang shape. Tissues, pigmentation & gills form in balance.

Captured by Ameneh Ghaffarinia in @niche-leigh.bsky.social Lab, it won Best Image in our 2025 Competition. #SciArt
October 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🧬 Back by popular demand! Lund University’s master’s course Regenerative Medicine & Advanced Therapies (ATMPs) returns Feb 18–Mar 22, 2026.

Learn how cell, gene & tissue therapies move from lab to clinic @lunduniversity-med.bsky.social.

Register by Oct 15: www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-...
September 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🧬 What triggers childhood leukemia?

At our latest Stem Cell Talk, Assoc. Prof. Charlotta Böiers (@boierslab.bsky.social) shared how her team is modelling the origin of childhood leukemia, to inform safer, more effective treatments.

More about their work:
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September 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🧠🧫 How do immune cells protect—or harm—the brain? Ph.D. student Juliane Tampé studied monocytes & microglia using patient-derived stem cell models to uncover their role in #stroke, Gaucher's disease & #aging.

Read her full Q&A: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/education/re...

#Neuroscience #PhDLife
How monocyte-derived macrophages and microglia shape the inflammatory environment of the brain
Lund University. What have your Ph.D. studies focused on?"My thesis demonstrates how peripheral monocytes, and central microglia contribute to neuroinflammatory processes across the human lifespan and...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📸 Every image has a story! This year our 2025 Image Competition winners capture everything from the earliest moments of life to the vast universe within our own tissues.

Explore our digital gallery & follow along as we share more #SciArt this fall:
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Celebrating the art in science: Images from the 2025 Image Competition
Lund University. Now in its fourth year, the Lund Stem Cell Center Annual Image Competition has become a valued platform for sharing the visual stories behind our science. It offers a glimpse into the...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
⏰ Time is ticking! #PhD students in #Sweden interested in cell, gene & tissue therapy development can join Sweden's National #ATMP Research School. Train at top universities & network with industry experts.

Apply by Sept 22 to be an affiliated student! 🇸🇪 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
How to Apply
Lund University. We offer three different types of students the opportunity to join our program: co-funded PhD students, affiliated PhD students, and students interested in taking stand-alone courses....
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September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New to working with pluripotent stem cells? 🧫

Join our 5-day hands-on course, Nov 17–21, at @lunduniversity.bsky.social. Learn to handle & maintain these cells + explore their role in research & medicine.

Apply by Sept 30 to secure your spot!

More info ⤵️
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September 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
💡 Assoc. Prof. Isabella Artner's team is investigating how insulin-producing beta cells fail in type 2 diabetes. With new Hjelt Diabetes Foundation funding, they will study the development & function of these cells to identify what can go wrong.

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Hjelt Diabetes Foundation supports research that can pave the way for new cell therapies
Lund University. Type 1 diabetes is a condition where the body cannot produce insulin. People with this condition must take insulin every day to manage blood glucose levels. Type 2 diabetes, on the…
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September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🧠🔬 How can stem cells help us study rare brain disorders?

On 11 Sept PhD student Oskar Zetterdahl (@ahleniuslab.bsky.social) will defend his thesis on developing stem cell-based models to study CNS disorders like Alexander's Disease. #StemCellResearch

Read: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/education/re...
'Leveraging genome engineering and stem cells to study rare pediatric CNS disorders’
Lund University. What have your Ph.D. studies focused on?“My research over the last few years has focused on developing and applying stem cell-based models for rare central nervous system (CNS) disord...
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September 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM