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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that usually requires lifelong treatment. A central goal for many diabetes researchers is to develop new cell therapies that can cure the disease. The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation provides support to two diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre who contribute with new knowledge to this research field. Type 1 diabetes is a condition wh

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hjelt-diabetes-foundation-supports-research-can-pave-way-new-cell-therapies - 2026-05-05

The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms, making it easier for our white blood cells to find and neutralise dangerous microbes. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a previously unknown function of the central complement protein, C3, which describes how C3

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-function-key-component-immune-system-discovered - 2026-05-05

Research from Lund University in Sweden shows that ravens can plan for different types of future events, while also demonstrating self-control and sensitivity to different lengths of time. Such skills are central to humans, and previous research has indicated that they are unique to humans and great apes. The new findings reveal that complex cognition can arise several times independently of commo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ravens-parallel-great-apes-their-planning-abilities - 2026-05-05

The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today, Lund University handed over the remains of an Aboriginal man to representatives of the Australian government’s Indigenous Repatriation Programme. The event in Lund was attended by Australia’s Ambassador Jonathan Kenna. A solemn ceremony was held in connection with the handover. The remains have been part of Lun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-returns-remains-australia - 2026-05-05

A Business law professor at LUSEM who has been catching the eyes of the media in cases about gambling addiction, and also done some heavy lifting in teaching and research about EU law, Jörgen Hettne is leaving our school to become Judge at the EU General Court in Luxemburg. Jörgen Hettne explains that the General Court is part of the same institution as the EU Court of Justice and situated in the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-professor-new-judge-eu-general-court - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I am a political activist and want to broaden and deepen the subject of film studies”, says Chris Holmlund, who is spending the spring as a visiting professor at Lund University. She is a prominent figure in the world’s largest organisation for film researchers and in that capacity will represent Lund University at c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/visiting-professor-film-studies-prominent-among-film-researchers - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I am so happy to be here”, says Alvina Erman, this evening’s perhaps newest alumnus. She completed her studies in Lund in Sweden last year and, together with her Canadian friend and former Lund student Jean-François Trinh Tan, she has come to attend Lund University’s very first alumni event in Washington DC. It is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-holds-its-first-ever-alumni-event-washington-dc - 2026-05-05

In the Cardiac MR group in Lund, great importance is placed on personal development and leadership training. “When recruiting new members, the most important thing is not what is written in the CV, but the personal qualities and the willingness to develop in collaboration with others" says Henrik Engblom. "PhD students are trained to work for the whole, beyond their own personal interests”, says H

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/trust-key-successful-collaborations - 2026-05-05

Fish deaths, algae growth, bans on swimming, and fecal bacteria – now they are just a distant memory. This year, the engineers were able to hold their annual lake battle, the Regatta, on home turf again. This was thanks to LTH’s landlord Akademiska Hus, and their collaboration with VA SYD. But it is also the story of two LTH alumni who, in their professional roles, joined forces to deal with flood

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/how-lake-lake-turned-crystal-clear - 2026-05-05

Each year, Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies welcomes international Fellows who join our interdisciplinary research groups. The Institute’s coordinator Eva Persson tells us about the programme and why it matters. What is the International Fellows Programme?Experience has shown that the core idea of the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies holds true: When people with different perspecti

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/opening-minds-across-borders-our-international-fellows-pufendorf-ias - 2026-05-05

Climate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by Lund University in Sweden and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland shows that some of them use up half their annual carbon allowance in a single week. There a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressors - 2026-05-05

Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia, and took routes farther from land, than was previously believed to have been possible. In his latest study, he has found evidence of a decentralised network of ports, located on islands and peninsulas, which pr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeologist-sailing-viking-makes-unexpected-discoveries - 2026-05-05

The conference ‘Climate Emergency: Law, Policy, and Adjudication in the EU’ was held in Lund on 9-10 May 2023, organized co-jointly by the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE) and Lund University with the support of the Lund Centre for European Studies (CFE) and the Association of Foreign Affairs (UPF). The main purpose of this conference was to better understand the legal implications o

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/climate-emergency-law-policy-and-adjudication-eu - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Deputy vice-chancellor Sylvia Schwaag Serger sees an opportunity in the future to start a university-wide AI graduate school, similar to the one for Agenda 2030. “The discussions have started, but they are at a very early stage.” Developments in AI are happening very rapidly. There are many benefits, but complex socia

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/importance-lu-interdisciplinary-ai-initiative - 2026-05-05

COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, has just started in Baku, Azerbaijan. Running from 11th to 22nd November, a key priority for this year's climate conference is to secure a new goal on climate finance, ensuring every country has the means to take much stronger climate action, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilient communities. LUCSUS researchers and LUMES alumn

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-cop29-baku-azerbaijan - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How have you persuaded 5 000 lorry drivers to get involved in a project on cabotage – and what is it? “Cabotage is domestic transport carried out by foreign carriers. This could be freight or passenger transport. Within the EU, there is a narrower definition as given in the ‘CMR waybill’ that accompanies transported g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-henrik-sternberg-researcher-newly-established-logistics-centre-relog-campus-helsingborg - 2026-05-05

On 17 December, the Faculty Board decided on the Faculty of Science’s continued work regarding a potential establishment in Science Village. This means that it will not support the continued planning of Nanolab Science Village (Stage 1). The decision is based, among other things, on the report "Assessment of Critical Mass for Establishment in Science Village", which highlights both the opportuniti

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/faculty-board-decides-not-proceed-establishment-science-village-stage-2 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A complex web of legislation, a lack of awareness about the benefits of seagrass meadows, and powerful interests all combine to make the governance, protection and maintainance of seagrass meadows difficult according to new research from LUCSUS. Meanwhile segrasses have a hugely important ecological and economic role

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/segrasses-have-hugely-important-ecological-and-economic-role-new-research-publication - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2010 Sir George Martin was the First Ever Honorary Doctor appointed to the Malmö Academy of Music, the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, Lund University. Article first published on Malmö Faculty of Fine and Performing ArtsGeorge Martin's importance as a producer, composer, arranger, conductor and musician cannot

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honorary-doctor-sir-george-martin-dies-age-90 - 2026-05-05