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Getting external funds for your research project is often what makes or breaks it at an early stage, but finding one that suits is a challenge, as is finding one that accepts applications at the right time. Welcome to the jungle! On LUSEM’s “Research grants” page you will find a lengthy list of funders and it is well worth the time spent searching through them. Some offer one or two grants yearly,
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/funds-grants - 2025-12-27
Linn recently nailed her thesis to the wall here at LUSEM, as is tradition. She has been doing her research at the Department of Economic History and her work is called " Garment Workers and the Labour Issue in Development". She is now preparing the defense of the dissertation, which will take place on 25 April at 10:15, in EC3:207. Congratulations on your dissertation, please tell us, what is it
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-linn-ternsjo - 2025-12-27
On 15 January, the web pages of the Faculty of Social Sciences Library were launched on the Faculty's general website. At the same time the website sambib.lu.se was closed. Library information can now be found at www.sam.lu.se/en/library. The exception is the information about the library's support for researchers and teachers, which has been moved to the faculty's internal website together with o
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/library-has-moved-samluse - 2025-12-27
Lund University's social sciences have risen from 53rd to 46th place in Times Higher Education's subject rankings for 2025. This means that the University's social science subjects are the second highest ranked subjects at LU, after law. Times Higher Education's definition of social sciences covers political science and international relations, including development studies, public policy, and gov
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-sciences-climb-rankings - 2025-12-27
15 January was the application deadline for programmes in the international admission round. We are happy to report that both the total number of applicants and the number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes have increased. The number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes has increased by 9% compared to last year, while the to
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/more-applicants-facultys-international-masters-programmes - 2025-12-27
Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to introduce a moratorium on genetically-modified babies and where Malin Parmar hopes
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2025-12-27
First published: 2019-05-03Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protective effect in Indian women.Gestational diabetes is characterized by impaired insul
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2025-12-27
After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part, but most parts of the brain can be involved in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons processes information, and thereby the mechanisms by which the brain works First publi
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-view-mechanisms-how-brain-works - 2025-12-27
The number of cases of disease caused by Leishmania, a parasite that is spread via bites by sand flies which are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden. The most serious form of the disease usually leads to death if untreated. First published: 2019-05-06“This disease is still very rare in Sweden but the number of cases has
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-shows-increase-parasite-disease-sweden - 2025-12-27
The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Together with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, researchers at Lund University have conducted the largest ever analysis of ALL at protein level by studying activity in more than 8,000 genes and proteins. The results of the study show a deviant folding of the DNA strand which in turn af
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-large-scale-study-proteins-patients-all - 2025-12-27
Being able to take care of one’s hygiene, cook food and cope independently in the home are examples of feeling in control of one’s life. But how easy is it for an elderly person with a spinal cord injury to feel actively in control of their life in the home? Lizette Norin, occupational therapist and researcher, has written a thesis on the importance of accessibility in the home. First published: 2
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/accessibility-home-key-person-spinal-cord-injury - 2025-12-27
Applications for the nomination of academic innovation projects and medium-cost equipment to the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Community Development First published: 2019-05-06In the text below, the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Community Development describes the purpose of the announcement and how applications are to be structured.The Foundation ha
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/nominate-projects-mats-paulsson-foundation - 2025-12-27
In recent years, it has become increasingly clear to researchers that the protein galectin-3 is involved in inflammatory diseases in the brain. A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden now shows the de facto key role played by the protein in Alzheimer’s disease. When the researchers shut off the gene that produces this protein in mice, the amount of Alzheimer’s plaque and the inflam
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-block-protein-plays-key-role-alzheimers-disease - 2025-12-27
A European consortium, led from Lund University, is to receive SEK 50 million from the EU for research which is to develop our understanding of the functional mechanisms of the brain. The research project, called INTUITIVE, is one of the Innovative Training Networks within the framework of Horizon 2020. The aim of the project is to develop user interfaces based on touch that feel more intuitive th
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/additional-sek-50-million-research-brains-mechanisms - 2025-12-27
Researcher Louise Brunkwall at Lund University explains how three risk factors are involved in obesity. Louise Brunkwall recently defended her PhD thesis Obesity; with a focus on diet quality and gut microbiota. In this clip, she discusses how the three known risk factors for obesity interplay to determine your risk:
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/watch-three-risk-factors-behind-obesity - 2025-12-27
For over 20 years, a team of researchers at Lund University has worked on developing a drug against preeclampsia – a serious disorder which annually affects around 9 million pregnant women worldwide and is one of the main causes of death in both mothers and unborn babies. Now the researchers have published a study in the journal Scientific Reports that opens up opportunities for further research t
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/clinical-trials-beginning-possible-preeclampsia-treatment - 2025-12-27
Researchers from Lund University, together with the Roche pharmaceutical company, have used a method to develop a new blood marker capable of detecting whether or not a person has Alzheimer’s disease. If the method is approved for clinical use, the researchers hope eventually to see it used as a diagnostic tool in primary healthcare. This autumn, they will start a trial in primary healthcare to te
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-detecting-alzheimers-disease - 2025-12-27
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis and mortality in an epidemiological study. It was shown that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population. Read full length article on the Lund University international webpage
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-linked-higher-risk-dying-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-12-27
More than half of our genome consists of transposons, DNA sequences that are reminiscent of ancient, extinct viruses. Transposons are normally silenced by a process known as DNA methylation, but their activation can lead to serious diseases. Very little is known about transposons but researchers in an international collaboration project have now succeeded for the first time in studying what happen
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-sheds-light-darker-parts-our-genetic-heritage - 2025-12-27
An extensive study has confirmed that the risk of developing coeliac disease is connected to the amount of gluten children consume. The new study is observational and therefore does not prove causation; however, it is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. The results are presented in the prestigious journal JAMA. In total, 6 600 children at increased risk of developing coeliac disease were f
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/association-between-coeliac-disease-risk-and-gluten-intake-confirmed - 2025-12-27
