Lund Stem Cell Center

Universal method could transform the future of bone transplantation Lund University. In brief: Overall, the study shows that it is possible to create safe, cell-free tissue structures that effectively help the body build new bone tissue. The results meet key requireme...

🦴🧫 Over 2M people/year need bone transplants. A new @pnas.org study by @cto-bourgine.bsky.social shows how a cell-free cartilage graft can safely guide bone repair without strong immune reactions in animal models - an off-the-shelf step toward human studies.

www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/univ...

📣 Doctoral fellow applications are now open for the RAMP-UP Doctoral Programme.

21 fully funded #PhD positions in regenerative medicine & advanced therapies across 4 leading European universities 🇪🇺 #ATMPs #HorizonEU #MSCA #EduSky

Apply by 31 March 2026 👉 stemcellcenter.lu.se/RAMP-UP

📣 Applications open tomorrow: RAMP-UP Doctoral Programme.

Up to 21 fully funded PhD positions in regenerative medicine & #ATMPs across 4 leading European universities. Opens 30 January & closes 30 March. #PhD #DoctoralFellow

Get your application ready 👉 stemcellcenter.lu.se/RAMP-UP

🇸🇪🇳🇱🇩🇪🇩🇰 Four universities. One doctoral programme. Europe-wide training in regenerative medicine & advanced therapies.

The call for RAMP-UP doctoral fellow applications opens on 30 January and closes 31 March.

Learn how to apply 👇
stemcellcenter.lu.se/RAMP-UP

#PhDpositions #RegenerativeMedicine

🔬 Access the original paper in Nature Methods:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🧬 Find the plasmids at Addgene:
www.addgene.org/Henrik_Ahlen...

#OpenScience

Lund Stem Cell Center researchers receive Blue Flame Award for contributions to open science Lund University. Plasmids are small, circular DNA molecules that serve as important tools in biological research. They are often used to deliver specific genes or gene-editing components, such as CRIS...

🧬 When research tools are shared, science moves faster.

In 2018, @ahleniuslab.bsky.social published a Nature Methods protocol to generate astrocytes from stem cells.

Henrik Ahlenius & Isaac Canals now receive the Blue Flame Award for sharing the plasmids via @addgene.bsky.social 👇
#HappyDepositor

🇪🇺 RAMP-UP is a #HorizonEU #MSCActions COFUND doctoral programme training future leaders in regenerative medicine & ATMPs. Applications for the 1st cohort of 22 fully funded PhD positions open on 30 Jan.

Learn more & get ready to apply: stemcellcenter.lu.se/RAMP-UP

#PhD #ResearchJobs #EuropeJobs

"May the publishing be with you" - Sofie Mohlin receives an international JEDI Award Lund University. Today’s publish-or-perish research culture means that success in scientific publishing can determine who advances, who secures funding, and who remains in academia. While the system i...

✍Publishing shapes who advances in science, yet inequities persist. Sofie Mohlin @lundstem.bsky.social received the JEDI Award from LSEF for editorial mentoring during a tough review, showing how targeted support can strengthen equity in research. #DEI

More👇
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/may-...

“Recipe book” for reprogramming immune cells Lund University. Our immune system consists of different types of cells that specialise in different functions to protect us from disease. Normally, the immune system is very good at finding and destr...

🧬 Many immune cells needed for research & #immunotherapy are rare & hard to access.

Published in @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social, researchers in @cellreprolab.bsky.social created a “recipe book” to reprogram accessible cells into specific immune cells.

Read👇
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/reci...

⏰ 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

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...

🧠 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

🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/rese...

🧬 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 👇
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/atmp-researc...

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…

🎗️ 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.

Read more 👇

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,…

🚨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.

More about how to apply ⤵️

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.

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.

www.stias.ac.za/news/one-cel...

More about the Stem Cells, Aging and Neurodegeneration Research Group: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...

🌌 “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

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.

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👇
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/calendar/nat...

⏰ 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

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...

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

Read more 👇
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/brin...

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...

🌟 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! 👏

Read👇
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/paul...

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 ...

📊 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...

🦴🩸 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.

More: buff.ly/YnOBNpg

🔗 Explore more images from this year’s digital gallery:
www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cele...

🌃 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

A big thank you for an inspiring visit and everyone who joined this engaging session! 👏

Learn more about our Stem Cell Seminars:
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/news/events/...

🧫 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.

🧫 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

Read More:
👉 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/research-gro...

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…

💜 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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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...

🧬 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.

Read More:
🔗 www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/deco...