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Heart attacks and strokes are the most common causes of death in the world. One of the biggest risk factors for these diseases consists of elevated levels of blood lipids. Researchers are currently working on developing and testing new methods to help doctors find patients at high risk of these diseases. If proven successful, they could also help patients with diabetes. Many people are unaware of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/can-new-methods-help-doctors-find-high-risk-patients - 2026-06-25

Sofia Wijk will defend her Ph.D. thesis on the 8th of September 2022, with a vision to contribute to the development of future cell-based therapies for patients with chronic lung disease. She has dedicated the last several years to better understanding the regenerative properties and processes of stem cells in our airways. In this interview, she tells us about her research, her journey in academia

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sofia-wijk - 2026-06-25

Andreas Bruzelius, a Ph.D. student at Lund University, defended his PhD thesis on Friday, 20 October 2023. Andreas' research focuses on generating brain cells, specifically interneurons, in the lab, which has significant implications for the study of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Combining cell biology and electrophysiology, his work has the potential to create personalized dis

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/generating-gabaergic-interneurons-phd-interview-andreas-bruzelius - 2026-06-25

Matilde Negrini’s thesis project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease. November 4, she defends her thesis. Here, she talks about her project and most proud moments during her Ph.D. journey. Tell us about your research! My project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease based on the Parkinson’s-related protein alpha-synuclein. This

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/modelling-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-matilde-negrini - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nyhetsbrevet byter namnNyhetsbrevet för emedia och LUBsearch byter namn till E-media och vetenskaplig kommunikation. Arbetsområdena e-media och vetenskaplig kommunikation närmar sig alltmer varandra och därmed kommer nyhetsbrevet även innehålla information som rör detta område.ElsevierförhandlingarnaFörhandlingarna

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-maj-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation - 2026-06-25

2024 har varit ett toppår för Lunds universitet sett till antal artiklar publicerade på The Conversation. Med 55 artiklar från 50 forskare nåddes hela 1,6 miljoner visningar. HT-forskaren Mikael Rolls artikel om hjärnan och läsning toppar listan. The Conversation är en internationell nyhetssajt som ger forskare möjlighet att nå en bred publik. Lunds universitet har varit medlem sedan 2017 och har

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-slar-rekord-i-conversation-2024 - 2026-06-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a PhD student he made a significant discovery when he identified ghrelin cells in the pancreatic islands. Four hormone-producing cells were already known to exist in the islands, including the insulin cell. The ghrelin cell became the fifth such cell. “In the scientific world, the discovery of a new type of cell in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/flying-start-fifth-cell - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Enlightenment philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft believed that living in hierarchies destroyed and corrupted people deep down in their souls. “For her, inequality was the greatest threat to democracy and liberty. It is still dynamite today, as the gulf between rich and poor widens and the world is divided into lords and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reinterpreting-feminist-pioneer - 2026-06-25

Passports issued by fallen empires, decks of cards from the Iraq war, deceased Ukrainian students’ uncollected diplomas and much more. A new museum in Lund is collecting artefacts that show how international law affects people's lives. The initiative is being led by international law researchers who argue that we are currently witnessing a crisis of the entire international system. “International

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-museum-displays-war-artefacts-and-human-side-international-law - 2026-06-25

”Ah, vi äter ute idag”. Sommar är för många förknippat med lata dagar med flödande spontanitet. Men för familjer med barn med ätsvårigheter består ”ledigheten” ofta av strategier för att få i barnet näring. Föräldrar till barn med ätsvårigheter upplever sig ofta stå ensamma, utan hjälp från vården och med omgivningens ständiga ifrågasättande. Logopeden och medicine licentiat Kajsa Lamm, har djupin

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/barn-som-inte-kan-ata - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Harvard professor Nathan Nunn, creative economist, is the 2020 recipient of the Jan Söderberg Family Prize in Economics and Management. Professor Nunn will receive the Prize on SEK 1 million in Lund, Sweden, and give a lecture on his research on 25 March. Experimental economics and development economics are hot topics

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prize-pioneering-knowledge-africas-development - 2026-06-25

Sofia, kan du berätta lite om din nuvarande arbetsroll och vilka ansvarsområden du har? Hur ser en vanlig dag ut på jobbet för dig?Jag jobbar som Strategy Director på en konsultbyrå specialiserad inom hälsokommunikation i Köpenhamn. Generellt rådger jag kunder och leder projekt inom intern och extern kommunikation och marknadsföring för några av världens största läkemedelsföretag. Mitt ansvar är a

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/sofia-bjursaker-alumn-fran-ekonomie-kandidatprogrammet-och-idag-strategy-director-i-kopenhamn - 2026-06-25

During his more than 50-year career, diabetes researcher Åke Lernmark has made several significant discoveries that have increased knowledge about type 1 diabetes. His research contributes to creating conditions for a national screening programme in Sweden. In Sweden, around 1,000 children and an equal number of adults develop type 1 diabetes each year. The disease has major consequences for the f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientist-who-paving-way-screening-type-1-diabetes - 2026-06-25

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har upptäckt att mängden av ett mikroRNA är förhöjt vid typ 2-diabetes och påverkar utsöndringen av insulin negativt. Deras försök på mänskliga insulinproducerade celler i bukspottskörteln visar även att det går att öka insulinutsöndringen genom att minska mängden av detta mikroRNA. Målsättningen är att forskningen ska leda till nya behandlingar för personer med sjuk

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nyupptackt-lakemedelskandidat-okar-utsondringen-av-insulin-vid-typ-2-diabetes - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SCHEDULE & ABSTRACTS Four sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30–16.302. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.003. Wednesday 21 Sept, 15.30–17.304. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Konsertsalen, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundChairs: Ravinder Kaur, Rajni Palriwala & Sonalde DesaiScheduleDay 1   20 September (Sessi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-6-youthful-modernities-negotiating-past-present-and-future - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A desire to be able to freely carry out research and the chance to provide her daughter with a good education led Pinar Dinc to leave Turkey. It is a journey that is not over yet. However, with another prestigious research grant from Formas she feels secure in Lund for the next three years.   “I would be able to begin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-found-sanctuary-lund - 2026-06-25

– I have red cells in my dish! When the phone call from PhD student Fábio Rosa came through, Professor Filipe Pereira knew that this was the start of something big. All their work had been leading to this moment. The red cells in the dish were from a mouse, and Filipe and his colleagues had been trying to reprogramme them into dendritic cells, specfically type 1 conventional dendritic cells, (cDC1

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/tracing-academic-startups-journey-lab-discovery-cancer-therapy - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stephen Woroniecki blogs on the issues highlighted in Director Emily Boyd's article in NatureRecently our Director, Professor Emily Boyd, published an article in Nature, Climate Adaptation - Holistic Thinking Beyond Technology, exploring issues emerging in global attempts at climate change adaptation. A central theme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/comment-issues-highlighted-director-emily-boyds-article-nature - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic community’s focus on hard work. Moving around as a researcher, he noticed one day that he had fallen into the classic man-trap

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2026-06-25

Covid-19 turned parts of the ordinary research process upside down. Economist Erik Wengström is among those who have studied Swedes’ behaviour during the pandemic from the centre of events. But the current funding system risks putting a spanner in the works. His wish: for the faculty to have a quick source of money for highly topical research. “The pandemic has been an interesting time for researc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-speedy-action-finance-highly-topical-research - 2026-06-25