LU Innovation

#inthemedia Using Virtual Reality for teaching physics and chemistry at high schools, and developing an electric fan with a personalised and more comfortable frequency. These are just two of the projects highlighted in an article by HD-Sydsvenskan about Leapfrogs, LU Innovation's summer scholarship program for students from Skåne and Blekinge. "You see the other participants' challenges and learn, but we also share contacts and help others," says FEIYU WU, the founder of SensoryWind in her interview. Read interviews with her, Kaspian Jakobsson, a founder of Edda Knowledge and programme organiser Nicolas Arriagada from LU Innovation. Article in Swedish: https://lnkd.in/dkW7Hph4

1000 nya aktiebolag har sedan 2010 knoppats av från Lunds universitet, Uppsala University och Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Sveriges tre ledande universitet enligt QS World University Rankings Under år 2022 hade bolagen tillsammans 3836 anställda, omsatte 6,7 miljarder kronor samt beräknas ha genererat nästan 2 miljarder i skatteintäkter 👏 Detta framgår i en ny rapport om Svenska universitets roll för startup-Sverige som tagits fram av Niclas Nilsson, Malin Graffner Nordberg och Lisa Ericsson, ansvariga för innovationskontoren vid universiteten. – Kommersialisering och bolagsbildning är viktiga verktyg för att omvandla forskning till konkreta produkter och tjänster som kan göra skillnad i samhället. Sedan år 2010 har 1081 nya bolag knoppats av baserat på forskningsresultat och kunskap från våra tre lärosäten. Detta är något som vi är väldigt stolta över att kunna uppmärksamma, säger Niclas Nilsson, innovationsansvarig vid Lunds universitet. LU Innovation KTH Innovation Uppsala University Innovation

Great to meet Spain's future talent! 👋 🇪🇸 Medicon Valley, which straddles Lund, Malmö and Copenhagen, is the Nordic region's leading life science hub. So, we were very happy to host a group of students from the University of Navarra's Women for Science and Technology club, who were visiting the region to explore opportunities. We had a lively discussion about life science, innovation and entrepreneurship in Lund, led by our innovation developers, Cecilia Jädert Widblom and Annika Lindström, together with Sarah Lidé at Medicon Village – all with strong backgrounds in life science & innovation. Many thanks to María Pilar Lostao Crespo at University of Navarra for reaching out!

Edouard Berrocal developed a new method for testing cloudy liquids using scattered light. This year, the company he founded, Spec-Imaging, released their first product. 🎉 Could it be a potential game-changer in industries such as food processing, medicine, and wastewater management? Continue reading to find out what working with innovation has meant for Eduard as a researcher. This includes the opportunity to delve into a new field, work with a strong team, and explore applications in various industries, all while staying in academia, as a senior lecturer at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University.

Congratulations 🎉 to Linnéa Törnblom and Isabelle Stålberg, two engineering students at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University, for winning this year's Klinnovation final pitch competition! They impressed the judges with their innovative use of AI to analyse images of fine-needle aspiration in order to diagnose and classify indolent lymphomas, a group of slow-growing cancers. The students' pitch was part of Klinnovation, a course focused on applying biomedical engineering knowledge to address medtech problems with an emphasis on clinical innovation. In Sweden, approximately 2,500 people are diagnosed with lymphomas annually. Normally this means they must undergo a multi-step, often uncomfortable investigation process that typically includes an invasive operation to perform a biopsy of the lymph node. However, the team, along with their supervisors Mats Ehinger and Kalle Åström, developed an AI tool capable of distinguishing between benign and indolent samples from fine-needle aspirations. This procedure is a minimally invasive way to obtain a cell sample to confirm a diagnosis or guide treatment. The program can accurately differentiate between healthy and sick samples 93% of the time, and correctly classify three different types of indolent lymphomas with 90% accuracy. Their program has the potential to make lymphoma investigations faster and less invasive, as a specific diagnosis can be directly made from the fine-needle aspiration. Furthermore, this solution could save over 12 million in healthcare costs annually, just for the Region Skåne 💰. The team now hopes to extend their research by testing their solution on larger sample sizes. Thank you also to Lorenzo Grassi, Josefin Starkhammar, and Tomas Jansson for involving LU Innovation, represented by Nicolas Arriagada and Lars Svensson, as part of the jury.

