Lund Stem Cell Center
@lundstem.bsky.social
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
🩸 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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💖 “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
💖 “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.
🌌 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
🌌 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
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
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
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
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
🚀 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
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
🚀 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
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
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
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
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
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
🇸🇪🧬 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...
Apply by 07 Nov: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🇸🇪🧬 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...
Apply by 07 Nov: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
☯️ 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
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
☯️ 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
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
🧬 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-...
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
🧬 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-...
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-...
🧬 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:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
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:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
September 29, 2025 at 4:01 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:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
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:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
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 ⤵️
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/cellandgene/...
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 ⤵️
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/cellandgene/...
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 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 ⤵️
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/cellandgene/...
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 ⤵️
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/cellandgene/...
Can cancer cells be reprogrammed to fight cancer? 🤔
That’s the question Ervin Ascic explored as a PhD student in @cellreprolab.bsky.social. On Sept 3 at 15:00, he defends his thesis on using a gene therapy to turn tumor cells into immune cells.
👉 Read more: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-sch...
That’s the question Ervin Ascic explored as a PhD student in @cellreprolab.bsky.social. On Sept 3 at 15:00, he defends his thesis on using a gene therapy to turn tumor cells into immune cells.
👉 Read more: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-sch...
September 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Can cancer cells be reprogrammed to fight cancer? 🤔
That’s the question Ervin Ascic explored as a PhD student in @cellreprolab.bsky.social. On Sept 3 at 15:00, he defends his thesis on using a gene therapy to turn tumor cells into immune cells.
👉 Read more: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-sch...
That’s the question Ervin Ascic explored as a PhD student in @cellreprolab.bsky.social. On Sept 3 at 15:00, he defends his thesis on using a gene therapy to turn tumor cells into immune cells.
👉 Read more: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-sch...
1 month left! 🇸🇪 #PhD students in #Sweden: apply as affiliated students to Sweden’s National ATMP Research School. Train in cell, gene & tissue therapy development at 5 leading universities + connect with peers & experts in the #ATMP field.
Apply by 22 Sept 👉 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
Apply by 22 Sept 👉 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
August 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
1 month left! 🇸🇪 #PhD students in #Sweden: apply as affiliated students to Sweden’s National ATMP Research School. Train in cell, gene & tissue therapy development at 5 leading universities + connect with peers & experts in the #ATMP field.
Apply by 22 Sept 👉 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
Apply by 22 Sept 👉 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
🌍 Lund University is hiring! Join top research environments like ours at Lund Stem Cell Center. Faculty roles in life sciences & biomedicine are now available. #AcademicJobs
📢 Positions across immunology, neuroscience & more:
🔗 lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
🔗 www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund...
📢 Positions across immunology, neuroscience & more:
🔗 lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
🔗 www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund...
July 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌍 Lund University is hiring! Join top research environments like ours at Lund Stem Cell Center. Faculty roles in life sciences & biomedicine are now available. #AcademicJobs
📢 Positions across immunology, neuroscience & more:
🔗 lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
🔗 www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund...
📢 Positions across immunology, neuroscience & more:
🔗 lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
🔗 www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund...
🧬 Final call! Registration closes Thursday, 26 June for the Flow Cytometry Sorting Course hosted by our FACS Core Facility. Learn to plan & run your own cell sorting experiments — hands-on & in the lab.
📅 25–29 Aug
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/calendar/flo...
#FlowCytometry #FACS #ResearchTraining
📅 25–29 Aug
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/calendar/flo...
#FlowCytometry #FACS #ResearchTraining
June 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧬 Final call! Registration closes Thursday, 26 June for the Flow Cytometry Sorting Course hosted by our FACS Core Facility. Learn to plan & run your own cell sorting experiments — hands-on & in the lab.
📅 25–29 Aug
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/calendar/flo...
#FlowCytometry #FACS #ResearchTraining
📅 25–29 Aug
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/calendar/flo...
#FlowCytometry #FACS #ResearchTraining
✈️ We're in Hong Kong for #ISSCR2025!
