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https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/mfa-student-interview-series-part-vi-amanda-moberg-and-alice-ryne - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. James Surmeier, professor at Northwestern University, recently visited Lund University where he gave the 2018 Segerfalk Lecture. In this interview, he talks about how technology is helping brain research to advance, about almost giving up research altogether – and the discovery that could slow the progression of Parki

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/exciting-times-brain-researchers - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Melissa Franklin is a guest professor from Harvard University who compares her environment at Fysicum with the tv-series Friends and Seinfeld. Here she shares her views on similarities and differences between the universities. When a colleague on my 3000 person experiment at CERN whom I didn’t know, Torsten Akesson, e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/crossing-border-scania - 2026-05-01

A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. PDE5 inhibitors include a few approved drugs in which sildenafil (Viagra) is the most well-known. The article is published in Nature Communications. “Available preclinical eviden

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/potency-enhancing-drugs-linked-decreased-risks-men-colorectal-cancer - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotech company and all the permits needed to start a clinical trial have now bee

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2026-05-01

Europe's largest respiratory society, ERS, has awarded its winners for 2021. By doing so the society wishes to recognise the achievements of leaders in the field of respiratory medicine. The Mid-Career Gold Medal in Asthma for 2021 went to EMV´s own Lena Uller, Professor in Immunology. It´s a very prestigious award! Warm congrats, Lena! ­– Thank you so much, I feel overwhelmed. Especially now afte

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/european-gold-medal-respiratory-medicine-awarded-professor-lund - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It was just before Christmas when the only Swedish-led archaeological project in Egypt, run by Maria Nilsson from Lund University, made the unique discovery. The research group found six statues dating back 3,400 years in two shrines by the sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila. The team was able to excavate two shrine

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeological-project-discovers-3400-year-old-family-made-out-sandstone-egypt - 2026-05-01

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease can be difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Now a new brain imaging method can show the spread of specific tau protein depositions, which are unique to cases with Alzheimer's. ‟The method works very well. I believe it will be applied clinically all over the world in only a few years”, says Oskar Hansson. Hansson is a professor of clinica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-enables-accurate-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A – until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function. The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A.“There are no unneces

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swarming bats at mine entrance Photo:Jens Rydell During the day they are not visible. But at dusk, brown long-eared bats, pond bats and greater mouse-eared bats spread their wings and start hunting. LUM accompanied researcher and bat expert Jens Rydell to Hovdala castle for a bat inventory. The bat detector crackles a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/kings-night-take-over-hovdala-castle - 2026-05-01

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-04-30

Sällskapsspelet är årets julklapp. I alla fall om Handelns Utredningsinstitut, HUI, får rätt i sin spaning, lanserad i dag 16 november. Men vad säger detta om vår samtid? Vi frågade Patrik Stoopendahl, forskare inom marknadsföring och digitala kundresor. – Utnämningen av sällskapsspelet som årets julklapp är meningsfull på flera sätt. Konsumentens tendens att söka inre trygghet i oroliga tider är

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/arets-julklapp-2023-ar-sallskapsspelet-skapar-gemenskap-men-kan-forstarka-sociala-granser - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 14 november är Världsdiabetesdagen, därför att det är Frederick Bantings födelsedag. Den kanadensiske läkaren Banting som har gått till historien som insulinets upptäckare. diabetesportalen.se uppmärksammar dagen med en artikel om Diabetesförbundets kamp under den första tiden för de sockersjukas sak. I mitten av ma

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/riksforbundets-kamp-de-sockersjuka - 2026-05-01

When a new EU project focusing on gender equality and diversity in STEM got under way last autumn, Lund University was involved from the outset. Through the Department of Physics, Lund is participating in the Erasmus+ project GENERA COPA, which has received €400,000 in funding and brings together universities and research environments from across Europe. The project launched in September 2025 in c

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/we-need-more-perspectives-physics-and-mathematics-lund-new-eu-project - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Since COVID-19 spread to Russia, national authorities have cut off all access to prisons. Based on his recent research, Rustamjon Urinboyev speculates how the everyday lives of transnational Muslim prisoners in Russia are likely to have changed in lockdown. When the coronavirus pandemic hit Russia, all correctional fa

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/locked-lockdown - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. More than 50 Nordic researchers and academics from 20 universities in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland participated in the Networking Day on South Asian Studies, that SASNET organized in Lund on Monday 25 April 2016. They are all working on South Asia-related issues, and were invited to discuss ways to expand colla

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-meeting-resulted-formation-new-nordic-south-asian-studies-network - 2026-05-01

The Unit for Educational Services offers a broad range of support for teaching staff who want to use digital tools as part of their educational approach in teaching. At the Unit for Educational Services, digital tool specialists, education experts and administrators work together to promote the use of innovative techniques in teaching. They are ready and willing to help you and your work team to u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/learning-digital-world - 2026-05-02

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. CenCIP anordnar en gemensam ISF-workshop med Skövde Högskola med inriktning mot Kritiska Infrastrukturer. Joint ISF Workshop on Protection of Critical InfrastructuresStockholm, 7A Centralen, Vasagatan 7, 2018-10-16, 9:00-16:00Critical infrastructure such as the power grid, the traffic network, healthcare,water suppl

https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/joint-critical-infrastructure-workshop - 2026-05-01

Over five years, the EU invests SEK 163 million in the POLARIN research project. The aim is to promote interdisciplinary research in both polar regions. Physical geographer Dr Margareta Johansson is one of the researchers who will work in the project. Why is this polar research project needed?- The ongoing climate change is noted most clearly at our northernmost and southernmost latitudes. We ther

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/eu-lifts-polar-research-arctic-and-antarctica - 2026-05-01

On 17 October, the Lubas course syllabus module became operational and replaced the old course syllabus module (Ubas). The Lubas system previously consisted of three modules: Lubas-utbud (information on courses and programmes), Lubas-kursplan (course syllabus) and Lubas-utbildningsplan (programme syllabus). The module for course and programme information was replaced in spring 2021 by a new, more

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-lubas-course-syllabus-module-here - 2026-05-02