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An atmosphere of anticipation and excitement filled the air as the Principal Investigators (PIs) and the management of the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) gathered for this year’s Scientific Advisory Board meeting. The discussions of the meeting focused on achievements to date, future challenges and advancements both regarding the centre itself and at a national perspective, and st

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/highlights-wcmm-scientific-advisory-board-meeting - 2025-11-07

The WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community by highlighting innovative research, breakthrough discoveries, and the people driving these advancements. The Swedis

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-kristian-pietras - 2025-11-07

Professor Stina Oredsson and the owner of the women’s underwear store Kvinnligt under, Carolina Le Prince, have together created a calendar of partially nude women. This unusual way to raise money for cancer research resulted in SEK 235,000. Stina Oredsson (right) receives the collected money from Carolina Le Prince (in the middle). Carolina Le Prince shows us the calendar when we visit her store

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/calendar-girls-promote-cancer-research - 2025-11-07

During the week of Midsummer, Sweden will inaugurate its largest investment in research ever made – MAX IV Laboratory. “It has been a long process and it feels amazing that all the electrons and light are now working”, says Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, responsible for the University’s infrastructure and Professor of Synchrotron Radiation Physics. “We are proud to host MAX IV and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-inaugurate-swedens-largest-research-investment-max-iv - 2025-11-07

The University’s central initiative on contract education is now getting underway. New business developers are on their way into the strengthened organisation that is to administrate the education. “If we succeed, we will need to employ more teaching staff”, says Bo Ahrén, pro vice-chancellor responsible for external engagement. Photo: Kennet Ruona LUCE, the division in charge of contract educatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contract-education-will-require-more-teaching-staff - 2025-11-07

Just over a year has passed since LU was awarded funds by the Swedish Institute (SI) to implement three of the five announced capacity building programmes focusing on Agenda 2030. Professional course participants from all over the world are currently pursuing their continuing professional development activities. Two of the groups came to Lund to attend lectures and workshops, and make study visits

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-development-lund-inspired-agents-change - 2025-11-07

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is investing over SEK 3 billion in research that creates the conditions for a sustainable society. This will be done by developing new and improved materials and manufacturing processes, which, among other things, aim at better technology for the energy systems of the future and the control of pollution and toxic emissions. In addition, an increased investm

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/billions-materials-science-sustainable-world - 2025-11-07

The European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden, invites applications for Director for Neutron Scattering Facilities. Description of positionReporting to the Director General, the Director for Neutron Scattering Facilities provides leadership and professional direction to the staff within the Directorate, and manages the planning and implementation of the Directorate's scope of responsibiliti

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/job-ad-director-neutron-scattering-facilities - 2025-11-07

The potential of ecodesign:Increasing efficiency by requirement From a sustainability point of view, the EU Ecodesign Directive has been very successful in improving the environmental performance of products – but there is more work to do. IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar is currently searching for concrete suggestions as to how the Swedish Energy Agency can advance their governance for resource ef

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-carl-dalhammar - 2025-11-08

On 17 April, the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament unfolded. A total of 20 players battled fiercely until the very end, and the final match of this year may well be remembered as the most thrilling and of the highest quality ever! A set of quick questions for the winnersCongratulations! How do you feel?Djevdet: “Amazing!""She was amazing. It was all thanks to her!" (points at Yuqing)Yuqing: "I al

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/fek-table-tennis-tournament-2024-meet-winners - 2025-11-07

Congratulations, Katarina Steding-Ehrenborg, Docent at Lund University! You’re one of six sports researchers who will take part in a two-year development program in which the Swedish Olympic Committee is now investing. What will the investment mean for you? – The support from the SOC means that we can carry out long-term studies on how strenuous exercise affects the heart and thus help make sports

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-researcher-joins-olympic-offensive - 2025-11-07

För att studera hur hjärnan fungerar och utveckla nya tekniker för behandling av neurologiska sjukdomar har forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklat vävnadsvänliga och flexibla mikroelektroder som är ungefär en tiondel så tjocka som ett hårstrå. Nu har tre av doktoranderna i forskargruppen precis disputerat. Hjärnan är den mest komplicerade struktur vi känner till och den ligger bakom vår intellig

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tre-i-rad-hattrick-hjarnelektroder - 2025-11-07

En ny studie av forskare vid Lunds universitet ger ytterligare stöd för att typ 2-diabetes bör delas in i undergrupper och behandlas på olika sätt. Studien visar att det finns tydliga epigenetiska skillnader mellan olika grupper av diabetespatienter. Epigenetiska markörer kan kopplas till risken de olika undergrupperna har att utveckla vanliga komplikationer vid diabetes, som stroke, hjärtinfarkt

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/epigenetiska-markorer-forutspar-risk-komplikationer-vid-typ-2-diabetes - 2025-11-08

During the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz will be the new Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), during the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz is currently the Research Director of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), where he is also a research professor.  As of 1 January 2019, he will be Director of the IIIEE and he will be employed as prof

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mickwitz-his-new-position-director-iiiee - 2025-11-08

After two semesters, students showcase their unique sustainability initiatives during Lund's Sustainability Week on 9 April, after following LUSEM's voluntary track 'Living the Sustainability Idea' where focus is on a personal sustainability challenge. Working on the internal transformation“This is about working on the internal transformation, focusing on sustainability, supporting students in how

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/breaking-new-ground-living-sustainability-idea-sets-path-student-empowerment - 2025-11-07

As long as we need to examination remotley, we will need to do it in partly new ways. There are no methods for "translating" an examination on campus into the same examination done at home, and different forms of examination handle the adjustments needed differently. Photo by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash Home examinations and essays are among the kinds of examinations that work just as well and someti

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/easier-formative-assessment - 2025-11-07

As long as we need to examine remotely, we will need to examine in partly new ways. There are no methods for "translating" an on-campus examination into an identical remote examination, but rather, different forms of examination cope with the transition to varying degrees. Photo by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash Exam hall and home examinations Home examinations and essays are among the kinds of examinat

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/better-course-formative-examination - 2025-11-07

2019-12-16 The yearly winter cleaning competition in most of LU Accommodation's corridor housing ended today. The winners this year was the following corridors: Eddan C            1101 - 1106      1st Prize Eddan D            1205-1209        1st Prize Eddan E             1501-1506       1st Prize North Spoletorp 1201-1206        1st Prize South Spoletorp 2:1410-1419     1st Prize Eddan C         

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/news-updates-2019 - 2025-11-07

Growing up in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, he knew that one wrong word could get you killed; as a forced recruit, he came close to death many times. But after three Master’s degrees, Dara Maghdid has earned a PhD with his investigation of cultural differences in the teaching of mathematics. Now he wants to thank Lund University. In the future, motivation among students of mathematics could increase – in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/phd-mathematics-against-all-odds - 2025-11-07

Textile – a growing sustainability challengeWe are buying more clothes than ever before, but there is still no efficient system to close the material loop. What if we handed over responsibility of our discarded clothes to the producers – would it lead to a quality rise in our wardrobes? IIIEE researcher Naoko Tojo has looked into textile – a growing sustainability challenge – from waste prevention

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-naoko-tojo - 2025-11-07