Our researchers have joined stem cell scientists from around the world at the @isscr.org Annual Meeting to connect, collaborate & share discoveries.
Hear from our own Malin Parmar, Filipe Pereira, Anita Adami & Paula Martos Salvo!
Meet us there 👉 isscr2025.org
Our researchers have joined stem cell scientists from around the world at the @isscr.org Annual Meeting to connect, collaborate & share discoveries.
Hear from our own Malin Parmar, Filipe Pereira, Anita Adami & Paula Martos Salvo!
Meet us there 👉 isscr2025.org
June 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
✈️ We're in Hong Kong for #ISSCR2025!
Our researchers have joined stem cell scientists from around the world at the @isscr.org Annual Meeting to connect, collaborate & share discoveries.
Hear from our own Malin Parmar, Filipe Pereira, Anita Adami & Paula Martos Salvo!
Meet us there 👉 isscr2025.org
Our researchers have joined stem cell scientists from around the world at the @isscr.org Annual Meeting to connect, collaborate & share discoveries.
Hear from our own Malin Parmar, Filipe Pereira, Anita Adami & Paula Martos Salvo!
Meet us there 👉 isscr2025.org
🧠This week’s Stem Cell Talk featured Agnete Kirkeby, who shared her journey from early #StemCell research to the STEM-PD clinical trial. Her lab is now exploring how to generate other brain cell types to treat other symptoms of #Parkinsons & other conditions.
➡️ stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
➡️ stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
June 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🧠This week’s Stem Cell Talk featured Agnete Kirkeby, who shared her journey from early #StemCell research to the STEM-PD clinical trial. Her lab is now exploring how to generate other brain cell types to treat other symptoms of #Parkinsons & other conditions.
➡️ stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
➡️ stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
We recently welcomed SMER, the Swedish Medical Ethics Council, for a visit focused on stem cell science and advanced therapies (ATMPs). Discussions centered on how these therapies offer hope, but also raise critical questions around access, cost & #equity.
Thanks SMER for visiting us in Lund! 👏
Thanks SMER for visiting us in Lund! 👏
June 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We recently welcomed SMER, the Swedish Medical Ethics Council, for a visit focused on stem cell science and advanced therapies (ATMPs). Discussions centered on how these therapies offer hope, but also raise critical questions around access, cost & #equity.
Thanks SMER for visiting us in Lund! 👏
Thanks SMER for visiting us in Lund! 👏
🔬 Earlier this month, our FACS Core Facility held the Flow Cytometry: Continuation Course, giving participants hands-on training in multicolor flow cytometry — from experimental design to data analysis.
📸 Check out photos from the course for highlights!
#FlowCytometry #FACS #StemCellResearch
📸 Check out photos from the course for highlights!
#FlowCytometry #FACS #StemCellResearch
May 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🔬 Earlier this month, our FACS Core Facility held the Flow Cytometry: Continuation Course, giving participants hands-on training in multicolor flow cytometry — from experimental design to data analysis.
📸 Check out photos from the course for highlights!
#FlowCytometry #FACS #StemCellResearch
📸 Check out photos from the course for highlights!
#FlowCytometry #FACS #StemCellResearch
🩸 Yesterday, Dr. Shangqin Guo from @yale.edu Dept. of Cell Biology, joined us @lunduniversity.bsky.social as part of our #StemCellStars seminar series, sharing how linker histones guide blood stem cell fate in healthy & diseased blood development.
🙏 Thank you, Dr. Guo, for an inspiring visit!
🙏 Thank you, Dr. Guo, for an inspiring visit!
May 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🩸 Yesterday, Dr. Shangqin Guo from @yale.edu Dept. of Cell Biology, joined us @lunduniversity.bsky.social as part of our #StemCellStars seminar series, sharing how linker histones guide blood stem cell fate in healthy & diseased blood development.
🙏 Thank you, Dr. Guo, for an inspiring visit!
🙏 Thank you, Dr. Guo, for an inspiring visit!
💡What sparks childhood #cancer? At last week’s #StemCellTalk, Sofie Mohlin shared how her team at @lunduniversity.bsky.social uses model systems to uncover early markers, advancing diagnosis & targeted treatment.