What a fantastic kick-off for the Leapfrogs summer programme this week!☀️Throughout the summer, students from Skåne and Blekinge get the chance to develop their innovative ideas and startups through workshops, networking opportunities with like-minded entrepreneurs, and time and financial support to develop their ideas further. The kickoff workshop opened with inspiration from Erik Karlsson, founder of Nepri, a research-based startup from Lund that enables sustainable and high-yielding agriculture through early detection of plant diseases, and Oliver Titikic, an entrepreneur and founder of his own legal practice. In total, 33 projects from Blekinge Institute of Technology, Kristianstad University, Malmö University, and Lund University are participating. Ten of the projects are funded through Lund University's Sustainability Fund and were chosen for their focus on sustainability.🌿The programme is led by our very own Nicolas Arriagada. Through the summer, we will be providing highlights of some of these inspiring student projects. Follow their journey here!

If you are a university researcher in Sweden, you might be aware that you are covered by very unique IP-protections known as by professor's privilege (lärarundantaget). But very few people know what that means in practice. So let's dive in. 💦 Read on for a short Q&A with Fredrik Engfeldt, Legal Advisor at LU Innovation who works daily on solving questions related to IP rights of researchers at Lund University. If you are interested in asking your own questions to Fredrik, he will be speaking at an open lunch seminar at Forum Medicum in Lund on Tuesday, May 21st. More info in article. Ping - Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet

And it's a wrap! 🎉 Thank you everyone who came out to celebrate all the talented and innovative student-led startups from Lund University today, through a special collab Demo Day together with the Master’s of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship at Lund University. It felt extra special to be in a packed atrium fully decked in bright yellow 🟡 and VentureLab green 🟢 just as the canola fields surrounding Lund are blooming in the same colours. LU Innovation's pre-incubator VentureLab was represented by an talented group of student-led startups including: ⛳ ALBATRAC - Transforming the on-course performance tracking with a push of a button 💼 CRMdata - Making B2B sales simple - no complex setups, just effective results 🎓 Prodigies - The Prodigies mobile app boosts student motivation in high schools by allowing students to set personal merit goals related to desired professions and educations. 👀 Look Up - We help high-school students find out what they want to do in the future. We do it by matching them with start-ups for internships, so they try different jobs out 🌱 Sprout - Growing brands and plants together 🌬 SensoryWind - Let's Breathe & Bike with Nature's Rhythm! ☀️ Solstice energy storage - Revolutionising renewable energy storage 📍 Meet Map - helps people to connect with communities, and explore hobbies. Let’s create together! 👟 STRIDE - Our modular running shoe makes it possibly to simply exchange the worn-out soles with new ones - for less costs and less waste. 💻 Codiska - Children’s journey to learn coding starts with Codiska for schools. 🎥 Netnedge - Netnedge - the B2B video content platform redefining B2B Sales and Marketing 🔗 Miruno - we bridge the gap between established industry leaders and emerging talent. 🧲 Magnetart - Let GH-Magnetart infuse your memories with magnetism! 🌐 Scrollite Studios - Custom high-end websites without generic templates or confusing tools - your vision is our goal 🚗 VOLANTERE - Introducing the bracelet for all car enthusiasts The day was expertly led by Adila Malik and Craig Mitchell. Thank you for the fantastic collaboration Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship at Lund University. And a big congratulations to all the startups! 👏🎉

A trio of Lund University researchers had findings that could improve cities' resilience to flooding but weren't getting traction. Then, a chance encounter with an Innovation Developer from LU Innovation at the gym sparked a whole new venture. 🏋♀️ Read on for an interview with Professor Petter Pilesjö on his journey from research to innovation together with his colleagues Abdulghani Hasan, and Andreas Persson. And also, how they've benefited from launching their company through LU Business Track, a joint programme between Lund University's innovation office, LU Innovation, and its investment company and venture builder, LU Holding

In Sweden's Skåne region, we take pride in fostering an environment that nurtures innovation and drives progress. At the heart of this ecosystem, is LU Innovation, Lund University's innovation hub which turns cutting-edge research into reality, creating a brighter future for Skåne and the world 🌟.    #LUInnovation empowers researchers and students to transform their groundbreaking ideas, concepts and research findings💡 into marketable solutions with a global impact.    The LU Innovation team brings together experts with diverse backgrounds in research, industry, and the public sector, with access to an extensive national and international network. Their support services, offered free of charge, range from idea & innovation development to financial assistance, and include expert guidance on agreements to idea protection.    Innovative research-based companies started with support from LU Innovation include Asgard Therapeutics who have developed a revolutionary gene therapy that reprograms cancer cells, and AlixLabs, who are creating a new type of manufacturing process for semiconductor components based on nanotechnology.     Learn more about LU Innovation on their website (link in comments). #InnovationHub #ResearchToInnovation #Skåne #SwedensSweetSpot #LundUniversity