Av anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - publicerad 19 maj 2025 Sill, torsk och bläckfisk. Med hjälp av dna-teknik har forskare kartlagt nästan 40 olika bytesarter hos Östersjötumlaren, en av Sveriges mest hotade marina däggdjur. Foto: Patrik Eld. Vad äter tumlare i svenska vatten? I en ny studie tar forskare från Lunds universitet hjälp av dna-teknik för att kartlä

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/fran-sill-till-blackfisk-tumlarens-breda-meny-avslojad - 2025-07-07

Av Johan [dot] Joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 5 september 2024 Øystein Opedal, biträdande universitetslektor vid biologiska institutionen, har beviljats ERC Starting Grant. Grattis Øystein! Kan du berätta lite om ditt projekt!– Projektet handlar om att bättre förstå hur växter anpassar sig till nya pollineringsmiljöer, såsom minskande pollinerarpopulationer e

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/tungt-eu-anslag-till-biolog - 2025-07-07

Av Johan [dot] Joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 24 september 2024 Se en film där forskaren Claudia Tocco berättar om de samarbetsvilliga dyngbaggarna. Film: Johan Nyman Dyngbaggen är ett av de starkaste djuren i världen. Den lilla skalbaggen besitter även en exceptionell förmåga att samarbeta. En studie visar att honor och hanar kan flytta stora bollar av spill

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/skalbaggar-samarbetar-vid-snariga-spillningsflyttar - 2025-07-07

Av Johan [dot] Joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 3 december 2024 Andreas Nord. Foto: Erik Thor. Andreas Nord, forskare vid biologiska institutionen, har tilldelats ERC Consolidator Grant. Anslaget på två miljoner euro ska användas till att studera hur fåglar reagerar på stigande temperaturer. Grattis Andreas, hur känns det?– Tack så mycket. Det känns fantastiskt

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/biolog-far-tungt-eu-anslag - 2025-07-07

Av Lena [dot] Bjork_Blixt [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Lena Björk Blixt) - publicerad 26 mars 2024 Marie Dacke och Tobias Uller. Biologiprofessorerna Marie Dacke och Tobias Uller har fått det prestigefyllda anslaget Wallenberg Scholar. Det femåriga bidraget har till syfte att stödja och stimulera några av de mest framgångsrika seniora forskarna vid svenska universitet. Dessutom får biologiprofesso

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/biologer-utsedda-till-wallenberg-scholars - 2025-07-07

Av Johan [dot] Joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 17 juni 2025 Professor Eric Warrant är en av tre forskare som får ERC Advanced Grant. Foto: Inger Ekström. Eric Warrant, professor vid biologiska institutionen, får ERC Advanced Grant för sitt projekt ”Incredible journeys: How do multiple sensory cues allow animal migrants to precisely navigate to a distant goal?

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/annu-en-biolog-far-tungt-eu-anslag - 2025-07-07

Av johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 19 juni 2025 Bogong-fjärilen är det första ryggradslösa djuret som kan navigera efter stjärnhimlen. Foto: Ajay Narendra. Den australiensiska bogong-fjärilen använder Vintergatans stjärnor som kompass under sina årliga 100-milsresor till svala grottor i inlandet. Det visar en banbrytande studie som också avslöjar a

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/nattfjaril-anvander-stjarnor-och-magnetfalt-som-kompass - 2025-07-07

Av Kristina [dot] Lindgarde [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - publicerad 24 juni 2025 Vacker här, men inte där. Vår inhemska rovfjäril är exempel på ett djur som ses på med ogillande i andra delar av världen. Mördarsnigel, mink, svartmunnad smörbult och nu senast lövplattmask och buxbomsmott – det är några av nytillskotten i svensk natur som ställer till med problem. Men

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/inhemska-djur-som-blivit-invasiva-utomlands - 2025-07-07

