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Pathologists and coroners are now commonplace in crime novels and TV crime series and are often depicted as slightly odd people. Elisabet Englund has worked at the Division of Pathology in Lund for over 40 years. She has often been told that she is a little ‘too happy’ to be a pathologist. “Yes, there is a stereotype of people who work with dead people, which perhaps contributes to the mystificati
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/death-our-textbook-life - 2026-06-21
Insulin secretion into the bloodstream requires a protein called CD59. New research led by Lund University shows that the two protein variants that are responsible for this function of CD59 are affected in diabetes. The study has been recently published in PNAS. Insulin affects many bodily functions, and is required for survival. It causes cells to take up glucose from the blood, storage of energy
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-protein-variants-are-key-insulin-secretion - 2026-06-21
A species of ordinary gut bacteria that we all carry flourishes when the intestinal flora is knocked out by a course of antibiotics. Since the bacteria is naturally resistant to many antibiotics, it causes problems, particularly in healthcare settings. A study led from Lund University in Sweden now shows how two molecular mechanisms can work together make the bacterium extra resistant. “Using this
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/revealed-molecular-superpower-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria - 2026-06-21
Henock Yitbarek Zerezgi, Parrendah Adwoa Kpeli and Emilia Ravn Boess recently completed our course "Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals". We asked them what they thought of the course and how it will help them in their own research. In March, the second course held by the Development Research School was finalised. It had brought together a variety of scholars, with different backgroun
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – The SDG:s can help us as a sustainability centre to reflect around impact and how we are contributing to the goals. Where does our research sit in this context, and how can we make it more relevant to stakeholders and communities?, says Emily Boyd. This is important she notes, because today the SDG.s are becoming in
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-lucsus-and-sustainable-development-goals - 2026-06-21
Very few support climate change, pollution and the general destruction of our planet, but why then is it so hard to make a truly sustainable future desirable? Researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Jon Bertilsson have looked into this from a marketing perspective and point to some instances where their field could make a difference.“Marketing in the service of companies has done a tremendous job of creat
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/climate-crisis-has-marketing-problem - 2026-06-22
Some time ago, I was asked, “What does Lund University want in terms of AI and research?” At first, I was a little surprised and thought, is the University to have an explicit position on this? But then I started thinking about the University’s other clearly-stated ambitions. We want to be a “world-class university,” we want to “understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.” S
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-we-use-ai-when-conducting-research - 2026-06-22
This year’s report from the V-Dem Institute’s Academic Freedom Index focuses in particular on the institutional autonomy of higher education institutions in different countries, which in turn is fundamental to the protection of individual academic freedom. This includes countries such as Hungary, which began its steady decline from a high ranking in institutional autonomy in 2009 to a bottom-of-t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-can-be-rapidly-undermined - 2026-06-22
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2026-06-22
A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study bringing hope that more donor lungs could be used in the future. The researchers have launched a pilot study to investigate whether the treatment will have the same positive effects on human beings. About 19
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-treatment-could-result-more-donor-lungs - 2026-06-21
Earlier this year, Stem Cell Center, in partnership with MultiPark, brought together three core facilities into one - The Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility - aiming to support advanced science at the highest international level. This new infrastructure includes the previous AAV vector lab, and much more! Equipped with the latest technologies and specialist expertise, this core provides a plethor
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-cell-and-gene-therapy-core-facility-opening - 2026-06-21
According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands. The majority would consider boycotting American products such as Coca-Cola in favour of European or Swedish alternatives. A study conducted by brand researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Norstat Sweden, shows that virtually all Swedish c
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/majority-swedes-are-open-boycotting-american-products - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Success with grant applications leads to problems of an unexpected although pleasant kind. If your research team is almost doubled in size, where are all your colleagues supposed to work? And how are they to get access to laboratory equipment which is already fully booked? Johan Jakobsson in an unusually empty lab (th
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/practical-problems-following-grant-success - 2026-06-21
Den svenska skattepolitiken leder till minskad välfärd, tappad internationell konkurrenskraft och ökade samhällsklyftor. Det anser de flesta nationalekonomer, däribland skatteforskaren Åsa Hansson som menar att det är hög tid för en skattereform. ”På sikt skulle alla vinna på det ”, säger hon. De senaste decennierna har skatter på fastigheter, konsumtion och visst kapital successivt minskat samtid
https://www.lu.se/artikel/politiker-foljer-inte-experternas-rad-om-skatter - 2026-06-22
Meet Stina Vikingson and Pernilla Thellmark at Lund University School of Economics and Management’s career centre, who have begun working hands-on with personal development goals for a sustainable future. Their target group is students, but the methodology works for everyone from individuals to teams and larger groups in the workplace. ”Choose a skill that you would like to develop. Reflect on it
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/inner-development-goals-build-sustainable-careers - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From the coordinator:As we approach Midsommar, we in MultiPark can reflect on the extraordinary last few months and hope that our environment can return back more to meetings, seminars and productive exchanges after the summer. Although neurodegenerative diseases were less in the news because of Covid-19, people with
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/message-coordinator - 2026-06-21
Megg Garcia-Ryde’s thesis sheds light on the early pathological processes in Alzheimer’s disease and the interplay between neurons and microglia as the disease evolves. October 10, she defends her thesis. Now, she gives her perspectives from a close collaboration between two of MultiPark’s experimental research groups and how she brings together the expertise of both groups. Tell us about your res
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/neuroimmune-crosstalk-early-alzheimers-disease-phd-interview-megg-garcia-ryde - 2026-06-21
Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new Manage PD tool and the PD Pal study, Per Odin, professor at Lund University and senior attending physician at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, hopes to be able to improve the care of Parkinson’s patients. Eve
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2026-06-21
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Trots att den medicinska forskningen inom cancerområdet gjort dramatiska framsteg de senaste 50 åren så är cancer i blodets celler, fortfarande en potentiellt dödlig och handikappande cancersjukdom. Blodcancer drabbar dessutom barn vilket kan påverka hela deras framtida liv även om de botas från sjukdomen. Mikael Si
https://www.lu.se/artikel/de-vill-forsta-blodcancerns-gata - 2026-06-21
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vattenhallen är ett science center med stark anknytning till Lunds universitet. Sedan starten 2009 har LTH, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten och andra institutioner samverkat här för att skapa de mest fantasifulla experimenten. Här kan forskare, näringsliv, skolelever och allmänheten få utlopp för sin kreativitet och e
https://www.lu.se/artikel/aventyrliga-magexperiment-pa-vattenhallen - 2026-06-21
