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Kungliga vetenskapsakademien, KVA, har valt in två nya ledamöter i akademins klass för medicinska vetenskaper. En av dem är Malin Parmar, professor i cellulär neurovetenskap vid Lunds universitet. Tillsammans med sin forskningsgrupp har hon gjort flera banbrytande studier som stamceller, som lett fram till utveckling av nya behandlingar för patienter med Parkinsons sjukdom. Utifrån kunskap om hur

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lundaprofessor-invald-i-kungliga-vetenskapsakademien - 2026-07-05

Hur kan man styra en inflammatorisk lungsjukdom så att den inte blir kronisk? Och hjälpa lungan att självläka? Det försöker Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, professor i medicinsk cellbiologi, och hennes team vid Lunds universitet, ta reda på. Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson leder forskargruppen Lungbiologi, som forskar på lungans sjukdomar. – Vi tittar på de små beståndsdelarna i lungvävnaden, olika celle

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/malet-ar-att-forsta-hur-lungan-kan-reparera-sig-sjalv - 2026-07-05

Med ny teknik odlas ny lungvävnad i docent Darcy Wagners laboratorium. – Vi hoppas att man med denna teknik ska kunna ersätta områden med sjuk lungvävnad med bioutskrifter, istället för att ta bort hela lungan. Darcy Wagners forskargrupp, ”Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration”, har utvecklat något som kallas biobläck som används i 3D-utskrifter av ny lungvävnad och luftvägsvävnad. – Istället för a

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nya-lungor-byggs-med-3d-skrivare-i-labbet - 2026-07-05

Bara 20 procent av de lungor som doneras är i sådant skick att de kan användas för transplantation. Och när de väl transplanterats, är det många som stöts bort. Sandra Lindstedt, forskare och adjungerad professor i thoraxkirurgi, försöker förbättra denna statistik genom sin forskning. De övriga 80 procenten av donerade lungor kan inte användas eftersom de har en skada. – De ena stora utmaningen vi

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/drivkraften-ar-att-oka-antalet-lungor-som-kan-transplanteras - 2026-07-05

En storskalig studie av avförings- och blodprover visar att det finns starka kopplingar mellan tarmbakterier och metaboliter i blodet. Forskarna bakom studien har bland annat hittat nya associationer mellan ett vanligt läkemedel för behandling av typ 2-diabetes och tarmfloran. Studien har letts av forskare vid Uppsala universitet och Lunds universitet. Tarmflorans roll för sjukdom och hälsa har bl

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/starkt-samband-mellan-tarmbakterier-och-metaboliter-i-blodet - 2026-07-05

Narrativ medicin använder konst, musik och litteratur som verktyg för att förstå patienter. En av de främsta pionjärerna inom ämnet heter professor Rita Charon från Columbia University och hon kommer att hålla årets Sandblom Prize Lecture den 4 oktober. Vårdpersonal som fått utbildning i narrativ medicin är ofta bättre på att lyssna in, att förstå andras perspektiv. Det kan såklart handla om patie

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sandblom-prisforelasning-narrativ-medicin-bidrar-till-battre-moten-mellan-vardande-och-vardad - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. QS Top University ranking for 2015 places Lund University as the world's twentieth by subject (Geography & Area Studies). The QS World University Rankings places Lund University as number 20 world wide in Geography & Area Studies. This is an improvement from last year's position of 21. Lund University as a whole also

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ranked-20-among-geography-departments-world-wide - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ICOS Carbon Portal is the central data portal for a European-wide Greenhouse Gas monitoring network. It offers access to research data from ICOS scientists all over Europe, and provides facilities and IT resources supporting modelling activities for elaborated data products. Hello Alex Vermeulen! What is the Carbon Po

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/carbon-portal-access-carbon-research-data - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Findings from an international research group including Anders Ahlström (main author) and Ben Smith from INES, reveals news that changes the view on neglected areas: the semi-arid ecosystems has a key role in carbon cycling. The group has published their findings in Science. Terrestrial bioshere is absorbing about 1/4

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/semi-arid-ecosystems-play-key-role-global-carbon-cycling - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Embassy in Washington asked four experts on the Arctic. First to be asked is Margareta Johansson, researcher at our department. Watch her answer or watch all four expert answers.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/why-do-we-need-care-about-arctic-region - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Daniel Metcalfe, associate senior lecturer at our department, has received a grant from the Göran Gustafsson Foundation for nature and environment in Lapland. The money is to enable him to investigate how grazing insects affect soil processes in the birch forests of Lapland. Visit Dan Metcalfe's staff page

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/money-research-lapland - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ylva Persson, PhD student in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Sciences at Lund University, is conducting research on cloned trees. Her aim is to understand how the substances secreted by trees affects, and is affected, by climate. Ylva Persson studies the trees' volatile organic compounds (BVOCs).  It does not only gi

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/trees-communicate-and-affect-climate - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new ESA (European Space Agency) satellite SENTINEL-2 is now in orbit, producing preliminary test data. The satellites' sensor is unique in terms of having both high spatial resolution, as well as temporal resolution. Data from SENTINEl-2 is used by the Lund Earth Observation research group in their research.For mo

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/esa-satellite-provides-remote-sensing-data - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Markku Rummukainen, Professor of Climatology, has written an article in Miljömagasinet on climate change. It is still possible to influence the ongoing development, he writes. Read article here (Google translated)Staff page of Markku Rummukainen

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/markku-rummukainen-climate-change - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The latest issue of LUM features Emma Li Johansson's research. The article in LUM mentions the exhibition that will take place at the department on September 17th.Read the article in LUMSee event in our calendarVisit the staff page of Emma Li Johansson

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/article-lum-physical-geographer-uses-art-her-research - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Changes in the Arctic Ocean can affect ecosystems located far away on land, " says Dr. Frans-Jan Parmentier at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, lead author of the newly pyublished international study. As the sea ice melts the reflection of sunlight is replaced by absorption by the open sea

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/accelerated-methane-emissions-when-arctic-sea-ice-melts - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The candidate will carry out development, testing and application of the Earth system model EC-EARTH in preparation for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) and the next Assessment Report of the IPCC. Apply no later than October 13th. You'll find the full job announcement here.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/job-opening-postdoctoral-fellow-earth-system-modelling - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor of climatology Markku Rummukainen was interviewed in many media outlets due to the fact that the number of flood damages in 2014 was five times higher than in 2013. “The climate is getting warmer and there will be more and heavier downpours, which increases the risk of flooding and subsequent damages”, he sa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/climate-change-creates-more-flood-damage - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Frans-Jan Parmentier, researcher at our department, was interviewed in NyTeknik about his new research that shows that methane emissions from the Arctic tundra increase when the Arctic ice melts. “The decreased amounts of Arctic sea ice is one of the most visible consequences of climate change, and has a huge impact o

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/melting-sea-ice-arctic-accelerates-methane-emissions - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday October 12th, all campus activity was cancelled due to a threat to the university, which the police judged needed to be taken seriously. After it turned out the threat had been distributed to several other higher educational institutions as well, a decision has been taken to reopen the university. Activities

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/campus-teaching-cancelled-october-12th-due-threat - 2026-07-05