The Conversation is an independent source for news and commentary, representing the academy and the research world. This news services gives researchers the opportunity to disseminate their current research projects and expertise (not only news) internationally. The content, which is created by scientists, is often picked up by journalists, reaching several millions readers in English speaking countries every month. It is free to join and you may freely use the submitted material afterwards. An experienced science journalist assists you in editing your work. Lund University's editor is Mirjam Frankel. She is visiting during week 9 to hold two lectures and have private meetings.

The lectures about how to pitch and write for the Conversation are held:

Monday, February 27 - 15:00-16:00
Where: Palaestra lower, University Square

Thursday, March 2 - 9:00-10:00
Where: Crafoord Hall, main floor of the School of Economics, Tycho Brahe Route 1, Lund

Do you have an idea you want to pitch ? On March 2, from 10:30 to 15:30, LTH scientists have the opportunity to present and discuss their ideas with Miriam Frankel (both in Swedish and English). Interested? Please contact Kristina Lindgärde, press officer at LTH, if you want to book a meeting.

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The Digital Society is one of the thematic weeks during Lund University’s year-long 350th anniversary. The week starts with this two-day symposium, April 24-25, that addresses the digital society from a number of perspectives through its 4 invited international guest and 16 scholars from Lund University.

Our ambition is to fill the Lund City Hall with a mix of students, scholars and participants from all parts of society and we are very much proud to announce that the conference involves four invited plenary speakers of particular excellence:

• Professor Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University: How digital has destroyed democracy — and what we can do to recover it
• Professor José van Dijck, University of Amsterdam: Who governs the platform society? Embattling public values in a connective world
• Professor Hu Yong, Peking University: The Internet in China: The Same, but Different
• Professor Danica Kragic, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH: Man and Machine - the Challenge of Collaboration

The symposium is free of charge. The interest in participating is high, do not wait too long to sign up to be sure to be able to attend.

When: 24-25 april
Where: Lund
Details and registration

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

The infrastructure of February is EpiHealth cohort study

EpiHealth cohort study is a national resource with data of 25,000 (2017) Swedish men and women between the ages of 45 and 75 years, continuously growing. It includes information about genes and life-style factors. It is an open-access resource accessible for all researchers.

• Want to know more about chronical diseases and their relation to life-style factors, biochemical markers and genetic information?
• Do you need access to a control group?
• Need to know more about a specific gene?

The EpiHealth cohort study offer data from 25 000 individuals in the age between 45-75 containing:

• physical tests like spirometry, ECG, cognition and biological sampling 
• information about the participants’ medical history and life-style from questionnaire
• informed consent to contact participants for new studies like  including subjects with specific disorders or control groups for case-control studies

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The Department of Immunotechnology is to host an open day to show two tools that might be useful for other researchers of Lund University. 

The first one is a iQue Plus Screener, a high throughput FACS instrument to analyze cells and particles. The second one is MASS-1 high throughput SPR instrument to analyze the interaction between molecules.

When: February 28, 2017
Where: Department of Immunotechnology, Medicon Village, building 406