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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What if you could take a substance that allows a nasty bacterium to resist the human immune system and develop it into a drug to help people with completely different diseases? It sounds like a fairy tale for medical researchers. Yet this is precisely what is about to happen in Lund. Lars Björck hopes that the enzyme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/enzyme-killer-bacteria-could-save-seriously-ill-kidney-patients - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Of course there’s a bit of apprehension, just like when two people move in together. This is five families who have moved into the same building. We don’t know each other and our daily routines yet. We’ll have to find out as we go along”, said Therese Whass, a student at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-departments-installed-lux - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Contagion spreads in various ways, with airborne viruses being especially difficult to protect oneself against. Norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug as it is sometimes known, is just such a virus. Carl-Johan Fraenkel, infectious disease and healthcare hygiene specialist, is currently defending his thesis at Lund Univ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-track-spread-norovirus-hospitals - 2026-07-07

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/qr-code-login-introduced-facilitate-international-freja-users - 2026-07-07

Det märkliga rymdobjektet ’Oumuamua tog forskarvärlden med storm för nio år sedan. I kölvattnet av dess passage nära vår planet har frågorna varit många. Nyligen startade en internationell satsning för att leta efter fler besökare från andra solsystem. En natt i oktober 2017 utför ett teleskop på Hawaii sitt rutinmässiga arbete med att skanna av himlavalvet. Dagen efter upptäcker en av forskarna e

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/jakten-pa-besokare-fran-andra-solsystem - 2026-07-07

Registration for SWEAH's research conference in the autumn opens tomorrow. Researchers and stakeholders in the field of ageing and health will gather and on stage, as a keynote speaker on the second day of the conference, will be health economist Linus Jönsson, Karolinska Institutet. With the lecture "From Research to Real-World Impact: Advancing Dementia Prevention to Meet Societal Needs", Profes

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/health-economist-implementation-least-difficult-developing-new-treatments - 2026-07-07

Photo: Damian Zaleski on Unsplash Canvas has a new Rich Content Editor which aims to make your life a bit easier when it comes to editing and formatting text, adding images and working with embedding different type of files. You can find the Editor almost anywhere you have the option to write such as in Announcements, Discussions, Pages, Assignments and Quizzes.  The new Editor - an overview The w

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/new-rich-content-editor-here - 2026-07-07

Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson is a surgeon and professor. He is also one of the pioneers in life science and innovation and was involved in the founding of the Lund company Probi. For some time he wa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2026-07-07

When research results are to become companies, questions can arise regarding conflicts of interest and secondary activities (bisyssla). We asked LU Innovation's legal advisor Fredrik Engfeldt what you need to consider. Fredrik, if I'm employed as researcher at Lund University, can I start my own company based on my research?"Yes, absolutely! The professor's privilege (lärarundantaget) gives you th

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/can-i-have-my-own-company-and-work-lu-fredrik-answers-your-questions - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Continual managerial changes and collegial leadership are major challenges for rehabilitation at LU according to Anne Link, head of the Occupational Health Service. Anne Link. Photo: Jenny Loftrup In spring 2016, changes to the Work Environment Act increased pressure on employers to regulate stress, overwork and workp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/occupational-health-service-managers-must-be-trained - 2026-07-07

Isabel Bramsen has written the book Fredens logik - I verden og hverdagen (The Logic of Peace - In the World and Everyday Life) as well as two articles, ‘Conflictualisation: Theorising how relations, societies, and issues come to be formed by the logic of conflict’ and ‘The justice/participation paradox: Rebel-to-party provisions and the dual performativity of confession and political authority’.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-highly-topical-new-book-logic-peace-and-two-new-articles - 2026-07-07

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/see-programme-sustainability-week-2026 - 2026-07-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Individual neurons can learn not only single responses to a particular signal, but also a series of reactions at precisely timed intervals. This is what emerges from a study at Lund University in Sweden. “It is like striking a piano key with a finger not just once, but as a programmed series of several keystrokes”, sa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/neurons-can-learn-temporal-patterns - 2026-07-07

Taha Sen’s PhD thesis focus on the life span of red blood cells and elucidates the important role of mitochondria. He is defending his thesis on the 17th of November and in this interview he gives us an overview of his results as well as what it’s been like being a doctoral student during a pandemic. Can you tell us about the research during your PhD? I’ve been focusing my thesis work on the life

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-taha-sen - 2026-07-07

In healthcare, treatments developed for broad patient groups are often used. This is not always an effective approach. Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova has therefore distributed research grants to eleven Swedish innovation environments whose research aims to develop more individually adapted healthcare for patients. The stem cell researchers at the IndiCell innovation environment have been award

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sek-40-million-innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments - 2026-07-07

The Disciplinary Board, of which I am the chair and Pro Vice-Chancellor Jimmie Kristensson is deputy chair, has had a tough schedule over the past year with many cases and frequent meetings. However, it now seems that we are finally catching up and can shorten the time it takes to process cases, as well as waiting times for reported students. Jimmie and I have begun to look further ahead and have

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-effective-management-and-prevention-disciplinary-cases - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A simple ”smart control” box invented by a PhD student at Lund University in Sweden has made it possible to connect solar panels to your boiler - without making any changes to the existing hot water system. WATCH: How new technology is making domestic solar power use cheaper and easier ”With current technology, if you

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/solar-energy-can-now-heat-your-shower - 2026-07-07

CMES Director Karin Aggestam has been interviewed by Swedish news service Omni about the next steps in the war between Israel and Hamas. The article "Vad blir nästa steg – det håller experterna ögonen på i konflikten" (English translation: "What will be the next step - what the experts are watching for in the conflict") was written by Louise Cassemar and Josefin Pehrson and published by Omni on 10

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/what-happens-next-war-between-israel-and-hamas - 2026-07-07

A new doctoral thesis in social anthropology sheds light on how Swedish men who pay for sex try to understand and justify their actions in a society where both legislation and public morality strongly condemn them. By examining their narratives, the research reveals how stigma, secrecy and ethical negotiations shape their everyday lives. In her dissertation, “In My Secret Life: Stigma, Moral Work,

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/research-deepens-understanding-morality-and-norms-surrounding-paid-sex - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international research team from Sweden and Hungary have discovered an entirely new sense in dogs: using their cold, wet nose tips, dogs can sense the heat from other animals or a human. “It has taken a rather long time to discover this, given that dog and man have lived side by side for 15,000 years, and we have r

https://www.science.lu.se/article/dogs-can-detect-heat-noses-study-finds - 2026-07-07