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Megg Garcia-Ryde defends her thesis on the 10th of October 2023. 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 the experimental neuroinflammation laboratory and the experimen
Firas Jumaah and Charlotta Turner. Photo:Kennet Ruona During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief security officer, Per Gustafson, have kept quiet on the events; however, now they are telling their story.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2025-08-29
Snart inleds FN:s klimatkonferens, COP27, i Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypten. Världens länder möts för att diskutera det globala klimatarbetet och hur Parisavtalet ska implementeras. Lunds universitet har många forskare som är insatta i frågor som kommer att diskuteras under COP27, som pågår mellan 6-18 november. Journalister är välkomna att kontakta forskarna nedan. Forskare på plats i Sharm el-Sheikh so
https://www.lu.se/artikel/experter-infor-cop27 - 2025-08-30
Jessica Giacomoni (right) defends her Ph.D. thesis 14 October 2022. On 14 October 2022, Jessica Giacomoni will defend her Ph.D. thesis. With the ultimate goal to develop a possible, future alternative to cell transplantation for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, her research efforts have focused on the direct conversion of human glial cells into therapeutic neurons directly within the
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/turning-glia-neurons-inside-brain-phd-interview-jessica-giacomoni - 2025-08-29
Simon Hultmark defended his Ph.D. thesis on 06 October 2022. Earlier this month, Simon Hultmark defended his Ph.D. thesis. In pursuit of his long-standing fascination for stem cells, his research over the last several years has focused on blood stem cells and cancer. All in an effort to contribute to the development of improved clinical therapies for patients with a type of blood cancer known as a
A new study by Lund University researchers suggests that the number of healthy blood stem cells at diagnosis could be an important factor in predicting how well patients with chronic myeloid leukemia will respond to standard therapies. Photo: Getty Images Researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center have made new strides in understanding why some patients with chronic myeloid leukemia re
Åsa Petersén works hard at i to find treatment that slows down Huntington's disease. A person who carries the mutant gene will at some point in his or her life develop the deadly Huntington's disease. This brain disease can be inherited from generation to generation and begins insidiously, making it increasingly difficult to regulate emotions, thoughts, then movements. There is no treatment that s
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/huntingtons-disease-fascinating-and-touching-mystery - 2025-08-29
The nanolab is a laboratory that can characterize and create nanostructures at the atomic scale. You can for example grow nanotubes for purposes like precision medicine, energy harvesting, or more efficient electronics. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg A lab where you can “craft” new materials on the atomic level, bringing together cross-disciplinary scientists to produce nanomaterials and semicondu
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/making-it-big-nano-crafting - 2025-08-29
"Small-scale solar electricity in buildings - power for change in energy systems and everyday life" Prof. Jenny Palm at the IIIEE has reported the results from the project “Small-scale solar electricity in buildings – power for change in energy systems and everyday life” The research was done in collaboration with Uppsala University and Linköping University and it was funded by the Swedish Energy
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/results-finalized-research-project-solar-electricity-buildings - 2025-08-29
LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler recently visited Australia to give the prestigious Dean’s lecture at the Melbourne School of Design (MSD). She was also invited to meet with researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in order to stimulate their work and open up a wider debate on urban adaptation and resilience. - Supporting sustainability and resilience is one of the three focus areas of the U
Tove Harnett är lektor vid Socialhögskolan i Lund. Hon har tillsammans med forskarkolleger från Lund och Linköping producerat en film där de argumenterar för förändringar i LSS-lagen så att även personer över 65 års ålder ska kunna beviljas assistans. Hur är den här filmen kopplad till er forskning?I projektet ”Kan en handikappolitisk modell ge en bättre äldreomsorg?” undersökte jag, Annika Taghiz
