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Giulia Beneventi has investigated the role of RNA modifications and post-transcriptional control in cancer and stem cells. In this interview, she tells us about her research and what is it like to be a PhD student in newly established group. Giulia defends her thesis on the 8th of December.   What have you been working with during your PhD studies? The main aim of my PhD project was to unravel pos

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-giulia-beneventi - 2026-04-27

A new academic year just started and the department has welcomed around 100 new master students, of which almost all of them are international students. Before starting their studies at our master programme with five different specializations, the students participate in our preparatory week learning to study the "LU-way" - the Lund University way. We have talked to the two teachers in charge of t

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/new-master-students-learning-lu-way - 2026-04-27

Den 27 januari äger Förintelsens minnesdag rum. Lunds universitet är det enda lärosätet i Sverige med utbildningar i jiddisch – som är ett av flera judiska språk. Hur används minoritetsspråket idag? Oren Cohen Roman, forskare i jiddisch, har svaret. Sedan år 2000 är jiddisch ett av Sveriges nationella minoritetsspråk. Lunds universitet är det enda universitet i Skandinavien som erbjuder undervisni

https://www.lu.se/artikel/jiddisch-firar-25-ar-som-minoritetssprak-vad-ar-dess-status-idag - 2026-04-28

LUND SPRING SYMPOSIUM – When Katherine A. High began working with gene therapy, the field was new, promising – and riddled with uncertainty. Three decades later, she is a visiting professor at The Rockefeller University, CEO of RhyGaze AG, and former President and Head of R&D at Spark Therapeutics. Her research has led to life-changing treatments for patients with inherited diseases. But the road

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/rewriting-genetic-fate-katherine-high-and-rise-gene-therapy - 2026-04-27

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/ingrid-furre-olof-nimar-mexico-city - 2026-04-27

Travel grants for the SANORD conference 22 – 25 September 2026 in NamibiaSANORD (Southern African–Nordic Centre) is a network aiming at facilitating, expanding, and strengthening collaborations and contacts between higher education institutions in southern Africa and the Nordic region. The SANORD annual scientific conference will be held at the University of Namibia 22 – 25 September 2026 and the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/funding-calls-sanord-travel-grants-and-sasuf-collaboration-and-mobility-funding - 2026-04-27

Together with Sonia Sabbahi (Université de Carthage), Layla Ben Ayed (Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie), Monia Trad (Université de Carthage) and Panagiotis Karanis (University of Nicosia Medical School), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Parasitological Assessment of Sewage Sludge Samples for Potential Agricultural Reuse in Tunisia", available in The Internati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reuse-wastewater-sludge-tunisian-agriculture - 2026-04-27

How we feel about nature affects the gardening choices we make and how much those choices benefit pollinators. A new study from Lund University highlights this connection, particularly in the context of widespread urbanisation, which is reducing both green spaces and people’s contact with nature. The researchers also show that for pollinators in cities, gardens with plantings kept over many years

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/our-feelings-towards-nature-influence-how-we-support-pollinators-our-gardens - 2026-04-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I ett internationellt samarbete mellan forskare i Sverige, Danmark och Spanien undersöktes om barns gener programmeras annorlunda om den gravida kvinnan med ett BMI på över 30 genomgick livsstilsinterventioner. Resultaten publicerades nyligen i tidskriften Diabetes. Under det senaste decenniet har kunskapen ökat om

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/kan-livsstilsinterventioner-hos-gravida-med-fetma-paverka-fostrets-gener - 2026-04-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I ett internationellt samarbete mellan forskare i Sverige, Danmark och Spanien undersöktes om barns gener programmeras annorlunda om den gravida kvinnan med ett BMI på över 30 genomgick livsstilsinterventioner. Resultaten publicerades nyligen i tidskriften Diabetes. Under det senaste decenniet har kunskapen ökat om

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kan-livsstilsinterventioner-hos-gravida-med-fetma-paverka-fostrets-gener - 2026-04-28

