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En forskartjänst och totalt 54 miljoner kronor i forskningsanslag till forskare i Skåne inom hjärta, kärl och lungor när Hjärt-Lungfonden summerar. Hjärt-Lungfonden finansierar fyra nya forskartjänster för treårsperioden 2020–2022 varav en beviljats Daniel Engelbertsen, biträdande forskare i kardiovaskulär forskning, cellulär metabolism och inflammation vid Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper i

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/stort-stod-till-forskning-inom-hjart-och-lungforskning - 2025-12-26

Upp mot 45 procent av alla dödsfall i industrialiserade länder är orsakade av fibrossjukdomar. Genom gränsöverskridande forskning och det högteknologiska MAX IV-laboratoriet i Lund kan kunskapen om fibros öka – och ett botemedel vara närmare. – Fibros är en form av ärrbildning som kan drabba alla typer av skadade organ och vävnader i kroppen. När denna process sker okontrollerat leder det till att

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hogteknologiskt-samarbete-framjar-fibrosforskning - 2025-12-26

Maria Fridh är årets mottagare av Barnafridspriset. Hon prisas för sin avhandling om samband mellan nättrakasserier, psykisk ohälsa och självskadebeteende. Att vara utsatt för nättrakasseri en enda gång kan påverka den psykiska hälsan. Maria Fridh är snart färdig specialistläkare inom socialmedicin. 2018 lade hon fram sin avhandling vid Lunds universitet om psykisk ohälsa bland unga som mobbas och

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/maria-fridh-far-barnafridspriset - 2025-12-26

En ny epidemiologisk studie från Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus visar att det finns ett samband mellan höga nivåer av tarmhormonet GIP i blodet och ökad risk för hjärtkärlsjukdom. Att tarmhormonerna GIP och GLP-1 (glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide och glucagon-like peptide) är viktiga för insulinproduktionen i bukspottskörteln är välkänt. Det är hormoner som bildas i tarma

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tarmhormon-kan-oka-risken-hjartkarlsjukdom - 2025-12-26

Nyligen publicerades rapporten "Chefers attityder till sina äldre anställda", som visar att de flesta chefer anser att deras äldre medarbetare har goda erfarenheter och färdigheter som är bra för verksamheten, är mer plikttrogna i sitt arbete och har lång livserfarenhet som är användbar på arbetsplatsen. – Samtidigt förekommer negativa attityder till äldre och många chefer anger också stereotypa a

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tycker-chefer-att-alla-ska-arbeta-till-en-hogre-alder - 2025-12-26

Akut myeloisk leukemi (AML), är en av de vanligaste formerna av leukemi hos vuxna. Nu har en forskargrupp vid Lunds universitet lyckats hitta cancerkloner med mutationer så sällsynta att de inte kan upptäckas vid diagnostillfället. Studien som undersöker hur cancerklonerna utvecklas och konkurrerar med varandra, publiceras nu i Nature Communications. AML är en aggressiv blodcancerform som orsakas

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sallsynta-cancerkloner-upptackta-i-akut-myeloisk-leukemi-aml - 2025-12-26

The new research project, “Socioeconomic Segregation - The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools and Policy Across the Life Course”, aims to establish a research environment involving health economists, education and labour market economists, geographers, and demographers, among others. We spoke about the new project with project leader Martin Dribe, director of the Centre for Economic Demography and p

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-project-explores-socioeconomic-segregation-then-and-now - 2025-12-26

WithSecure visited the Department of Informatics on their European Cyber Tour, allowing students on our Bachelor's programme to get hands-on experience with the handling of cyber threats in a simulated environment. On October 30th, 2023, students taking the course IS and Business Development got to experience something never seen before in the Bachelor's programme on Design of Information Systems.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/cybertruck-cyber-security-simulation - 2025-12-26

Markus Lahtinen, researcher and lecturer at the Department of Informatics, Lund University, has been interviewed by both Dagens Nyheter (DN) and Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) for expert insights on the use of AI for crime-fighting purposes. The articles in DN and SvD report on the potential integration of AI into camera surveillance, including facial recognition and automatic reading of licence plates.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/markus-lahtinen-speaks-ai-and-camera-surveillance - 2025-12-26

