Annika Wallin, docent i kognitionsvetenskap, och Trond Tjöstheim, doktorand i kognitionsvetenskap, undersöker med hjälp av en ny beräkningsmodell för uppmärksamhet och minne vad som ligger bakom våra beslut i en vanlig livsmedelsaffär. Foto: Kennet Ruona. Du stressar in på ICA, svärmor ska komma på middag. Men vilka varor hamnar i din varukorg och varför? Forskare har sedan tidigare använt sig av

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vad-hander-i-hjarnan-nar-du-fattar-ett-beslut-ny-forskning-visar-vagen - 2025-09-06

"From when I first started out as a doctoral student, I knew that I wanted to contribute to better treatments for patients. It is necessary if you want to do that, to involve yourself in companies," says Johan Flygare. Photo: Johan Persson. After 20 years of research on gene therapy and the rare blood disease, Diamond–Blackfan Anemia, DBA, researcher Johan Flygare had reached a point where he and

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/science-start-developing-gene-therapy-rare-blood-disorder - 2025-09-05

The dream of finding the “diabetes gene” is dead. However, partly thanks to Leif Groop – professor and multiple award recipient for his ground-breaking research – we will look at type 2 diabetes in a whole new way in the future. He is now retiring, and in an interview with diabetesportalen.se he looks back on his eventful career in research. The study that since 2006 has been the central hub of th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/time-burie-lada-interview-leif-groop - 2025-09-05

Linn Stenfelt, Martin L. Olsson och Sven Kjellström och det högspecialiserade instrumentet i masspektrometri som fått namnet ”Trinity” från filmen the Matrix. Bild: Åsa Hansdotter En blodgåta från 1927. Ett högspecialiserat instrument i masspektrometri som fått namnet ”Trinity” från filmen Matrix. Och en förvånad forskargrupp som firar med ”blodkroppstårta” när ett överraskande protein dyker upp.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/en-blodgata-far-sin-losning - 2025-09-05

När Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse delar ut sina årliga projektanslag går 143 miljoner av totalt 770 miljoner kronor till Lunds universitet. De fem lundaprojekten kan leda till att vi i framtiden får nya lasertillämpningar, bättre förstår hur galaxer bildas, hittar nya sätt att tillverka läkemedel och kan förutspå hur markbundet kol släpps ut i atmosfären när klimatet förändras. Sofia Feltzi

https://www.lu.se/artikel/143-miljoner-kronor-till-naturvetenskap-och-teknik - 2025-09-05

Ungefär en av tjugo personer drabbas av långdragna covid-19-symtom, men vilka är de? Uppdaterad version 2021-04-15 Den 29 april anordnas ett webinar om långdragna symtom vid covid-19. Läs mer om detta här. Tillsammans med våra kollegor på King’s College London och Massachusetts General Hospital i Boston har vi studerat personer med långdragna covid-19 symtom. I en studie som analyserat data från d

https://www.covid19app.lu.se/artikel/langdragna-symtom-vid-covid-19 - 2025-09-05

Claus-Christian Eckhardt, the Director of the School of Industrial Design is relieved. Photo: Erik Andersson A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has received a major donation from IKEA. It all started at a meeting over a lot of coffee and snuff between In

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2025-09-05

“Replication studies are not seen as valuable, but researchers and society need to know which studies hold up”, says Burak Tunca. Photo: erol ahmed, evan smogor och hans reniers/unsplash Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make rese

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2025-09-05

Brunnshög in north-east of Lund is no ordinary construction site – a world-leading environment for research and innovation is emerging here. The nanolab is paving the way for the university’s establishment at Science Village between MAX IV and ESS. The procurement process is concluded. It has been decided that Vectura Fastigheter will host Lund University’s Nanolab Science Village, a lab for manuf

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/vectura-landlord-future-nanolab-science-village - 2025-09-05

The members of the Stem Cell and Leukaemia Research Group. Researchers at Lund University have recently sought to shed more light on how normal hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) produce a vast variety of blood cells. Their latest findings, now out in Cell Reports this week, confirm the existence of a transition state as HSCs develop into functional blood cells and provide insights into how certain p

