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The Membrane Group at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University is very happy to organise the 34th European Membrane Society (EMS) Summer School with the topic “Membranes in Biorefineries”.

Biorefineries are the backbone of “white biotechnology”, the 3rd wave of biotechnology, which aims to replace classic C2/C3 chemistry by biotechnological processes. The aim of this Summer School is to bring together leading European scientists and industrialists in the areas of membrane technology and biorefineries with students and young researchers to discuss and explore main aspects of membrane processes and how they can be used in biorefineries.

The Summer School will bring together 25 lecturers from 9 different European countries with approx. 60 international participants.  

We hope with this EMS Summer School we hope to support the transition of our society from a society largely dependent on fossil-based materials to a climate-smart society based on biomass.

Read more on the Summer School webpage

PhD students in the engineering subjects are welcome to apply to the mentorship program PLUME 2017/2018, and be a part of a unique assembly of professionals to fine tune their career as a future PhD. Participants will be paired with mentors from the industry based on personal preference and availability. As a participant in PLUME you will meet with other mentor/mentee-pairs and discuss topics related to your career as a PhD, as well as having private meetings with your mentor.

15 positions available. Applications will be treated on a first come first serve-basis.

Deadline to apply: May 12, 2017

Check our facebook event for more detailed information

The School of Architecture kicks off its spring exhibition Tuesday the 23^rd of May at 18:00 in the School of Architecture Exhibition Hall. The exhibition runs until the 31^st of May (open on weekdays) and it features thesis works.

You can also see a selection of thesis works from the School of Architecture, along with other design schools in the region, at the Form Design Center in Malmö, from the 25^th of May until the 4^th of June.

Everyone is welcome!

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The 2nd of May Medicon Bridge, a collaborative platform founded by Region Skåne and Lund University, organizes a matchmaking event. In the morning you will meet medical technology companies and hear their success stories. In the afternoon there will be pre-booked personal discussions between medtech startups (fully booked) and a panel of experts.

When: 2 maj 2017
Where: Gamla Gästmatsalen, Medicon Village

To apply send an email to Sebastian.Strunk-Moller@skane.se

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Two new facilities for probing nanoscale structures, European Spallation Source (neutron facility) and MAX-IV Laboratory (X-ray synchrotron facility), will be opened for the scientific community. 

In the UCPH Summer School for Nano-Science you will be introduced by leading scientist to a broad series of techniques that can be conducted at these new facilities and see how they are applied to study many different materials; natural and synthetic, soft and hard. 

When: June 26-30, 2017
Where: Magleås Conference Center, Høsterkøb, Denmark 
Deadline for registration: May 1, 2017 

No registration fee for PhD students or post docs from the Øresund-Kategatt-Skagerrak area but there is a ’board and lodging’ fee of 540 € for students from other areas. Places are limited and priority is given to participants enrolled at one of the partners of MAX4ESSFUN.

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At Lund University we have excellent research infrastructure to support research in medicine, biology and biomedicine. Every month one special infrastructure highlights to increase the awareness of the available platforms.

The infrastructure of April is BioMAX at MAX IV

BioMAX is now up and running as the first experiment facility at MAX IV dedicated to structural biology, using x-ray crystallography.

• Do you want to know the detailed 3D structure of a protein? 
• Are you interested to analyse large molecules and their complexes at an atomic level?
• Do you want to find better binding molecules to your target protein?

Did you think that crystallography was too complicated with low probability of success? 
Think twice – with the the toolbox and services available today you are more likely to have success with your structural biology project! 

BioMAX is the perfect tool to:

• Screen through hundreds of samples within hours
• Investigate very small specimens
• Solve the crystallographic phase problems using modern techniques
• Collaborate with a highly skilled and motivated research team

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March for Science is a citizens’ initiative from the United States, launched by private citizens and researchers who want to stand up for the importance of science and research-based knowledge in society. Particular emphasis is placed on the conception that science knows no borders and that its strength and characteristics are diversity and openness.

Lund University supports the March for Science. At a time when fact resistance, alternative facts and false news regularly appear in the public debate, we want to defend source criticism, critical thinking and a scholarly approach.

Read more about why the March for Science takes place in Sweden on marchforscience.se

The March for Science closest to Lund is in Copenhagen on April 22.

For information about the time and place, visit the March for Science Copenhagen website