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CMES Helen Avery attended the workshop Defending and Exhibiting Diversity in Syrian Museums, 29-31 October 2019. "Looking back to a rich history of the Middle Ages, medieval collections are an integral part of many Arab Museums. This is especially true for the Arab countries in Northern Africa and the Near East: From Morocco to Iraq there exist plenty of large and small, state owned and private mu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/defending-and-exhibiting-diversity-syrian-museums-beirut - 2026-10-07

Gedea Biotech secures €1.3 million (14 MSEK) to advance its antibiotic-free vaginal infection treatment pHyph towards market launch. Gedea Biotech, part of LU Holding’s portfolio, announced in May that it has raised €1.3 million (14 MSEK) for additional development activities of their product pHyph for antibiotic-free treatment of vaginal infections. The funds will be used for: • An ongoing proof-

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/gedea-biotech-secures-eu13-million - 2026-10-07

The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean talking about ongoing work on a new strategic platform and the new quality policy for the university. She shared that we have now established a Precision Medicine Centre South together with Region Skåne. Olle Melander has been appointed director and Sophia Zackrisson appointed deputy director for the cen

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-18-september-2024 - 2026-10-07

Central negotiations are still ongoing at national level regarding new agreements between state employers and the employeer organisations with which these employers have collective agreements. However, the intention of the central parties is to have new agreements in place by 1 October, which Lund University has assumed in the planning of the salary review. Preliminary timetable for salary review

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preliminary-timetable-years-salary-review-now-set - 2026-10-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-10-07

During her thesis project, Nadja Gustavsson has characterized structural changes inside neurons of a new mouse model for mixed neurogenerative disorders. On the 21st of October, she is defending her thesis supervised by Oxana Klementieva. In this interview, Nadja shares her ups and downs during her time as a Ph.D. student in MultiPark. Tell us about your Ph.D. research! Our lab utilizes a novel ap

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-nadja-gustavsson - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, almost half of all male deaths are attributable to a mysterious kidney disease. In El Salvador, it the second most common cause of death among men. In Sri Lanka, it is believed to have caused about 25 000 deaths over the past decade. Working in heat is a common factor, so the problem is expe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/heat-exhaustion-behind-mysterious-kidney-disease - 2026-10-07

What do you explore in your PhD? In my PhD-project, I am exploring gender and women´s mobilization strategies for sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, how agroecology helps erode patriarchal relations within rural communities in Zimbabwe. Due to low crop productivity occurring in Zimbabwe, mostly due to climate change, agroecology has become an alternative/solution to this

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-michaelin-sibanda-studies-gender-and-womens-mobilization-strategies-sustainable - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Economist and researcher Andreas Bergh is closely involved in public debate. Few things make him really angry. One of them is stupidity. Like when the city of Malmö fails to create simple entry-level jobs because of unreasonable demands on people who want to start mobile food trucks. “That is how the sluggish Swedish

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/advocating-capitalist-welfare-state - 2026-10-07

The participants in the MA Performing Arts as Critical Practice have started their independent Work in the Field projects this Spring. The eight participants have partnered up with performing arts venues and will conduct artistic investigations, involving different communities and organizations in Malmö, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Prague, and the small island of Møn. They will be sharing their researc

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/work-field-students-ma-performing-arts-critical-practice - 2026-10-07

A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a week. The results have been widely discussed across social media – but the results have in many cases been misinterpreted. Two of the authors, Associate Professor Yang de Marinis (YDM) and Professor Ma

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention - 2026-10-07

The Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration research group is made up of about 15 researchers focusing on chronic lung disease. The group’s work includes the development of different methods to study disease models for conditions such as COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. One of the researchers, John Stegmayr, has been awarded SEK 700,000 from the Carl Tesdorpf Foundation to expand research into idiopathic

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/focusing-chronic-lung-disease - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Previous EU framework programmes have focused largely on engineering, medicine and science, but over the next seven years, the EU wants to see more interdisciplinary research and collaboration, as well as more social science and humanities. But will Horizon 2020 be the breakthrough that the humanities have hoped for?

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/humanities-late-joining-horizon-2020-train - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It isn’t difficult, takes up very little space, and is healthy, fun, tasty and social! Sustainable urban farming is a project involving some 20 doctoral students on the area of grass between Gerdahallen and Sölvegatan. From ten raised beds, they have harvested lettuce, carrots, chard, spinach, pumpkins, peas, rhubarb

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/harvesting-fruits-sustainable-urban-farming-project - 2026-10-07

Welcome to a one-day seminar in the series 'Conversations about art and science' aimed at employees and students from all parts of Lund University. This time, representatives of a number of Swedish higher education institutions have been invited, where art and culture have been highlighted in new contexts. In addition to providing an insight into how different universities have worked to include a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/165-place-art-and-culture-swedish-universities - 2026-10-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in the pathological development of Alzheimer’s disease. On the 3rd of June, it is time to defend her work supervised by Prof. Tomas Deierborg. Now, Yiyi tells us about her research in the Experimental Neuroinflammation Laboratory as being

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Maria Jassinskaja has been studying the molecular and functional dynamics of hematopoietic progenitor cell fate during development. Defending her PhD thesis on June 9th, in this interview Maria tells us about her research within the Proteomic Hematology research group and her time spent at Lund Stem Cell C

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maria-jassinskaja - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The teacher representatives on the board of the Department of Political Science in response to Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein's guest editorial in SvD concerning gender distribution among authors on course reading lists. In a guest editorial in the daily SvD on 7 November, Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein expresses indignat

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/guideline-gender-distribution-does-not-influence-course-content - 2026-10-07

A study conducted by researchers at Lund University has found that protein oxidation forms an additional layer of regulation during the development of fetal blood stem cells and may play a role in the development of leukemia. The results are now available in the journal, Redox Biology. The human body is made up of trillions of cells and within each are proteins - large, complex molecules that play

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/protein-oxidation-added-layer-regulation-during-blood-stem-cell-development - 2026-10-07

Identical twins share the same DNA, but one twin may suffer from type 2 diabetes while the other twin does not develop the disease. A study led by Lund University in Sweden has now discovered that there are differences in gene activity in twins where only one sibling had developed the disease. The researchers’ discovery could contribute to the development of new treatment methods. “Identical twins

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/twin-study-finds-type-2-diabetes-clues-epigenetic-changes - 2026-10-07