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NordForsk has awarded 12.2 million NOK to fund the project “The Double Edge of Social Media Influencing: Participatory Antagonism and Communicative Resilience in the Nordics (INFLU-NORD)”for a three-year period (2026–2029). The project addresses the question of how social media influencing shape democratic trust and societal security in the Nordic region? It has two main objectives:Advance underst

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-explores-participatory-antagonism-and-communicative-resilience - 2026-07-13

Lund University is now launching a six-year research project to investigate what the reactors of the future will mean for the environment, safety, and society. With SEK 27 million in funding from the Swedish Research Council, researchers will have the opportunity to build a completely new interdisciplinary research environment. After a period of phasing out, nuclear power has once again become a h

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-research-initiative-nuclear-energy-and-communication - 2026-07-13

In recent weeks, we have celebrated the students who have completed their studies at the Department of Communication. After years of hard work, curiosity, and dedication, they are now ready to take the next step—into working life or further studies. Over the past few weeks, we have had the great pleasure of recognising and celebrating the students who have completed their studies at the Department

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/proud-students-take-next-step - 2026-07-13

At the end of April, the Faculty Board decided that a new department, the Department of Communication, will be created. The establishment of the new department is part of the faculty's development towards fewer units, but the merger has also been motivated by additional reasons. The new department will be established on 1 January 2025 and the following units will be included: Department of Strateg

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-department-communication-january-2025 - 2026-07-13

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, cancer patients were identified as an at-risk group, so forms of treatment were modified. Now a group of physicians at Lund University want to eva

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In October, Predrag Bakic received a research grant from the Swedish Breast Cancer Association for 600 000 SEK. His research focuses on the evaluation of a novel clinical imaging system for early breast cancer screening, which combines X-ray and mechanical imaging of the breast.   Predrag Bakic is a visiting researche

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/grants-swedish-breast-cancer-association-breast-cancer-imaging-research - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund researcher Mauno Vihinen has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation to develop AI methods that in the long run enable improved cancer diagnosis. One of the researchers who has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation is Mauno Vihinen, professor of medical structural biology at the Department of Experiment

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/improved-and-tailored-prediction-methods-cancer - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The seventh meeting Focus on Cancer Collaboration was arranged as a digital event by Medicon Village in collaboration with Lund university Cancer centre (LUCC), Create Health at Lund University and Lund University Innovation. At the international world cancer day February 4th, 2021, representatives in the oncology are

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/focus-cancer-collaboration - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The discovery is published in Nature Communica

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period and she will replace Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Nomination of coordinator candidates took place during December 2020 until the end of February 2021 and the Dean of Faculty of Medicine appointed the

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-lucc-coordinator - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In May, screening for colorectal cancer will be offered in Skåne to all those born in 1961. Subsequently, Swedes aged 60 to 74 will be tested for blood in their faeces, to detect cancer at an early stage. Once all regions in Sweden have introduced the screening, at least 300 lives are expected to be saved per year. Sw

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/screening-colorectal-cancer-starts-spring - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 3D-mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study from Lund University in Sweden. The results are published in the journal Radiology. “Our results indicate that 3D-mammography, or digital b

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/fewer-breast-cancer-cases-between-screening-rounds-3d-mammography - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes. This is associated with mutations in the estrogen receptor gene, according to a study from Lund University now published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum.   “If our results are confirmed in further studies, it would

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/mutations-can-reduce-effect-hormonal-treatment-early-breast-cancer - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Pia Sundgren has been elected as Senior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and Titti Owman recieved Distinguished Service Award from the Society for MR Radiographers & Technologist (SMRT). Pia C. Maly Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D., Lund University, Lund, Sweden has been elected as Se

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/elected-senior-fellow-and-distinguished-service-award-lund - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Skåne University Hospital is in a process to establish a Comprehensive Cancer Centre. A digital site visit by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) took place 22-24 June, 2021 as part of the accreditation process to establish a Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Skåne University Hospital. OECI has an accre

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/accreditation-process-improve-cancer-care-skane-university-hospital - 2026-07-13

Congratulations Anna Blom, Professor of Medical Protein Chemistry at Lund University and the recipient of the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Berzelius Medal in Gold 2021 for innovative research in the field of medical chemistry. How does it feel to receive this prestigious award? – It’s a great honour for me to be awarded the Berzelius Medal and for our research to receive such notice. I began my p

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/anna-blom-receives-2021-berzelius-medal-advances-medical-chemistry - 2026-07-13

Information about the Advanced Cancer Biology course VMFN29 (30 ECTS) can be found here The application period is from October 18th 2021 to January 17rd 2023 and you apply in the international admission portal The course period is from August 29th 2022 to January 23rd 2023.  

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/international-admission-advanced-cancer-biology-course-open - 2026-07-13

With 10,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer type in Sweden. To create equal, accessible and high-quality prostate cancer care, Region Skåne has introduced Organised prostate cancer testing, OPT. "Anyone who wants to should be allowed to be tested for prostate cancer. Studies show that early detection lowers long-term mortality", says Anders Bjartell, one of Sweden’s lea

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/organised-prostate-cancer-testing-provide-more-equal-care - 2026-07-13

Congratulations to Göran Jönsson who receives this year's Göran Gustafsson Prize in medicine. The prize is awarded by the Royal Academy of Sciences and is awarded to younger researchers who have achieved great success in their field. Göran Jönsson, professor in molecular oncology at Lund University, receives the award "for his pioneering work in describing the genetic and molecular landscape, as w

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/goran-jonsson-receives-goran-gustafssons-prize-medicine-groundbreaking-research-immunotherapy-cancer - 2026-07-13