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No 52, 12 January 2026 The NAISS training team wishes everyone a Happy New YearWelcome to the first NAISS training newsletter of the new year 2026. In this edition we list training events from NAISS and other sources which we expect to be of interest to the NAISS community. Our events aimed at new users have been bundled into the NAISS introduction training week from 2 - 6 February. The week
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-5 - 2026-10-17
The invitation applies to current and prospective 1st year PhD students studying Bioinformatics We have decided that MedBioInfo, the Swedish National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics, will take applications for an incoming class in 2026. The deadline is 28 February, 2026.MedBioInfo was established in 2017, with the support of 42 Bioinformatics faculty, to provide advanced training in bio
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/call-applications-national-graduate-school-medical-bioinformatics-medbioinfo-2026 - 2026-10-17
No 53, 22 January 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter. Registration for the NAISS Introduction training week is about to close. Registration for the CodeRefienry workshop has now been opened. We re-advertise a number of events advertised before.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and gene
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-6 - 2026-10-17
Whether you work in a company facing a complex sustainability challenge, manage environmental issues at a municipality, or represent an organisation with a promising sustainable development idea that has stalled, Tiger Teams may be of interest to you. Tiger Teams is an initiative where interdisciplinary teams of PhD students collaborate intensively with societal actors for one week to tackle real-
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/tiger-teams-tackling-sustainability-challenges-together - 2026-10-17
How we feel about nature affects the gardening choices we make and how much those choices benefit pollinators. A new study from Lund University highlights this connection, particularly in the context of widespread urbanisation, which is reducing both green spaces and people’s contact with nature. The researchers also show that for pollinators in cities, gardens with plantings kept over many years
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/our-feelings-towards-nature-influence-how-we-support-pollinators-our-gardens - 2026-10-17
Researchers at Lund University have produced the most detailed map of carbon emissions from Swedish forest fires to date. The results show that the largest emissions occur below the ground surface, in peat and organic soils. During the extremely hot summer of 2018, 324 forest fires were reported in Sweden. Using field measurements, models, and data from the Swedish Forest Agency, the Swedish Envir
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/large-forest-fire-emissions-are-hidden-underground - 2026-10-17
Alexandra Pongracz is a researcher at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lund University and the programme chair for the Swedish Climate Symposium (SCS). With registration now open, we asked her to reflect on the symposium’s holistic approach, the highlights of this year’s programme, and why researchers, policymakers, and practitioners should take part. The theme of SCS 2026 is
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/alexandra-pongracz-why-you-shouldnt-miss-swedish-climate-symposium-2026 - 2026-10-17
New findings from Jezero crater reveal how bedrock formed deep within Mars' crust was uplifted, submerged under water in a lake and became altered. The results provide a new piece of the puzzle in understanding the long geologic history of our red neighbour planet. Since NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars' red dusty surface in February 2021, it has collected a wealth of valuable data. As the
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/water-world-arid-planet-mars-geologic-history-mapped - 2026-10-17
Swedish old-growth forests store 83 percent more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University. The difference is substantially larger than previous estimates and is mainly due to large carbon stocks in the soil. The study, published in the scientific journal Science, is the most comprehensive mapping of how much carbon is stored in Swedish old-growth forests to date.
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/old-growth-forests-store-lot-more-carbon-managed-forests - 2026-10-17
The Swedish Climate Policy Council released its annual report on 19 March 2026. The report provides a comprehensive review of climate policy over the government’s most recent term. It concludes that Sweden is not on track to meet its climate targets for 2030 and 2040, that the gap to the targets has widened, and that necessary decisions have been postponed. The Council stresses that decisive actio
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/five-questions-anna-maria-jonsson-swedish-climate-policy-council - 2026-10-17
The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) has recommended a new national initiative in polar research for funding as part of the government programme on Strategic Research Areas. The Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo) is a co-applicant for the proposal, which is led by Stockholm University. It brings together several universities in a long-term collaboration. Although the
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/new-funding-polar-research - 2026-10-17
We have just opened two more COMPUTE courses for registration:Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Life Sciences – IntroductionIntroduction to Artificial Neural Networks and Deep LearningBoth courses will start in the Autumn term of 2025. Please visit the course pages for full information, including dates and access to registration.
DatesFall 2021PersonnelCourse organiser: Sonja AitsTeachers: Sonja Aits, Marcus Klang
https://www.compute.lu.se/article/ai-medicine-and-life-sciences-ai-text-and-language-data-ht2021-15-ects-or-6-ects - 2026-10-17
This course is intended for students with basic knowledge of programming in any language who would like to learn the techniques of scientific programming. ObjectiveThis course is intended for students with basic knowledge of programming in any language who would like to learn the techniques of scientific programming. The course covers scientific programming in Python, including writing numerical c
https://www.compute.lu.se/article/scientific-computing-python-and-fortran-ht2021-75-ects - 2026-10-17
The aim of the course is to provide participants with a basic understanding of bioinformatics concepts and methods. ObjectivesThe aim of the course is to provide participants with a basic understanding of bioinformatics concepts and methods.ContentsThe course will provide awareness, from theoretical as well as practical perspectives, of bioinformatics resources and tools available in the different
https://www.compute.lu.se/article/medical-bioinformatics-introduction-vt-2021-study-period-ii-15-ects - 2026-10-17
This course will introduce students to image and video analysis with deep learning and application areas within medicine and life sciences. ObjectivesThis course will introduce students to image and video analysis with deep learning and application areas within medicine and life sciences. It is also suitable for people outside the medicine/life science area as the concepts and methods themselves a
The course gives a basic introduction to techniques for simulating complex systems and processes, typically with many coupled degrees of freedom. ObjectiveThe course gives a basic introduction to techniques for simulating complex systems and processes, typically with many coupled degrees of freedom. The main aim of the course is to introduce the students to applications of these techniques. To thi
https://www.compute.lu.se/article/monte-carlo-and-molecular-dynamics-tools-vt2021-study-period-ii-75-ects - 2026-10-17
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the Jupyter Notebook which is an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations and explanatory text. ObjectivesThe aim of this course is to introduce students to the Jupyter Notebook which is an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents th
The COMPUTE course: "Computational Chemistry" is now open for registration. Please visit the course page for more details and access to registration.
https://www.compute.lu.se/article/compute-course-computational-chemistry-open-registration - 2026-10-17
The next environment is scheduled for the 21st of January The next COMPUTE environment event: Governance concerns with generative AI and the challenge of regulating a moving target is open for registration. See our environment event page for more details and access to registration.