Associate professor at the Department of Informatics, Miranda Kajtazi, is currently involved in a mix of internal and external grants. At the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Miranda Kajtazi is leading an Advanced Study Group on "Human Rights, Digital Inequalities, and Social Consequences of AI". This project is ongoing from September 2023 to June 2024."This ASG focuses on digital innovat

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ai-human-rights-and-digital-welfare-miranda-kajtazi-takes-lead - 2025-12-26

The Department of Informatics uses Microsoft Azure as a cloud solution for students attending the Bachelor’s Programme in Design of Information Systems. It allows us to have complete BYOD-solutions in our computer rooms, which attracts students to campus while also saving energy and money. Informatic’s director of studies, Björn Svensson, was interviewed by Microsoft for an article in “Din digital

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/cloud-solution-azure-bjorn-svensson-interviewed-microsoft - 2025-12-26

Are you looking to enhance your professional network and learn from industry experts in your field and beyond? Discover how LinkedIn can bring unexpected opportunities and connect us to people around the world, from insights shared by Markus Lahtinen at his seminar “Beyond expectations: Learn more about LinkedIn!”. With over 5000 connections and a top 2% industry SSI (Social Selling Index) ranking

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/learn-more-about-linkedin-markus-lahtinen - 2025-12-26

Dr. Viswanath Venkatesh attracted a large crowd to his seminar "Let's Get Ready to Contextualize", where he spoke about the importance of contextualization in research. Dr. Venkatesh shared some of his latest research on contextualization, including discussions on: Problems tied to lack of context in research;What researchers face in new contexts; How to think about the concept of scientific contr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/viswanath-venkatesh-holds-seminar-informatics - 2025-12-26

Associate Professor Vincenzo Corvello, joining us from the University of Messina, is an established business and innovation scholar as well as the Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Innovation Management. Hosted by lecturer Markus Lahtinen, Vincenzo Corvello started his visit with a Meet-and-greet, giving a brief presentation on his recent research on corporate-startup collaboration. He sp

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/informatics-welcomes-vincenzo-corvello-meet-and-greet-fika - 2025-12-26

Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT has made international headlines. While concerns have been raised that ChatGPT and generative AI may be used as a tool for cheating, department lecturers Markus Lahtinen and Björn Svensson challenge this fear by actively incorporating the chatbot into the department’s educational programme. “Integrating ChatGPT into our education is simply a matter of su

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/informatics-starts-integrating-chatgpt-its-educational-programme - 2025-12-26

Lund University has every chance of reversing the negative trend in its ranking, argues Daniel J. Guhr, who has previously been hired as a consultant on this issue. Three factors, all related to research, are of particular significance for LU, according to Daniel J. Guhr: publications, citations and reputation. This is where the University should put its focus in order to continue being ranked as

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/possible-reverse-negative-ranking-trend - 2025-12-26

Lund University has been sliding down the lists of the three main university ranking organisations for several years. Today, we make only one of the top 100 lists, and even then with a mere five places above the 100 cut-off. Daniel J. Guhr is an expert on the importance of these rankings and knows what the consequences can be if the downward trend continues. “Losing a top 100 position in all three

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/consultants-warning-major-consequences-falling-outside-top-100 - 2025-12-26

Do you feel a little bit lost? Cryptic acronyms and unfamiliar faces? You as a new employee at Lund University is most welcome to take part in the Welcome Day on May 9th. During the day you’ll get an insight into the university’s role in society, how your new work place is organised and where you can find relevant information. Some of the research is presented, and you’re invited on a journey thro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-work-welcome-day-you - 2025-12-26

The conference gathers world-leading researchers and practitioners in the field of place branding who are experts in the branding of states, countries, destinations, and cities. The theme of this year's conference is "Place Branding in Crisis and Uncertainty". Welcome to join the conference and discuss this and other exciting themes related to place branding. Deadline for all submissions is May 5,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-will-host-7th-annual-conference-international-place-branding-conference-ipba-18-20 - 2025-12-26

Welcome to a seminar on leadership and communication in a multicultural academy. Research supervisors are expected to be able to supervise doctoral students and junior researchers academically. The role of a supervisor includes being able to lead professional and learning conversations both with junior co-workers individually and in groups. This is an important task which sometimes can be challeng

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-leadership-and-communication-multicultural-academy - 2025-12-26