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In its largest investment yet, Cancerfonden, the Swedish Cancer Society, has announced its 2025 funding decisions, awarding SEK 1 billion SEK to strengthen cancer research across Sweden. Lund University received SEK 144.8 million, including SEK 50 million for projects led by ten researchers affiliated with the Lund Stem Cell Center. Among this year’s awardees is Dr. Sandra Lindstedt, senior consul
LONGREAD. He treats tremor with sound waves, is preparing to help paralyzed patients control a cursor with their thoughts and envisions a future where brain and machines talk to each other in both directions. Neurosurgeon and researcher Andres Lozano is pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the human brain – and doing it with both precision and imagination. “We are trying to discover the b
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Idag, på internationella kvinnodagen den 8 mars, har LTH vid Lunds universitet sammanställt en lista på ett antal kvinnliga forskare som kan uttala sig inom annars mansdominerade forskningsfält. Akustik och ljudmiljö: Delphine Bard, docent i akustik, 046-222 95 88, delphie [dot] bard [at] construction [dot] lth [dot
https://www.lu.se/artikel/kvinnor-och-teknik-expertlista - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a new national register study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, includes over one million Swedish men. “Men who seek health care for infertility and assisted reproduction were shown to be at
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/link-between-assisted-reproduction-and-risk-prostate-cancer - 2026-05-21
The date for the annual salary review is 1 October, and the new salary applies from this date. You will receive it retroactively when the University starts paying the new salaries. Discussions are ongoing between Saco-S and the University about the implementation of the new salaries. Lund University and Saco-S are in negotiations regarding the process for this year's salary review. The new salarie
Jiao Dong defended her Ph.D. thesis on the 8th of February 2023. Inspired by the memory of patients she met during her time as a student studying oral surgery in China, she has spent the past four years researching a regenerative medicine strategy that can be used to repair the function of the salivary gland. In this interview, we learn more about her innovative research efforts, the inspiration b
Martino Avallone spent the past four years developing tools for mapping gene expression and proteins in the brain to investigate basic biological questions and to elucidate the molecular mysteries contributing to Parkinson’s disease. On 29 September, he defends his thesis work done in the Molecular Neuromodulation research group. Here, he explains the impact these tools will hopefully have in scie
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genetic-tools-studying-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-martino-avallone - 2026-05-21
Preschool and primary school children will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how people can protect nature. The Natural Nations co-operation project is introducing biodiversity into the curriculum. In the past, knowledge of species and nature was part of general education, and knowledge was also transmitted between generations. Today, the
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2026-05-21
Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, recently published a blog post about the human rights violations, especially against women, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The blog post is available below. August 15, 2023, marked two years of the Taliban takeover. And with it, everyday attacks against “all manifestations of humanity, free
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/blog-post-priscyll-anctil-taliban-takeover-two-years - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A staggering over 43 million of hectares were lost in these areas between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly the size of Morocco. Torsten Krause, who research
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-wwf-report-deforestation-fronts - 2026-05-21
Meet some of the expectant doctoral students who will participate at the Nordic Congress of Gerontology in Stockholm, June 12-14, 2024. How will you participate at NKG? Mariam: In several ways, I have an oral presentation in the “Long-term Care” session, related to my recent publication on person-centered integrated care interventions in Sweden. I will also be a part of the panel discussion on res
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/their-way-nkg-i-generally-enjoy-public-speaking - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are financial instruments really the solution to deforestation and degradation? Do states truly manage forests for societal benefit? And to what extent are so-called sustainable forest governance initiatives really including local people in decision-making? These are some of the questionable myths that currently obscu
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/five-forest-myths-obscure-path-transformational-and-sustainable-forest-governance - 2026-05-21
Den 27 januari äger Förintelsens minnesdag rum. Lunds universitet är det enda lärosätet i Sverige med utbildningar i jiddisch – som är ett av flera judiska språk. Hur används minoritetsspråket idag? Oren Cohen Roman, forskare i jiddisch, har svaret. Sedan år 2000 är jiddisch ett av Sveriges nationella minoritetsspråk. Lunds universitet är det enda universitet i Skandinavien som erbjuder undervisni
https://www.lu.se/artikel/jiddisch-firar-25-ar-som-minoritetssprak-vad-ar-dess-status-idag - 2026-05-20
Committed, curious and eager to take action. The students who apply to Lund University's master's programs in sustainability are distinguished by their genuine drive to change the world. Pioneers and forerunners: this is how the master's programmes EMP (Master's Programme in Environmental Management and Policy) and LUMES (Master's Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science) can
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-lunds-international-sustainability-master-programmes-shape-change-leaders-future - 2026-05-20
Varför kallades sportlovet tidigare för kokslovet? Hur skapas den fluffigaste semlan? Och hur påverkas familjer med sämre ekonomi under loven? Här är listan över forskare från Lunds universitet som kan svara på frågor som kan bli aktuella under det stundande sportlovet. BBränder – riskerna med brasmys i stugan under sportlovetPatrick Van Hees, professor i brandteknik och kunnig bland annat inom br
https://www.lu.se/artikel/expertlista-sportlovet - 2026-05-20
How can philosophy help us make sense of the technologies shaping our everyday lives? A brand new doctoral course explores these ideas and other intersections between philosophy and technology. The doctoral course Introduction to Philosophy of Technology, a collaboration between the Department of Informatics at Lund University (LU) School of Economics and Management and the Division of Informatics
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/philosophy-technology-course-receives-praise-doctoral-students - 2026-05-22
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor. Medicin, mat och hälsaAktivt och hälsosamt åldrande Det finns många viktiga forskningsfrågor på området aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande t ex boendefrågor, äldres
https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2017-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-05-21
Walking is probably more cognitively demanding than you think. Magnus Lindh-Rengifo defends his thesis about walking aspects in neurodegenerative disorders on December 16. Read about his experiences as a Ph.D student at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! “Walking capability can be a key feature to being able to participate in meaningful activities in your daily life. Meeting patients with neu
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/walking-neurodegeneration-phd-interview-magnus-lindh-rengifo - 2026-05-21
When Liesbeth van Heel joins the Theme Next Generation Healthscapes at the Pufendorf IAS, she does so with a rare combination of long-term hands‑on experience and research. Liesbeth has spent more than three decades at Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, and her journey into research has grown directly out of practice. This interview was conducted during her stay in Lund in December 20
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/practice-research-meet-international-fellow-liesbeth-van-heel - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using harmless viruses to insert genes that produce healthy, healing substances into the brain... transplanting cells, possibly from the patient’s own skin... or, most sci-fi of all, controlling special treated nerve cells with light signals in the brain. These are three different paths to a possible treatment for epi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-paths-treatment-epilepsy - 2026-05-21