Av Johan [dot] Joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 25 juni 2025 Soppsköldpadda på ön Ascension. Foto: Susanne Åkesson Många arter havssköldpaddor, sälar, valar, hajar och sjöfåglar riskerar att fara illa på grund av mänsklig aktivitet. Det visar en internationell jättestudie som Lunds universitet medverkat i. Studien, som publiceras i den vetenskapliga tidskriften

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/viktiga-havsomraden-marina-djur-saknar-ofta-skydd - 2025-07-07

By Olle [dot] dahlback [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Olle Dahlbäck) - published 17 February 2021 A recent study indicates that there is a correlation between the number of people spend on the internet and problematic and addictive games. Photo: Mostphotos Low age, the number of hours spent on the internet/social media, feelings of loneliness and thoughts about seeking treatment for mental illness. A

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-screen-games-mental-illness-and-addiction - 2025-07-07

By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 3 March 2021 Mikael Dolsten, the celebrated head of research at Pfizer and visiting professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, tells the story of how his company developed a COVID-19 vaccine in just nine months. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. It’s Friday night in Lund and soon Mikael Dolsten, acclaimed head of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/our-visiting-professor-tells-astonishing-story-vaccine-can-save-world-pandemic - 2025-07-07

By olle [dot] dahlback [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Olle Dahlbäck) - published 15 March 2021 Lars Edvinsson. Foto: Tove Smeds In the early 1970s, Lars Edvinsson stepped through the doors of Lund University for the first time. More than 50 years later, he is awarded the world's most prominent prize in brain research, "The Brain Prize", which is awarded annually by the Lundbeck Foundation. He receive

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/migraine-pioneer-awarded-prestigious-brain-prize - 2025-07-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 15 March 2021 The structure of an antibody. In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2025-07-07

Published 27 March 2021 Jan Sundquist, Professor at the Center for Primary Health Care Research, a collaboration between Lund University and Region Skåne, has been awarded a $3 million grant by the National Institutes of Health, NIH, USA. The grant is awarded for research of heredity and the importance of the environment regarding the opioid epidemic and other drug abuse. Together with Professor K

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/opioid-epidemic-and-other-drug-abuse - 2025-07-07

Published 27 March 2021 Photo: Mostphotos Researchers at Lund University have designed a new bioink which allows small human-sized airways to be 3D-bioprinted with the help of patient cells for the first time. The 3D-printed constructs are biocompatible and support new blood vessel growth into the transplanted material. This is an important first step towards 3D-printing organs. The new study has

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-bioink-brings-3d-printing-human-organs-closer-reality - 2025-07-07

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 29 March 2021 Photo: André de Loisted Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period. She replaces Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Sophia Zackrisson is part of the LUCC steering group and currently one of the heads in the LUCC strategic network with foc

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-coordinator-lund-univeristy-cancer-centre - 2025-07-07

By Sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 31 March 2021 The Christmas and New Year holidays did not turn out the way Caroline Nilsson intended. Instead of taking time off from her job as a research nurse in the POInT study, she had to step in and help out in a COVID-19 ward at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. For six weeks, Caroline Nilsson and two other coll

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-nurse-caroline-her-time-covid-19-ward - 2025-07-07

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 13 April 2021 Illustration by Elina Metso Many patients seeking treatment for chronic hip and groin pain are referred to an orthopaedic surgeon. Physiotherapist Anders Pålsson’s doctoral thesis from Lund University shows that these patients perceive a low quality of life and have low physical functioning. If their

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/earlier-diagnosis-shortens-queues-orthopaedics - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 27 April 2021 Cecilia Lindgren, new director of the Big Data Institute, works a lot on willpower: “You can’t control everything, but if you have the will, you can find solutions.” …a Lund University alumna who has taken a new position as director of the Big Data Institute in Oxford! “Thank you! I am very excited about this”, s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/congratulations-cecilia-lindgren - 2025-07-07

By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 28 April 2021 Source: Mostphotos. Collaboration between the worlds of industry and academia promotes the dissemination of knowledge and technology in society. This is why the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is investing SEK 30 million in industrial doctoral students. The grant covers the study perio

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/industrial-doctoral-student-research-initiative-collaboration-between-industry-and-academia - 2025-07-07