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The aggregation of the protein Amyloid-beta (Abeta) into plaques outside the nerve cells has been recognized in patients with Alzheimer’s disease since 1905. But eliminating the plaques has not helped patients so far. Still, Tomas Roos thinks that Abeta matters, but we may need to focus on the aggregates elsewhere. On February 17, he defends his thesis about prion-like proteins in neurodegeneratio

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-neurons-phd-interview-tomas-roos - 2026-09-29

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sarah-warsi - 2026-09-29

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/why-dopamine-receptor-type-matters-phd-interview-katrine-skovgard - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday 20 June 2016, Assistant Professor Khalid Wasim from the School of Rural Development at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, India, met with SASNET deputy director Lars Eklund. Wasim had come to Europe for a month long stay at University of Münster in Germany, but took a chance also to visit Lu

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/khalid-wasim-tiss-visited-sasnet-lund - 2026-09-29

Symposium: Biological aging and immunomodulation in HIV-1 infection, and circulating HPV-DNA in tonsillar cancer Welcome to a symposium on recent scientific advances on biological aging and immunomodulation in HIV-1 infection, as well as on the role of circulating HPV-DNA in tonsillar cancer. At this symposium, three leading virus researchers in Sweden – Associate Professor Ujjwal Neogi (Karolinsk

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/175-symposium-9-11-crc - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 23 March 2017, 16.00 Ida Sofie Matzen held a lecture entitled: "Extremists of Love: Cosmological Activism among Pakistani Sufi Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan" at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund). The lecture was jointly organised by the Center for Middle Eastern St

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/extremists-love-cosmological-activism-among-pakistani-sufi-muslims - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Utrikespolitiska institutet, UI) is looking for researchers, preferably at the postdoc level. They will consider applications based on a broad range of topics. Successful applicants will join one of UI’s five programs: Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Russ

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/five-research-positions-swedish-institute-international-affairs - 2026-09-29

Juan Vaz completed his dissertation at Lund University 2023. Now he is being praised for his thesis work by the Swedish Gastroenterological Association (SGF). This year is the first time the association has awarded the award. Hello there Juan, what distinguishes the research in your thesis?"The thesis analyzes how socio-economic factors affect the outcome of cirrhosis and liver cancer in Sweden, w

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/award-best-dissertation-swedish-gastroenterology - 2026-09-29

When President Emmanuel Macron visits Studentafton on Wednesday, 31 January 2024, it is Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Professor of Economic History at LUSEM, who will moderate the conversation. As proud as we are curious, we asked her a few quick questions ahead of her exciting talk. How did it come about that you will be moderating the French President Emmanuel Macron when he visits Studentafton?  “I’m

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meeting-president-macron-quick-chat-sylvia-schwaag-serger - 2026-09-29

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/transposable-elements-healthy-and-diseased-human-brain-phd-interview-raquel-garza-gomez - 2026-09-29

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Covid-19 has forced us to find alternatives to our traditional exam methods, alternatives that work digitally and on remote. The most common ways to deal with this have been to try to squeeze the traditional methods into a digital format, reduce the time available and add remote “surveillance” of the students. These alternatives have worked fairly well (check her

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/digital-open-book-exam-option-covid-spring - 2026-09-29

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The pandemic has made us test alternatives to our traditional exam methods, alternatives that work digitally and on remote. Some of these alternatives are worth keeping also when we head back to traditional, on campus, teaching. One thing we have learned the past years is that remote surveillance is problematic (no guarantee it works 100%) and limiting students’

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/digital-open-book-exam-flexible-option - 2026-09-29

When President Emmanuel Macron visits Studentafton Wednesday, January 31, it is Sylvia Schwaag Serger, professor in Economic history at LUSEM, who will moderate the conversation. As proud as we are curious, we asked her a few quick questions ahead of her exciting talk. How did it come about that you will be moderating President Emmanuel Macron when he visits Studentafton?  “I’m not sure, I was ask

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/meeting-president-macron-quick-chat-sylvia-schwaag-serger - 2026-09-29

The 21st of March we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Réka Tölg nailed her doctors thesis ”The (im)possibilities of circular consumption: Producing and performing circular clothing consumption in retail and household settings”. Réka is defending her thesis during a dissertation the 11th of April. In her dissertation "The (im)possibilities of circular con

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reka-tolg-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-09-29

LUSEM is offering funding for short-term visits to Lund by international research collaborators. The purpose is to strengthen LUSEM’s international profile by starting or deepening a research collaboration. The funding can be used for travel and accommodation for a guest researcher during 2025–2026, and the guest is expected to stay in Lund for 2–4 weeks.The visit should have a clear research goal

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/call-funding-invite-international-collaborator-lund - 2026-09-29

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-pdfa-guides-and-encrypted-teams-meetings - 2026-09-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – We have a moral responsibility to document loss of cultural heritage, indigenous and local knowledge, declining ecosystems and eroding sense of place, says LUCSUS post-doctoral fellow Guy Jackson. He has co-authored a literature review on non-economic loss and damage which highlights the need for more research on in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-literature-review-documents-non-economic-loss-and-damage-due-climate-change - 2026-09-29

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maurits-johansson - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our course Contemporary South Asian Societies we have the pleasure of having one of our former students, Emilija Zabiliute, as a lecturer. Emilija was a student on our masters programme between 2008-2010 and received her PhD from the University of Copenhagen in 2016.  Could you please tell us a bit about yourself?I

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumna-emilija-zabiliute - 2026-09-29

Through her work, Professor Cenci Nilsson has developed preclinical models mimicking the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia, exploiting these models to discover disease mechanisms and new therapeutic approaches. With this motivation, MultiPark’s coordinator was awarded the 2022 Bengt Falck Prize in Neuroscience. In this extensive interview, Angela Cenci Nilsson shares he

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multiparks-coordinator-awarded-bengt-falck-prize-neuroscience - 2026-09-29