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/shedding-new-light-intermediate-cell-states-stem-cells-decide-their-fate - 2025-09-05

“When I see the ideal father role today, I see a copy of the motherhood myth. I am concerned that men are about to end up where many women have been in relation to parenthood, never satisfied and always feeling that they should have done more”, says developmental psychologist Elia Psouni. Elia Psouni. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson “I think it was naïve to think that if men took on a larger part of the bu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gender-equal-dads-risk-falling-womens-trap - 2025-09-05

This autumn she was awarded SEK 22 million in ERC grants for her Alzheimer’s research. In addition, she is a member of the Nobel Prize committee for chemistry, she has written children’s books, won the veterans’ European Championship in orienteering and is director of Humlegården, a day centre for people with autism. Meet Professor of Chemistry Sara Snogerup Linse. Sara Snogerup Linse has many iro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/multi-tasking-top - 2025-09-05

Eva Nordmark comes to Humlamaden three times a week to help look after the horses. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Eva Nordmark was 62 when she received her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But rather than life ending, it gave her the chance to reclaim parts of her life that she had not previously had time for. It is a sunny autumn day at the Humlamaden rehab centre outside Veberöd, and the stable is full of life and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-memory-fails - 2025-09-05

Matilde Negrini defends her thesis 4 November 2022. Matilde Negrini’s thesis project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease. November 4, she defends her thesis. Here, she talks about her project and most proud moments during her Ph.D. journey. Tell us about your research! My project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease based on th

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/modelling-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-matilde-negrini - 2025-09-05

Jesper Sundewall and Marta Skibild Stenz. Many people feel mentally unwell during the pandemic, especially, it seems, those who are already exposed to socio-economic inequalities. But who really suffers the most when restrictions, loneliness, depression have become commonplace? Researchers from Lund University have tried to find out in a cross-sectional study where young adults are identified as a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-vulnerable-are-we-pandemic-and-who-actually-hardest-hit - 2025-09-05

Med Enheten för forskningsdata satsar universitetet på att förbättra stödet till forskarna i hanteringen av forskningsdata. Varje fakultet har nu utsett en data steward som ska stötta forskarna med det som rör forskningsdata. Den nya Enheten för forskningsdata ska ge forskare bättre stöd i att hantera sina forskningsdata enligt juridiska krav och säkerhetsstandarder. Detta genom såväl tekniska lös

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/lu-datastewards - 2025-09-06

2020-11-25 CoVid-restrictions Dear tenants, Yesterday new restrictions started to apply in Sweden and Skåne in regards to the CoVid-19 pandemic. The new restrictions are not recommendations but musts, and will apply for 4 weeks from now.   The following information is crucial and LU Accommodation requires all tenants to read and follow the decisions made by the Swedish Government and the Swedish H

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/news-updates-2020 - 2025-09-05

Recently Dick Harrison had his 105th book published. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Dick Harrison is 57 years old and has written 105 books. He lectures all over the country, is a regular expert on TV and radio, runs a podcast, and writes articles for magazines and two columns a week in one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. “Teaching is my calling, though, the thing closest to my identity.” It’s win

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dick-harrison-brand - 2025-09-06

Budgetpropositionen, internationella stipendier, Medelhavsinstitutens framtid, professorsinstallation, MOOC:s, Vetenskapsrådets stora utlysning och Gerdahallen är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Budgetpropositionen presenterades i förra veckan. Statssekreterare Anders Lönn var här och presenterade satsningarna som rör högskolesektorn. Bland glädjeämnena i regeringens budgetproposition finn

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-3-november - 2025-09-04

Forskarna såg såg en tydlig association mellan östrogenbehandling och alla tre hudcancerformerna – melanom, skivepitelcancer och basalcellscancer. Foto: iStock Forskare vid Lunds universitet har i en ny studie funnit ett tydligt samband mellan östrogenbehandling och de tre vanligaste typerna av hudcancer. Att effektivt kunna behandla klimakteriebesvär är viktigt för många kvinnors mående. Men, kon

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tydligt-samband-mellan-ostrogenbehandling-och-hudcancer - 2025-09-06