Agnete Kirkeby and colleagues from Lund University and Copenhagen University, in collaboration with engineers Thomas Laurell and Marc Isaksson at LTH, built a stem cell model mimicking early phasesof human brain development. Modelling neural tube development by differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic WNT gradient. Pedro [...]
Per Augustsson has been awarded the Future Research Leader grant from the Swedish Foundation for Stategic Research. Per receives MSEK 12 and a leadership training program for his project on acoustic gradient focusing. Link to SSF summary (Swedish).
The Swedish Research Council has awarded Thomas Laurell the Distinguished Professor Grant. As one of eight awarded this year, and the only one from Lund, Laurell has been awarded MSEK 48 for the period 2019-2029. Link to LU News.
Frida Sandberg has in collaboration with Mikael Wallman at Fraunhofer Chalmers research center for industrial mathematics (FCC) received a grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) funding a research institute PhD student project. The position is now open, see Mathematical Modeling for Personalized Treatment of Atrial [...]