Right now, it's all about getting rid of the coronavirus. But even before Covid-19, the virus pandemics in the world increased and "ordinary" flu viruses and cold viruses cost society huge sums of money every year. Swedish virus researchers believe that with the help of increased resources and increased knowledge, they could improve the world. A new virus center will soon start in Lund.   https://

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/virus-fight-swedish - 2025-09-01

Streamed seminar Thursday 22nd of April 17.30-20.10 A streamed seminar about the Covid-19 vaccination will be held Thursday 22nd of April 17.30-20.10. The seminar is open for everyone but it will be held in Swedish. 210422_vaccination_program (002).pdf

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/seminar-about-covid-19-vaccination-swedish - 2025-09-01

A fund has been started by Swedish Society for Virology. The Virus and Pandemic fund will raise funds to strengthen Swedish virus research and has set up three focus areas: Support Swedish scientific research in virology and viral diseases. Contribute to research development in virology by funding, organizing and coordinating Swedish research. Inform about research in virology and how virus-caused

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/new-fund-pandemic-research - 2025-09-01

No one is safe until everyone is safe - this is how the mutations affect the vaccinations. No one is safe until everyone is safe - this is how the mutations affect the vaccinations. A swedish article: https://www.vetenskaphalsa.se/ingen-ar-saker-forran-alla-ar-sakra-sa-paverkar-mutationerna-vaccinationerna/

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/no-one-safe-until-everyone-safe - 2025-09-01

The seminar arranged by Patientforum Malmö and Lund 22nd of April can now be seen (in Swedish): https://players.brightcove.net/3193745440001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249891616001 Patientforum is part of the Hospital Library and is an open meeting place where you can get help seeking information about health, illness, treatment and patient rights. Patientforum - Skånes universitetssjukhu

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/now-seminar-about-covid-19-vaccination-can-be-seen - 2025-09-01

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular and Structural Virology Course Level: Postdoctoral fellowship Study Subject: Disentangling and visualising the key epitopes for neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 at the atomic level – Implications for development of vaccines against COVID-19. Duration: The position is available for up to two years, starting as soon as possible Nationality: Op

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/post-doctoral-position-available-1 - 2025-09-01

A podcast from "Vetenskap & hälsa" Podd: Virus – svåra att kontrollera – Vetenskap och Hälsa (vetenskaphalsa.se) A podcast from "Vetenskap & hälsa" Ebola fever is a viral disease with a very high mortality rate but despite several outbreaks it has never spread globally. An HIV infection, which in the 1980s led to the deadly disease AIDS can today be treated and has become a chronic disease. But de

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/viruses-difficult-control-swedish - 2025-09-01

Support the virus research by giving a christmas gift. Forskning i julklapp | Medicinska fakulteten (lu.se)

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/giving-tuesday-0 - 2025-09-01

Project leader, Lund University.

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/position-project-leader-available - 2025-09-01

George Makau Nduva will defend his thesis: Inferring transmission dynamics from HIV-1 genealogies Date: 2022-03-17 Time: 9:00 Place: I1345, BMC, Sölvegatan 17, Lund or you can join by Zoom: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/67159008809 External reviewer Professor Christophe Fraser University of Oxford, UK  Inferring transmission dynamics from HIV-1 genealogies — Lund University Summary With a national preva

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/173-thesis-defense-george-makau-nduva-3 - 2025-09-01

Jamirah Nazziwa will defend her thesis: Dynamics of HIV-1 infection within and between hosts. Date: 2022-06-15 Time: 13:00 Place: Agardh lecture hall, CRC, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, Malmö or you can join by Zoom, https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/5911574417 Opponent: Professor Fernando Gonzalez Candelas, University of Valencia, Spain  Dynamics of HIV-1 infection within and between hosts-Lund University. Pop

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/156-thesis-defense-jamirah-nazziwa - 2025-09-01

The EUGLOH 2022 Annual Summit took place at Université Paris-Saclay on 15-17 June and gathered students and academics from EUGLOH's nine universities, as well as members of civil society, association stakeholders and industrial partners of the Alliance. The summit began on 15 June at 9.00 with opening speeches by Sylvie Retailleau, Rector of Université Paris-Saclay, and Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, He

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/eugloh-2022-annual-summit - 2025-09-01

Dawit Assefa Arimide will defend his thesis: The HIV-1 epidemic in Ethiopia - transmission patterns, antiretroviral drug resistance and treatment outcomes. Time: 13:00 Place: Belfrage hall, BMC D15, Klinikgatan 32 i Lund Opponent: Docent Ujjwal Neogi, Stockholm The HIV epidemic in Ethiopia –dynamics of viral transmissions and prevalence of transmitted drug resistance — Lund University Summary A co

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/159-thesis-defense-dawit-assefa-arimide - 2025-09-01

A warm welcome back to the team Amin Hassan. Looking forward to work together the coming year.

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/welcome-back-amin - 2025-09-01

Do you want to expand the scope of your research within one of the Europe's most successful university alliances? Would you like to strengthen existing collaborations with colleagues at University of Paris-Saclay, Lund University, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, University of Porto and University of Szeged? Are you interested in getting to know and access the vast network of Excellence Cor

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/call-application-euglohria-seeding-grant-deadline-january-15th-2023-2 - 2025-09-01

        Four new thematic collaborative initiatives havereceived SEK 1 million per year for the period 2023-2025 by Lund University. One of the funded initiaives is The Pandemics and Alertness collaborative initiative.   The overarching objective of this initiative is to create the multidisciplinary platform Pandemics and Alertness that aims to facilitate cooperation between important stakeholders

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/pandemics-and-alertness - 2025-09-01

The EUGLOHRIA Research seeding grant (projects and/or platforms), Deadline: May 30th, 2023 Dear researchers, Following the "seeding conference" hosted by Lund University on May 16th and 17th, 2022, EUGLOHRIA remains excited to foster collaborative initiatives emerging within EUGLOHRIA (partner universities: Lund University, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Porto, Szeged University, and Lu

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/euglohria-research-seeding-grant - 2025-09-01

Emil Johansson will defend his thesis: Virus-host interactions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections. Date: 2023-05-17 Time: 13:00 Place: Agardh lecture hall, CRC, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, Malmö or you can join by Zoom, https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/64703958604 Opponent: docent Ujjwal Neogi, Stockholm   Virus-host interactions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections.   Summary: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/175-thesis-defense-emil-johansson - 2025-09-01

Symposium: Biological aging and immunomodulation in HIV-1 infection, and circulating HPV-DNA in tonsillar cancer Welcome to a symposium on recent scientific advances on biological aging and immunomodulation in HIV-1 infection, as well as on the role of circulating HPV-DNA in tonsillar cancer. At this symposium, three leading virus researchers in Sweden – Associate Professor Ujjwal Neogi (Karolinsk

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/175-symposium-9-11-crc - 2025-09-01

PNAS and Nature papers by Virus centre-affiliated researchers With the advent of next generation sequencing, our understanding of the genetic diversity of cellular and viral life has expanded exponentially. Structural and mechanistic understanding of protein function has lagged behind due to the challenging and lowthroughput nature of structural and biochemical approaches. This situation changed d

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/structural-predictions-alphafold-uncover-new-protein-functions-1 - 2025-09-01