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Lund University has collected the top research of the university's twelve strategic reseach environments in a new book. MERGE is one of these environments. In 2008, the Swedish Government designated 20 ‘Strategic Research Areas’ (SRAs) in its research-policy bill. Within these 20 areas, 43 research environments were chosen for specific funding in a special evaluation in 2009. They were all conduct
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/todays-great-explorers - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path an
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Book release and screening: Maria Norrman - An Afternoon Galleri Ping-Pong Stora Nygatan 4, Malmö 20 November 2019, 6.30 pm Artist Maria Norrman speaks with Måns Holst-Ekström about Norrmans artist book: An Afternoon. The book is based on the video work An Afternoon from 2011, which was Norrman’s bachelor work at Mal
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-maria-norrman-1 - 2026-05-05
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Diabetessjukdomarna har haft många namn. Från de som fanns innan insulinbehandling introducerades, sjukdomen beskrevs då som en mild form, en svårartad och en farlig till dagens mångfald av olika diabetessjukdomar. Den alltmer brokiga bilden är ett resultat av de växande insikterna om orsaken till sjukdomen och om v
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/en-allt-mer-komplex-karta-av-diabetesformer - 2026-05-05
En ny bok om Shared Mobility har precis släppts, ett resultat av ett samarbete inom EU - Share North projektet med deltagare från Sverige, Tyskland, Holland, Belgien, England, Skottland och Norge. Från Lunds universitetet finns två av medförfattarna, Torleif Bramryd och Michael Johansson, båda forskare vid Institutionen för service management och tjänstevetenskap. Vårt ansvar i Share North projekt
https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/bokslapp-ny-internationell-guide-om-shared-mobility-inom-eu-projektet-eu-share-north - 2026-05-05
Att söka hjälp för psykisk ohälsa kan vara svårt nog. En ny studie som Emmy Nilsson skrivit visar att många patienter upplever ett glapp mellan sina behov av stöd och den vård de faktiskt får. Att söka hjälp för psykisk ohälsa är sällan enkelt. En ny svensk studie av doktorand Emmy Nilsson visar nu att många patienter som vänder sig till primärvården känner sig ensamma, osäkra och ibland missförst
Den 13 januari var det Arrival Day – dagen då Lunds universitet välkomnar vårterminens nya internationella studenter. Totalt har 767 studenter antagits till universitetets utbildningar under vårterminen 2025. 447 kom till Arrival Day men fler kommer att droppa in de kommande dagarna/veckorna. Studenter från hela världenDe nya internationella studenterna kommer från 64 olika länder och representera
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nu-har-de-nya-internationella-studenterna-anlant - 2026-05-06
The new Campus Plan is now out on a consultation round among organisational units and external collaboration partners. The consultation period lasts until 13 February but as requirements and relations are constantly changing, the Campus Plan will need to be continuously updated. The Campus Plan, which is a part of the University’s work on strategy, will be finalised in the summer and cover the per
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-2050-horizon-out-consultation-round - 2026-05-06
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that sugar beets produce haemoglobin. They now hope that this haemoglobin could serve as a blood substitute – a substance that is currently in short supply. Watch on YouTube: How to produce haemoglobin from sugar beets “Previously, it has been presumed that certain plants produce this iron protein only when stressed, such as in drought or
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sugar-beets-could-become-blood-substitute - 2026-05-05
Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2026-05-06
As you know, the WCMM Research School is one of the most important pieces of regenerative medicine training that we provide here as a centre. This year, the school is celebrating its five-year anniversary and due to that, we will pay some extra attention to the activities going on during the year. The 2023/24 WCMM Research School, which is actually the 6th class starting, had its kick off on Octob
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/kick-wcmm-research-school-2324 - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg represents Lund University all over the world – from Europe to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. She argues that global challenges and dwindling EU funding call for more intense collaborations with a few carefully selected international partners. The internationalisation activities at LU wi
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. People with type 2 diabetes have epigenetic changes on their DNA that healthy individuals do not have. This has been shown in a major study by researchers at Lund University. The researchers also found epigenetic changes of a large number of genes that contribute to reduced insulin production. “This shows that the ris
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/epigenetic-changes-could-explain-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 19-21 April 2017, the British Association of South Asian Studies (BASAS) will hold its annual conference in Nottingham. The conference is hosted by Nottingham University’s Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS) and Nottingham Trent University’s Postcolonial Studies Centre. The keynote speaker is Urvashi Butal
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/basas-annual-conference-2017-nottingham - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carla Azevedo is set to defend her PhD thesis titled “Oligodendroglial (dys)function in alpha-synucleinopathies” on Thursday 30th of April. Here, Carla answers a few questions about her PhD journey at Lund Stem Cell Center, researching in the iPSC Laboratory for CNS disease modeling. How did you end up doing a PhD at
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-carla-azevedo - 2026-05-06
CASE researchers Arlind Reuter and Susanne Iwarsson were invited to take part in an expert meeting on age-friendly environments in Shanghai last week. The meeting were held at Nordic Centre and was organized by postdoctoral researcher Wenqian Xu, who is employed in the Active and Healthy Ageing research group, Department of Health Science in Lund. He is affiliated with CASE as well as the profile
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/learning-about-experiences-ageing-across-globe - 2026-05-05
The pandemic highlighted a number of serious problems in the working conditions of those working in care. A major new EU-funded research project will investigate the working conditions of care workers. The CARE4CARE project will investigate the working conditions of care workers, which includes a sample of care workers such as nurses and nursing assistants, and how these workers themselves view th
https://www.law.lu.se/article/working-conditions-care-workers-be-studied-eu - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Research has employed two new professors with research focus on human impact on environmental changes. Natascha Kljun and Yann Clough are new professors at CEC with the assignment to establish two research programmes of a high international standard in environmental science. Fr
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lunds-first-professors-environmental-science - 2026-05-05
SAGA Diagnostics, a portfolio company of LU Ventures, has the potential to transform cancer care by detecting cancer recurrence early with unparalleled sensitivity. Founded in 2016 from research in Lund, their groundbreaking test is now available in the U.S. From Lab to Life: The Research Behind SAGA's BreakthroughThere's a significant need for improved biomarkers to diagnose cancer, select the be
https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/transforming-cancer-care-saga-diagnostics-test-now-launched-us - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Patients with diabetes or Parkinson’s disease can be cured with stem cells at a clinic in China. Multiple sclerosis, stroke and cerebral palsy are treated at a stem cell clinic in Mexico, and in Thailand, the deadly disease ALS can be cured with stem cells... at least according to advertising from these and other clin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hyped-hope-shady-stem-cell-clinics-take-advantage-desperate-patients - 2026-05-05
