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The Nature Medicine Commission on Data-Driven Obesity Management will bring together global experts and datasets to tackle the growing burden of obesity-related noncommunicable diseases through data-driven decision support. “Our goal is to generate evidence that supports better and more equitable care for people living with obesity worldwide,” says the Commission Chair and Professor Paul Franks at
Using methods for reprogramming human glia cells top create specialised nerve cells, interneurons, researcher Daniella Rylander Ottosson aims to lay the foundations for future treatments of diseases such as schizophrenia and epilepsy. Of the 27 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows, two are at Lund University: Daniella Rylander Ottosson, who is conducting research into regenerative neurophysiology at the
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/daniella-rylander-ottosson-named-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS new postdoctoral researcher, Eric Hoddy, aims to develop a better understanding of the governance of climate change adaptation in informal urban settlements. In this short interview, he highlights what sustainability challenges he finds most interesting, what he likes about working at LUCSUS so far, and what he
Shovels, brushes and dusty excavations sites? For many people this is what comes to mind when they think of archeology. But the field has developed at an unprecedented pace during the last few decades, and now includes tools and methods such as 3D modelling, spatial analysis and even laser cameras mounted on drones. Nicolo Dell'Unto, researcher at Lund University, is part of a growing number of ar
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeological-finds-without-digging - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent decades, the climate in Sweden has become about two degrees warmer on average and this year we have seen an unprecedentedly mild winter and early spring. How is nature responding – animals, insects, plants – to an increasingly mild climate? Researchers in Lund can provide the answer. Among other things, a ne
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/unusually-early-spring-how-nature-sweden-responding-increasingly-warm-climate - 2026-07-09
Throughout history and across the globe, individuals have been forced to flee conflicts, natural disasters and political oppression. An experience of trauma and new horizons that is at once both collective and individual. Researchers at Lund University have developed digital tools that facilitate deeper contact between local communities and forced migrants. The tools can be used by museums and cul
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/digital-tools-building-bridges-between-local-communities-and-forced-migrants - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a unique project, researchers from Lund University in Sweden, together with universities in South Africa, the Netherlands and the USA, will for the first time systematise large amounts of historical data from the Dutch East India Company’s colonisation of South Africa. Their aim: to find out when and how colonial p
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/economic-historians-seeking-roots-south-africas-inequality - 2026-07-09
A new Lancet Commission on Precision Health has been launched to develop a comprehensive framework for integrating precision approaches into health systems worldwide. The Commission is chaired by Professor Paul Franks, Lund University, and will examine how precision approaches can improve healthcare effectiveness, cost-efficiency, equity, and scalability across resource settings and global regions
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-professor-lead-lancet-commission-precision-medicine - 2026-07-09
A new Lancet Commission on Precision Health has been launched to develop a comprehensive framework for integrating precision approaches into health systems worldwide. The Commission is chaired by Professor Paul Franks, Lund University, and will examine how precision approaches can improve healthcare effectiveness, cost-efficiency, equity, and scalability across resource settings and global regions
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-university-professor-lead-lancet-commission-precision-medicine - 2026-07-09
Diabetes researchers Allan Vaag and Lena Eliasson are the new coordinators of Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) and the strategic research area EXODIAB (Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden). Over the next years, they will work to strengthen and further develop ongoing collaborations. Coordinator Allan Vaag and Vice Coordinator Lena Eliasson are new leaders since the beginning of the yea
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-coordinators-strategic-research-area-diabetes - 2026-07-09
Electrotherapy using injectable nanoparticles delivered directly into the tumour could pave the way for new treatment options for glioblastoma, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. “By drop casting the nanoparticles into the tumour cavity after an operation, we could electrify the edges while the immune system is also activated”, says Roger Olsson, professor of Chemical Biology
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/electrotherapy-offers-hope-glioblastoma-treatment - 2026-07-09
Sweden's investments in climate-friendly green steel are a potential driving force for both European competitiveness and energy independence. However, without a sustainable, strategic industrial policy, there is a risk that the technology will instead be commercially exploited in China, according to a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden. For better or worse, industrial policy plays a decisiv
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/industrial-policy-crucial-continued-development-green-steel - 2026-07-09
Have you noticed that when scientists are asked whether or not a particular extreme weather event is due to climate change, they usually respond with something like "It fits the pattern, but we can't say for sure that this particular event is worse because of climate change"? Weather attribution is a new phenomenon that is changing this. Climate scientist Wilhelm May at Lund University helps us ge
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/weather-attribution-climate-scientist-wilhelm-may-helps-us-get-grips-concept - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn five master's students are doing their internship at the Sociology of Law Department in two different research projects. The Master's Programme in Sociology of Law, SASOL, is a multidisciplinary programme that is given here at the Sociology of Law Department in Lund. During the third semester (out of four)
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/interns-sociology-law-department-look-child-rights-and-working-life - 2026-07-09
Have you noticed that when scientists are asked whether or not a particular extreme weather event is due to climate change, they usually respond with something like "It fits the pattern, but we can't say for sure that this particular event is worse because of climate change"? Weather attribution is a new phenomenon that is changing this. Climate scientist Wilhelm May at Lund University helps us ge
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/weather-attribution-climate-scientist-wilhelm-may-helps-us-get-grips-concept - 2026-07-09
Identical twins share the same DNA, but one twin can 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.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/twin-study-finds-type-2-diabetes-clues-epigenetic-changes - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When a patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the disease has usually already progressed over several years and damage to areas such as blood vessels and eyes has already taken place. To find a test that indicates who is at risk at an early stage would be valuable, as it would enable preventive treatment to be pTe
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-reveals-diabetes-risk-many-years-advance - 2026-07-09
LUCSUS Director Barry Ness and Professor Lennart Olsson are proud that Lund University is ranked third in the world in Sustainability in the QS World University Rankings. It is a ranking well deserved they say. – Over the past 25 years, researchers at Lund University have been pioneers in the interdisciplinary field of sustainability studies. In 2008, when the Faculty of Social Sciences establishe
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking-well-deserved - 2026-07-09
For breast cancer to be fatal, the tumour has to send out metastases to other parts of the body. The cancer cells are spread via the blood vessels, and a research team at Lund University in Sweden has now proven that the protein ALK1 determines the extent of the tumour’s spread in the body. The higher the levels of the protein on the surface of the blood vessels, the greater their permeability to
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/protein-plays-key-role-spread-breast-cancer - 2026-07-09
It was previously thought that damage to the neural pathways was the sole cause of the motor problems that are typical after a brain injury or stroke. However, new research led by researcher at Lund and Uppsala Universities in Sweden now shows that hormones released after these injuries appear to contribute in a dramatic way. The results indicate that hormone-blocking drugs could be used to counte
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-could-transform-treatment-brain-injuries-and-stroke - 2026-07-09