Missed it? Learn more about Sofie’s research:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
Missed it? Learn more about Sofie’s research:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
May 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
💡What sparks childhood #cancer? At last week’s #StemCellTalk, Sofie Mohlin shared how her team at @lunduniversity.bsky.social uses model systems to uncover early markers, advancing diagnosis & targeted treatment.
Missed it? Learn more about Sofie’s research:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
Missed it? Learn more about Sofie’s research:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...
🚨🇸🇪 PhD students in Sweden! Apply to join the 2025 cohort of the Swedish National ATMP Research School as an affiliated #PhD student.
Gain access to expert-led courses & networking across 5 top universities in Sweden. #ATMPs
Learn more & apply by Sept 22!
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
Gain access to expert-led courses & networking across 5 top universities in Sweden. #ATMPs
Learn more & apply by Sept 22!
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
May 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨🇸🇪 PhD students in Sweden! Apply to join the 2025 cohort of the Swedish National ATMP Research School as an affiliated #PhD student.
Gain access to expert-led courses & networking across 5 top universities in Sweden. #ATMPs
Learn more & apply by Sept 22!
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
Gain access to expert-led courses & networking across 5 top universities in Sweden. #ATMPs
Learn more & apply by Sept 22!
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...
🎤 Join us in Uppsala June 16 for the #ATMP Mini-Symposium—a day of insight, research & collaboration in advanced therapies.
Proudly co-organized with CCRM Nordic & Uppsala University, featuring our own Malin Parmar, Anna Falk & @ahleniuslab.bsky.social.
🔗 Register by June 5: shorturl.at/cGlYo
Proudly co-organized with CCRM Nordic & Uppsala University, featuring our own Malin Parmar, Anna Falk & @ahleniuslab.bsky.social.
🔗 Register by June 5: shorturl.at/cGlYo
May 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🎤 Join us in Uppsala June 16 for the #ATMP Mini-Symposium—a day of insight, research & collaboration in advanced therapies.
Proudly co-organized with CCRM Nordic & Uppsala University, featuring our own Malin Parmar, Anna Falk & @ahleniuslab.bsky.social.
🔗 Register by June 5: shorturl.at/cGlYo
Proudly co-organized with CCRM Nordic & Uppsala University, featuring our own Malin Parmar, Anna Falk & @ahleniuslab.bsky.social.
🔗 Register by June 5: shorturl.at/cGlYo
🌍 Thanks to all who joined our "Closing the Plastic Loop" event during #SustainabilityWeekinLund!♻️
We explored how smarter procurement, better sorting & scientific thinking can help reduce our plastic footprint.
Let’s keep the conversation going! What sustainable changes are you working on? Share👇
We explored how smarter procurement, better sorting & scientific thinking can help reduce our plastic footprint.
Let’s keep the conversation going! What sustainable changes are you working on? Share👇
May 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🌍 Thanks to all who joined our "Closing the Plastic Loop" event during #SustainabilityWeekinLund!♻️
We explored how smarter procurement, better sorting & scientific thinking can help reduce our plastic footprint.
Let’s keep the conversation going! What sustainable changes are you working on? Share👇
We explored how smarter procurement, better sorting & scientific thinking can help reduce our plastic footprint.
Let’s keep the conversation going! What sustainable changes are you working on? Share👇
🔬 Interested in chromatin biology, #Genomics & brain development? Join Dr. Christopher Douse's lab (chdouse.bsky.social) at Lund Stem Cell Center as a #postdoc to explore the role of "genomic dark matter" in brain development & degeneration.
Apply by 09 May → www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/open-positions
Apply by 09 May → www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/open-positions
April 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🔬 Interested in chromatin biology, #Genomics & brain development? Join Dr. Christopher Douse's lab (chdouse.bsky.social) at Lund Stem Cell Center as a #postdoc to explore the role of "genomic dark matter" in brain development & degeneration.
Apply by 09 May → www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/open-positions
Apply by 09 May → www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/open-positions