Published 26 November 2015 Four promising young top researchers from the Faculty of Science at Lund University get over 1 million Euro each in so-called "Starting Grants" from the European Research Council, ERC. These are the biologists Jessica Abbott and Helena Westerdahl, the physicist Caterina Doglioni and the mathematician Erik Wahlén. Read briefly about their research areas below, which also

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/promising-young-researchers-receive-european-research-council-grants - 2025-05-15

Published 27 November 2015 Photo: Tobin Jones (UN) “For us in the social sciences, it is very important to highlight that there is no simple link between climate change and migration”, says Dr. Angela Oels, a visiting professor at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). “In fact, multiple factors influence the decision to migrate.” Angela Oels is the lead organiser of a sid

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-migration-focus-official-cop21-side-event - 2025-05-15

Published 4 December 2015 Open house: A unique chance to see the mummy of Peder Winstrup On Wednesday 9 December all those who are interested can visit the Historical Museum and meet the founder of Lund University, Bishop Peder Winstrup (1605-1679). Peder Winstrup’s mummy and several fascinating artefacts from the coffin will be exhibited at the museum 10:00-20:00. Admission is free.“This is a uni

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Published 11 December 2015 Vegetables for a healthy mind For 25 years Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson at Lund University in Sweden has conducted research on appetite control, the energy balance of the body, and how we should eat to stay healthy and happy – both our bodies and our brains. Here’s her dietary advice captured in one compelling film. We eat too much, too often, and more sugar, salt and f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/video-shows-food-body-and-brain - 2025-05-15

Published 10 December 2015 Students Niklas Johannesson, Ida Nilros, Erika Gräns och Leonard Bergström from Lund University who won the KPMG International Case Competition. Foto: KPMG The KPMG International Case Competition is one of the largest case competitions in the world for economics students. The top eight teams from eight different business schools and universities in Sweden compete every y

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-students-are-best-casework-all-sweden - 2025-05-15

Published 11 December 2015 Sara Snogerup Linse och Anne L'Huillier - two Nobel Committee members from Lund University. Photo: rika Weiland, Apelöga Anne L'Huillier and Sara Snogerup Linse chair their respective Nobel Committees at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Anne for Physics and Sara for Chemistry. Both have worked extensively at Lund University and are among the few women who are, or h

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/they-choose-years-nobel-prize-winners - 2025-05-15

Published 16 December 2015 Our drinking water contains millions of "good" bacteria. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered that our drinking water is to a large extent purified by millions of “good bacteria” found in water pipes and purification plants. So far, the knowledge about them has been practically non-existent, but this new research is about to change that. Watch video

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-our-water-pipes-crawl-millions-bacteria - 2025-05-15

Published 15 December 2015 Psychiatric patients have a very different view on what effects their mental illness might have compared to the forensic psychiatric staff. Photo: Alex Proimos Offenders sentenced to forensic psychiatric care do not consider their mental illness to be the main reason for their crime. Instead, they point to abuse, poverty or anger toward a particular person. This is shown

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/psychiatric-patients-and-staff-have-different-views-effects-mental-illness - 2025-05-15

Published 21 December 2015 The study on horizontal gene transfers was conducted on the Swedish island Öland. Photo: Stefan Andersson Can "borrowed" genes contribute to ecological adaptation in plants? A recently published article in the scientific journal Proceeding of the Royal Society B suggests that this may be the case. Transgenes are genes that have moved from a donor to a recipient organism

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/natural-transgenes-could-help-plants-adapt-local-conditions - 2025-05-15

Published 22 December 2015 Former Lund student Jean-François Trinh Tan and Alvina Eman attending Lund University's first alumni event in Washington DC, US. Photo: Maria Lindh “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 Ta

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-holds-its-first-ever-alumni-event-washington-dc - 2025-05-15

Published 23 December 2015 A Massive Open Online Course on sustainable cities and ways to green the economy starts on 18 January 2016. The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University is launching a new Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) in the Greening the Economy series in January. How can we shape urban development towards sustainable and prosperous f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/open-online-course-focusing-sustainable-cities-starts-18-january - 2025-05-15

Published 11 January 2016 Lund University Arrival Day Arrival Day will be held at Lund University on Monday 11 January. About 650 international students will participate, most of whom are exchange students here to study for at least one semester. The reception on Arrival Day will take place between 09:00 and 19:00. The students will be greeted by their international mentors at Copenhagen airport K

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-students-around-world-arrival-day - 2025-05-15

Published 12 January 2016 Graph of how audio affects people's mood Researchers have created a digital audio platform that can modify the emotional tone of people’s voices while they are talking, to make them sound happier, sadder or more fearful. New results show that while listening to their altered voices, participants’ emotional state change in accordance with the new emotion. “Very little is k

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/way-you-sound-affects-your-mood - 2025-05-15

Published 13 January 2016 Researchers have found that through studying protein patterns in blood samples they can more easily determine how severe a sepsis (blood poisoning) condition really is. Photo: MostPhotos Sepsis is a very complicated and precarious condition. Research groups in Lund and Zurich have now developed a way to use mass spectrometry to measure hundreds of proteins in a single blo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/protein-patterns-new-tool-studying-sepsis - 2025-05-15

Published 14 January 2016 The Swedish soprano Nina Stemme has been appointed Honorary Doctor by the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at Lund University. Nina Stemme is one of the foremost singers of today. Her international career has involved high-profile appearances at the most prestigious international opera stages, such as in London, Paris, New York (Metropolitan), Berlin, Milan (La Scala)

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soprano-nina-stemme-appointed-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2025-05-15

Published 14 January 2016 New findings indicate that the risk of developing COPD is twice as high for women as it is for men. Photo: MostPhotos A new study by researchers at Lund University, Sweden shows that women can have a considerably higher risk than men of developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Using a new diagnostic method, researchers have now shown that the risk of devel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/women-higher-risk-develop-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease - 2025-05-15

Published 18 January 2016 Lund University remains the most popular choice for international students wanting to study their Master’s degree in Sweden, with 1/3 of all applicants from the latest application round choosing Lund University programmes. Of the total 64,317 students who applied to autumn 2016 Master’s programmes at Swedish universities, 21,448 chose Lund University programmes. This is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-most-popular-choice-international-students-applying-sweden - 2025-05-15

Published 21 January 2016 A special type of sperm analysis can help guide which fertility treatment - ICSI or IVF - involuntary childless couples should undertake for more successful results. in the picture: the ICSI-method where one viable sperm is chosen to fertilize the egg. New research findings from Lund University, Sweden show that a simple analysis of chromosomal breaks in sperms can help g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extra-sperm-analysis-could-help-involuntary-childless-couples - 2025-05-15

Published 25 January 2016 A research group recently found six statues dating back 3,400 years in two shrines by the sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila, Egypt. Photo: The Gebel el Silsila Project 2015. 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 da

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeological-project-discovers-3400-year-old-family-made-out-sandstone-egypt - 2025-05-15

Published 26 January 2016 New research findings show that the magnetic compass that birds use for orientation is affected by polarised light. In the photo: Zebra finch by R. Muheim The magnetic compass that birds use for orientation is affected by polarised light. This previously unknown phenomenon was discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The discovery that the magnetic compass

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-magnetic-compass-affected-polarised-light-study - 2025-05-15