https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/aldrefaltet-kan-lara-sig-av-rattighetstankandet-i-handikappolitiken - 2025-08-29
Pressmeddelande 6 oktober 2020 Tarmarnas bakterieflora, mikrobiotan, är förändrad hos personer med typ 2-diabetes. Nu visar en befolkningsstudie med stöd av bland annat Hjärt-Lungfonden att detsamma gäller vid förstadier till diabetes. Upptäckten öppnar för en mer individanpassad behandling. – Vår studie visar att undersökningar av tarmmikrobiotan skulle kunna användas för att tidigt identifiera p
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/tarmbakterier-visar-vagen-mot-battre-behandling-av-typ-2-diabetes - 2025-08-29
Foto: Pixabay Näst efter klimatförändringarna, är förlusten av biologisk mångfald den största miljöutmaning som världen står inför. Förlusten av växt- och djurarter innebär också en förlust av de resurser som människan får av en fungerande natur. Vid Lunds universitet pågår ett projekt där man tittar på hur man arbetar med så kallad grön infrastruktur för att motverka dessa förluster. I dagens vär
https://www.lu.se/artikel/gron-infrastruktur-att-planera-och-forma-en-fungerande-natur - 2025-08-29
Studenter från Lunds universitet befinner sig på olika platser runt om i världen för att bedriva utbytesstudier, praktik eller fältarbete. En del av dem har åkt hem till Sverige under coronakrisen, medan andra stannar kvar. Vi har bett några av dem ge en bild av deras situation där de befinner sig på olika platser i världen. Fler porträtt kommer efterhand. Anna är kvar i ett isolerat Belgien men h
https://www.lu.se/artikel/studenter-utomlands-berattar-om-livet-under-coronakrisen - 2025-08-30
Philip Warkander is Sweden's first ever PhD graduate in fashion studies. Photo: Kennet Ruona Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic community’s focus on hard work. Moving around as a researcher, he noticed one day that he had fallen into the class
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2025-08-29
Hani Alsafadi defended his Ph.D. thesis on the 13th of February, 2023. With a longstanding interest in biomedical research and a passion for better understanding one of the least regenerative organs in the body, the lung, he has spent the past four years helping to uncover some of the mechanisms that may drive a lung disease currently without a cure, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this intervie
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/exploring-role-yap-and-taz-lung-epithelium-phd-interview-hani-alsafadi - 2025-08-29
En årlig donation om 3,5 miljoner kronor från Stiftelsen Ribbingska Sjukhemmets Minnesfond blev startskottet för en satsning på äldrevård och gerontologi vid Lunds universitet. Nu skänker stiftelsen ytterligare drygt 1,4 miljoner kronor i syfte att finansiera två doktorandanställningar inom stroke-området. Bland EU:s 28 länder placerar sig Sverige återkommande i toppen vad gäller äldrevård*. En vi
https://www.lu.se/artikel/ribbingska-stottar-forskningen-om-aldrevard-och-gerontologi-vid-lunds-universitet - 2025-08-29
Jessica Giacomoni defends her thesis 14 October 2022. Cell replacement therapy has long been a hope for patients with Parkinson’s disease and efforts are on their way to use stem cell derived-dopaminergic neurons in clinical trials. On 14 October, Jessica Giacomoni defends her thesis. Her project about the direct conversion of human glial cells into therapeutic neurons directly within the brain ha
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/turning-glia-neurons-inside-brain-phd-interview-jessica-giacomoni - 2025-08-29
Megg Garcia-Ryde defends her thesis on the 10th of October 2023. 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 bri
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/neuroimmune-crosstalk-early-alzheimers-disease-phd-interview-megg-garcia-ryde - 2025-08-29
LUSEM is proud! Our Master’s in International Strategic Management climbs again in the Financial Times international ranking. Last year's #57 position has improved to #44. (Photo montage: Logo by Financial Times, photo by Charlotte Carlberg Bärg.) Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) has done it again! Once again the School receives international attention when ranked #44–up
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-even-higher-prestigious-ranking-masters-programmes-management - 2025-08-29