During the pandemic, when the majority of students needed to take exams in an online environment, many teachers wished to monitor the exam via camera surveillance in Zoom. This may only be needed at certain occasions in the future, and there are many different ways to handle this. Here, Karin Bergman from the Department of Economics, has written about how they did it during the pandemic. Foto: Pat

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/heres-what-we-did-monitoring-zoom-0 - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Embassy of Canada to Sweden and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University are pleased to invite you to a seminar on Leaving Radical Society: Processes of Exit from Violent Extremism. In recent years, focus on the incidence of radicalization leading to violence in society has increased throughout Eur

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/leaving-radical-society-processes-exit-violent-extremism - 2026-04-27

Karin Smirnoff, andraårsstudent på Författarskolan vid Lunds universitet har fått vara med om det många författare drömmer om och få får uppleva. Hennes debutroman Jag for ner till bror är nominerad till årets Augustpris i den skönlitterära kategorin. Det betyder att en expertjury vaskat fram den och fem andra verk ur årets utgivning och att den nu läses av 21 elektorer, lika många bibliotekarier

https://www.lu.se/artikel/student-nominerad-till-arets-augustpris - 2026-04-27

Den 28 februari 2024 miste vi vår kära vän och kollega Pär-Henrik Björverud som oväntat gick bort under natten i hemmet. PH var universitetsadjunkt på Socialhögskolan sedan år 2011, med lång erfarenhet som jurist. Han lämnar både kolleger och studenter i stor sorg och saknad.Från och med måndagen den 4 mars och under några veckor framåt kommer det att finnas en möjlighet, för den som vill, att skr

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/par-henrik-bjorverud-har-lamnat-oss - 2026-04-27

Hjärt- och kärlsjukdom är fortfarande vanligaste dödsorsaken efter långvarig typ 1-diabetes men under de senaste decennierna har risken avsevärt minskat, enligt en stor finsk undersökning. Under ungefär samma period visar en stor internationell studie att en vanlig riskfaktor för hjärtsjukdom har blivit betydligt vanligare. Under de senaste 30 åren har antalet för högt blodtryck blivit dubbelt så

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/allt-farre-drabbas-av-diabetisk-hjartsjukdom - 2026-04-27

The National 7T MR facility in Lund is finally reviving the 7T User Meetings after a few years pause due to the pandemic. Main aims of the meeting are to exchange experiences and discuss needs and challenges, and to learn from each other! Reflecting this, the presentations will be of projects in various stages; some may only be conceptual ideas, others are running and yet other are finalized. Ever

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/attend-swedish-7t-user-meeting - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the medical students who has begun working at Skåne University Hospital to strengthen Skåne's health service in the fight against Covid-19 is Hanna Djerf. For her, giving help where it’s needed is an obvious thing to do. She is also gaining valuable insight into how intensive care works. At the end of March, th

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/you-want-help - 2026-04-27

The Lund Students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching is awarded to Olof Sandgren, Faculty of Medicine, Karin Nykvist, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology and Hannah Herde, Faculty of Science. The Lund Students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching is awarded for outstanding contributions to education. The student unions have, following a nomination process, proposed three recipients of the prize

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2026 - 2026-04-28

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The School of Social Work has launched a new Certificate of International Merits (CIM), a credential to be issued alongside the degree. This is a new opportunity for students to summarise and present their international merits, for example to potential employers. It is also a way to encourage students to take part in

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-certificate-strengthen-international-profile - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In June, LUCSUS researchers Genesis Yengoh, Sara Gabrielsson and Ann Åkerman kicked off the capacity building programme Land is Life. During two intense weeks, 13 future leaders from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda participated in i lecturers, field trips, group work and discussions in Kisumu, Kenya.  The capacity

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-kicked-new-capacity-building-programme-ecosystem-and-biodiversity-kenya - 2026-04-27